🏀 Locked In: Training Focus Like an NFL QB

Welcome to The Basketball Academy. 🏛️

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Here’s what we’re serving up:

🏀 Dial In Your Focus 🧘

🏀 Play Faster 🏃

🏀 Must Add Action 🎥

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LET’S DIVE IN ⬇️

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🏀 Resetting Your Focus 🧘

At the NFL Combine, Giants coach Brian Daboll grills QBs on the whiteboard — drawing up plays, erasing them, then challenging players to recall, adjust, and explain under pressure.

Takeaways for Players:

• Be a thinker, not just a doer. Learn the why, not just the what.

• Practice recall under pressure — can you explain a play 30 seconds after seeing it?

• Communication = confidence. Teach it, talk it, own it.

Takeaways for Coaches:

• Quiz for retention, not regurgitation.

• Create decision-based drills — don’t just rep actions, challenge understanding.

• Evaluate how players think, not just how they move.

The board gets erased. Can you still run the play?

If your focus is scattered, you'll lose to the person who's locked in on just one goal.

One tab open. One task at hand. One mission to complete.

That’s it.

Keep it simple. Don’t overcomplicate the process.

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🏀 Cool Way To Get Your Team To Play Faster 🏃

Grade Your Sprints:

A - Burst With Your First Three Steps

B - One or Two Hard Steps

C - You’re Jogging

D & F - Didn’t Even Cross Half Court

We call this “Win The Racetrack,” from FT Line to FT Line.

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🏀 Must Add Action 🎥

Single Drag Chase

•Drag forces x5 to ‘Drop Coverage’

•Chase ‘Throw & Go’ creates secondary Action for an open 3.

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Must Add Habit

Jrue Holiday Defense.

•Hip turn over the scene

•Slides in small spaces.

•Turns & runs in big spaces.