The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now! 🏀

James Purchin

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Dustin Aubert

May 04, 2023

This is the day you become a better player or coach.

Today’s Basketball Academy takes 2 minutes and 47 seconds to read.

Here’s what we’re serving up:

🏀 #1 - Best thing we read - 📖

🏀 #2 - Best thing we watched - 🎥

🏀 #3 - Best thing we heard - 🎧

The Story of the Bamboo Farmer: 📖

Once upon a time, a farmer planned to plant some bamboo. So the farmer prepared the land and planted the seed.

The farmer planted the seed in the ground like every seed. He watered the seeds every day and continued for one year. But no sign that the bamboo seed was growing up. So he thought that maybe the seeds were bad. He planted the seeds again in the same ground and kept watering for another year. But no sign of the bamboo was growing up even after two years.

The farmer didn’t lose hope. He planted the seed again. But it never grew up in the third year as well. Back he planted the bamboo in the third year, but no result. The farmer patiently plants the seed still in the fourth year.

And finally, the seed broke through the ground. Then, the bamboo grew so tall within five weeks. It became a big bamboo forest.

The bamboo seeds took five years to grow up. In five years, the bamboo just expanded its root on the ground so that the bamboo became so tall within five weeks.

Similar to college athletics. Whether you’re a coach building a program or a student-athlete. Do you rush to make a decision when something goes wrong or isn’t what you dreamed it would be? Or do you take the time to work things out and…