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🏀 Process > Outcome 🎧 The noise has no impact on the result Blocking out the noise—whether it’s outside criticism, praise, pressure, or distractions—is a skill that separates the good from the great. Here are the best strategies for athletes and coaches to stay locked in and

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How Airhorns and Cowbells have helped Utah Women’s Basketball Airhorns and cowbells play a unique role in the University of Utah women's basketball team's practice sessions. They use an airhorn during practices to discourage players from taking inefficient mid-range jump shots, which they

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The Basketball Academy DRILL OF THE WEEK Florida Basketball playing dodgeball — love seeing it. Team chemistry is everything. When a group enjoys being around each other, they’ll go the extra mile

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ARETE: EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING Arete is a Greek word that means excellence in virtue, effort, and performance. But in basketball, it’s not just about putting up numbers. It’s how you carry yourself, how you compete, and how you elevate everyone around you. Here’s what Arete

ARETE: EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING

Arete is a Greek word that means excellence in virtue, effort, and performance.

But in basketball, it’s not just about putting up numbers.

It’s how you carry yourself, how you compete, and how you elevate everyone around you.

Here’s what Arete
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The Basketball Academy Drill of The Week! Half Court Shots from Utah Women’s Basketball In every level of basketball except men’s college, games are played in four quarters. That means you have four chances each game to hit a half-court shot at the buzzer. That’s potentially 12 extra

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This is a cool story. At the NFL Combine, Giants coach Brian Daboll grills QBs on the whiteboard — drawing up plays, erasing them, then challenging players to recall, adjust, and explain under pressure. Takeaways for Players: Be a thinker, not just a doer. Learn the why, not

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Want your team to play faster? Grade your sprints: A - Burst With Your First Three Steps B - One or Two Hard Steps C - You’re Jogging D & F - Didn’t Even Cross Half Court

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Jerry Seinfeld explains this best. Energy is the most singular, most important thing. Everything you worry about will be gone. It’s a waste of time and energy to think about. Your only focus should be getting better at what you’re presently doing.

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Roger Federer: Perfection Is Impossible In his Dartmouth grad speech, Federer reminded us that even the best make mistakes—and still win. He made over 80 unforced errors in some matches and came out on top. “You can be great without being perfect.” Players: Focus on progress,

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Is your focus scattered? If so, you'll lose to the person who's locked in on just one goal. One tab open. One task at hand. One mission to complete. That’s it. Keep it simple. Don’t overcomplicate the process.

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Coach Saban on Film Room Teaching: Before installing something new, ask: Do our players have the tactical understanding and the habits to execute this? If not, the film room or classroom is the best place to build that foundation. Explain the concept before hitting the court or

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Have you heard about Meraki? This week on The Basketball Academy, we discuss what it means. Meraki (μεράκι) is a modern Greek word that means to put something of yourself—your soul, creativity, or love—into what you do. It’s used to describe doing something with passion,

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Northwest Select S40 duo Reese Jordan and Kaylor Buse were dialed in at LIVE! In Las Vegas 🔥 Northwest Select Both have seen a jump in their recruitment this spring 📈

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How Steve Kerr’s leadership has helped shape the culture Before Game 7 vs Houston this year, Draymond Green stood in front of the team and said: “I’ve got to be poised and I have to be better. We’re gonna come in here tomorrow and get it done.” And he did. 16 points.