More and more I am finding that players are looking for a magic drill that is going to instantly make them a better player. Yes, we do a lot of drills with 2 Balls, Tennis Balls and are always looking for ways to challenge players, but there isn’t a drill out there that is going to make you an All-Conference or All-State player unless you do it thousands of times with correct technique at game speed. There is a reason why Kobe Bryant makes 1,000 shots per day, 6 days a week in the summer. No matter how great a drill there is no substitute for a work ethic. The motivation we make up new drills is because there are 2 things that will kill a workout:
1. Fatigue
2. Boredom
By coming up with new drills and challenging players we are trying to eliminate the boredom factor. With that being said it is important to keep drills appropriate to the player’s skill level. In Geoff Colvin’s book, Talent is Overrated, he states that students have a comfort zone, learning zone and panic zone. If you doing a drill that is way over a player’s skill level you put them in their panic zone and are not going to benefit from the drill. Most likely they will become frustrated because they are unable to achieve any success with the drill. You want to use drills that are in a player’s learning zone, which is where they will achieve some success, enough to keep them interested in a drill, but not to the point where they have mastered it.
The key to success is not finding a magic drill (there isn’t one!), but rather not becoming bored with repetition.
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The founder of Mike Lee Basketball Services (formerly Playmakers Basketball), Mike is known throughout the country for individual player skill development. He has been a speaker at several events and has also recently authored several instructional workout DVDs, which will be released over the next year. Titles out right now include, 25 Killer Scoring Moves, Secrets of Unstoppable Guard Play and Secrets of Unstoppable Shooting. Since 2006 Mike Lee Basketball has trained over 3,600 boys and girls through their skill development programs. Dozens of players that Mike has worked with have gone on to play collegiate basketball, some at the NCAA DI level. In addition to his own basketball services, Mike is a Nike Girls Skills Trainer and a member of the Nike sponsored, Ganon Baker Basketball.
From 2001-2006, Mike participated as a player and assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the fall of 2006 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Coach K and Duke University Leadership Conference in Durham, NC. In December of 2006 he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a self-planned concentration in Basketball Entrepreneurship.
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