I will not lower the standard for your son. I will not play players who do not do what they have been coached to do. It will not get easier, your son will get tougher. & Yes i do have favorites, my favorites are the players who do what I ask them to do. #EFFORT
@MontyPatel Oh yes I agree with you, lol just adding my two cents in to parents being psycho 😭 and then to make it a public forum IS crazy bc parents are PSYCHO 🤣
When we donate $500 to this program how much playing time will my son get?
My son plays on Get Buckets or Die and won MVP in the Rabbit Hash Invitational, will he start for you?
My son averages 5pts & 3 rebs a game, what can you do to get him an offer from Kentucky next year?
Winners chase toughness with the joy that builds it.
“I’ve got a competitive spirit. I love the grind. You’re going to get out what you put in. I strive to be a leader that builds that mentality of toughness and joy in the work and finding the reward in the work,” Molly Miller
Steph Curry shares the smallest detail in his game that helps separate him from others.
"Breathing is a skill…Controlling your breathing, recovery, controlling your nerves…I’ve really tried to master that."
There’s a reason the breath is often called the bridge between the mind and body.
And the best part? You always have access to it.
No matter the moment. No matter the pressure. No matter the environment.
It’s your fastest way to recover and your most reliable way to slow the game down and reset.
����: SLAM NBA
And like Miley Cyrus said:
“I didn’t talk badly about you—I talked about what you did to me. If that makes you look bad, that’s not my problem anymore.”
As an AD, I struggle to understand why some parents resist high standards for their kids. Growth doesn’t come from comfort, it comes from being pushed, being coached hard, and being held accountable.
As a dad, I hate seeing my kid disappointed. But I’d rather see him face adversity now than be unprepared later. Learning to handle failure, earn your role, and fight through challenges matters more than any short term result.
Winning matters. Not just on the scoreboard, but in learning how to prepare, compete, and respond when things don’t go your way. That’s what builds someone ready for the real world.
UCLA WBB just showed what happens when you trust the process and buy in. Those seniors stayed. They chose hard. They trusted their coach and they trusted each other. UCLA was a player led team, because Cori Close prepared them to be one. Absolutely incredible!!
I asked Cori Close on how she evolved as a leader:
“I had truth tellers around me to tell me the hard things … and I had to have a humble heart to say ‘OK’ I receive that.’”
Says UCLA had to decide to choose discipline in the pain after last year’s Final Four.
Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.
Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥
You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.
Hard is the lesson.
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Everybody wants discipline… until discipline gets loud. Everybody wants toughness… until toughness gets uncomfortable.
Hard coaching isn’t abuse. Hard coaching is correction. Hard coaching is standards. Hard coaching is loving a kid enough not to let him stay average.
If a coach is demanding effort, detail, toughness, and accountability bothers you… that probably says more about today’s culture than it does the coach.
The fastest way to get from a ‘season of adversity’ to a ‘season of prosperity’ is to lock in on what is really true.
—Kara Lawson, head coach @DukeWBB
I asked Tom Izzo about the viral clip of Charles Barkley defending his coaching style by saying people have gotten too soft.
Izzo: "Now we're supposed to just hug and kiss everybody... Accountability is going to be big until I leave."