Defense isn’t just about being athletic or getting steals. The best defenders understand positioning, angles, timing, and discipline. Here are some of the details you need to master: 🏀 STANCE: Stay low, balanced, and ready to move. Don’t get so low that you lose your ability to react. 🖐️ HANDS: Your hands should be active without reaching. Take away passing windows, bother the ball, and make the offensive player uncomfortable. 👣 FOOTWORK: Don’t cross your feet. Step and slide while staying square, and learn how to absorb contact without giving up your position. 🚧 PASSING LANES: Don’t just stare at the ball. See both your man and the ball, position yourself in the passing lane, and make the offense think twice about throwing it there. 🎯 CONTESTING: When your man shoots, get into the proper position to contest without flying past the shooter or giving up a drive. ↩️ WHEN YOU GET BEAT: Getting beat doesn’t mean the possession is over. Turn and sprint to recover, then get back between your man and the basket. At the high school level, you don’t have to be the fastest or strongest player on the floor to be a great defender. You have to be disciplined, physical, smart, and willing to do the little things. Defense is a skill. Learn it. Practice it. Take pride in it. Part 1 of the defensive series. 🧱 Trainer: @Logan Hinton , a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!

Hey guys I’m speaking at my youth group on Wednesday night. Pray my message goes well. I’ve been having so much on my plate recently so I haven’t had time to write my message so I’m like 20% done and I speak Wednesday so I need to lock in and focus. Pray God brings the stuff to my mind that he wants to use me to speak to the other students.

If you’re serious about getting better, stop guessing and start tracking. You don’t need an expensive app or fancy equipment. Go to Walmart or the dollar store, grab a notepad and a pen, and start keeping track of your work. ✍️ Track your makes. How many shots are you actually making? What’s your percentage? Are you getting better from the spots you need to score from? 💪 Track your workouts. What did you work on? How many shots did you take? What moves are you developing? What do you need to improve next time? 🏆 Track your wins. Did you hit a new personal record? Finally master that move? Improve your shooting percentage? Write it down. Give yourself credit for your progress. 🎯 Track your opportunities. What went well in your games? What did you struggle with? What opportunities do you need to take advantage of? Use every game as a chance to learn. And don’t just track everything randomly. BE SPECIFIC. If you’re working on your pull-up jumper, track your makes and attempts from different spots. If you’re developing your left hand, track how often you use it and how effective you are. Because here’s the truth: If you aren’t tracking your progress, how do you know you’re improving? Too many high school players show up to the gym, get shots up, and leave without ever knowing whether their work is paying off. They repeat the same workouts without measuring their progress and wonder why they aren’t seeing results. Don’t be that player. The numbers don’t lie. They show you what you’re good at, what needs work, and whether you’re actually getting better. They also give you something concrete to show a coach when you want to prove how much work you’ve put in. Remember, you’re not just working out to say you worked out. You’re working out to get better. TRACK YOUR WORK. MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS. HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE. Don’t let all that hard work go to waste. Make sure it’s working. TRACK IT. 📝🏀 Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries.

Getting better at basketball is like getting better at anything else. You have to DO IT. Over and over and over again. You have to PLAY. I know it sounds simple, but so many players overlook the most important part of developing their game because they’re too focused on finding the perfect workout, the newest drill, or the next trainer. Training has its place, but you can’t forget to actually play the game. When I was growing up, I’d get dropped off at the gym and be told to go play with the older guys. I wasn’t always the best player on the court. I had to figure things out, adjust, get creative, and find new ways to score against guys who were bigger, stronger, and better than me. That’s where real development happens. A cone isn’t going to react to your moves. A chair isn’t going to cut off your driving lane. And making 100 shots in an empty gym doesn’t teach you everything you need to know about making shots with a defender in your face and the game on the line. As a high school player, you need to put yourself in uncomfortable situations. Find pickup games. Play 1-on-1, 3-on-3, and 5-on-5. Compete against players who challenge you. Make mistakes, learn from them, and figure out what works when someone is actually trying to stop you. You don’t develop your game by just watching basketball, playing video games, or doing the same comfortable drills every day. You develop it by getting out there and competing. Stop looking for shortcuts. Stop waiting for the perfect workout. GO PLAY. And if you can find competition that’s older, stronger, and better than you? Even better. You might get humbled, but you’ll learn more than you would dominating someone you’re already better than. Remember: you can work on your skills in training, but you have to learn how to use them in a game. Want to get better? Get on the court and play. Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three counties. Train Like a Pro! 🏀

I felt Good about it and I think it impacted a lot of students and hopefully it brings them closer to him and helps them use their gifts for him. If anyone wants to watch it here’s the link. 🔗 https://drive.google.com/file/d/16W99VMkdBIp4VRBxZ6G6VxTpY2i_8AEh/view?usp=drivesdk