The San Antonio Spurs won their fifth NBA title in 15 years using a system called the “Spurs Way”. We break down what the “Spurs Way” means on the court and how young players can apply these concepts and actions to the club and high school teams they play for.
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List Of Men’s D1 Colleges
Location and size of college will be two critical factors in the college recruiting process. So, what options do you have? Here’s a list of D1 colleges that field men’s basketball teams and the “level” they compete at.
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Choosing A College? Know Yourself
Know yourself and what you want before beginning the recruiting process. With recruiting more cut throat and transfer rates higher than ever, young players must realize school size and location are crucial factors in making a sound college choice.
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Summer Mistakes To Avoid
Recruiting is a cut throat business, but it can a rewarding experience more often than not if everyone involved in the process showed some restraint, worked hard for the kids looking for a scholarship and exercised common sense.
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Club ball in the summer can determine futures and change lives. High school basketball can do that too, but the process is usually accelerated during the summer viewing period because coaches only have a limited amount of time to evaluate prospects per NCAA rules.
Recruiting for a young player can literally change overnight.
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Approach To Summer Basketball Training
There really is no such thing as an off-season in basketball anymore, but what you accomplish when school is out will determine how well you perform with your club team during the viewing period and with your high school team next winter. Today we offer a four-step process of how to set up your personal training program.
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Spring Fling
The spring travel ball season has kicked off the past few weeks and there is an important evaluation period coming up at the end of the month (April 25-27). We take a look at the spring travel season’s red flags and what the focus of this recruiting period should be about in order to improve your scholarship chances.
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30 College Recruiting Red Flags
As the high school season comes to a close and the travel/grassroots circuit kicks off, we were inspired by a baseball story to produce 30 red flags scouts and college coaches notice at gyms that potentially hurt player’s chances at securing a college scholarship. Many of these are common sense, but it is still important to remind kids and their parents how their subtle actions could be viewed in a negative light by the important decision makers who are watching.
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Nate Trosky has been in the baseball world over two decades running his own company, Trosky Baseball, and working over 150 college recruiting events and professional scouting combines.
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Characteristics of Successful Athletes
Success for athletes is not defined by individual accomplishments. Success is a process and eventually a lifestyle for those that continually meet their goals. We list a dozen characteristics of successful athletes and define the process.
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The Old School Way
Young players have never been more physically talented than they are today. On the flip side, older coaches and experienced players say what is being taught and what is being mimicked by up-and-comers is hurting the game. We explore this phenomenon with one of the nation’s most renowned skill and footwork coaches and break down five aspects of the offensive game young players need to understand and work on.
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“Lenny Cooke” Drives Points Home
“Lenny Cooke” is a documentary about the quick rise, and dramatic downward spiral, of an early 2000’s high school basketball standout from Brooklyn with aspirations of being a first round selection in the 2002 NBA Draft. A poor work ethic, raw and inexperienced game, media and scout-driven over-hype, and a series of shaky off-the-court decisions led to Cooke going undrafted. The documentary captures Cooke’s rise, the seeds of his downfall and where he’s at in life today. “Lenny Cooke” is recommended viewing for young players with NBA dreams, parents who may not know the inner-working of the grassroots basketball machine, or anyone with a general interest in basketball or the education of America’s youth.
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