Cincinnati Angels out of Mason, Ohio.  Her AAU coach is Dante Harlan (five time D1 state champion coach with the MND girls

She is also a straight A student and a very hard worker.   She is a great leader and is actively involved in her youth group.

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What a wonderful experience I had Sunday Nov 7 2011 in Central PA at the Triple Threat Camp. Coach Mike Bailey (2 Time HS State Champion and Allen Iverson’s former HS Coach), Rob Butterworth and Mark Natatez organized a unique experience for me and the players. We had a pre-game game day talk with the kids. A radio host introduced me. He was from Lewistown PA, Dave Burman, what a great voice he had!! It was supposed to be an interview but I took the stage and “lit candles” before we played. What I mean is:

• I got into their hearts before I got into their heads.

• You can’t create a winner if they don’t believe or “BUY in” to the coach. Once they believe the Coach, the Coach can help them believe in themselves.

I had 4 short hours to get them to respect me and listen to me. The pre-practice, during practice, and post practice “huddles are crucial times for me to captivate my players”. Must I say, I had them at hello (lol).

We met in the Auditorium and I laid out my DNA and my expectations for them:

• As a coach and leader they HAVE to Know who and what they are getting.

• Players and Coaches – Let your light/candles shine! Unconsciously you allow everyone in the room to let their talents, gifts and light shine as well. You empower people you uplift people. You share and teach the power you have. You impart knowledge. To do this you have to have street credibility with players. Amare’ Stoudemire and I call it “NIKE MAFIA”. You let people know you are connected! You are not bragging or name dropping

•Coaches I will repeat this again. It’s OKAY if you let your players know about your previous achievements and what YOU have done. It builds trust with Players. I say be transparent and seep them into VEINS

V- Build the Victor Attitude in your Players not Victim

E- Enthusiasm is contagious and you better have some

I- Implant Intensity in all they do

N- Nothing negative. You are correcting mistakes; you are not making your players feel like they are one.

S-Spirit- It’s your spirit that gives life, so as a leader you better spend time building that. Your spirit has to do with

•Your spiritual walk with God

•Your energy

•Your health mentally and physically. Basically you give them your Heart and those intangibles I mentioned above seep into them through “your veins” in everything you do as a teacher.

You see Coach Mike Bailey has his VEINS in kids. He loves his players, lives for his players, will step on a grenade; will take a blade or bullet for his CREW.

That’s why he had Pre-GAME. I am going to start to do that. That’s why he had ALL the equipment ready, all the water ready, every coach at every basket 12 coaches all dressed the same. Music, chairs for parents. Film and post game room set up like an ESPN studio, big screen TV. I love it when people are ready, then the TEACHER shows up.

Not Triple Threat. I mean the logo of Triple Threat was hot and above average. Derek Machado of FIVE19creative.com impressed me. I might even hire him on my TEAM.

We had a great workout, 3 hrs of work with the 111 kids who showed up. PLAYERS READ below:

•HARD WORK beats Talent when Talent gets comfortable

•HARD WORK beats Talent when Talent gets ungrateful

So many kids are not grateful for what coaches, parents, and even myself and staff does for them. Hell, when I grew up, I had daily clinics in my back yard. My dad, my brother, mom, and my grandparents told us to go home.

This Triple Threat camp was in awe and SOOO grateful for what we did. 1 kid yawned and ALL were engaged. I did not want to leave. These kids literally, in front of my eyes started to change their lives. Read below of emails we got-

Coach Baker:

Just wanted to give you a HUGE thank you for coming and doing the clinic at the Bald Eagle High School in Central PA! You made a comment that your basketball wasn’t going to change the world, but you were so wrong with that. You are such an inspirational speaker to the kids that you can be a huge influence in the way they live their lives. You have no idea how much your speech meant to my husband, my twin boys, and myself. Just that morning my husband and I were trying to get the message through to the boys that they need to be thankful for what they have, they need to be respectful, and that they need to take charge and be responsible for their lives (and to think this all started over a fight over some Nike socks and who was going to get to wear them to your clinic–and them both being “grounded” from the socks for awhile). Of course being 12 year olds, our talks that morning were falling on deaf ears. I wanted to get up and cheer and yell “thank you” during your morning speech when you hit on the exact same things we had being trying to beat into their heads that morning. At some point during the day you touched on the very subjects we have been trying to get into them for the last several months. Last evening they were talking about what you said and how they understood what you were saying to them so thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a great coach and mentor to the kids of today!!! I am so glad we took the time and money to attend yesterday. My boys have to try out for the Junior High basketball team this year and we have been trying to get them all the extra help we can because they are not even close to being the best players trying out. Your talk and skills really showed them that they can achieve great things if they put the effort and time into it. They have been trying to work out hard on their own during their football season, but get frustrated because my husband and I know nothing about basketball and can’t help them. You showed them that they can do it on their own if the keep drilling the drills they’ve learned at the clinic and keep working hard. Again, I want to thank you so much for taking the time to come to work with our kids. We’d love to see you back in our area some time—the boys would love to get the chance to work with you again.”

• Players- every practice every repetition is determining your value. It works into your DNA. Basketball can be a vehicle that you use to set you up for a successful life

• That with repetition and hard work you will achieve your goals, just don’t expect Instant results. As I told the players I worked hard from 8-16 and did not reach my goal of a Division I College Scholarship. 1 year later 31 offers…

• With that said if you believe in yourself and you have a work ethic, then that’s all you need!!

• Success only comes after pain. A champion has power that comes from his pain, but many people don’t want a Champions Pain!

At our camp every kid was Hungry, every kid VALUED the second of every drill.

Non-elite players (because at age 12 I started out as one)

•You are in a fight! Fight every day for your respect in this game.

•You got to be willing to Die “metaphorically” for your respect.

•Success has to be as important as Breathing! When it is, you will reach your basketball goals!!

•No one can make you practice every day, YOU have to!!!

•If you don’t give all you got every day Your Dream of playing at the next level will DIE because you don’t have the TALENT and athleticism to survive!!

• Unfortunately ALL players say they want to be Successful but they don’t WORK to be successful. It’s all Talk! Triple Threat and I showed them, what to do. Will they believe? Will they really change their lifestyle? Mindset? Approach to rejection?

•Players have to work in the moment so one day they will BECOME! It’s a Process!!

•Try to keep going, try to keep fighting, don’t Quit! You are already frustrated and in Pain. Now you deserve a reward.

•You have to be able to say that no matter what, I will SURVIVE!!

•Be like Harriet Tubman- make yourself so strong that you survive and then you go back and bring a “Team with you!”

•Pain is Temporary but eventually it will go away! But if you quit before you learn and master the fundamental, your pain will last FOREVER and then you quitting, mediocrity and fear will creep into your Life!

•You not gonna die cause you face Pain

• GO FOR IT!!!!

I know this! I left and I was moved!

Mike- We got to do this Again brother!!

God bless

GB

Real Talent and Real Development at the SKILLS SELECT – NATIONAL

Presented by

Ganon Baker Basketball

Real is the first word that comes to mind when I think of the value of this camp. Real instruction by one of the realest and most gifted basketball trainers in the world . Really talented athletes competing to be the best. Real drills that can be applied to game play. Real opinions, real attitude, real intensity, and a real supporting staff that really works hard to make the experience a good one for each player. WNBA veteran Ivory Latta, of the Tulsa Shock, stopped through to check out some of the fresh new talent

Even with talent galore in the building, there were still a few girls who really demanded the spotlight.

Mykayla Venson ( 2014 Arlington, VA) is truly maturing into one of the most exciting, dominant point guards in the country. Some kids look good in drills some kids are just gamers. Venson is a combination of both. In the first Saturday session, she looked as if she trained with Ganon Baker every day like it was her job. Impressive is an understatement when trying to describe how well she handles two balls at a time. She looks even better when she is drilling with a tennis ball. Venson was at her best when she was able to put it all on display during the full court games. The young guard broke down defenders with a mean knee buckling cross-over, shot long contested three pointers, and showed she could control the pace of games. It looked almost effortless for the top 5 pg in the 2014 class. When its all said and done she may be arguably the best point guard in the class.

Ronni Williams (2013 Orlando, FL) May be the best slasher in the country. If she’s not, she just looked like it that weekend. Versatility is usually one of the first things coaches look for and are impressed with. Williams is definitely versatile but she is also talented, 6’2, skilled, and relentless. Her consistent ability to get in the paint and to the rim was mouth dropping. Her game is already beyond her years. At 6’2 she is able to thread through traffic and break down defenders with her dribble like she is a 5’5 point guard. The best part is she plays like she is 6’4. Though she didn’t have to show it often, Williams even stepped outside a few times and knocked down a few long jumpers. One on one this girl is special. When a player can be as effective as she is without forcing anything, the recipe for success is a great one.

Gabby Bellivard (2013 Bishop, GA) seems to get better and better every time she plays. Listed at 6’2. Bellivard looks a lot closer to 6’4. The fundamentally sound forward is just pure good. Bellivard is talented enough that she could be a big wing or nice sized post player. Either way she is good enough she would make an impact no matter where you put her on the floor. Her soft shooting touch is pure and very pretty. Bellivard had a great shooting weekend inside and out.

Te’a Cooper UNC commit ( 2015 Powder Springs, GA) is already making a tremendous impact on the basketball world. Before we talk about her talent on the offensive end, it would be unfair not to mention the three on ball steals she had in a row in one of her games to go along with many more through out the camp. This kid is simply impressive on any level. Blessed with a great body its only fitting that she have a pretty high skill set to compliment. As a rising freshman, Cooper’s ability to control game tempo and run an offense is clearly a sign she is pretty well polished already. Finishing with both hands in the lane with some very nice runners and pull up jumpers further more proved this kid will be able to do it all. Again she is only a freshman but played like a rising senior against some of the top players in America.

Kuaneshia Baker (2012 Gretna, LA) is clearly one of the most athletic guards in the nation. The speed of the 5’10 wing enables her to blow pass defenders in transition and elevate over any and everybody in front of her to finish. At times Baker seemed frustrated with the instructions given to her by her camp coach but it didn’t look to effect her game play at all. Baker was not scared to get in the paint and utilize her tremendous leaping ability to rebound with bigger players before exploding out of traffic to start a few very impressive fast breaks. Baker is gifted and she knows it.

Shannon Cranshaw (2013 Ormond Beach , FL) doesn’t look like the type of kid you would worry about hurting you on the court but as we all know looks are very deceiving. The 5’9 Florida guard was eye catching during drills. The emphasis on detail during each and every drill she participated in was incredible. Cranshaw consistently did the little things that every coach loves. Communication, low hips good form and excellent footwork were just a few things that stood out. Once game play started, Cranshaw quickly established herself as team leader and was very vocal with her teammates. There was nothing fancy about her game but there was a lot of quality points that stood out in her game. If you don’t know who she is you will. 5’9 fundamentally sound combo guards are hard to find. Yes she can shoot too!

The list could go on and on! The energy was great. The atmosphere was perfect and the girls were definitely a joy to watch. QCHR commends Ganon Baker & staff on a job well done!

-Queens City Hoops Report

www.queencitybasketball.net

The (Peach State) couldn’t get any sweeter. Over 70 Universities attended the two day clinic, and most coaches couldn’t believe the cluster of talent that was gathered under one roof. Be it U-Conn, Stanford, Baylor, North Carolina, or Syracuse, all were impressed by the turn out and competitiveness displayed by these young ladies. As Baker Starts the warm Saturday afternoon of with elite drills, it didn’t take long to see the young Super Stars separate themselves. The camp was divided into two parts which consisted of Group (1) and Group (2).

Group (1) set the pace on the first day with standouts like Alexis Prince, Alyssa Dry, Ronni Williams, Alexis Brown, Te’a Cooper, and Jessica Jackson to name a few.

Group (2) feature high profiles such as Breana McDonald, Alaina Coates, Shannon Cranshaw, Precious Person, Aisha Turner, Kayla Montgomery, and Kaydra Duckett.

These names were just a pinch of the hand over fist talent that was displayed, and I can guarantee you next year will be even better. The young Talent was amazing. Holding their own with the upper classmen was not a problem for the future stars of Ganon Bakers Skills Select Nationals.

Kelvin Powell, the director of Ganon’s event’s said “ We just want to provide a quality product and give these young women a shot at life and at the next level of basketball .”

-Adrian Washington

texasprepstars.com

When you hear thunder you hear a huge sound, energy is created and people take notice. Well that is what we did in Australia. People recognized!! Before or after Thunder is lightning, and Natalie Porter’s NPIRE (www.npire.com) was my lightning. I had a chance to work out over 660 players and educate over 425 coaches in 2 EXHAUSTING weeks. It was the hardest I have ever worked in my training life with logging 8-9 hrs a day in the gym on my 39 year old body was a challenge! However since “Rocky” is my role model… I did not stop till I heard that “bell.” Amazing what you can do when you carry a sound in your soul!! My sound was passion, love, truth, the Holy Spirit, and innovativeness for the game of basketball and life. We were on a mission to get out the following word to Coaches:

• People and players can change for the better.

• You want to change a basketball culture? You do it one player and one coach at a time.

• The only way to learn is to be uncomfortable.

• You can be comfortable or outstanding, but you can’t be both.

• The only way to a player’s development is to connect with their mind and their heart.

• Coaching and teaching is not about skills and drills, it’s about communicating, motivating and building trust that one day turns into “blind trust.”

• Motivating, communicating, and relationship building is more important than skills and drills. Once you have motivation, communication and blind trust from your players, then the skills and drills will work even BETTER and a coach really sees improvement

• How can you expect your players to learn and get out of their comfort zone when you don’t as a coach

• Once a year you should go somewhere and be in a learning environment where you feel like you are the “stupidest person in the room”

• To break the cycle of the “same old, same old,” stale, monotonous crusty, vanilla, generic, boring, out of date, non motivating, non relating to the “young players generation,” of practice and skill development, you have to change the way you look at things. WHEN you do these things you look at change!!

• A GREAT KEY to relating to players (8-28…..) and motivating them is to have an adult mind but childlike heart and Joy

• Don’t worry about what players or peer coaches will say about your style and technique. Get past uncomfortable and cool. Players want to have fun, players want to be pushed. Players need to be challenged by an intense coach who challenges their mind with questions, the why’s, the when’s’ (basketball IQ)

• Don’t worry about what your coaching peers think when you are sweating with them. Players love and respect that!

• Don’t worry if you are the most passionate, loudest, non-reserved coach in your program. The more high fiving, chest bumping, fist pumping on the court the better! These actions are contagious and FUN comes back to you and your team!!

• The Australian way of coaching has produced winners and winning teams. One of my favorite basketball players and coaching programs I visited is from Australia. I love their structure and their direction towards making players better. The styles and techniques above will only enhance your practices, invigorate you, give you energy to go out there and be even better!

• Any coach can always learn more. There are no absolutes in basketball. If you don’t learn and grow as a coach you are DEAD!

Training beyond the Limits

A. Coaching

• Nothing magical about coaching you just have to have 2 intangibles Passion and Ability to Keep Learning

1. Passion

• Your example is not the main thing in influencing players – IT’S THE ONLY THING!

Examples of Passion

• Claps

• Tone of voice

• Body language

• On hands with players – clay – you are the potter -”Look” the part

o 8 hrs sleep

o Eat right

o Exercise

o Endorphins release a fresh spirit

• Demonstrate with your mind and body

• Sweat with them, run, walk, slide

• Be a story teller – inspire them (film) – NEVER have a Silent gym (hear coach every 6- 8seconds) – You see passion, you feel passion!

2. Ability to Keep Learning

• Be able to change for the better. Never be satisfied personally with good, it’s the enemy of great!

• Sometimes you WANT to feel like you’re the stupidest in the room

• You get an extra 182 hrs a year if you subtract 30mins of TV time a day. You always can find time.

• Have a passion for self improvement. How?

• Clinics, camps, watch other coaches, film, Google, read books, youtube, cold calls/emails

• The key is to take great notes so you can retrieve, review, then reinforce

B. Two things Kill your Coaching and your Career: Boredom and Fatgue

1. Boredom

• Coach has to have energy (passion)

• Except for beginner sports, keep score on every drill

• Make every drill competitive – time, number, winner

• Go 10-15 minutes one on none, then go 10 minutes 1 on 1, 2 on 2 etc..

• Music during practice

• Innovative drills – disruptors like cones, tennis balls, paddles, 2 balls

• Find 50 ways to teach same skill. I am a big believer of variety of drills

• Peer coaching – players OWN the drill

• Either before or after practice relate lesson of the day to life – sport is just platform for life

2. Fatigue

• Mind set of

o “You are not allowed to be tired” (Celtics)

o “Get Past Hard” (Patriots)

o Don’t Workout “Blackout”(Kobe)

• Make drills on the clock

• Simulate game conditions to work on game conditioning – don’t just run

• Would you enjoy your practice

• Make it fun (USA today research)

• Rest – more gold medals were lost with over training than under training

• Unless you are working on technique push their bodies past what they would go in the game. Go beyond game speed

C. Coaching Is an Investment not an Entitlement, Invest in the: Kids and The Game

1. Kids

• They have to trust you

• You can’t build trust if you don’t have a relationship with them

• How?

• Social media

• Take a walk and talk with your players vs sit behind a desk and be the judge, jury, and executioner

• Lunch, happy meal, ice cream

• Work them out before or after practice – rebound for them – be a time giver not time stealer

• Ask them questions in practice – involve them

• Don’t BS them – tell them the Truth

• They want to be challenged, confronted. Stretch their mind and body to a place where it’s never been Ex- D. Rose story

• Teach them what they don’t know – details – have them keep a notebook.

• Work out with them – make them feel you are with them and not above them

2. The Game – Be a Teacher/ Coach

• We already talked about learning

• Understand teaching

• Teach the skill not the drill

• Why are they doing it, when do they do it

• Emphasize the process over the product

• Mistakes are an education – it’s okay to mess up

• Communication is your asset (tone of voice, delivery passion.. etc..)

• Your tongue can bring life or death

o Ex. Behind back pass or a big shooting 3’s in practice – how do you handle

• I know what you feel but what you say ex. dumbest white boy, diabetic, girl/boy, cerebral palsy

• A person’s greatest emotional need is to be appreciated and loved – catch them doing something right – ANYTIME

Are you a Motivator? Are You Motivated?

• The most important job is the one you have right now. Your dream job won’t actually materialize unless you take care of the one you have now

• It’s not what you know; it’s what you bring – Every single time you are on the field!! Period!

• The more motivated you are the more successful you will be

• Do you give your players a belief wheel

• Thoughts – Words – Judgment – Action – Results – Belief

• A MESSAGE is only a message if it’s received and acted upon

Notes for Bathurst clinic to All Sport Coaches:

To PLAYERS:

• You do not have to have a coach with you to do an “individual” workout by YOURSELF!

• What I said is not “magical,” you have already heard the message from your parents and your rep and state coaches. What are you waiting for? Grab it, seize it, CHANGE your game! Get Better!

• There is no “microwave success.” Change takes 2 weeks to 2 months to 2 years. Put in the time.

• You won’t fail if you don’t quit. Stick to your workouts and listen to your coaches.

• Happiness is a decision you make ahead of time. If you are bored, you create fun, you activate your intensity – it’s not up to the coach all the time!!

• A silent gym is a dead gym! It’s okay if you are the only one clapping and talking in practice and the rest of the team is laughing. It’s okay if you are the ONLY one working out before practice and staying after. It’s okay if your teammates are making fun of you for always sweating before practice starts. Your TEAMMATES won’t laugh for long, they WILL thank you for going to battle with them and making the team better and they WILL start to do these things with you and NO ONE will be laughing. You ALL will be COMPETING and kicking some butt!!

• When no one is guarding you in practice you HAVE to go hard and have PERFECT Reps

• If your shooting form is messed up, change it now while you’re young.

• For every one game you play, have three 45min individuals to balance play and skills

• Try to play 1 on 1 to 5 on 5 every day or every other day with players BETTER than you or faster or stronger or taller than you

• Contact me and I will put you in touch with Alan Stein, our strength coach! He can transform your body!

• Please don’t email me “my coach stinks”– develop a Relationship with them. Listen to them. Ask them a question every day. Tell them what’s on your heart. Respect them. Learn to Love them! High five them. They are YOUR COACH!! You have in life… GOD, FAMILY, and YOUR COACH

• Don’t you dare limit your skills. You work on all aspects of your game!

• Google and you tube your favorite player and learn from them, study them, research them. Try to get what’s in their mind. See what they see in the game

• Learn HOW to be a winner, not just how to win games but how to live like a winner!! What are you learning from winning and losing that will help you in life? That’s your real TROPHY! Your career in Life will last A LOT longer than your career in basketball!! Winning games is important, but Winning in Life is Eternal!

• Always remember; never forget to find the FUN in practice!! It’s a GAME MAN!!

My wife MJ and I visited Bathurst first. I had to do a 3 day coaching seminar to all sport coaches, not only basketball coaches. There were 80 coaches from all over Australia and New Zealand. Netball, hockey, soccer, basketball, football, to name a few were all represented. My theme was “Training beyond the Limits” (see above). It went well and I was asked back next year. We laughed a lot, the Aussies and New Zealanders have such a sense of humor. While we were there I stayed with my good mate Brett Coxsedge. Very good man, he is a very bright and successful young coach. We saw cows in his neighborhood, raced the world famous race track, and even saw a momma KANGAROO and her Joey in the Wild.

See article and Pix below

Academy courts top basketball mentor

26 Sep, 2011 05:00 AM

THE Western Region Academy of Sport secured a coup over the weekend as renowned basketball mentor Ganon Baker came to Bathurst to help ‘coach the coaches’ and impart some of his considerable knowledge.

A number of basketball mentors from across the region were subject to plenty of training from Baker, who has plied his trade with some of the world’s greatest players including NBA stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter.

A former high school, college and professional player, Baker has been in the coaching game for the last decade and has become one of the foremost tutors in the sport in America.

Since meeting WRAS director Brett Coxsedge eight years ago, he has been a regular visitor to Australia and jumped at the chance to make an appearance in Bathurst.

“I train kids from as young as 10 right up to NBA and WNBA level, through clinics, DVDs, coaching certificate classes and motivational talks,” Baker explained. “After playing in high school, college and as a pro, I went back and coached at college for five years as an assistant and I’ve been doing this for about 10 years now.

“The thing about coaching is that the same lessons I give to someone like LeBron James, who is at the top of the sport, are often exactly the same as the lessons a hockey coach might teach his players.”

Baker went on to explain that the only thing that separates some of the world’s greatest players and coaches from the people who he was instructing in Bathurst is the personalities and motivations of his students.

“The lessons don’t change, only the talent level and the personality,” he said.

“The importance of success changes too, for a LeBron James basketball is their job and their livelihood, so their motivation is different to a 12-year-old who just loves playing the sport but it doesn’t mean everything to him if he wins or loses.”

In the time Baker has been coaching, Australia’s presence in the basketball world has grown and he sees a positive future for the sport in this country given the potential available.

“Australian athletes are gritty, and tough and their skills are on the improve,” he said.

“Since I’ve been coming out here Andrew Bogut was a number one NBA draft pick and Patty Mills has been picked up as well, and Lauren Jackson has been named the WNBA most valuable player. The girls regularly finish in the top two at world championships.

“The thing the Aussies are missing though that the USA has is the ability to be playing against great players all the time. You can go to any city in the US and there are great players there. That doesn’t happen in Australia.

“If you took the top young Australian players and planted them in American cities where they were constantly exposed to better competition, they would all be among the top 100 players on the planet.”

BY SAM DEBENHAM

Next we went to Sydney and had a beautiful dinner on the Harbor. Seafood on the water and my wife has never looked more beautiful! I am blessed

We did player workouts for 2 days.

We then went to Brisbane and did a HUGE player workout and coaches clinic. This was the best talent. MJ found some girls to recruit and I found a. JRNSA player to invite ( www.jrnsa.com) We had beautiful weather, it’s Australia’s Spring time now!

We then went back to Sydney for 4 days of workouts and had our First GBB Australian Coaches Certification Class. We had 47 coaches take the course. Man we laughed we got moved, we learned we made lasting friendships!!

We then moved on to Melbourne. Very interesting city! Each of Australia’s cities are all unique and have so much personality. We did 3 days worth of player workouts. One day I was in the gym for 13 hours. We did a 250 coach’s clinic and even had more coaches’ at my clinic than the clinic the NBA had (180 coaches). It gives me great confidence that people appreciate my work and validates that our style of teaching works and is relevant. Thank you Basketball Victoria, this organization has PASSION, for that is why they are called the “Big V”

We are now going to start GBB Australia. We will make 2-3 trips to Australia every year to do camps, player workouts, coaching certification classes, coaching clinics, and school assemblies. Natalie Porter of NPIRE will be our Country Manager. We will have the gbb.com.au website up and running soon. Products and resources will be available soon for sale. Shipping now will be from Australia and not the States, so you can get your products sooner.

Australia is thousands of miles away, but it’s our PASSION, TRUTH and LOVE for the Game and its players that connects our Bridge to SUCCESS!!

Ganon Baker

What a GREAT 3 weeks!!! 5 cities in 3 weeks, from the East Coast to Mid West to the West Coast and back to the East Coast. Dallas to Miami to San Antonio to Los Angeles to Atlanta and now back home to Dallas, TX.

Amar’e Stoudemire is an NBA All Star, Top 5 NBA player, Best Pure Power Forward in the NBA, a Future Hall of Famer, and a guy that has the same passion for basketball as I do!!! With all the things Amar’e has accomplished and is going to accomplish in his young career you would think he has an ego and deservedly so!! Not Amar’e!!!

Kids, if you want to be great it takes preparation, commitment, passion, persistence and a willingness to listen and learn. STAT (Standing Tall and Talented) has all these, not only did he LISTEN with his EARS, he listened with his EYES! He was ALL ABOUT getting better, he said he wanted to be better and he backed it up!! Do you back it up as a player or are you just talking about it because its what you should say?  Amar’e backs it up with his passion “What move should I make here?”, “How’s my handle look?” , “ What can I do to perfect this move?”. Then came the answers from me and he listened intently!!! This is why he is GREAT!!

GIFTED – Amar’e is a gifted athlete and a great basketball player (who despite his accomplishments isn’t afraid to admit there is always more to work on) he was willing to get out of his comfort zone, he knew he to in order to get better!! Are you willing to get out of your comfort zone to get better? He was willing to look dumb in order to get better?  ARE YOU?

RELENTLESS – A Turnover meant 10 more dribbles of that same move he turned the ball over doing and he had to start the drill over. He has to get a footwork move, dribble move, or drill until it was perfect, there was no “I CAN’T” with Amar’e. He had to make over 92% of his free throws before we left the gym! PERFECTION

EXCELLENCE – Whatever Amar’e does he wants to be great at it, acting, filming, basketball, commercials, he wants to be the greatest!! Knowledge is Power!! Be Different!!

ATTITUDE -  Amar’e and I played in over 40 Games of reaction 1 on 1 and sometimes it became so competitive we just played 1 on 1 from whatever spot, sometimes it was full court!! He has an attitude that makes him better!! Two Guys who were born in New York, there was a lot of chatter going on in that GYM and we fed off it!!! It was FUN while being extremely competitive!!

TEAM – He wants to win! A championship is the only thing on his mind! He surrounds himself with a TEAM of GREAT people, I spent as much time with his friend Ben as I did with Amare and the conversations were nothing short of incredible!! People who genuinely care about each other can get a lot done!!

Amare Stoudemire is a BETTER PERSON then a basketball player,  he gives everyone respect and he has sure gained mine. He has fun on the court and off the court. A trip to MILLIONS OF MILKSHAKES where he was noticed as an actor not an NBA player had me and him dying going to back to his place in LA, he enjoys life, and makes other people around him better.

Amar’e and I grew up in same Era of Basketball, two kids born in NY with dreams of making a difference in the basketball world. Coming from two different spectrums of the basketball world to spend 3 weeks to learn and get better!! Whether it was 11am or Midnight we both came into the gym with a smile because THE COURT,  it’s where we grew up, it shaped us both into who we are today.

Leaving the last day Amare said to me ” T your the hardest worker I’ve ever seen”  DIDO  Amare!!

***You have to have goals in your workout. You can’t stop until that goal is reached, when it is reached you have gotten better!! Then you make another goal, and keep increasing the intensity and the difficulty of the drills! That’s what WE did and it made us both better.

“Persistence leads to perfection, satisfaction leads to failure”  Are you persistent or are you satisfied?

WE are not Satisfied, WE want to be Better, WE can get Better, and WE will get Better!!

WE are GBB!!!

Tyler Relph

Amar`e Stoudemire looks healthy and fit in South Florida charity game

Posted by Inside Hoops Oct 9

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Saturday, October 8^th

11am-1130am
Group 1 Check-In/Registration

12pm-145pm
Group 1 – Skill Workout

130pm-2pm Group
2 Check-In/Registration

2pm-345pm
Group 2 Skill Workout

4pm-545pm
Group 1 Camp Games

6pm-745pm
Group 2 Games

Sunday, October 9^th

9am-1015am
Group 1 Skill Workout

1030am-1145am
Group 2 Skill Workout

12pm-120pm
Group 1 Camp Games

130pm-250pm
Group 2 Camp Games

3pm-340pm
Group 1 Champion Vs Group 2 Champion

345pm – Camp
Ends