Everyone wants to be the guy who hits the game-winner. Everyone wants the most points, the most highlights, the most attention. But championships aren’t built by individuals. They’re built by teams. And every great team has something in its DNA that you can’t see on a stat sheet: Great teammates. Be the guy who picks his teammate up when he’s struggling. Be the guy who celebrates someone else’s success like it’s your own. Be the guy who stays after practice to get extra shots up with a teammate. Be the guy who encourages instead of criticizing. Be the guy who makes the new kid feel like he belongs. Build relationships with your teammates. Learn who they are. Trust them. Hold each other accountable. And most importantly, stop making everything about “me.” “I” missed the shot. “I” didn’t get enough playing time. “I” should be starting. Change the mindset. “WE.” We win. We lose. We improve. We hold each other accountable. We celebrate each other. We fight for each other. Your team doesn’t need another guy worried about his stats. It needs someone willing to make everyone around him better. Because when teammates genuinely care about each other, trust each other, and sacrifice for each other, something special happens. The team becomes bigger than the individual. Be the good teammate. It might not show up in the box score. But it can change your team. 🏆 Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!

A Basketball Breakdown — Part 1 No. Playing JV isn’t bad. In fact, depending on your age, experience, and the players ahead of you, it can be exactly where you need to be. As a freshman, playing on the 9th-grade team is completely normal. Playing JV as a freshman? Nothing wrong with that either. But if you’re serious about basketball, I believe you should have goals for where you want to be. Freshman: Learn. Develop. Compete. Sophomore: Be a major contributor on JV and start working your way into meaningful varsity minutes. Junior: The goal should be becoming a full-time varsity player. Senior: You should be competing to make a real impact. That doesn’t mean everyone develops on the exact same timeline. Sometimes there are great players in front of you. Sometimes you’re physically behind. Sometimes you simply need more time to develop. And that’s okay. JV isn’t a punishment. It’s an opportunity. You get more reps. You get more responsibility. You get more chances to make mistakes and learn from them. But you have to take advantage of it. Don’t look at JV and think, “I’m stuck here.” Look at it and think: “How can I make it impossible for my coaches to keep me here?” And remember — earning more playing time doesn’t start in games. It starts in practice. How hard do you compete? Do you defend? Do you communicate? Do you make your teammates better? Do you listen to coaching? Do you bring energy every single day? Are you getting better when nobody is watching? Your goal shouldn’t simply be to get off JV. Your goal should be to become good enough that the next level has to notice you. Wherever you are right now, play. Compete. Learn. Grow. Then prove you deserve more. Part 2 coming soon. 🏀 Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!

One of the hardest things as a basketball player is sitting on the bench when you know you’re capable of more. But before you quit. Before you transfer. Before you blame your coach. Ask yourself one question: WHY? Why aren’t you playing? And be brutally honest with yourself. Are you missing something your coach is looking for? Are you making the same mistakes over and over? Are you following your coach’s advice? Are you doing the little things that earn trust? Are you defending? Are you making the right reads? Are you taking care of the ball? Are you bringing energy every possession? Are you actively trying to get better… or are you spending more time complaining about playing time than you are working to earn it? And don’t just ask yourself. Ask your coaches. Ask your teammates. “What’s one thing I can do better?” Then listen. Don’t get defensive. Don’t make excuses. Don’t explain why you think they’re wrong. Take the feedback and go to work. Because sometimes the reason you’re not playing isn’t that you’re being overlooked. Sometimes there’s something you’re not seeing. And sometimes you are doing everything right and you still aren’t getting the opportunity you want. That’s basketball. You can’t control every decision a coach makes. But you can control how you respond. Control your effort. Control your attitude. Control your preparation. Control your development. Control how you show up every day. Give yourself the chance to look back and know you did everything you could before you decide to make a major change. Because transferring might be the right decision someday. Quitting might be the right decision for some people. But don’t make a permanent decision based on a temporary frustration. Before you blame everyone else, look in the mirror. Find what you can improve. Fix it. Work. Earn trust. And make it impossible to question how badly you want to be on that floor. Don’t just ask for playing time. Become the player your team can’t afford to keep off the floor.

A lot of players practice moves. Great players practice moves they’re actually going to use. That side-step. That pull-up. That change of pace. That separation. If you’re going to use it in a game, you need to practice it like it’s a game. Don’t casually walk into your side-step. Don’t shoot your pull-up with no pressure. Don’t do a move at half speed and expect your body to magically execute it at full speed when the lights come on. Practice at game speed. Practice with purpose. Practice with pressure. Imagine the defender. Create the separation. Get to your spot. Rise up. Make the read. Your practice reps are building the habits your body will fall back on when you’re tired, when the defense is closing, and when the game is on the line. And especially if you’re a high school player: You don’t have unlimited time in the gym. So stop asking, “How many shots did I get up?” Start asking: “How many of those reps actually made me better at playing basketball?” Maximize your practice time. Don’t just practice basketball. Practice YOUR basketball. Because the goal isn’t to look good in workouts. The goal is to make it translate when it matters. Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro! 🏀

Here’s some fun parts of my training I’ve been doing in NC! I have only been able to get out to the court one day. But every day I have made sure to keep my feel for the ball. I have also gotten in some good steep hill sprints(which I never get in flat Florida 😂) I’ve also been doing some handles and line shooting in my grandparents driveway when I can’t go to the court! All the handles work was done with a weighted ball which is why it was a little slower. When I switch back to a regular ball at the end of my workouts it feels like I'm dribbling air it’s crazy. The black ball is weighted and you can tell which is the regular. Below I attached a video of me doing line shooting( I was selling 😂) I also attached 3 new moves I’ve been working on the tween spin, the double behind into the tuff finish, and the toe tap cross(I’ve also added a couple other moves to my bag over the off season I just didn’t video them this week). I also attached a video of me getting some lateral movement dribbling in. (Keep in mind I am much faster on the moves with a normal weight ball) Check the videos out 👇 5 videos below