Elijah Bryant teaches young basketball players to build game-day systems like specific warm-ups and stretches that trigger flow state. He uses the 2-minute rule from Atomic Habits to make habits automatic, freeing mental energy for playing instead of deciding what to do.
All right, young Hoopers, and the reason I feel like I'm talking to my young Hoopers is because I have a brother who's the same age as you guys. So what does that mean in terms of really being consistent and how do you stay consistent? And for me, I've really used, I feel like a cheat code from Atomic Habits in terms of creating systems and the 2-minute rule. So I'll break down what those things are. So for example, creating systems. So basically making, making everything easy and putting it into a system so my mind doesn't have to think, right? And the more systemized my life can be, the less cognitive load I'm going to have. So for example, let's say a basketball game. I try to keep everything routine systemized. So I do the same exact thing. I come out, I do the same high five for this person. I do the same stretch at this time. I drink the same water. I eat the same food. So everything's a system. My body's just in a flow state. So that's how I feel like I
