I'll get straight to the point - I made the lowest team. Team 3 I'm a little disappointed because I really thought I had a chance for making Team 2. I mean No way was I going to make team 1 because thats for the national players and I've never played that level. If I'm being honest though, when I first found out, I was optimistic, I found out 3 of my closest basketball friends are in the same team as me, I knew most of the players and we have a really good coach. But then I texted one of my friends and asked if what they thought.... they said they were really upset about it. i wont explain too much but i think they felt there was more on the line because they are older than me and this is probably their last year playing in the league. It made me think about myself and I wondered if I should be upset and angry as well. I alwaqys set a high standard for myself so why shouldn't I now? Look, it is what it is and after the state champs weekend they might re arrange the teams and i might get a chance, but for now im gonna keep working and i hope i have fun.

How bad do you REALLY want it? That’s the question. When you get cut from the team, are you going to sulk about it, or are you going to find a way to stay around the program, get better, and earn another opportunity? When you’re sitting on the bench, are you going to stay comfortable, crack jokes with your teammates, and accept your role? Or are you going to show up early, stay late, get extra reps, and give your coach a reason to put you in? When someone takes your starting spot, are you going to get jealous and make excuses? Or are you going to work until that spot is yours again? And when things get hard, when you’re tired, when you’re struggling, when nobody believes in you, when your friends are hanging out and you’re putting in extra work… WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? Because EVERYBODY wants to be the star. Everybody wants the minutes, the recognition, the highlights, and the offers. But not everybody is willing to do what it takes when things don’t go their way. YOUR CHARACTER ISN’T BUILT WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING RIGHT. IT’S BUILT WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG. If you’re a high school hooper, understand this: your career isn’t over because you got cut. Your future isn’t decided because you’re riding the bench as a sophomore. And your dreams aren’t dead because you haven’t gotten that offer yet. But you have to make a choice. Are you going to let your circumstances define you, or are you going to find a way to get better despite them? The players who make it aren’t always the most talented. They’re the ones who keep showing up, keep learning, keep improving, and refuse to let setbacks become excuses. You can’t control everything that happens to you. But you CAN control how you respond. SO, HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? Because if you really want it, your actions will show it. Not your words. Not your social media posts. Not what you tell your friends. YOUR WORK. YOUR DISCIPLINE. YOUR RESPONSE WHEN THINGS GET HARD. Let’s get to work. 🏀💯 Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries.

You can do EVERYTHING right and still have a bad game. 🤷‍♂️ You can train hard all week, get your shots up, eat right, get enough sleep, watch film, and show up prepared. Then the game comes around, and NOTHING seems to fall. You’re missing shots in warmups. Your confidence starts dropping. Shots you normally make with your eyes closed aren’t going in. You start overthinking, forcing things, and questioning all the work you’ve put in. Sound familiar? Listen, sometimes it’s just not your day. And that’s OKAY. Basketball is a game of skill, momentum, and sometimes a little luck. You can prepare as perfectly as possible and still have things go against you. That doesn’t automatically mean you’re a bad player or that your hard work isn’t paying off. THE REAL TEST ISN’T HOW YOU PLAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT. IT’S HOW YOU RESPOND WHEN NOTHING DOES. Do you put your head down and quit? Do you let one bad shooting night affect your confidence for the next three games? Do you stop playing defense because your shot isn’t falling? OR… Do you keep competing? Make the extra pass. Get the stop. Dive for the loose ball. Communicate on defense. Find another way to help your team win. High school basketball is full of ups and downs. You’re going to have games where you feel unstoppable, and you’re going to have games where you can’t buy a bucket. Both are part of the journey. You have to learn to separate your performance from your preparation. One bad game doesn’t erase weeks of hard work. And one great game doesn’t mean you’ve figured everything out. CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL. ACCEPT WHAT YOU CAN’T. KEEP COMPETING. Basketball is a lot like life. You can make all the right decisions, put in all the work, and still not get the outcome you wanted. That doesn’t mean you stop working. It means you learn, adjust, and show up ready to go again. You won’t win every game. You won’t make every shot. You won’t always get the results you want. But you ALWAYS control how you respond. 💯

No matter how good of a workout you have today, you’re not going to wake up tomorrow and be LeBron James. You’re not going to go from a bench player on your high school team to an NBA-level talent in a few weeks. That’s NOT how it works. But you know what you CAN do? Get 1% better every single day. Too many players want results without realizing how long the process takes. You want the starting spot. You want more minutes. You want to be the best player on your team. You want college coaches watching you. But are you willing to put in the work when those things aren’t happening yet? You don’t build a great player in one workout. You build one through hundreds of workouts, thousands of repetitions, countless mistakes, and the discipline to keep showing up when you don’t see immediate results. Every time you fix a weakness, improve your footwork, make 10 more shots, get stronger, or learn from a mistake, you’re laying another brick. One brick might not look like much. But keep stacking them, and eventually, you’ll build a castle. And here’s the thing: most players won’t stay consistent long enough to see what they’re capable of. They’ll get discouraged when they don’t improve fast enough. They’ll skip workouts. They’ll make excuses. They’ll quit when the results don’t come. Don’t be that player. You don’t have to be the best player in your conference today. You don’t have to be the most talented player in your class. You just have to be willing to work on becoming a better version of yourself than you were yesterday. Your competition might be ahead of you right now. Good. Let that motivate you. You can’t control how talented someone else is, but you CAN control your effort, your discipline, and how you use your time. You might not see the results tomorrow. But if you keep stacking those 1% improvements, one day you’ll look back and realize just how far you’ve come. Stop chasing overnight success. Start chasing daily improvement. Get 1% better TODAY. Then wake up tomorrow and do it again.

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