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Follow These 4 Steps To Get A Head Start On Next Basketball Season Now!

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This basketball season is soon coming to a close.  This is a great time for reflection and self assessment.  Whether you led your team to a tournament championship or found yourself riding the pine with a losing season you are the only person that can hold yourself accountable for your performance of lack thereof.  

1. Be Honest with yourself.

What does it mean to be accountable to yourself? When talking about your skills and awareness on the basketball court you MUST have a critical view of your own performance.  Did you have a problem committing turnovers? Or maybe your shooting percentage wasn’t what you hoped or expected it to be.

When having the conversation with yourself about what went well and what could be better it is vital that you do not sugar coat it; that you use the season that you are coming off of as tool to identify the areas of your game that need immediate attention.

2. Don’t Procrastinate; Get Better At Something

If you look at players considered the best at any level of play from high school through the pros you will see a common theme.  Players that are considered the best are CONSTANTLY working on 1 or more aspects of their game.  They understand that the off season isn’t for the players- it’s for the spectators.  The time to get into basketball training for dribbling, shooting, running a fast break or applying pressure defense full court is NOW.  Between now and November you have the opportunity to  visualize the type of player you want to be and with that in mind you can put your head down and begin to grind out the bumps and smooth the edges of your game until you become the player you see yourself capable of being.  Get to it.

3. Seek Out Help

We would all love to believe that we can figure things out on our own all the time but sadly that just is not reality.  We all need help at some point to push us to the higher levels we reach for.  Don’t let complacency or embarrassment hold you back from achieving your goals and feeling the satisfaction of reaching and surpassing your own expectations.  Search for the resources that are available to you.  There might be local basketball classes or private basketball training that you can take advantage of to get you on track for next season.  The internet is a great resource to get ideas for training individual skill sets if you can’t find resources that are local to your area.

4. Commit And Follow Through

This is probably toughest thing for many people to really accomplish.  Sure you may have really analyzed your season and come to some tough realizations about where you need to improve.  You might have begun researching the resources that are available to you and have a plan to put them to use but until you start the process, none of your preparation matters.  Put a start date in your calendar and stick to that commitment.  Taking the initiative and getting back in the gym to work on your game will put you a head of 75% of your competition when the next season arrives.  So just showing up and beginning to work gives you and edge but in order to get ahead of the other 25%; well that’s a topic for another article but it starts where this one ends.  Who knows, you might get voted as the Most Improved Player heading into next season! GET IN AND GET WORKING.

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5 Easy Signs That You Are A Good Basketball Player

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Ways To Tell If You Might Be A Good Basketball Player.   

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In today’s game, being a good basketball player means you possess certain qualities that help influence the outcome of each game in a positive manner.  Bad players do just the opposite.  If you have an eye for the game of basketball, you can usually spot a good player out from the crowd; something just makes them stand out above the other players.  Here is a list of some qualities that give a player a reputation as a good player:

1.  You Understand The Fundamentals

All good players have a strong foundation.  They learn to play basketball with more good habits than bad.  What are examples of good habits?  Not making one handed passes, setting effective and useful screens, boxing out their defensive target before every rebound…the list goes on. 

For good basketball players, it is easy to tell that they have had some coaching somewhere.  They have had the fundamentals ingrained into their game from an earlier standpoint and it shows.  Good basketball players usually seem a little bit more polished on the court, and make things look a little easier than the average player.  If you have not had the proper fundamental coaching to become a good basketball player, we suggest you sign up with the Morris Basketball Program to sharpen your skills!

2. You Give More Effort

Good basketball players not only have the fundamentals down, they give maximum effort to get the most out of each play.  There is a clear cut reason why it may seem like only some of the “lucky players” on a team get all of the meaningful stats– points, assists, rebounds, steals, etc.  These players MAKE things happen through giving continual effort for the entire game.  Whether your game is 32 minutes, 40 minutes, or 48 minutes, you can catch a good player giving it his all.

3.  You Understand Time/Score

Solid basketball players are always aware of the Time/Score of the game.  I’m not just talking about when theres under 10 seconds remaining and the game is on the line.  Good players are aware of this facet of the game from the opening tip until the final referee whistle.  Eight times out of ten,  if a player understands time/score, they will have a sturdy grasp of #4.

Good basketball players understand when there is a need to milk the clock to stretch out a small lead.  Conversely, they understand how to play with a sense of urgency when time is running out.

4.  You Play Within The Ebb & Flow Of The Game

An easy way to tell a good basketball player and a bad basketball player apart is to watch how they react to situations within the flow of the game.  Normally, good players will either blend in with the flow, and rack up their solid plays/statistics seamlessly in the game, or will only stand out for having more spectacular plays than bonehead plays.  The opposite holds true for bad players.  Bad players stick out, whether from turnovers due to #1, or maybe they stick out in a negative way for being too lackadaisical on the court.  This is also very easy to notice.

5.  You Work On Your Weaknesses

This one is simple.  Good players stay in the gym, and are constantly sharpening their skills.  We have alluded to this in previous articles, and there is just no way around this.  If you want to be good, you have to put the time in.  No one ever accomplished anything great with zero effort.  The Most Complete Individual Basketball Workout is a great way to nurture a well rounded game.  Developing your game takes time, patience, determination, and a desire to see incremental improvements!  Another way to work on your weaknesses would be to watch your favorite player, or another player whose strengths are your weakness!  Youtube is a great option for watching more experienced players play.

So there you have it. If you know anyone who exhibits these qualities in the basketball world, you know a good player.  If only a few of these qualities describe your game, you may just be an average player.  Or if not many or none of these qualities at all describe you, you may need to know the 5 Quick Signs You Are A Bad Basketball Player.  If you are a bad player, we recommend you join our program to increase your skills.  If you are already a good player, we encourage you to attend our Sunday Workouts and challenge yourself against better players.

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