Growing up in a small town and having no concept of what college basketball is like or how to get there, Austin Smith takes us though his basketball journey and the lessons he had to learn to get there. -
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:43 Austin’s Basketball Journey
8:53 False Sense of Confidence
11:03 Expectations of College Basketball
11:52 Tryout Process
12:22 Glitch…. Not sure what happened here
*13:09 Almost Quitting
14:17 does natural ability mess with work ethic
15:20 What Do You Need To Improve?
15:50 Scout Team
18:42 Most Important Habit or Skill For Younger Players
19:53 How Do You Train?
21:26 What seperated you?
22:40 College Basketball Misconceptions
24:43 How To Develop Confidence
26:12 Deriving Self Worth From Basketball
26:58 After Basketball
27:18 Differences from player to coach
28:33 2 Lessons From Basketball
29:07 Mistakes High-school Hoopers make
29:45 One piece of advice to younger self