I am starting a petition this yr. that every state should have a shot clock rule in HS 🏀. It is absolutely ridiculous how many teams try to hold the ball an entire quarter then call it strategy. “NO” that’s playing scared. That isn’t 🏀 nor is it how you play the game. SIGN NOW!
I CHALLENGE ALL COLLEGE COACHES to find a court at the next LIVE PERIOD EVENT that doesn’t have ANY COACHES/SCOUTS at it and give players UNKNOWN a chance. There’s some 💎 y’all missing out on. Some of the greatest talent ain’t on the TOP TEAMS/PROGRAMS
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🏀GUARDS:
If your BIG is posted up with a player on their back pass them the damn ball. Nobody wants to rebound, run the floor, & set screens only for you to not get them the ball when they’re open. Take care of your BIGS & they will take care of YOU
🏀 GUARDS:
PLEASE practice post entry passes. It is amazing how many guards do not know how to make this pass. A BIG could have a player on their back & y’all still won’t make the pass. BIGS 🛑 screening and rebounding and I bet they’ll start making the pass. FEED THE POST
🏀PLAYERS:
Quit playing for coaches that constantly makes you feel like you have to prove yourself to them and go play for a coach that believe in you. Too many mental games can make you not ❤️ the game no more. There’s a difference between a challenge & destroying confidence
If I told you my story would you would you believe me?
A man can never tell you what God‘s plan is. In 2013 I was diagnosed w/ an enlarged ♥️ & I was told that I would never play a pro 🏀 game again & now in 2018 I am playing in the Icelandic finals. GOD IS GREAT 🙏🏾
COLLEGE COACHES how are you going to find the hidden 💎 if you’re recruiting all of the same players? There’s a lot of good players that are on the courts y’all not going to. Challenge yourself to go outside the box. You might luck up on a player no one knows about but you…
This is why a lot of players aren’t where they want to be in their careers. 🏀 isn’t only about scoring. Find ways to impact the game in different ways. Know your game. Understand that yes you can be a 🪣 but you can also be a 🔒 up defender.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
AAU IS NOT REC BALL. I REPEAT AAU IS NOT REC BALL. Everybody doesn’t deserve to play in AAU. It’s competitive. If you’re not that good that’s what practice is for. Don’t be mad at the coach because you’re not playing. NO PRODUCTION NO PLAYING TIME
🏀PLAYERS: July is such an important month for your AAU career & beyond. Please put down the 🎮 to fornite and stay off social media and focus. You can change your whole life in this one month. It’s definitely worth it. TRUST ME. Don’t miss out on your opportunity.
In competitive AAU 🏀 everybody can’t play in every game. Some moments are just to crucial to take chances. I’m getting tired of seeing coaches trying play everybody just because they on the team. Are y’all trying to win or what?
AAU 🏀 needs to go back to how it used to be. The brands have messed it all up. Go back to good old fashion AAU where everybody played everybody. No matter who your sponsor is. It’s dumb the best might not play the best bc they not in the same league. THE 💰 TOOK COMPETITION AWAY
I don’t care what Division you receive a scholarship from if it’s free YOU WON. I know plenty of people right now still paying back loans from college. You are starting life ahead w/ NO DEBT. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
🏀PLAYERS:
AAU is all about finding the best fit for you. It’s about who’s going to give you an opportunity to showcase your talent. Don’t don’t get caught up in NAMES. Go where they want you. The biggest name doesn’t always present the biggest opportunity
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To EVERY PLAYERS traveling across the 🇺🇸 to play in these AAU tournaments PLEASE understand that these are BUSINESS TRIPS, NOT VACATIONS. No we are not going to the mall. No we are not going swimming. Nobody cares about you having fun. You are there to get SCHOLARSHIPS.
Ain’t no morals in AAU basketball. Quit looking for people to do the right thing because 99% of the time they won’t. People will do anything to win. That’s why it’s very important to understand who you are allowing coach/guide your kid. It’s bigger than 🏀. Remember that.
PLAYERS:
This AAU season find the best fit for you. Don’t worry about what circuit your on. Players get scholarships from all different types of situations. Find someone that believes in you & take full advantage of that. Don’t play yourself tryna politic
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🏀PLAYERS: Players PLEASE THANK your parents RIGHT NOW for all the sacrifices they have made to make sure you can travel the country to play. You might not understand now but they’ve spent thousands of 💵 to make sure you’re able to play in these tournaments. BE GRATEFUL
🏀PLAYERS: Players PLEASE watch how you conduct yourself at these tournaments. Every COLLEGE COACH in the country is at these tournaments & they are watching you on and off the court. Colleges want high character people not just good basketball players.
One piece of advice to all parents w/ kids in amateur sports if your kid is on a team & the coach is stripping them of their confidence get away before it’s too late. There’s a difference between tough ❤️ & killing someone’s confidence. Once a kid loses that, it’s a struggle.
I refuse to only invite players w/ a BIG NAME to my exposure camps. If you’re inviting the players that’s already known how are you bring an exposure to them? PPL ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I want the hungriest/hardest working players in the 🌎 virtually unknown so I can put on
I hope every state incorporates the “shot clock” in HS 🏀 soon. Holding the 🏀 for a quarter is out of hand. That’s not the game of 🏀 nor is that competing. If that’s what you want to do 🛑 coaching, that’s not a strategy. That’s scared. Just my opinion
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6’2 •
@AddisonBjorn
• 2026 ONE IS OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE 🇺🇸 REGARDLESS OF CLASS 💎🤩
There’s not a doubt in my mind that you will make it the U16 NATIONAL TEAM. Make it impossible for them not to choose you. Love you ❤️
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#iTrainWithMarcusWalker
6’3
@AddisonBjorn
GONNA BE UNSTOPPABLE EVERY BIG GUARD SHOULD HAVE POST WORK 😱
She is one of the most versatile players in the country. If you do not know who this young lady is follow her right now. She’s a superstar ⭐️
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#iTrainWithMarcusWalker
To be honest in AAU the coaches/programs benefit more than the players do in 90% of cases. A lot of coaches don’t have a clue what the hell they doing. They just try to find kids with the biggest names and put them on a team. They can’t coach/play/help players to save they life.
I have absolutely NO RESPECT for any AAU program that has a team full of ✨ but none of them came from their GRASSROOTS TEAMS. A lot of ppl aren’t paying attention but that let’s me know you really can’t help nobody. You shouldn’t benefit more than the players do.
🏀PARENTS: Be careful who you listen to. The same parent that is telling you your kid needs to pass the ball is the same parent telling their kid to shoot every shot they even remotely think they got. Everybody doesn’t have your best interest. All criticism isn’t constructive...
The NCAA should be ashamed of themselves. The shit they pulled with the gift bags and workout areas is simply disrespectful and laughable. Whoever was in control of both of those assignments should be FIRED. Like serious. Just say you don’t care about women’s basketball 😡
AAU IS NOT REC BALL. AAU is for ELITE PLAYERS. REC is for DEVELOPMENTAL PLAYERS. A lot of players have no business tryna play AAU. That’s the problem right now. Y’all don’t understand that there’s levels to this organized basketball ish
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One thing I hate about HS 🏀 is coaches trying to make STAND OUT PLAYERS into role players. Why make someone w/ the potential to be a D1 player dumb down their game for players that have NO CHANCE at playing at the next level? LET A BEAST BE A BEAST 🤦🏾♂️
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I will never understand how PARENTS will allow/let/accept their talented kid to sit on AAU teams bench just bc of their name/status. There’s plenty of opportunities out there. Have you ever thought to yourself that this decision could kill their confidence?
🏀PLAYERS:
How you say you a basketball player but your coach has to beg you to play hard. Effort/energy isn’t something a coach should have to coach. That’s a given. If you not gonna play hard, don’t play. Lack of effort/energy is draining overall to (teammates, coach, parents)
If you are paying attention to women’s 🏀 you can vividly feel/see the shift in the game . On an amateur level we are talking about female ballers just as much if not more than boys. They are popular. They have a brand. Not to mention they’re freaking dope players. WAKE UP
I’m from Kansas City. The land of the guards and the undersized big man. 6’5 is not a POST. Y’all gonna learn one day that your coaches/trainers are setting y’all up for failure. Your a guard. Wake up 😴. This been going on for yrs 🤦🏾♂️
PLAYERS:
This AAU season find somebody that wants you. This game is all about finding the right ppl that believe in you. It doesn’t matter how big the name is if you don’t have an opportunity and you don’t have someone that’s going to allow you to be who you are/want to be 🎯
Thru all the ups & downs, the hatred, the happiness, traveling across the country, & changing the way ppl viewed women’s 🏀 & inspiring the next generation we are at this point
𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀 ⭐️ 𝐋𝐀 𝐅𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋
@UCLAWBB
Love you ❤️
4️⃣🆙🐻
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🏀PLAYERS: Players if you haven’t learned nothing from this year‘s NCAA tournament I hope you’ve learned that it doesn’t matter the name of the college YOU play for, it’s the fit. Go somewhere that wants YOU, YOU will be happy, & where YOU can be most successful. 🛑 CHASING NAMES
6’8 | 8TH GRADER | 275 LBS 😱😱😱. Everybody was wanting to know how this young man looked. Well here you go. Just wait on it. 6️⃣ MONTHS from now, he will be a BEAST. The process has begun
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If I tried out for team & they cut me I would never go back to play for them when I got better. I would find a team, played them, & kill em everytime I played em. If I wasn’t good enough to develop then I ain’t good enough when you need me. That’s just how I was raised...
🏀PLAYERS: With AAU kicking off this past weekend go to your parents today & thank them for all the hard work, ❤️, 💰, ⏰, & sacrifices they had made/making for you to play, ✈️, 🍽, etc. for your happiness & desires. This isn’t a giving. You’re lucky & fortunate. Believe that
🏀COACHES: Every player is not the same. You can’t take the same approach to every person. Get to know your players. Understand them. Maybe your system can work if you change your approach. Don’t be stuck in your ways/stubborn. These kids are different & the game has changed
The responses I’ve gotten to my tweet about BUSINESS TRIPS NOT VACATIONS is the very reason your kids don’t have a scholarship. You let them go swimming and walk the mall for 8️⃣ hours then wonder why they have no legs. Don’t yell where’s the energy now. You set them up “DUMMY”.
To all my AAU COACHES out there giving your all, missing time w/ your family, dealing w/ unnecessary problems, & sharing your 🧠 & ❤️ of the game w/ the next generation, you’re doing a great job and you are appreciated just in case no one has told you ❤️🏀
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One thing I hate to see (🏀) is players/teams looking at the coach/setting up plays every trip down the court. Every time I see this I wonder to myself what were they doing in practice. Basketball is both instinctive and strategic. There has to be a balance. LET PLAYERS PLAY!
And I’m not trying to hear of that the men generate more money than the women 🤬 either. This is the NCAA not the NBA vs. WNBA. And quite honestly the boys aren’t that much more entertaining then the girls like before in the past so don’t come with that argument 🙅🏾♂️
There is no basketball environment like AAU PERIOD. There is nothing you can compare this atmosphere to at all. From the games, to the parents, the trash talking, traveling, etc. It’s an unforgettable experience
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Players be playing 1000 games per summer & never get any better. These coaches & tournament/camp directors are paying their mortgages off of you. They don’t care about your career or your progression. More development less games. Records mean nothing. SCHOLARSHIPS DO. WAKE UP
I’m not even gon lie Kansas City HS basketball is so boring. The games aren’t even interesting/entertaining & the players that can play get held back bc the coach wants them to dumb down their game for someone who has 🚫 chance to play at the next level. Don’t kill the messenger
I don’t train female basketball players, I train basketball players that just so happens to be females. I teach them to be different. Don’t be afraid to stand out. If they can do it and someone else can’t that separates you ⛹🏽♀️⛹🏽♀️⛹🏽♀️
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🏀PLAYERS: Everybody has a role on their team. You have the STAR. The SCORER. The LEADER. The DEFENSIVE STOPPER. The REBOUNDER. The DIME DROPPER. The CHEERLEADER. The COMPLAINER. That’s just how it is. Don’t be jealous about something you’re not. Be you & be the best at that.
KANSAS CITY is LOADED w/ TALENT. My city is so undervalued but the sad part is that my ppl don’t even know their worth. That’s why I’ve chosen not to leave and lead by example and show you can make it, do it MAJOR, and do it all while living in Kansas City 💯
🏀PLAYERS: I see way too many players missing layups in games. Have you ever thought to yourself it’s because you’re taking all threes in warm ups instead of layups & getting in rhythm 🤔. Make layups and I guarantee you will stand out
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🏀PLAYERS: One of the most common mistakes players make is looking at another players success & saying we deserve that same success. If you deserve it you will get it. Everybody’s journey is not the same so 🛑 basing your success off someone else’s. It will come. KEEP GRINDIN 💯
LAYUPS 🗣. Quit taking layups for granted. Y’all just out here smoking layups. SUB 🙅🏾♂️. COME SIT BY ME. That’s the difference between winning/losing games. Simple layups. DAMN THE JELLY/SAUCE/FILAYYY. Quit trying to be PRETTY & make the POINT. Y’all stressing y’all coaches out 🤦🏾♂️
I’m not impressed by ppl that can go out & get the best players, train & put together a super team. I’m impressed by the ppl that can help develop these players themselves & show them how to play. Someone that can work w/ all levels. A lot of y’all babysitting not developing
One of my biggest basketball pet peeves is when players look at their parents after every play/mistake they make on the floor. Your parents can’t save you and you’re the one messing up. Look to your coach for guidance not your parents
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AAU PARENTS reality is your kid doesn’t deserve a college scholarship…
THEY DON’T
• Study the game 📚
• Train 3X times per week
• Weight train
• Take care of their bodies
• Have NO HEART/TOUGHNESS
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If everybody is recruiting/scouting the same players can you technically call yourself a scout? There’s 1 million players out here. You can’t tell me you only notice 100 of em 🤔
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🏀PLAYERS: Play the game of 🏀because you ❤️ it. Don’t worry about rankings, what your parents think, the amount of 💰 you can make, etc. Do it bc you want to & ❤️ it bc if you don’t at some point you’re going to want to quit bc of everything that comes w/ it they don’t hype up.
I told you what God has for you no man can take away. I’m beyond proud/happy for you
@mrsmac0606
that you had an opportunity to experience this. Always remember our lives are on His timing. ❤️ you. CONGRATS ON BEING A 🇺🇸/🌎 CHAMPION🏆
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#iTrainWithMarcusWalker
🏀PARENTS:
You’re a PARENT not a DAMN “GM”/“AGENT”. Have you ever thought to yourself that you’re the one killing your kid & you’ve created that ENTITLED ATTITUDE when they’ve achieved nothing? Let their game speak for itself. Find someone you TRUST & SIT DOWN & SHUT UP
AAU 🏀 and social media (marketing) is chess not checkers. COLLEGE COACHES don’t give a damn about who you play for as long as you can help them. This weekend I had multiple coaches at my courts ALL WEEKEND NO CIRCUIT NO SPONSORS NO TOP 100 PLAYERS. It’s all about relationships.
The crazy part about “THE PROCESS OF BECOMING SUCCESSFUL” is that a lot people don’t wanna support you until you’ve already made a name for yourself. Don’t nobody want to hear I knew you was different when they already made it. Support me when I’m nobody. If not keep it moving ✌🏾
Every now & then I have to show my players coach is a WALKIN BUCKET. I got too many moves. You can’t stop em all 🤷🏾♂️. 1-on-1 3 DRIBBLE MAX. FOLLOW GRINDHOUSEBASKETBALL ON IG
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#RT
AAU PLAYERS:
Make sure you pay attention to your BODY LANGUAGE. Coaches aren’t just watching what you do on the court but also how you act off the court. If you can’t handle yourself, you can’t play college basketball. It’s the little things. SET YOURSELF APART FROM EVERYBODY
PARENTS before you put the lack of success on yourself or your child’s coach/trainer take a deep look at your kid. A lot of these kids don’t have the desire to be great. They like playing they don’t love it. Don’t hold yourself responsible for their effort. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
Parents/coaches have these amateurs playing too many games. If winning means that much to you, go buy a 🏆 if you wanna say your the greatest. Get in meanful tournament, play the best, and development. No one cares if you’re undefeated playing garbage teams
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🏀PLAYERS: The harsh reality about being a basketball player is that you have NO SUMMER, NO HOLIDAYS, ETC. 🏀 IS YOUR LIFE. If you can’t grasp that then this life isn’t for you. What you see in movies isn’t reality. Success doesn’t have off days. FREE GAME
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I hate when I see people HATIN’ on others because they’re not in the position they’re in. You got the same 24 hours in the day they do. QUIT HATIN’ & GET ACTIVE
Due to how soft players have become and the lack of toughness they have mentally & physically coaches aren’t able to be completely be honest with players so that they can maximize their potential. Some players need to be told they’re SORRY and have work to do. That simple.
🏀PLAYERS: A confident player is better than being a skilled player. A confident player will make things happen but not every skilled player has the confidence to make things happen. Confidence is everything
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To be honest, a lot of these AAU programs/coaches ain’t done as much as y’all think they have if nothing. Y’all have done the work and they get to gloat about it. Straight up. So don’t give ppl power that don’t deserve it. For the most part AAU is an industry full of scammers.