Let us have a real conversation about what actually separates players in high school and college. A lot of guys think getting to the next level is easy, but they do not factor in how hard it really is. Basketball is an unforgiving sport because your weaknesses are constantly exposed. They show up in how you play, they show up in the box scores, and they are painfully obvious on film. If you are not getting better, it comes down to a simple choice. You already know what you need to work on. Most of you know what your weaknesses are already. The problem is not a lack of awareness; it is that you do not want to do the hard, boring work. If you shoot a low percentage, the solution is not complicated: get in the gym, go to the recreation center, or hit a local park and put up hundreds of shots. Then you do it again the next day, and the next day, until your mechanics click and you are hitting them consistently. If you want to take it to an elite level as a pure, knockdown shooter, you go right back to the gym and you do it all over again. You would be surprised by how many trainees of mine I see at the recreation center earlier in the day or when I am not even training. And it is funny because those same players that I see in the recreation center outside of training with me are often the ones that perform the most. Even if you are not at the recreation center, plenty of players I train post things showing they are grinding somewhere else. The key is simple: they are staying in the gym because they have a real love and obsession for the game. If you are not obsessed with the game, you are never going to beat somebody who is. You are never going to beat somebody who has that deep, unrelenting desire to win. Now, if you are comfortable with just being average, then be average. But like I say all the time: I am not a motivational speaker. I am a straight shooter. If you are average and you do not care about being great, make sure you continue to do average things while the greater players are in the gym grinding and putting in work.