Big time Congrats Faith! Covenant is getting a super young lady.

Congratulations to Faith Wasden on signing to play basketball at Covenant College. Faith has had a wonderful impact at FPD on and off the court and we are so proud of her. Good luck at the next level, Faith! #GoVikings #Rooted

We really don’t realize how hard it is to manage our thoughts and feelings until difficult times hit us. Piece of cake when things are going great. How we are at our worst times is what matters.

Mindfulness Matters
MindStates Matter
Mindset Matters
Mike Griggs, Coach

If you're enrolling at an NCAA or NCAADII school this fall, request your final amateurism certification! This needs to be done before you're eligible to compete.

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Many coaches do things they think is making their players “tough” when in reality it is breaking them down and hindering & weakening their mental & physical growth.

Coaches, Do SMART Hard.

Try “grinding” as much on your nutrition, sleep, academics, mindset, relationships, respect, responsibility, accountability, etc as you claim you do on “skill” work & travel ball games.

You’ll be a much better & happier player.
GA Shooting Academy

STOP WORSHIPPING THE GRIND.

Worship doing & being smart. Doing what is required (which is usually a lot). Nothing wrong with doing hard unless you’re being stupid at the same time. Wasting time & risking injury is stupid just to say you’re “grinding.”

Do SMART Hard.

2026 Zoie Lofton continues to show why she is one of the most polished sophomores in the state!! #RecruitGrayson

As a head coach, do you like/want to be challenged by players/assistants? Many say they do yet get defensive & resentful. Do you really think you have ALL the answers & know EVERYTHING? Listen to your kids & coaches. You will probably learn more. Unless you already know it all.

Does a kid need to be “taught” before they can do? A kid will learn more efficiently and sticky when we allow them to explore their own solutions. We can add boundaries without specific instructions to help guide them. When we tell, we steal their opportunity to learn.

Do Smart

Does a kid need to be “taught” before they can do? A kid will learn more efficiently and sticky when we allow them to explore their own solutions. We can add boundaries without specific instructions to help guide them. When we tell, we steal their opportunity to learn.

Do Smart

When you see space, take advantage (shoot or attack). When you don’t see space, pass to someone in a more advantageous position. It’s not rocket science but it is your ego that makes you play stupid.

Be adaptable & anti-fragile.

Do Better. Be Better.
Do Smart Hard.

Why make a kid do short, spot form shooting when they don’t shoot that way when active?

Can even watch pros do form shooting and then shoot completely different in game.

A center line shooter can’t do one handed form shooting from the center.

Knowledge “about” vs “of”.

For 25+ yrs I’ve yet to have a player come to me that was truly a great & creative mover. Basically all robots as a result of their coaching & training environment. Very fragile “habits”. Not adaptable. Not creative. Waiting for me to TELL them the right solution.

Do Better.

Provide a kid a better chance of succeeding through & after puberty by playing multiple sports. The better overall mover they are the more likely they will survive the massive physical changes of puberty that can wreck one sport kids. Create Healthier & Better Movers.

Want to actually learn and have it transfer to games more efficiently? Stop training on air. Use D!

Players see to move and move to see. Problems constantly & instantly emerge. To become anti-fragile & adaptable, must use D as much as possible.
GA Shooting Academy

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✅ Register for an NCAA Eligibility Center account.
✅ Know your NCAA ID.
✅ Send your high school transcripts.
✅ Be on the NCAA school's IRL.
✅ Know your test scores, if required.
✅ Ask questions!

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After a great conversation with Coach Shea Ralph, I am blessed to receive an offer from Vanderbilt University!! Thank you to the coaching staff for this opportunity!

⚠🧵 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 🧵⚠️

The statistics you may not know about...
🔻 For every decade after 𝟒𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟓% 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐞.