Category: PLAY PRO BALL

What do you do when you first get up in the morning? Do you get up and get ready for school or work? That’s the normal thing to do, right? Well I want to challenge this way of thinking because for the last 8 months I have been doing something that has revolutionised my professional life in… Continue reading What is your morning routine?

Why is rest important? Your body and mind needs it. If you want to play at your best during a tryout or game the last thing you want to be is tired or sore. That’s how mistakes are made and it make you look sh|t. Once you have a tryout date and you schedule your… Continue reading Planning rest and recovery time

So, you are finally ready to start trying out for some basketball teams. Brilliant! This is one of the most exciting parts next to actually attending a tryout session. Before you start scheduling in tryouts with teams there’s a few things I advise you to do. As a starting point I have given you a… Continue reading How to schedule a tryout

I get it, you enjoy playing basketball. You just want to keep playing ball every minute of the day. But if you are trying out or playing for a team playing basketball every minutes of the day is detrimental to your performance. Playing basketball everyday for hours could leave you tired during a big training… Continue reading Are you overtraining?

You have a team in mind you want to tryout for? Good work, nearly half the battle has been won. You’ve spoken to the coach and you have a date set for tryouts? Have you been working on your game? Your skills and fitness are up to scratch? Thats about it right? Not quite, have you scoped… Continue reading Are you REALLY tryout ready?

How much do you love the game of basketball? Is this something you want to make as your career? I’ve seen a fair share of people say they want to play pro but as soon as they get cut from a team they are trying out for they never play the game again, or at… Continue reading ​The never quit attitude with persistence & desire​

A basketball tryout is like a job interview. Being in the IT industry as well as playing basketball I have heard so many similarities of job candidates and basketball players (trying out) that have made one hell of a f%$k up that made the hiring manager or coach just cut them instantly. Is it a talent… Continue reading ​​5 common reasons why people get overlooked at tryouts​​

Have ball hogs killed the game? I have played with a lot of ball hogs in my time but something has happened to the youth of today which is hugely detrimental to the game of basketball. I have for the most part chalked it up to being apart of the game, but in a recent… Continue reading Ball rotation the lost art

Visualisation I’m not sure if you have read many self-help books, maybe I’m making poor assumptions here. But I have actually read a fair few self-help books and even attended self-help seminars. One of the things these books and seminars have in common is teaching people visualisation techniques. What is visualisation anyway?  Visualisation is focusing… Continue reading Visualisation Techniques Pro Basketball Players Use