Jacob Morlan

🐄Morlan Farms🐄 🏀Wheatland Mules🏀

[PGC Basketball - Point Guard College @PGCbasketball]

STOP ON TWO FEET. It's not a suggestion.

Watch how many "good" players in your gym can't do this simple thing.

They catch it moving. They land on one foot, then the other, off balance, travel waiting to happen — and nobody says a word because the ball still went in.

Here's the truth nobody tells your kid: the jump stop is a skill, not an accident. Two feet, same time, under control, ready to pivot either direction, ready to shoot, pass, or go. That's not footwork for footwork's sake — that's the difference between a player who's in control of the game and a player the game is happening to.

Most kids never get taught this. They get taught to score. Nobody teaches them how to stop.

This is what we work on. Not because it looks good on a highlight reel — it won't. Because it's the stuff that separates players who last from players who flash and disappear.

Two feet. Every time. No exceptions.

That's Basketball IQ. That's the work.

#BasketballIQ #PGCBasketball #Fundamentals #JumpStop #PlayerDevelopment #StopOnTwoFeet #FootworkFirst

[Anthony Pugh @Anthony_Pugh2]

Maturing in basketball is understanding that by being unselfish & moving the ball, you get better shots.

Being immature in basketball is thinking you need to shoot it every time you touch it in order to score.

[Steve Collins @TeachHoopsBBall]

A program isn't built on game nights, it's built in empty gyms, early mornings, and late-night drives home with your teammates after practice.
The kids who embrace that grind are the ones who become winners. Championships are a byproduct of character and work ethic.

[Reid Ouse @reidouse]

The jersey doesn't belong to you. You're just renting it. Your job is to leave it in a better place for the next person who wears it.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Ben McCollum shares what it feels like to be around first-place people and a first-place culture.

"I went to Northwest Missouri State, and my first practice with Steve Tapmeyer - best coach I've ever been around - I sat there and I'm like, 'This is what first place feels like. This is what a first-place culture feels like. This is what first-place people feel like.'"

That was the wake-up call. He realized what first-place people have:
"They've got an extreme work ethic. They've got an edge to 'em that other people don't - a competitive spirit."

Then he quoted John Thompson:
"You can tame a fool a lot quicker than you can resurrect a corpse...We want guys with a little edge to 'em."

You can coach skills, but you can't coach competitive spirit. You don't want to consistently coach their effort and attitude.

The last thing they look for: Energy givers.
"Over the years, we found that guys that are moody don't make it in our program."

"If you're moody, if you have low energy, if you suck the life out of the building - you don't make it."

Talent isn't enough. Your energy matters. Your attitude matters.

Successful people have a competitive edge, they bring energy, and they look to consistently get better.

They raise the standard through what they do.
(🎥 Watts Happening Podcast)

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“Failure is just fertilizer to help us grow as a team.” - Rick Pitino

(Via @thewinningdiff1 🎥)

[Coach Tony Miller @tonywmiller]

Want to win close games in March? Be boring.

- play off two feet in the paint
- throw on-target passes
- hit free throws
- take on balance, great shots
- finish around the rim
- secure rebounds with two hands
- don’t gamble on defense

Boring is cool. Boring wins.

[Alicia N. Morlan @Alicia_Morlan]

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 6 CHAMPIONS!! AMAZING GAME BOYS!! I AM LOVING THIS FEELING!! 💙🤍 @wheatlandschool #Basketball #Championship

[Alicia N. Morlan @Alicia_Morlan]

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 7 CHAMPS!! FINALLY GOT THE JOB DONE!! I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY PROUD!! 🤍💙🤍 @wheatlandschool #Basketball #Championship

[Jacob Morlan @JacobMorlan]

@CoachLync IZZO

[Jacob Morlan @JacobMorlan]

This. Every day.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Give this a listen

It’s not always about the points you score

There is much more that goes into a basketball game

(Via @jamybechler 🎥)

[Steve Collins @TeachHoopsBBall]

High school basketball success is simple:
- Sprint the floor like your life depends on it.
- Dive for loose balls without hesitation.
- Clap for your teammates like they just hit the game-winner, every time.

[Jacob Morlan @JacobMorlan]

@CoachLync DUKE

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Team chemistry killers:

- Gossip.
- Cliques.
- Negative body language.
- Personal agendas.
- Sarcasm.
- Entitlement

Get rid of them!

[Dennis Marshall @mar5hallhoops]

Do this, and I promise you won’t be competing with many for scholarship offers.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Billy Donovan asked his starter a simple question:

"How long do you think you had the ball in your hands tonight?"

The player guessed 15 minutes.

Donovan tracked the real number - it wasn't even close.

Here's what he learned and why it changed his coaching:
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[Coach Mac 🏀 @BballCoachMac]

4 ways to get your coaches attention:

1. Dive for loose balls.

2. Talk on defense.

3. Play with energy.

4. Take charges.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

You can always hear a great team

The bad teams never talk

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“Emotions beat teams more than their opponents do. The price of admission for championship-level performance is the ability to stay present.”

(Via @WDWconvo 🎥)

[Jacob Morlan @JacobMorlan]

@CoachHackGO DEFENSE