What few players really seem to understand, is that great players are made in the Summer... during the off-season.
If you are spending your summer at the beach, or sleeping in until noon, or using whatever other reason (excuse) you may have for not developing your skills and becoming a better player before the start of next season... you will NEVER become a better player.
Too many players these days think watching a DVD, going to a camp, or practicing in the driveway will magically propel them to the next level. It doesn't work that way.
I hear it from players all the time... "it's too hot to practice" "it's too cold to practice" "I have too much homework" "my coach never opens the gym" ...too much of this and too much of that! Realize that whatever your particular set of circumstances are that is keeping you from becoming a better player... there's already a great player out there that had your exact set of circumstances when they were coming up... it's just that they found a way around those circumstances.
The real question is... do you put more effort into talking about becoming a great player, than you do in actually practicing to become that great player?
(Thanks Alan Stein & Vaughn Wallace)
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