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[quote=Anonymous]We watched a couple kids in our neighborhood go through this.

One talked big and practiced on his own like Pistol Pete (hour after hour) but wouldn't attend camps or get coaching.  Eventually, he wrote his college essay on the idea that he knew he wasn't going anywhere in basketball, he just really liked to knock around with a basketball in MS, and how that was different from truly going all in and doing everything he could to improve like he did academically in HS.

The other kid was very different.  He pretty much did everything he could.  He practiced in the front yard, went to camps and played on several teams in MS.  He came home from the first day of HS basketball practice as a freshman and announced he wanted to quit.  When his parents asked why, he said that the coach had moved him up to the 2nd varsity team to scrimmage with the starters.  Eventually, he explained that at 6' 6" tall he was the only player taller than 6' on the varsity.  Thinking this was a good thing, his parents were confused.  He explained that the team was playing "small ball" and that the only reason he was there was to mimic other teams big guy during practice.  His parents made him stick it out but he did very little extra anymore.  Eventually his parents asked his former personal coach and he confirmed that it was unlikely he would ever play because the HS team was in such a competitive region and all the other guys had such different skills.  He went on to play Division 3 in college after riding the pine for 4 years in HS.[/quote]

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