Grit Basketball

Game Ready Intense Training for Basketball

Being uncomfortable

Do you play basketball as well as you practice? How can you translate your practice skills to the games? How can you get yourself to be as relaxed, aggressive and good in games? Is there a secret to all of this? Yes. And this Dre Baldwin video shares it.

3 things you must endure in order to get better:

  1. It’s not going to work every time
  2. It’s going to be uncomfortable. You’re going to try something at a level where you’re going to have to think about it.
  3. You’re going to get embarrassed. You’re going to get laughed at. You’re going to look bad.

According to Dre:

If you’re ok with all three of those things and you’re able to endure them, by the time you get through all three not only will you perform in games the same way you perform in practice with the same level of confidence and comfort, you’ll be able to do things seamlessly without thinking about them and you won’t have much competition. Most people don’t want to go through those uncomfortable stages. Discomfort causes more people to quit than fail. Discomfort makes people grow.

To learn more about Dre Baldwin and his philosophy on basketball, business and personal development, visit www.drebaldwin.com and check out his Youtube channel here.

Jeremy Lin’s Scoring Secrets

Check out these three videos with great info and breakdowns of footwork and the Attack First mentality by Doc Scheppler, Jeremy Lin’s Shooting Coach.

Buddy Hield’s mentality and shooting mechanics

Buddy_HieldBuddy Hield is a dynamic scorer to keep an eye on during this NCAA tournament. There are a lot of things that I really like about Buddy Hield’s overall game and most importantly his mentality.

Buddy has great shooting mechanics, moves very well with and without the ball, has a great understanding how to use deception to create his own shot with go to moves, and hesitations.

Buddy’s mentality is great, he is always in attack mode and when he catches the ball he is always thinking shot. Buddy is such a threat on the court he creates tons of offensive opportunities for his team and similar to some of the great shooters in the pro’s, he demands so much attention he constantly makes he teammates better.

Things to look for when watching Buddy:

  1. Shooting Mechanics– Buddy has great shooting mechanics, he has a great turn before he shoots and has awesome shoulders. By great shoulders I mean he always has his shoulders relaxed back, even more specifically his guide arm shoulder is behind him.
  2. Creating Space– He does a great job creating space and taking away space for the shot he wants. He utilizes this in any opportunity he can. He constantly look to attack space in transition by pushing the ball, He creates space and attacks space on his man very well with the half court and he does the same to any help defenders.
  3. Consistently Attacking and Hunting for scoring and game changing opportunities– Buddy is always in attack mode he makes the game simple, his mindset is, I’m going to attack you and if you stop me I’ll find my teammates, and he is always ready to shoot. He hunts opportunities in transition, in the half court and on the defensive and rebounding end.

Watching the game and watching great players are very important in a player’s development as a player, just like everything else. Buddy is a great player for youth players to watch to open up their minds on how to become a dynamic scorer and the best part is that he does it on both ends.