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Marshall Bailey | Class of 2027 | Westtown High School | West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Marshall Bailey is an explosive Point Guard that understands how to get it done in order to get the win. His ability to get to the basic and finish over larger defenders is what makes him stand out more than anything. His ability to help his team win by doing multiple things on the floor is what makes him a great prospect. Check out his interview when you get a chance.
And we are back. We have another nice prospect on Discover Talk. But Marshall, at this time, instead of me introducing you, I'm going to allow you to introduce yourself.
SPEAKER_01So name is Marshall Bailey. I just transferred to Prince George's Christian Academy. It's a school on the Western Shore of Maryland. For short, it's called PGCA. I was previously at West Town for my last two years, and just before that, I was at Easton High School over in Easton, Maryland. And West Town is also in PA too. Yeah, that's okay.
SPEAKER_04Okay. So once again, I I am Coach Miller, the first Coach Miller, and my host.
SPEAKER_02I'm Coach Miller as well. He knows me. Um we go back. I remember when he was really small, just starting off. He was talented back then. So I'm not surprised he is killing it right now.
SPEAKER_04So first question for you, Marshall. How long have you been playing basketball?
SPEAKER_01Um, I've been playing since I was three or four. Um, I was interested in it. Like my dad, he he had played basketball, he played baseball, um, and then basketball just stuck with me like the most. Um, so I just started getting into that. And then around age seven or eight is when I wanted to take it seriously, and that's when I wanted to pursue like being a division one basketball player, and that's when I just started taking everything a lot more seriously from that point forward.
SPEAKER_02So you you said that age, but like when did you like know? Like I'm pretty good. Like, when did it hit you?
SPEAKER_01I would say, let's see. I would say it's like two different phases. Like my first one was eighth grade, like just after pubert puberty, everything like that, like growing, becoming more athletic. Um, just the people I would play against, I just felt a lot like quicker, stronger. Um, that was the first phase, eighth grade, and then going into ninth. And then I would say the second time is maybe around like 15 or 16. It was just before I uh transferred to West Town. Like I would I went to the hoop group camp and there were just top players that were there. Um, and then I saw how close I was to the top players um like in the nation and all the top players that you see online, like anytime I play them, I'm like, I'm I'm right there too. So that gave me a lot of confidence. Um, but yeah, I'd say I'd say that like 15 or 16 is I realized like I'm pretty good.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so so you talked about playing against some of the top players. So tell me what was your best performance thus far in your career that you can remember?
SPEAKER_01Hmm, let's see. Uh just this past year at West Town. Um I had 12 threes in one game. I broke the West Town uh three-point record, so I had most in a game. No, they did. Like, I got I was just hitting every shot. Um and the person who previously set the record, he was at that game too. And like I didn't, I didn't I didn't plan on like making 12 threes that game, but he was there, ended up with 38 for that game. Um, it just felt so surreal. Like thinking about it and watching the highlight, it's like 12 threes is really a lot in one game, so it's it's pretty crazy. Um, and yeah, I said that was my best performance by far.
SPEAKER_02Even better than one you had this summer semifinal game.
SPEAKER_01That was there too. That was a that was a really fun game. It's 7-3, 7 for 7. Um, but but but what game was that? That was the semifinal, like um the UA uh circuit, the semifinal kind of a big deal. It was yeah, it was a big deal. Okay. Season on the line if we if we didn't play play well, so you know.
SPEAKER_04Okay, okay, okay, okay. Okay. So as we're um going through this, what was the game that you felt like you learned the most from? And and and just so we're clear, it doesn't have to be a game that is it don't have to be a game where you score with a whole bunch of points in. It can be gonna choose whatever game.
SPEAKER_01I feel like the first thing that comes to mind is when we played, it was my first year at West Town, and we played the Matha at the Governor Challenge. And like that was my year of like adjusting to the speed of the game, everything like that, and that game like it made me see like the top guys and how fast they they play at the next level and how fast the game moves, how quick you have to make decisions, and how um basketball is really just like read and react, but it's like really, really small like windows to make the right plays. Um, so I'll I'll say that game. I learned a lot from that, grew a lot from that too. But of course, the growing is just gradual. But yeah.
SPEAKER_02Well, talking about that, and you've seen and you've played a lot of players, might be a tough question for you to answer, but I'll ask it anyway. Who do you think gave you the toughest time defensively? Like who really pushed you that you found again?
SPEAKER_01I can't think of like one specific player. What about like could I say players that it's like difficult to score on like those archetypes? Could I see that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would say players who are like maybe a little bit taller than me, but not just that, but like their arms are super long. So it's like anytime you try to go by them, they might get their hand on it, or you might think you're open for a shot, like a pull-up, but then they just somehow get their hand on it. Like those players are like really tricky to play against. And when you go to the basket, like any other person you know, you have enough space, like you get contact, then go up. But like those players, it's kind of difficult, and they're like skinny too. So, like you try to climb their body, but like you just can't ain't nothing there, and their arms are so long, so it's like I don't know, it's super difficult. I'd say that's the those are the most challenging players to like um play, I guess.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so how old were you when you got your first dunk?
SPEAKER_0113. 13. I was going in the um walk me through it. Going into eighth grade, it was in like September, I think. Yeah, September. It was just like a self-lob, throw it up, um, caught it like perfectly. Like had all this, this, this above the rim, not like this, but just this much above the rim. Dunk it. I was just so happy because I was going for like for so long. It took forever because I just kept trying. Like it was two, two, three months straight. Just kept trying to do that. Once I felt like I could grab rim like this, I just kept trying.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I saw that video. My son showed me. He was like, Oh, dad, dad, dad. And I was like, Oh Lord. So when when basketball, you know, one day when you're done with the game of basketball, what do you what do you see yourself? Where do you see yourself doing or becoming?
SPEAKER_01Um, I see myself being some sort of entrepreneur. Um I'm like the creative type, so um, I've been cutting hair too, so that's something I've been doing for six years now. I've been cutting my own hair for six years, but then other people's hair for three years, and that's like a uh strong passion that I have because I I see that as art. Like the canvas is someone's like basically hair, basically, and you can just create art, and the art is the haircut, and you see the finished product, so it's very like satisfying to see that at the end. Um, that's a passion that I have, and I can also pursue something as like uh maybe graphic design or have my own company where I just I don't know, design things. And I think I just want to do something creative or like some form of art because I consider cutting hair art, like photography, I consider that art too, and then of course, it's like the drawing, painting, and sketching, designing, all that's art too, something in that field.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so who is the best shooter in your family?
SPEAKER_01I don't have it, I don't know for that one because a bunch of people say I'm about to text somebody. A bunch of people say my dad, I haven't seen my dad like shoot when he was in high school and college. I just know what people have said and I hear things, so like I haven't seen them like hand to hand. Oh I gotta get dad back in shape. I I don't like this answer, I don't like where it's going. I was I would say me because I feel like that's the right answer to say. Always just say yourself, but I don't know. I'm calling your dad at the end of this interview. I haven't seen him in his prime when he when he when he shot.
SPEAKER_04So okay, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02So so who would the who would you say you because I I had the the privilege of of watching you like I said when you were younger um and develop, I remember uh you were so talented in eighth grade, you sat out. I I was really I commended your family for making a decision to not have you play and your dad had you practicing with the high school team. I thought that was very bold and it was very good for you. Um but you're so athletic and but you don't just rely on that, you're really smart. So who do you who do you think you take your game after? Like what player?
SPEAKER_01Um taking my game after. I would say growing up, like elementary, middle, and then beginning of high school, I moderated after Kyrie. Because I always like I would always um like be in the house downstairs is dribbling. Even after school, I would just dribble for and just do a bunch of moves and work on different combos. That's why I feel like my handle is quick, and that also helps with me being like quick in general because I have a really quick first step. Then I always watch all of his finishes too. So anytime I get into the gym, I always start with my hand drills, and then on my breaks when I'm shooting, I just do different finishes, both sides, both hands, different angles. I do that. Um, but my my game, like the past three years, um, I've like become a shooter, but I but those other abilities are still there. I just haven't showcased them as much because my shooting has gotten so much better. So I modeled it after um Kyrie, but yeah, like I guess you see my play style now. I don't might not look as athletic like offensively because I'm not attacking as much as I used to and getting up and finishing, but it's still there for sure.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, okay, okay, okay. Okay. So what what else? What are some other things that if college coaches are watching this that you would want them to know about you?
SPEAKER_01Um I'll start on the basketball side. Like, I would say I'm a great defender. Like, there's been games where we've played with West Town in the the live period or just throughout the regular season, and then I'm guarding. And then when I come to sit down on the bench, like one of the players would tell me, like, oh, he's a four-star or something. But I didn't even know that at the time. But like, I'm just doing my job and playing defense. Like, I'm a strong defender and quick defender. And because, like, since I used to dribble a lot, like I know what the offensive player might do because I know what I would do in this situation, and I try to stop them before they can even do that, and then and I stop them at the certain point and I know what counter they could do, so then I'm already there for when they do the counter. So I feel like that gives me an advantage on defense. I'm a really hard worker on defense. Um, I can also get rebounds too, just because I'm athletic and strong, so I can get up and I have a quick jump. Like, of course, I'm not gonna get rebounds over six tens all the time, but when I need to, I can get rebounds. Um, I can shoot very well too, and I can shoot from like any action, like I could come off curling or um a fade. Uh, what else? Any action. Like, I've worked on my footwork from any angle, right, left, left, right. Um, just shuffling your feet backwards and shooting off the dribble. Um, I would say those are my strongest points, and then I can also attack the basket pretty well, too. Like, and that also helps I can get to the basket easier because my shot is such a big threat. Like I can pump it, get by, or just do a simple hezzy and then get by. So it's like sometimes it may be tricky to guard because if you're too far back, I'm just gonna shoot it. But if you're too far up, you might not be quick enough to stop me all the way to the basket. So yeah, I'll see that.
SPEAKER_03Okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_02Um, one one other question I have for you. I was just wondering. So you had that great performance um in the sometimes semifinals to help the AAU team, we are one get to the championship game. Um, how was that atmosphere in and just walk us through and and you guys won it? So like everyone doesn't win an AAU championship, let alone on the shoe circuit. So walk us through that.
SPEAKER_01Um it definitely feels surreal, even like now, because like this is like that was the last AAU season I played, and that's like one of the that might be the first time we ended the AAU season on like a win and like a huge win, especially being on the national stage. And like if you look at our team, we don't have like the specific blueprint that you would imagine teams have, like super tall players having a deep team, but what we had, we just had a lot of heart and players who just wanted it bad. Because like we didn't have like the tallest people, we had um eight guys, we all played hard, we were all great defenders. Um we knew each other's strengths and weaknesses. So as long as you have a team that that plays hard and knows what each other does, like I feel like you have that's a great blueprint right there. You don't always need to be the the tallest team or biggest team or deepest team. You need to have like a solid at least eight people, I'll say. And then that championship game was like that atmosphere was crazy. It would it had to be like five, six hundred people around that, and there wasn't even that many bleachers, but somehow there was just so many. And I don't know, it's like all that the energy around us made us play even harder. Like we had team throw, they only scored two points the entire first quarter. Like the only the only reason they scored that one layup was because we uh didn't communicate, but they scored within the last like 40 seconds of the the first quarter. So like we were working, we were playing as if we didn't want them to score at all. Like we had them on every pass and cutting them off on all their actions, and I don't know, we just played together super well, and then we played great offensively too. We also like that defense along with some shots going in helps a lot. Like, let's say you played okay defense and then your shots aren't falling, then you might end up losing the game if it's a tough game. But if you lock up on defense and the other team doesn't really have that that chance, you know.
SPEAKER_04Okay, okay, okay. Okay, so in the championship game, how many did you end up with?
SPEAKER_01I only six or eight points because it was it was a low-scoring game. It was uh I think it was like 46 to 47 or something. Low scoring game, a lot of defense.
SPEAKER_02Okay, well, and they probably knew who the heck you were.
SPEAKER_04Exactly. I'm pretty sure they did.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they made yeah. When I got a game, they had one of the the players is like denying me as soon as I got in. So no doubt. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, that's great. Well, Marshall, um, we want to take this time and say thank you for allowing us to interview you and hashtag we see you.
SPEAKER_01Appreciate you for having me on here. It was a pleasure. Glad I got to talk about this too. Um, this was a great, great interview. I love the questions. Just want to thank you.
SPEAKER_04Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Good luck with the rest of your basketball career.
SPEAKER_02And I want to see a shootout between you and your dad. We're gonna set that up. Yeah, okay. Sounds good. We'll do. All right, man.
SPEAKER_04So we had another great interview with um Mr. Marshall, and now we're gonna transition into player development and talking about that. So the question that I have for today for you, Coach Miller, is what are three things that a youth has to do to be elite?
SPEAKER_02Three things they have to do to be elite. Um one, listen. And two, be comfortable being uncomfortable. Okay, and three, fall in love with the basics. Too many times they want to do the three, four-step combos. It's like, hey, can we consistently make a left-hand layup? Can we consistently make a right-hand layup? Can we get our form shooting correct? Can we consistently do a little dribble warm-up without looking down on the ground? Those small things turn into big things in the games. Every level. And and that's why, you know, there's not a lot of elite kids out there because they won't consistently do those things. You know, I'll have a kid that, hey, look, these warmups, I want you to do on your own. And I'll know because we'll do the warm-up every time. And if I don't see some of it getting quicker, I don't have to ask if you're practicing on your own. I know you're not.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, no, that's real. I think I think my three R my three R one is work hard. Because as you go up to the different levels, it's less about talent and skill, it's more about working. So if you see the kids that end up working hard, a lot of times they're gonna by the time they get to college, they're gonna separate themselves from the second one would be um I would probably say commit to getting a church. And the reason why that's a big one is because I know for myself, I don't always speak for myself, but My goal was to outrun you. And I was successful at that 99% of the time. There was a lot of guys that were better than me, but you're not going to outrun me. And so I feel like the cardiovascular system is a must. And the third thing that I would say is commit to learning the game. A lot of times when we're making plays, right? It comes from the elite plays, it comes from an elite basketball IQ. And a lot of times it has nothing to do with elite skill set or elite physical gifts. Per se. So I would say I would say commit to learning the game of basketball. Raise your focus on raising up your IQ.
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SPEAKER_04And if you can do those three things, I feel like it's it's going to be rather easy for you to become elite, especially at this stage of the game, because there's so many distractions. You have different electronics, you know, you have so many things going on that distracts the kids. And so kids that can do those three things, the chances of them being elite is big.
SPEAKER_02Well, and also, like you're saying, like if you have it here, you can actually preserve energy, right? Like, like, oh, you know, I I don't always have to do X, Y, and Z. If I know where the defense is going to be, where my office is going to be, I can know when I can kick the. I could preserve energy. Now I could be a menace on defense. There's so many, but you gotta watch, you gotta watch tape, you gotta watch film. You can't just watch highlights of games, actually watch games.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah. So so there's this. I'm gonna see if I can try to find that video, but there's this video out there of Dwayne Wade to where he said he learned how to rest in the flow of a game. And I thought that was crazy. I was like, Yeah, yeah, resting in the, you know, during the game, you're you're over there strategic enough to where, hey, I can go hard these three plays and I can take off two these two plays. And so he he admitted that he had learned how to be strategic when it comes to resting in the game. So he he hardly ever had to come out because that was the case. Yeah, yeah, that's good stuff. Hardly ever had to come out. All right, next next question in regards to player development is what do you think the miss the most misunderstood thing about basketball is when it comes to developing the youth?
SPEAKER_02Say that question one more time.
SPEAKER_04What is the one thing that you think is the most misunderstood thing when it comes by by and I'm gonna say by everybody, by parents, by coaches, even by players. What's the one thing that's misunderstood when it comes to all individuals I said previously, when it comes to player development, developing somebody from the youth all the way up? What's the most misunderstood thing?
SPEAKER_02I I think one of the most misunderstood things is that shit happens overnight. Um personal trainer world is almost like you know, people do a couple sit-ups, a couple squats, inspect, you know, the body just transformed. Um, there's so many different factors. There is, is a child when do they start training? Are they a natural athlete or not? Um, how much can they retain information they might not be able to retain but so much at a time starting off? So it might take them a little longer. It doesn't mean we can't get to the end goal, it just means it's going to be a little slower. Little Johnny might be slower than Felix, you know, and it's okay, but they can still end at the same spot of paying the free education, play this game basketball if they consistently work. Some might have to put more work in than others. And knowing, you know, as you get closer to high school, stuff like that, what kind of athlete do you have? You know, do they have slow fees? Some kids are just always gonna have slow fees. DNA, sorry. All right, so now we got to train a little different to get you to be the best version yourself. There is no cookie cutter program, and I think a lot of times parents just think it's a cookie cutter thing. And it's like, it's not. There's basics that gotta be done, but some are gonna have to work more on other things than others, and that's just the reality of it. Doesn't mean you can't get a free education one day to play the game of basketball if you keep at it. There's no guarantees in this stuff, other than if you don't work, you don't got a shot.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think I think the the the biggest misconception when it comes to developing the youth is the ability to make it fun. Ability to make it fun. I feel like some parents get serious way too soon and don't realize that at the end of the day, this is just an eight or nine-year-old kid. I get I get being hard on them and teaching discipline and all that. And I'm not speaking to, let me be clear, I'm not speaking to any parent that is hard on your child at an early age. But what I am saying is I would challenge you to take a step back and realize that at one point in time you too were a kid. And even us as adults, we tend to not engage into things that aren't fun. We tend to not engage in not only things that aren't fun, but if it's not fun, then it's probably not going to spark our interest. Sometimes what ends up happening is you end up getting a kid who is gifted early on, and so you want to treat that particular kid like they're an adult, and it's like, hey, hey, hey, hold on, hold on, hold on. You he's not there yet. I'll give you a case in point, right? So these kids are, I had these kids as kindergartners, right? And Coach Miller, I'm talking about we traveling, going six, seven hours away, dumping kids in first, second grade, right? Because they didn't have a kindergarten um league back then, so we haven't play first and second graders. And we was always, I mean, every every chance we got, we was always in the championship, always, always either in the championship or winning the tournament. So, anyways, we this these particular kids were a very special group of kids. And I remember a dad saying, now my unit, I had a unique situation because all the kids I had um had both mom and dad in the household. And so we had it was I want to say it was four of us, four or five of us coaching, sitting on the sidelines. And I remember one of the dads one day, um we were practicing, and he said, Hey. And he's kind of loud, he said, Hey, um I wanna, I got an idea for y'all. I said, Okay, we thought it was gonna be something super profound. And he said, Did we all forget that these are just kids? And I stopped, I looked, I was like, He said, remember what we were doing when we were six and seven years old. He said, Man, these kids are special, these kids are God's gift, and we aren't treating them as such.
SPEAKER_02And I was like, Don't want them to fall out of love with the game. Push too hard too early.
SPEAKER_04Hey, and so I just remember um, you know, we was we was like, we took a step back and we was like, you know what, we're gonna go on this last trip and then we're gonna chill out, man. And we're gonna let these kids have fun because all this winning trophies and doing stuff like that, it's not to be honest with you, the kids don't even care, they just want to have fun. It's it's it's us as adults stroking our own ego. Yeah, we won. But but it's like, yes, we won that trophy, but what did we lose in the process? Did you lose a relationship with your son? Is that something that he's gonna remember for the rest of his life and be like, I remember in first grade, I just wanted to have fun and bump my daddy because I'm saying bump my daddy because he all he wanted to do is win a trophy. I didn't care about that trophy, I just wanted to have fun with my friends. Yeah, and so I think the one thing that's missing as me as me being a scout and going to these different um camps and showcases is I I just want to challenge parents, man, to just just make sure that it continues to stay fun with your kid. Because one day that kid is not gonna be in that sport and that kid is gonna be a grown-up, and you have to be able to have a relationship with that kid outside of said sports.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Well, like our last interview, we had we had Tommy on, right? And I loved he was being open and honest. I was like, man, I wasn't gonna, I wasn't gonna talk about it. He was talking about when we were he was younger and we were training, and he was talking about he wasn't ready. He would he would go inside and take you know several water breaks and stuff like that because he wasn't ready. And then we stopped training for a while until he was ready. And I think shout out to his parents for not forcing the issue because they would have forced the issue, he would have fell out the love of the game, yeah.
SPEAKER_04Right, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Now I have took a step back and now he's he he loves it.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, now I actually have a client that's like that, man. Um and you know, I haven't got permission to say her name, so I'm not gonna say her name, but she came, she came to me as a fourth or fifth grader. And Coach remember when I say she was crying, like at the end of the workout, she was bald. And like I didn't see them again or even run into them, you know, the toss everything ain't that big. But I haven't seen them run into them, nothing. And man, for a while I was like, dang man, did I cause that girl to fall out of love with the game? And so she came back about maybe about six months ago. And when she came back, um well her dad called me and said, Hey, we're ready to come back. And you know, I done got two, three cell phones since since last time I seen her. And so I was like, okay, well, yeah, who am I speaking to? And he told me his name. And he said, Yeah, he said, man, uh, that was the best workout that my daughter ever had at that young of an age. He said, The problem is my daughter wasn't ready. He said, Shavan, you you were a great trainer, but my my daughter just wasn't ready for that. And he said, but she's ready now. And he's like, I want her with you. And man, like it made me, it did something to me, it made me made me feel good. I was like, Yes, man. I didn't cause a kid to fall out of love with the game.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I never want that.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, so so yeah, so so that's what we have with player development. So now let's transition to fitness, just overall fitness. What are when you're training okay, let's do this from a fitness standpoint, when you're training a one of your basketball players versus one of your regular clients, what's the difference?
SPEAKER_02Man, that's a load of questions. Um, another reason I say that is I'm blessed. My my my right now, my my client list is crazy. Like I have uh have a couple retirement, um, gonna have um I'm also gonna have a young lady that's that's training right now for a bodybuilding competition. So like that's that's so wide. And then also on the basketball side, uh, depending on their position, like so. Am I training a post? Am I am I am I am I training a guard? And then and then lastly, I'll I'll use um I've got two guards on my team that are gonna be seniors, my son and another child. And they need two different things. Um, one, I'm working on my shooter can shoot the hell out of ball. I'm working on him playing low. And so we do a lot of stuff with him doing balance work because he's always on the ground. Uh so we're working on his um his lower body and his core. Uh so I I guess it it's it's really it depends on the player because I do not train my posts the same way I train um my wings and guards, and also is it pre-season, postseason, during season? Um, have different training sessions, and then um everything's goal-oriented, I bless a lot of my classic goals. Like my time, uh he golf a lot, right? So he always wants to make sure he's swinging, get more swing. Um my favorite, I don't know if you ever trained someone. Um, women right before they get married, they gotta fit their dress. The hardest working class will ever have my brother. It's stressful because I'm like, man, they can have a fit that dress. I haven't fit one yet. Every one of them has amazing in their dress because they will run through walls to make sure. So um, but yeah, um I it just it's different training, yes. Um, but it I it's tough for me to really like pin it down because I I have so many different ones. And I'm sorry, I feel like I really didn't answer your question.
SPEAKER_04Oh no, no, no, no, you're good, you're good, you good, you good. Well, I don't I no longer um do personal training. I I'm more focused on the player development, but when I was doing training regular people and I was doing basketball training, um one the evaluation um the evaluation is different with an athlete versus a non-athlete because an athlete has more to juggle. So it's more of a focus on with the athlete, it's more of a focus on time management. With the regular client, it's more of a focus on making a priority. If that makes sense.
SPEAKER_02Oh no, that you're you're you're you you're preaching right now, you're on it.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, you see what I'm saying? Like, so so so to the to the average person that's trying to get in shape, I would say if you want to get in shape, like the first thing is to make it a priority versus just saying, hey, I want to I want to do this. And then the second thing I would say is be realistic with yourself for both athletes and regular people. If I say I want to make it to the NBA, right? And I'm a basketball player, well, I mean, we got to be realistic. If you're 5'2 and you can't jump over a piece of paper, chances of you making it to the NBA is not gonna be very likely.
SPEAKER_02And also, how much how many hours are you putting in too? Like this, like not only the that part of it, also are you putting up enough hours, whether it's trying to be in the NBA, trying to lose weight, trying to gain weight? Yeah, are you putting in the time?
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Well, and so that leads me to my next thing is because we're all human, right? Whether it's me, whether it's you, whether it's heck, whether it's one of the best players in NBA, right? The the biggest thing is do you have the have you created the environment of accountability? Because you're gonna get weak. You're gonna have a day as a basketball player that you're like, you know what, I really don't want to do this. Who do you have in your ear saying, hey, well, I don't care, I don't really care what you want to do. You're doing this.
SPEAKER_02Solid support system.
SPEAKER_04Right? With the with the regular person, they say, Oh man, I really don't want to work out today. Do you have somebody around you say, Well, I don't really care. I'm your accountability partner and you're going to work out today if I gotta go with you. Right? So do you that helps? Do you have the right environment around you? Because having the right environment around you helps you a whole bunch. Whole bunch. You gotta you and the last thing I would say is is what is I like to call it the improvement plan. When you master something, like what's your what's your plan to continue to improve? For a basketball player, you know, once I've mastered my handles, okay, well, what's what's my next weakness I need to master? For a regular fitness person, is what are you, um, when it comes to fitness, like what what is your real goal and what steps are you taking to get there? So if I want to lose my, let's just say belly fat. I'm gonna lose my belly fat. How many tips do I need to be? How consistent do I need to be? What do I need to eat to help to aid in that? Because here's what people don't understand, Coach Miller, is when it comes to the fitness side of things, if you ain't eating right, brother man, you can do whatever.
SPEAKER_02Ever you want. I ain't living with you, so I can I could be we can be killing it five days a week. If I don't live with you, I don't know what you're putting in here, you know, in the kitchen.
SPEAKER_04That weight ain't coming off, man. And so we just got we just have to be be clear, man. Oh, oh man, huh? So sorry. We got to be clear as to what it is that we want, create the environment and make sure that more than anything, that with that environment, that you are able to set yourself up for success.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no, I agree with you. I I can always tell, like, if I got a client that has a good support system, I feel real good. Like, I know I don't gotta worry about this client. Yeah, I know we're gonna be okay. Yeah, but you know, if they're like, oh yeah, you know, my significant other got me a Big Mac last night. Like, what? Why would they even why they even be an option? Yeah, like I worry about that client, like, okay.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, nah, yeah. Well yeah, well, hey, this concludes another episode of Discover Talk where we talk about prospects, we talk about player development, and we talk about fitness. Listen, if you don't follow the podcast, make sure that you like, make sure you subscribe, and make sure that you tell a friend and you tell a college coach about our prospects. We only put college prospects on here. Listen, hashtag discover talk, hashtag we see you.
