Work On Game Skills, Get Game Results
Drew Hanlen trains some of the best basketball players in the world. He says that one of the biggest mistakes that he sees from players is that they waste too much time practicing skills and moves that they don't use in games. Drew says that all over social media, you see players juggling tennis balls and players picking up cones, and players who can't make layups with their weak hand working on James Harden step-back threes. He feels like the training industry that he is in is in part responsible for this. Different drills that work on micro-skills, like 2 ball dribbling, do help improve skill and capacity, but it's important that the skills work is transferable to the game. Use your time more efficiently and effectively by doing drills and working on skills that will give you better game results. Drew says that as long as you aren't creating bad habits, putting in some work is better than no work, but work on the right skills so that the work that you ...