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Here’s what we’re serving up:
🏀 #1 - Favorite thing we watched 📺
🏀 #2 - Favorite action to add 🎥
🏀 #3 - Favorite wisdom 🧠
LET’S DIVE IN ⬇️👇
Principles of play 📺
“Anybody can stop plays, nobody can stop principles…Discipline comes before freedom.”
Our principles of play:
One more passes
Paint touches
Ball Reversals
Thanking the passer
Second side actions
Pick & Roll reads
Must Add Action 🎥
Team USA 🇺🇸 HORNS 🤘 MIAMI 🏝️
Horns ➡️ Miami (DHO & Ball Screen
Options are:
Hit slip
Shoot off screen
Hit shake-up
iPhone HACK 🧠
Do you want to get off your phone more?
This 30-second iPhone hack changed our life... Thank the passer ➡️ Sahil Bloom:
Grayscale Mode removes the colors to make your phone immediately less appealing and addicting.
To turn it on, follow these steps:
Settings
Accessibility
Display & Text Size
Color Filters -> On
Grayscale
If you want to be able to toggle it on and off easily, you can create a simple shortcut:
Settings
Accessibility
Accessibility Shortcut
Color Filters
If you triple-click the side button, you'll be able to toggle Grayscale on and off.
Since starting to use Grayscale Mode, we’ve seen our screen time drop and our focus rise.
Try it for a day. It's a massive life hack.