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Part 2: The Kobe Bryant "Cheat Code" to Mastery
Now let’s focus on the skill part.
As I said before: If you cannot repeatedly perform a skill consistently under pressure and with accountability, you don’t have a skill. The perfect examples of this are Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. We know Kobe looked up to MJ, and what he was most known for was his mentality toward his training.
He always talked about reps. He would work on one single skill for a long period of time to make sure he really dialed it down. He even talked about taking a "snapshot" of a player to learn a skill, which is exactly what we do in training when I use the iPad or the TV.
The Carbon Copy
If you know basketball, you know Kobe Bryant is literally a carbon copy of Michael Jordan skill-wise (and you could argue he might even be a little better).
The real question players need to ask themselves is: How did Kobe copy the Greatest of All Time to become a Top 5 player himself?
He didn't reinvent the wheel. He literally just copied multiple skills from Michael Jordan over and over and over again until he couldn’t get it wrong. That is exactly how players need to approach training.
We have the RealSkill app, Court IQ, YouTube, and endless access to information. You have the ability to go out, find a great player, and literally steal and copy their work. In the RealSkill app, you have the ability to mark things as "Completed," "Needs Work," or "Favorited."
The way we train is by giving players access to as many skills as they could desire to learn by challenging them with many different skills. This allows you to expand your game, but you have to have a game of your own. One that's yours and different from everyone else’s.
The Blueprint:
- Curate Your Bag: Put all the skills that you want in your game into your "Favorite" folder.
- Execute Consistency: Just do those specific skills consistently.
- Build the Memory: Over time, your brain will start to recognize what you want to do the most. Naturally, those things will show up in training and in games because you've repped it so much your muscle memory cannot forget it.
The 10-Minute Rule
This is why I will sometimes have a player focus on one drill for 10 minutes straight. It isn't just about "doing" the drill; it's about dialing in a series of skills until they are permanent.
If the only way to "own" a skill is to repeat it consistently with accountability and under pressure, then you have the ultimate cheat code. Find the skills you want, favorite them, and copy them until you cannot get them wrong.
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Part 2: The Kobe Bryant "Cheat Code" to Mastery
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