Words matter: Teams are not families. Teams are teams, families are families. Sport is not a war or a battle. War is war, sport is sport. Ball is not life. Ball is ball, life is life. Let’s speak with great precision. ~ via @dannyhoops

I’m only taking on 30 high school/ juco clients instead of 50 this year. Cuz I’m just too swamped with my NIL Clients. And I appreciate all the people that’s reaching out. But don’t forget I got a recruiting service. Meaning a buisness. The only kids I help for free are Power 5 kids and the only kids getting discounts are former Power 5 players. Every year I was taking 10 kids and getting them off the board for free but damn them parents and family is tooooooo mf ungrateful so that’s over with. I charge $1000 for my service. $500 upfront (high school season) and $500 on the backend (AAU season). If either party don’t agree with how the high school season went then we shake hands and part ways. You might not agree with my work and don’t think you got your money worth. Then walk away. And if I don’t think yall doing part of performing and listening to me. I’m for sure go walk away like Jade. But I got a 95% placement rate. Nobody better at getting kids off the board than me and I’m cheaper than AAU and got better results. So if you good enough you really don’t gotta play AAU. But please respect my time when you call. Instead yall calling me and then get off the phone and call people like “Why Brelove just call me sweating me about my son”. I promise some of yall weird. But if your son or daughter is Class of 2027 and yall not currently talking to no schools 9 out of 10 times yall not ever go talk to nobody. Cause after AAU the college coaches back to the grown ups. And yall kids playing AAU for people that yall never hear from after July. So if you not hearing from coaches you better hire somebody to help you fight for your kid or just start applying to local d3 schools and jucos and go to open gyms and tryouts. Cause unless you 6”6 or you go out and average 30 colleges don’t care about no high school kid. They be cussing me out for even bringing high school kids up. -Jappy Davis Jr

I just dropped a podcast at utahbasketball.net covering the PE takeover of Prep Hoops (this clip obnoxiously close to my face), the class of 2027 surprises, and why hoopers should play multiple sports

My client went from: • 50 athletes • $8k/month to • 200+ athletes • $16k/month The craziest part? He didn't become a better trainer overnight. He became a better business owner.

A response I just gave in our Skool community regarding charging higher level players / revenue drivers in coaching business : - the youth academies are definitely where the consistent revenue is! - We’ve found that working with high-level players is absolutely worth it! 2 ways we’ve capitalized like you mentioned: 1. A new stream of Revenue. June was our best month ever in terms of high-level revenue. It’s been a great addition to our already thriving youth academies 2. Credibility / marketing. By showcasing who we work with, we’ve been able to get hundreds of youth players to trust us with their development I would try to start getting high level guys on monthly retainers, and go from there!

We use a 1-leg start constraint for the defense in this game. This creates an advantage for the offense to attack the rim.

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Illinois didn't get to Indianapolis by accident. Head coach Brad Underwood has invested in four basketball shooting Guns for his players and built drills around the way his team actually plays. 38 to 42% of their shots come from three. That starts in practice. Why not trust the same machine building one of the best offenses in college basketball?

I asked over 350 college basketball coaches and players to rank journalists based on lack of credibility and poor reputation. Here are the results: 1. Jeff Goodman 2. Rob Dauster 3. Adam Zagoria 4. Zach Braziller 5. Seth Davis 6. Matt Norlander 7. Jeff Borzello 8. Jon Rothstein 9. Joe Tipton 10. Andy Katz 11. Joe Lunardi

Of course your club coach is going to tell you how amazing you are, how your HS coach is hating on you and how they can “get you to the next level”. You keep paying them thousands of dollars every year to be on their team…

Hey Coach, We don’t have a talent problem in youth sports. We have an adult problem. Until we fix that, the kids don’t stand a chance. Here are 5 ways we can improve youth basketball 🧵

When you allow players to travel during a small sided game like this, you might just open the door to movement patterns they've never explored before. Instructions: 1. Offense is trying to score but they cannot dribble. They can travel.  2. Defense is trying to steal, block or force a missed shot.

Why has the measure for the success for HS sports been shifted to getting to the next level? It should be PART of the equation. But seeing too many steps skipped along the way. Make the most of the opportunities in front of you NOW. Live in the present. Prepare for the future.