The Mirror Drill Reveals Mentality

Nobody talks about the real reason most academy players never make it to the next level.

It's not talent, it's not work ethic, it's something way simpler that coaches see in the first

week. I run an academy with over a hundred kids and I can tell you within three

practices who's going to make it. There's this one drill I use that exposes everything.

I call it the mirror drill. I pair up two players and one has to guard the other without

a basketball. Just pure footwork, slide for slide, cut for cut, movement for movement.

Here's what happens every single time. Half the kids immediately start looking around to see who's watching

them. They're worried about looking stupid, worried about messing up,