The PGC Blog

A short while back on a PGC mentorship Zoom call, a player asked Yale Women’s Assistant Coach, Amber Raisner, “what’s the #1 thing you look for when deciding who NOT to recruit for your team?” Click to get the answer

When it comes to basketball, size isn’t everything. For undersized point guards, mastering specific skills and habits can not only level the playing field but also make them truly unstoppable.

As a basketball player, just like so many other walks of life, players do not operate at max capacity because they are extremely hard on themselves and are losing the ‘inner game.’

In the game of basketball, self-discipline is a word that all coaches want players to embody on a daily basis. The word ‘Discipline’ is used for some teams as their standard of excellence, for others it is a pillar that their culture is built upon.

Muhammad Ali famously said “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road; long before I dance under these lights.”

Her research found the trait which consistently linked to success in sports, workforce, academia and business was “grit.”

In the acquisition of skills in the game of basketball empirical evidence shows decision making and problem solving are a huge component that has been underutilized.

The distinction between skill and talent is one coaches talk about consistently…