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Article: Great read on the OKC Thunder rebuild under Mark Daigneault
“I try not to micromanage them shot by shot like it’s a video game,” Daigneault said. “But we try to educate them on diet. It’s more about your whole diet. You can have things in your diet that are not necessarily healthy for you. But you need to supplement that with a good base. The same thing goes for your shot diet. I thought, early in the season, he was driving and not overly physical when he got into the teeth of the defense. He was just kind of settling for those (floaters). Then he wasn’t getting enough of the other stuff to be efficient.”
Speaking of Daigneault, this video below is hilarious
Article: The Machines of Mastery
"Deliberate practice is powerful, but it also can be hard. In fact, it has to be. Unlike passive forms of learning, it requires a proactive and intentional approach to skill development."
Quote from Steven Pressfield
"The professional cannot allow the actions of others to define his reality. Tomorrow morning the critic will be gone, but the writer will still be there facing the blank page. Nothing matters but that he keep working."“
Management matters
Kobe Bryant’s career shot chart - if you want to become great, you have to shoot your shot.
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