Khalil Shakir 🏀
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@NxtProHoops @PRO16league National Scout | @Phenom_Hoops Scout | Former College Athletics Director, MBB Coach & Player | Sponsored by @sourstripscandy
Joined December 2014
Excited to announce that I’ll be joining Puma as a NXTPRO Scout! Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to being a part of the team. #Puma #NXTPRO . @TreySterner5345 @PUMAHoops @MattReynolds___ @NxtProHoops @PRO16League
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🚨COACHES: Stop taking kids out for every single mistake; let them play through some mistakes. When you do sub, don’t just throw them on the end of the bench, acknowledge the mistake & TEACH! Every mistake is a teaching moment! Less meaningless yelling, more meaningful teaching!.
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🚨COACHES: Coaching hard doesn’t have to be yelling/screaming, cursing players out, or acting a fool on the sideline. Coaching hard means to hold them accountable for every action, being firm on the details you ask for, demanding their best effort, & getting the best out of them.
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🚨PLAYERS: Playing time is controlled not by coaches but by what you do in practice. As coaches we want to win just as bad as you all do so we will put the best players on the floor that are CONSISTENT & that we TRUST. Be consistent with your effort & energy, & dominate your role.
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RECRUITS: Points alone don’t get you recruited. We don’t want to see you ball hog and take bad shots trying to get 30! College Coaches look at your complete game & how you make your teammates better. Do you talk on defense? Do you dive in the floor? Do you play hard on both ends?.
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🚨🚨Rankings DO NOT MATTER to college coaches. No coach has ever asked what a recruit was ranked in order to recruit them or not. Rankings are subjective to those who are ranking them and in most cases are often political. Just play basketball and be the best player you can be!.
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PLAYERS: If you can defend, you will get minutes! Yes offense is important and gets all the attention with highlights, tweets & whatever else but defense is just as important if not more, just isn’t as “flashy”! LISTEN, if you can DEFEND you will earn playing time, simple as that.
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PLAYERS: You don’t have to average 30ppg to play to college! Be efficient, be a vocal defender, be a great teammate, and IMPACT THE GAME positively! There are plenty of players averaging less than 12pts that go play college basketball across all levels! Do more than just score!.
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I don’t care what anybody says, if you can DEFEND at a high level, you will find a place to play/ and get playing time. The old saying “Defense wins championship” isn’t a saying for no reason 🤷🏽♂️.
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RECRUITS: Bad Body Language is the ultimate way to not be recruited! Coaches don’t have time to deal with pouting, attitudes, or bad teammates! We don’t want to see your facial expressions after every call an official makes or you pouting when you get subbed out.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: While you see others getting offers this summer, don’t let it discourage you if you haven’t! I didn’t get my 1st of 7 offers until my senior year. Don’t compare your path to that of others! Keep grinding and know that your time will come! Prove Yourself‼️.
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PLAYERS ‼️ Understand that an offer to play basketball at any level is a blessing. Stop worrying about clout and popularity and accept the blessing you received! College basketball is high level at every level.
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🚨PLAYERS: You HAVE to be able to accept tough coaching and grow from it! If a coach cares about you they will be tough on you, they will harp on details and they will do everything they can to see you get better and be successful. Be coachable, have a workers mindset, and LEARN!.
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PLAYERS: Please Please Please stop walking around on the court! Walking around, walking off the floor on subs, walking on the floor to sub, STOP walking around the court. Stop being too “cool”, It is one way to get your name removed from a coaches list.
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PLAYERS: Scoring 20 points on 25 to 30 shots is a lot different then scoring 20 on 10 to 15 shots! Efficiency is WAYYYYY more valuable than Volume. Work on being an efficient player.
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🚨🚨🚨PSA: DON’T call yourself a TRUE basketball fan if you don’t like women’s basketball! If you love the game, you love the game regardless of who’s playing it. Real always recognize real, and WOMENS BASKETBALL IS TOP TIER! #SupportWomenInSports.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: Only 60 players were drafted yesterday. Only 1.2 percent of basketball players make it to the league. The ball will always stop bouncing , don’t let the game use you. Use the game to network, build lifelong relationships, and teach you life! Focus on those academics!.
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Shoutout to all the Coaches who coach for the right reasons: Impact Lives, Mentor Young Adults, and Teach Life Lessons through the game. Too many coaches are doing it for personal benefits and personal goals. Be Selfless not Selfish!.
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PLAYERS: If you miss a shot or turn over the ball, PLEASE STOP dropping your head and sprint back on defense. One of the biggest things that will get you scratched off a coach’s list is poor Body languages and not sprinting back on defense after a mistake.
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ANY offer REGARDLESS of level is an absolute BLESSING!.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: If you run the floor hard in transition, I can PROMISE you will score at least 6 more points per game! Something so simple yet super effective for you and your team!.
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Athletes Advice:. 1) Please take care of your body. That means icing, stretching, getting treatment. 2) Please be 15 minutes early to everything if you can. Being on time is being late. 3) Get to know all staff on campus, not just your coaches. 4) Put in work outside of practices.
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RECRUITS, here is a little info about our program. Emory & Henry is a high academic institution in SW Virginia. Our basketball program is a prestigious program with a ton of tradition. We play a very uptempo, fast paced system with versatile players who can score and defend.
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RECRUITS: Your actions on the bench are just as important as your play on the court. Don’t be slouched in your seat barely paying attention to the game. Don’t have an attitude because you were subbed out. Always do The 3 E’s: Be encouraging, have energy and stay engaged!.
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RECRUITS: Turn your social media into a résumé! Have your Name, GPA, Contact Info, and High School/AAU team in your header. Pin your highlight tape to your profile. There are tons of coaches on social media that look at recruits. If we have to search for info on you, we move on!.
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🚨Advice to all INCOMING FRESHMEN:. 1) Buy a planner to keep up with all of your assignments, Test, & projects. 2) READ THE SYLLABUS . 3) Get to know your professors. 4) Make friends with everybody not just your everyday friend group. 5) Get Involved in organizations on campus!.
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PLAYERS: If you play harder than everyone else on the court you have no choice but to standout to college coaches! Listening to college coaches today one thing that came up a lot was playing hard and work ethic! Be the hardest playing kid of the floor !.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: A spot on any college team regardless of a level is a blessing. No matter what anybody says, celebrate your accomplishments. There a very very few people that get to play college basketball. Keep being blessed to receive your offers because it is truly a blessing🙏🏽.
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PLAYERS: Your academics will open opportunities for Athletics! Some of y’all are focused on this “Ball is Life” mentality and trying to open that door without having the key which is Academics! The better the academics the more opportunities!.
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PLAYERS: Grades can turn a good prospect into a great prospect! It can also turn a great prospect to a not so good prospect! GOOD GRADES CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING! Do your part in the classroom!.
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FRESHMAN ATHLETES: When you get on campus with your teams, your HS stats, accolades do not matter AT ALL! This is your time to come in & prove yourself. Show why you are on this team and show why you are an asset to the team! BE A ST⭐️R in your ROLE! Come in Humble or be Humbled.
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My favorite action from the Warriors over the years has to be their Dive Elevator Screen action! Quick and simple action to use if you have a knockdown shooter!
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Maybe this is just me but I’ll say it, PLAYERS please stop wearing shades in the gym, please stop wearing pajamas in public, please stop messing with your phone in warmups trying to find the right song, please warm up in your jersey like everybody else. A FEW PET PEEVES OF MINE!.
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🚨PLAYERS: There is a major difference between liking your sport and loving it! When you love it, nobody has to tell you to go workout or tell you to do the little things. When you love it, you take care of your part in the classroom. Liking it at the next level won’t cut it ‼️.
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RECRUITS: Stop listening to people who don’t understand college basketball or who don’t have your best interest! You should be blessed to have an opportunity to play basketball at the next level regardless of Division! Anybody that tells you otherwise, you shouldn’t listen to!.
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Freshman Athlete’s: Don’t worry about being dominant or trying to beat out everybody, don’t try to overdue it. All you need to do is be RELIABLE and CONSISTENT! Consistency will build your confidence and will build needed trust with your teammates and coaching staff! WORK & LEARN.
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Since AAU has started back, I have come to the realization that playing hard is not a norm anymore, it is now a skill.
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PLAYERS: A pump fake, ball fake, pass fake, and simple jab step series will make you super hard to guard. All of these are super simple yet extremely effective. If you don’t already, add these to your game!.
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PLAYERS: BE MORE THAN JUST A SCORER. High-Level rebounders, defensive stoppers, and true pass first point guards go to school free too. Yes you may not get a picture on social media or an article written but college coaches see the value in those things and they are needed!.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: Choose your friends wisely. You are a product of the company you keep so keep friends who are likeminded, goal driven with good morals! Too many times have I seen great athletes ruin their chances of being great and successful due to hanging with the wrong crowd! 🗣.
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🚨🚨5 Things Freshman Hoopers can do to get playing time FAST:. 1) Defend, Defend, DEFEND. 2) Play with Energy & Effort. 3) OFFENSIVE REBOUND. 4) Communicate on the Floor. 5) Know ALL of the Plays (Not only your position, try to learn all positions).
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ATHLETES: I encourage all of you all to be as involved with your school as possible. Go to events hosted by the school, go to support your classmates and other sports team, go to plays and concerts. You are a leader on campus and being involved will only help you in the long run!.
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PLAYERS: Don’t say you want to be a college basketball player if you aren’t doing you’re part in the classroom, if you’re spending more time on your phone or game system then you are in the gym, if you can’t take criticism or quit when things get hard, if you don’t love the game.
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PLAYERS: If you don’t push yourself past your limits and past your comfort zone, that is where your story will end! Greatness isn’t doing the bare minimum, it comes from consistency, determination, and work ethic!.
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UNSIGNED SENIORS: Comment your highlights, HS, your GPA and contact information to this tweet. COLLEGE COACHES in need of 2022s, please take a look at this thread!! I’m just trying to help athletes get an opportunity to play at the next level! @TweetsbyCoachP @CoachHixonDimes.
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PLAYERS: Here’s the 3 MOST UNDERRATED things you can do that will absolutely improve your game:. 1) Watch Film- it will improve your basketball IQ. 2) Stretch- this will improve your athleticism, quickness, and prevent injuries. 3) NUTRITION- What you put in, is what you get out!.
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PLAYERS: Be patient with your recruitment. Understand that everybody’s recruitment is different, don’t compare your recruitment to others. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t have any offers yet or if you only have one offer. All it takes is one offer to change your life forever.
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Question 2: What does a college coach look for in a small guard?. 1) Can you defend at a high level?. 2) Can you touch the paint and create for teammates? High IQ?. 3) How well do you shoot the basketball?. 4) Can you finish in the paint?. 5) Are you a Leader?. 6) Great Academics.
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🚨🚨🚨PLAYERS: Please move without the ball and move with purpose! You should be sprinting your cuts, sprinting to set screens and constantly moving. TOO MUCH standing and watching! The more you move and cut with purpose the better and more efficient your offense will be!.
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A few things to tell yourself daily:. • I am GOOD ENOUGH. • I am Stronger & Smarter than I give myself credit for. • I can do all things through Christ. • It’s ok to not be ok sometimes. • Failures are Lessons that lead to Blessings. • I LOVE MYSELF.
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RECRUITS: If you have an offer from a school who truly wants you and makes you aware of that, take it! It’s January and the Transfer Portal is about to be filled with tons of players. Holding out could eventually leave you with nothing. Be smart! FIT > LEVEL.
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ANY basketball opportunity of any level is an AMAZING opportunity!.
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BLACK HISTORY:. Dawn Staley is the first black head coach of the Women’s Olympic Team! She is also the second black female coach to win a women’s collegiate National Championship! #BlackHistoryMonth
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PLAYERS/PARENTS: When picking an AAU team, DEVELOPMENT should be the first criteria! Next take a look at the tournaments they are going to and who they are playing! You don’t have to be on the “circuit” to play in good tournaments. Lastly, does the team play good TEAM basketball.
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Never stop being a good person because things don’t go your way or people treat you bad. Continue to always be you and be a good person. Don’t compromise who you are and your morals. Stay strong, stay good, stay YOU!.
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If you don’t support women’s basketball, UNFOLLOW me! I am a HUGE supporter of women’s basketball! They are just as skilled and talented as players on the Men’s side! Women’s coaches are just as smart and valuable as men and should be able to be head coaches for MBB teams as well.
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PLAYERS: Be a good teammate! Every player will miss a shot, have a turnover, commit a foul, and make a mistake; that is a small part of the game. Be the player that lifts his teammates up and not the player that screams at them and tears them down! GOOD TEAMMATES ARE VALUED!.
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College Basketball vs HS Basketball. 1) Pace of Play is A-LOT Faster. 2) Physicality is way more intense and building up your body is important. 3) Being in-shape at the college level is COMPLETELY different than HS. 4) Open shots become fewer and Closeout time is A-LOT quicker.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: Remember to control the things you can control and not to stress over the thing you don’t control! Remember the three E’s: Energy (Bring the passion and love for the game), Effort (Play as hard as you can) , Execution (Be who you are and be a star in your role)‼️.
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🚨🚨PLAYERS: If you aren’t working on your game at game speed it WONT MATTER. If you aren’t working on moves that are effective and translatable to games, it WONT MATTER. Strengthen the fundamentals and go GAME SPEED every rep! Watch how fast your game will improve.
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POINT GUARDS: Add passing to your workouts and training. Passing is such a looked over skill that most players tend to not work on. A guard who can really pass and set his teammates is SUPER VALUABLE! Want to see your recruitment grow, become a high level passer/ playmaker!.
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It is my pleasure to announce that I am Emory & Henry’s new Director of External Operations for Athletics. I would like to thank God, the Athletic Department and Administration for this amazing opportunity. That being said, I will still be a part of the Men’s Basketball Coaching
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PLAYERS: We as coaches love when you can give full eye contact with your coach as he is talking to you and coaching you. It shows your ability to be coached, it shows your focus and your want to get better! A simple thing that can tell a lot about who you are as a player/person!.
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PLAYERS: Be good teammates, encourage your peers, teach them, help them. Don't have an attitude because you are being subbed out, and when you are out be ENGAGED on the bench. Being a terrible teammate is one thing that can and will get you crossed off a coaches list. WE > ME.
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ALL PLAYERS:. 1) Be an everyday guy: Energy/Effort/Execution . 2) Be a Leader: Communication & Demonstration. 3) Be a Master of your Role. 4) Be your teammates biggest cheerleader. 5) Be a student of the game.
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PLAYERS: Shot Selection is super important! Just because a bad contested shot goes in here and there doesn’t make them good shots. Your shot selection and HOW you score is also evaluated and can more times than not determine how well your game would translate to the next level!.
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ATTENTION ALL UNSIGNED 2022s and ALL 2023s ‼️‼️Please like, retweet and comment your Name, Height, GPA, AAU Team, Highlight Tape and Where you’ll be playing April 22-24th, July 6-10th, and July 20-24th! We will be hitting the road as much as possible @CoachMJSpencer @CoachKhalilS.
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PLAYERS: You can’t have NBA/Pro dreams with a Church League work ethic. Your work ethic should reflect your dreams. Never let anyone out work you or out effort you! You are your own competition.
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RECRUITS: After every tournament without questions asked, you need to thank your parents and coaches. They sacrifice a lot of time and money so that you can play in these tournaments, the least you can do is thank them and show your appreciation!.
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PLAYERS: As AAU comes to an end, PLEASE thank your parents/guardians and your coaches! They all have poured into you all AAU Season long! Show them appreciation for everything they have done and continue to do for you!.
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PLAYERS: The summer is one of the most important times when it comes to development. You should be in the gym/ weight room as much as possible working on your body and game. Leave the junk food alone and eat healthy. Lastly, work on becoming more flexible (hips), it’ll help a ton.
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RECRUITS: Take pride in your defense! Everybody at the next level can score the ball but not everyone can defend! Set yourself apart on the defensive end! Defense will get you on the court at the next level! Defense can potentially get you paid, look at Pat Bev or Draymond Green!.
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For some players, if they played as hard as they could every possession their entire recruitment would change! Playing hard triumphs a lot of deficiencies!.
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PLAYERS: Work on your bodies, get in SHAPE, & STRETCH! The better conditioned you are the more productive you can be for longer periods of time! Stretch constantly and watch how much more athletic you become. These are two things that require no skill that could improve your game.
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🚨Things you NEED to hear:. 1) You can accomplish anything with hard work and passion . 2) You ARE good enough, never let anybody make you feel otherwise. 3) There is light at the end of EVERY darkness. 4) Tough times don’t last, Tough people do. 5) Life is short, be appreciative.
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If you are going to be 6’0 or under you have to impact the game! You have to be dynamic on both ends of the ball and you have to play hard!.
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PLAYERS: While offers are great, you can only choose ONE school! Do you truly like the school, do the coaches really care about you outside of basketball, how are the academics at the school? All these are questions you should ask yourself when thinking about your decision!.
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RECRUITS: If you dm me and you are not following me, I probably won’t respond. Secondly, even if you aren’t a great fit for my school, as a coach we talk to other coaches. If we think you can help out one of our friends, we gladly share them.
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Advice to players: Know what you are going to do with the ball when you get it. Too much catching and holding the ball, making the offense stagnant. Keep cutting hard, keep the ball moving, & do something purposeful with it! Fun Fact, you are easier to guard when you stationary.
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The advice I give every recruit when picking a school:. Go where you LOVE, and where you are LOVED.
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POST PLAYERS: You want to be highly recruited, do these things and watch how your recruitment grows drastically!. 1) Run the Floor. 2) Offensive Rebound . 3) Defend Pick & Rolls. 4) Stay Vertical when you Contest around the rim. 5) Make Free Throws.
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PARENTS & COACHES: Be honest with you kids/players about their abilities/skillset and what level they can honestly compete at. Not everyone is D1; there are still others really good levels of basketball they may be able to play at. I’ve said it before, preach D-Free over a level!.
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Athlete Advice Pt. 3. 1) Who you hang with MATTERS. Pick friends who want to see you succeed & have goals to succeed for themselves. 2) Be open about your Mental Health, seek help & guidance. 3) Be patient & trust the process. You may not start/play right away, ACCEPT YOUR ROLE.
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PLAYERS: If you want to be an elite level scorer here are a few things that are MUST DO’S:. 1) Make Open Shots. 2) GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE. 3) Play off two feet. 4) Run hard in transition/ Run Wide . 5) MOVE WITHOUT THE BALL/ CUT HARD.
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COACHES: Be vulnerable with your players and share some of your struggles with them. Athletes are more compelled to open up to someone who is and has been open with them. Have a Open Door Policy for your players and be aware, attentive, and truly empathetic when they do open up!.
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PLAYERS: Understand that failure is apart of growth. There is no growth, no success, without failure & lessons learned. The key is how you respond to failure. Do you give up or do you brush it off and work harder. How you respond to failure is what separates good from great!.
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COACHES:. 1) Mental Health is a MAJOR problem especially with freshman, check in with athletes routinely! . 2) You can NEVER be too close with you players just keep the player/coach dynamic intact . 3) Set the STANDARD that academics is MOST important!. 4) Yelling isn’t teaching!.
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PLAYERS: Add ball fakes, pump fakes and jab steps to your game! They will help to make you harder to defend.
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People: Why are you single?. Young Assistant Basketball Coaches: . 1) We work 24/7 and don’t make a ton. 2) We are responsible for 15 other people. 3) We travel/work year round . 4) We talk your head off about basketball . 5) We may move at a drop of a hat for our careers.
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PLAYERS: Your character is a huge part of your recruitment. Who you are when nobody is watching is super important. No coach wants a kid that they have to worry about off the court. Take care of your academics, and be a good person off the court, it’ll help in a lot of ways!.
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Thrilled to announce that I’ve been promoted to Associate Head Coach under the newly Head Coach, Jimmy Allen! Blessed to have this opportunity! Bring on the season!!
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🚨PLAYERS: If you want to be harder to defend, consider adding these to your game:. 1) Jab Step Series . 2) Ball Fake/ Pump Fake. 3) Change of Speed. 4) Play off two feet. 5) Purposeful movement without the Ball (Constant Movement is very hard to defend). 6) Offensive Rebounding.
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PLAYERS: You have to be your biggest cheerleader and motivator! Not everybody is going to want you to succeed. Not everybody is going to push you to work harder. Not everybody is going to be there when times get tough. But you know who will always be there, YOU! Be there for YOU!.
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ALL JUCO & TRANSFERS looking for a home, please drop your highlights, GPA, your school or previous school, and your contact info! Lets see if we can find you all a home! College Coaches will be looking through this thread! Please follow and respond to coaches from all levels!.
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Your WORK ETHIC should always reflect your dreams! Dreams without work are simply wishes while dreams with work become goals!.
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🚨🚨Attention Players: . You are what you can DEFEND. If you can’t defend a position, you aren’t that position. Simple as that!.
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PLAYERS: Two of the best things you can do to be an elite scorer is develop a midrange game and love at the FT line. While some people say it’s a bad shot, teams that win consistently use it! Players that are elite have midrange games and get to the FT line consistently! IMO 🤷🏽♂️.
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Basketball is a game that can take you around the world and have you meet a lot of great people!.
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RECRUITS: As seasons are coming to an end the transfer portal is growing larger and larger! If you have an offer from a program that values you, PLEASE ACCEPT THE OFFER! Don’t be left without an opportunity that you worked for, for an opportunity you are hoping for!.
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PLAYERS: The most important thing in your development at a young age and in college is SLEEP (7-10hrs)! You have to get adequate sleep for muscle repairing & for you to have full energy! You wouldn’t want to drive a car with the tank on E, so why do it to your body! GET SLEEP‼️.
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COACHES: Players are more than players, students are more than just students, they are both PEOPLE first. I heard a quote that said “ You have to coach the Person first before trying to coach the student or player or you could potentially lose all three”. Coach the PERSON first!.
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