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Brian Merritt

@CoachBMerritt

Mr.Everything. Vast background in basketball from events to player development. Learned from some of the best to ever do it. Always evolving and adapting.
Baltimore, MD Joined May 2009
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Brian Merritt @CoachBMerritt
Share the graduation rates in comparison of the regular student body not athletics related........
I'll bet it is still 35-50% higher than the regular student body.
On3 Verified account @On3 3d
NEW: Multi-time transfer athletes graduate at significantly lower rates than those who don’t transfer or transfer just once, per the NCAA.

"Among student-athletes who entered school in 2018-19, 88% of those who did not transfer graduated within six years, compared with 71% of those who transferred more than once."
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Brian Merritt @CoachBMerritt
Yes
Need to compete in off season
Cones not sharpening and preparing you for the rigors.

If you're not matched up w someone as athletic and better than you, you are not going to improve or be ready and used to the rigors of elite competition.

Soft breads soft
Bassey Verified account @0xBassey Nov 7
Gilbert Arenas blasts NBA analysts calling for a shorter season to prevent injuries, arguing that players need better conditioning and preparation rather than fewer games.

Arenas points out that players are already suffering injuries before the season even begins, questioning how shortening the schedule would solve the problem. He blames inadequate offseason preparation and reduced training camp intensity, arguing that players cannot expect their bodies to handle the demands of an NBA season without properly conditioning themselves.

Drawing from his own playing days, Arenas recalls running five miles daily, doing bleacher workouts five days a week and playing intense pickup games before training camp. He says players went through demanding training camps and an eight game preseason to gradually build their bodies up for the regular season.

He believes today’s players are being protected too much during preparation, only to enter the season without being physically ready for the intensity of NBA competition.
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