PLEASE NOTE: In our coach’s hearts it’s exciting to see and hear that a number of players have been missing basketball and are itching to get back at it. We love players that want to get better and work hard on their game. Unfortunately, COVID has tied our hands in many ways this spring. Ways we could never have seen coming.
CHECK OUT: Two new workout videos found in our “Player Workout” Section. Click on the Tab above. Alton Neid presents and demonstrates a great and motivational at home workout; while, Evan Smith demonstrates Part 1 of a three part dribbling workout players can do in the off-season. Both players will be presenting more workouts as they themselves prepare for the USport seasons next Fall. Train with them and get better every day as a player.
Below is part of Steve Nash’s speech directed to today’s youth, the next generation, during his Hall of Fame Induction. Powerful. Insightful. Purposeful. Please read. You can see Steve’s full Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in the Video below. If you want to listen to Steve present the words below, scroll to 19:38 and watch from that point to the end. Enjoy.
“Nash’s most fond memory in the game of basketball didn’t come in the NBA. It was playing for Canada at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.”
“The greatest experience of my career was playing in the Olympics for Canada and my coach was Jay Triano. Jay was a hero to me. Recruited me in high school and taught me to love the game. He always said: ‘Shooting is like breathing, you’ve got to do it every day to live.'”
“But it was Nash’s final message that was most inspiring.”
”After thanking his family, he had a message the next generation.”
“Find something you love to do. Do it every day. Be obsessed.
“Balance can come later.
“Use your imagination. Put pen to paper. Declare your intentions. Set small goals. Knock them off, set more goals. Gain more momentum. Build confidence. Grow a deep belief. Outwork people. Play the long game.
“You don’t have to be the chosen one.
“The secret is to build the resolve and spirit to enjoy the plateaus, the times when it doesn’t feel like you’re improving and you question why you’re doing this. If you’re patient, the plateaus will become springboards.
“Never stop striving, reaching for your goals, until you get there.
“But the truth is, even when you get there, even when you get here, standing on thisstage, it’s the striving, fighting, pushing yourself to the limit every day that you’ll miss and that you’ll long for.
“You’ll never be more alive than when you give something everything you have.”
