In this personal YouTube monologue, the speaker recounts his experience playing Division II college basketball while aspiring to reach Division I. He reflects on two regrets: lacking a structured strength‑and‑speed program and not optimizing his nutrition, explaining how each limited his performance gains. He also highlights a successful strategy he employed—being proactive in contacting college coaches, attending camps, and following up via email—to get noticed and secure a spot at his eventual school. The video serves as advice for athletes aiming to advance to higher competition levels, emphasizing disciplined training, proper nutrition, and aggressive self‑promotion.
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I played D2 college basketball. It was awesome. It was a dream come true. It was so fun. Loved it. Great program. But the goal was always to go play Division 1. So here are 2 things that I wish I would have done differently and 1 thing that I'm really glad I did. First thing I wish I would have done differently is had an actual structure to a strength and speed program. But you don't know what you don't know, and I didn't know that at the time. If you are trying to go to the next level and you are not following a really good strength and speed program, you got to do it. It's, it's a game changer. The second thing I would have done, dialed in my nutrition. Nutrition so that my strength and speed program would have actually paid off. If you are currently doing a strength and speed program and you're working your tail off but you're not dialed in on your nutrition, I promise you're dumping about 90% of your gains away. The one thing that I'm really glad I did is I was scrappy early on in my high school career. I knew that college coaches weren't just going to come find me in a small town. You got to make yourself be seen. You got to email them before your showcases. You got to be sending emails following up on emails, trying to work any connection that you can. And I was able to do that. Literally the school that I ended up going to, I went to their camp for multiple summers in a row. They started seeing me, they started following me, they knew who I was, I sent them emails, and then all of a sudden the conversation was happening. My biggest piece of advice there, don't expect colleges to come find you, you gotta make yourself be found.
