06/18/2026
ฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ขฬฒ ฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒ ฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒฬฒ๐ฬฒ: On average, your player only has the ball about 5% of the time in a game.
So what are they doing the other 95% of the time?
I talked about this recently on the Hoop Heads Podcast โ and what it actually looks like when a player learns to impact the game without the ball. Rebounds, deflections, and energy change everything.
This is why we don't chase makes or perfection. We chase defense and other disruptions to get the ball back. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐๐ญ. And if your kid is only interested in possessing the ball, they're chasing the wrong thing.
๐งTake a quick listen. The link is in the comments.