Basketball's Harshest Truth

[@VinnyGilboe-l8p]

Thanks Tucker as a young basketball player dreaming of playing D1 this helps a lot!

[@TuckerRichardson]

Glad to help!

[@julienb571]

Great video! I will remind what you and kobe say to my son. Sometimes when his shot is not falling in U18 matches, he feels helpless and is glued to the 3pt line vs. keep trying to shoot and helping his team win with def/passing/comm. The hacking hoops community sounds like a great initiative too. Thx 😁👍

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you! And yes, there are so many ways to impact winning outside of scoring.

[@julienb571]

@TuckerRichardson Yes, absolutely. We are also in Brussels, we should go and see you play. Thx again 😊

[@jasondyke4429]

I’ve been having bad shooting games to start my season but this really helps. Thank you!

[@TuckerRichardson]

No problem!

[@serkanpekcetin8662]

Gotta eat the frog and go over the film & stats the first thing no matter what then. Thanks for sharing this perspective, I think it's a common pitfall for everyone while trying to let go subpar performances.

[@TuckerRichardson]

100%, and I am usually good with this. That is why I'm glad I was able to remind myself that the discomfort of watching a "bad game" is really important, and a lot of times you realize it really wasn't as bad as you made it seem in your head.

[@unnwas]

I can't even call myself a basketball player anymore as nowadays I play more football/soccer, but one of the things that has helped me the most with my game is resetting my mind before every play, sometimes by just doing an optimal move before I can even think, for example attacking the defenders top foot - that will almost always be a decent move. After you do a move your brain immediately goes into the next step, you have less time so you don't have time to really think about the mistakes of the last possession. That, plus I try to fill my mind with the present, where is the defense? how is my defender positioned? who is open? always trying to act as fast as possible to not allow the doubt to creep in. That can and will cause you to make mistakes, but those mistakes are, for example, because you are going too fast and not because you are incapable of doing that, so you just slow down a bit next time, it's a simple mistake so you don't really think a lot about it. And as you said, I always practice the stuff I struggled with in the next few practice sessions.

[@TuckerRichardson]

Sounds like doing mini visualizations during the game. I think this is a really fascinating technique, and I definitely try and reset often during my games. Particularly after a mistake where my brain might start wandering.

[@BobLoblowLawFirm]

Great video essay! Keep up the excellent work on your career and channel!

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you!!

[@forester1983]

Very useful clip Tucker! Keep up the good work 🔥

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you!

[@creativecaddie]

Great video keep up the good work!

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you!

[@AbcMax12345]

Congrats on 35🎉. Nice vid

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you!!

[@JudahMeckel]

Thank you for this video!

[@BobTheCardCollector]

Great video, with some amazing advise that can even go beyond basketball!

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you, and I agree a lot of this stuff applies to life!

[@road2league]

loved this video man ❤

[@TuckerRichardson]

Thank you!

[@BiggieJSports]

Thanks man

[@TuckerRichardson]

I got you!

[@zepplin1510]

I just started playing basketball at 7th grade, now I'm in 9th and i think average skill at basketball. Most people in my batch are really good so I start to doubt myself. Hopefully I become good like them too. This is good video!👍

[@TuckerRichardson]

I hope so too!

[@studyhoops]

Last day of tryouts today ill keep you updated

[@TuckerRichardson]

Let us know!

[@AbcMax12345]

Same, I made it. Good luck to u

[@studyhoops]

@@TuckerRichardson any suggestions for what to do if you got cut?

[@simongerszberg8847]

I’m a denial player too, but I rarely play poorly

[@TuckerRichardson]

Well that is helpful!

[@coopershackleford]

Personally I don't try and forget my bad games but I try and work out why I played poorly. Usually it ends up being something simple, like I wasn't able to grip the ball on my drives (very common for me this season) 5 games in I'm still averaging 12 points on better efficiency than last season which was one of my 2 goals, to either score more or be more efficient

[@TuckerRichardson]

Love this. Taking an approach of learning when looking at bad performances can be very helpful. I’m glad you are having some more success this season my man!

[@toastycreeper7256]

You playing against limburg united this friday? Cause then i will come to Watch

[@TuckerRichardson]

Yes we are!

[@toastycreeper7256]

@ will see you there

[@JAMNyt321]

I just had a terrible game (0 points) and ima try this hopefully it works, thanks

[@TuckerRichardson]

You got this!

[@JAMNyt321]

@TuckerRichardson I looked back at some film of my game and I saw how slow and ugly my jumpshot looked so I'ma try to do a quicker release, honestly if I didn't see this video I probably wouldn't have seen this issue as quickly, thank you

[@KaelBN]

Question: what is the best way to deal with *THOSE* kind of teammates? I try to ignore them, but it always seems to get in the back of my head. Tips?

[@TobiasJones-u4o]

I think about what i did wrong and try to work on those skills more

[@TuckerRichardson]

This is a great way to look at it!

[@Lin_34jh]

Js came back after turning the ball 3 times, im thinking about quitting ngl

[@TuckerRichardson]

These low moments happen to all players. You can push through it!

[@3xclusiveMusiq]

do you know what ligon middle school is ?

[@TuckerRichardson]

No I do not

[@3xclusiveMusiq]

@@TuckerRichardson oh ok, whats your main advice for rising high schoolers trying to make it to the league ?

[@sababudaghashvili7261]

im living in brussels, im texting basketball clubs but no respond. i really want to sign in any club, what should i do, please help. thank you

[@TuckerRichardson]

Honestly don’t have any advice for you because I don’t really know how it works over here. I know there are a lot of levels to clubs though, so you could hopefully find your way onto one of the teams?

[@N.RMWID.F]

how's life at your new team going

[@TuckerRichardson]

Overall positive, the team is 7-4. Like I mentioned in the video I’ve had my ups and downs but am definitely starting to hit my groove as I get more comfortable here!

[@tankairui2362]

Do you think being eager for the ball is bad, i scored 0 in a game i played today, i probably went 0/7. 0/3 from 3 and 0/4 from the field. I think it might be that i want to prove myself and the training i used every time i touch the ball which adds on more pressure. I really want to prove myself great but it just doesnt go my way. What do you think the solution should be?

[@tankairui2362]

And it pains me even more that most of my teamates who dont train at all end up outscoring me.

[@TuckerRichardson]

I think there is an important balance between aggressiveness while also understanding your strengths and weaknesses. But in my opinion at the lower levels, aggressiveness is more important because you are going to be constantly getting better from training.