I only slept 5hr but i woke up and trained and in the training to prove that i am not going for shrtcut even tho i was dead i chalenged myself by adding reps and then i came back recovered slept for 2.5hr studied 32min of film and trained my left hand drible then went to the gym and had leg day and i coupdnt feel my leg oh boi that was prob one of my worst leg day ever and anyways i ate clean the whole day and read the bible and prayed and meditated

I know this isn’t my normal type of post, buts it’s a really funny trend going around, so I decided to share. It also doubles, showing that it’s okay to fail. I didn’t get the block, I embarrassed myself, but guess what. I got right back up. Life isn’t about getting knocked down, it’s about getting back up and trying again. Hope you guys enjoy this fail. Keep working and have a great day!

18/19 from the same spot. Same footwork. Same setup. Same eyes. Same catch. Same shot. Same follow-through. Same landing. That’s the goal. Shooting isn’t about making every shot look perfect. It’s about building a repeatable movement pattern that gives you the best chance to make the shot over and over again. Get your eyes on the rim. Get your feet organized toward the target. Catch it the same way. Get into the shot the same way. Finish the same way. Then do it again. And again. And again. That’s where the reps matter. Research on motor learning shows that practice can reduce movement variability and improve the consistency of skilled movements. Basketball-specific research has also found that more skilled shooters demonstrate greater consistency in parts of their shooting motion, particularly around the elbow and wrist. But there’s an important distinction: consistency doesn’t mean robotic. Great shooters still make small adjustments. The goal is to make the important parts of your shot repeatable enough that your body doesn’t have to reinvent the movement every time. You’re building a pattern. The more quality reps you get, the more familiar that pattern becomes—and the more you give yourself a chance to execute it when it actually matters. Don’t just get shots up. Get quality reps in. Consistency creates confidence. Repetition creates consistency. And quality repetition builds your shot. 🏀 Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!

At this point, I was 22 going on 23. I had already played in Mexico’s top league and had been part of the Pacers G League team. Then I suffered a career-altering ankle injury and went 17+ months without playing in a league. At that point, coming back to basketball felt like a distant thought, let alone coming back as the player I once was. And honestly, my pride almost sabotaged the whole thing. Once you’ve played at a certain level, you never want to go below that level. You set a standard for yourself, and for me, that standard had already been set. In my mind, the ABA was a step down. Almost embarrassing for a player of my caliber. But I swallowed my pride and reached out to the coach. It wasn’t just any team, either. It was a brand-new team made up mostly of guys who had never played beyond high school. A few games in, I realized there was actually some solid talent in the league — overseas players, college guys, and even another G League player or two. Then came the biggest challenge. We lost our first 9 games. I remember thinking I was too good to be in this league. But eventually, I had to be honest with myself: If I was really too good for this league, we wouldn’t be 0-9. That realization changed everything. I swallowed my pride. I moved differently. I became a different type of leader and a different type of player. We started becoming competitive. Then we started winning a few games. And somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, I started becoming myself again. Looking back, I realize this was always the path I needed. Maybe the league was a step down. But I wasn’t too good for it. I wasn’t above it, and I certainly wasn’t above anyone in that locker room. The challenge was never really the league. It was me. Once I understood that, everything started to come together. I moved on to the next league, and before I knew it, I was back playing in Canada’s top league. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and take a step back.

Elite scorers aren’t defined by having one unstoppable move. They’re defined by their ability to find different ways to score when the defense takes something away. Ethan put on a clinic against the #4 team in the state—and what stood out wasn’t just how much he scored, but how many different problems he could solve. Backdoor cuts. Attacking hard downhill off closeouts. Mid-range pull-ups. Floaters. 3s. Leaking out in transition. Hook shots. Playing off two feet. Using his pivot. Creating advantages without the ball just as effectively as he created them with it. That’s multi-level scoring. Elite scoring is ultimately a decision-making problem. The defense changes the constraints—space, angles, timing, positioning, help—and the scorer has to adapt the solution. Research on skilled movement supports this idea: high-level performers benefit from being able to use different movement strategies while maintaining a consistent outcome. The best scorers aren’t just good at scoring one way. They have multiple answers. With the ball. Without the ball. At the rim. From the mid-range. From 3. In transition. Against a closeout. With their back to the basket. On two feet. Off movement. Different tools. Same objective: get a bucket. And Ethan showed nearly every one of them in a single game against a top-5 team in the state. Multi-level scoring. Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!