I am a high energy guy. I have something inside of me that drives me everyday, to help teach the kids of today, how to become a complete basketball player. The game is different today, than it was when I was growing up. We went to the park and played all day long, sun up to sun down, winners stay. You lose, you get off the court. Games were intense, you learned that you had to play hard all the time!! We did not have travel basketball, or our high school coaches opening the gym for us to play, taking us to team camps, playing in shoot outs. Those opportunities did not exist..

Players today play a lot of basketball, which is a good thing, because you have to have basketball instincts to be good. It is an integral part of the equation. The other part is having a solid fundamental package. I am a perfectionist when it comes to proper shot mechanics. I see a lot of kids that cannot shoot the basketball with any consistency. They may have heard about proper mechanics, but do not always implement proper mechanics when shooting on their own.

For every player that I work out, every shot must be fundamentally correct. Only then, will a player start to have consistency in their jump shooting. What about the dribble moves? Being able to break the defense down properly and then make the right decision with the ball. Do I shoot a pull up three because I have created enough space with my move? Do I one hard dribble my defender then pull up because I have sold the defender so hard on going to the basket that I have space to shoot. What about getting to the basket with my move and understanding that I have drawn two defenders to me and somebody on my team must be open I need to find them and get my teammate a good look.

These are things that I wake up everyday thinking about. How can I get players that workout at MBA to have a great fundamental base and have a high basketball IQ. I will leave you with this thought; Players are not born they are made, and they are made by getting the best instruction that you can find, listening to what is taught to you and then outworking everybody else in the country! In life and basketball we all get what we deserve, if you want to be the best you need to train like you want to be the best. It is a simple equation that a lot of players take about but only a few really take serious. Hope to see you at MBA working on your game!!