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- How to Be a Good High School Basketball Player
If you want to be a good basketball player, you have to be exceptional in your work ethic. You have to “Just Keep Working” no matter what.
Summer (June – August)
- If it is the last day of school… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are attending a Summer Basketball Camp… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are playing summer league… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you did not get selected to play summer league… JUST KEEP WORKING!
July
Fall (September – November)
October
- It is October, the last full month of the high school basketball off-season… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- It is Homecoming… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- It is Columbus Day… JUST KEEP WORKING!
September
- If it the 1st day of school… JUST KEEP WORKING!
General
- If your parents do not support you… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are talking to college coaches… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are not talking to college coaches…. JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are not reclassifying… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are reclassifying… JUST KEEP WORKING!
Winter (December – March)
- Freshman Year: If you make the freshman, JV, or varsity team… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- Sophomore Year: If you make the JV, or varsity team… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- Junior Year: If you make the JV, or varsity team… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- Senior Year: If you make the JV, or varsity team… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you made a game winning free throw?… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you made a game winning shot?… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you missed a game winning free throw?… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you missed a game winning shot?… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If your parents support you… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If start or are the last player on the bench… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you get a DNP CD (did not play – coaches’ decision)… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you earn a starting position… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you lose a starting position… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are on a league championship team… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you are on the worst team in the league… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you do not make the state tournament… JUST KEEP WORKING!
- If you win a state championship… JUST KEEP WORKING!
Spring (March – June)
- If you make the top AAU team, bottom AAU team, or get cut from an AAU team… JUST KEEP WORKING!