Question: M.O.N.K., what is the #1 my athlete can do to develop as a basketball player.
Answer: Play pickup basketball.
But, as many who occupy the basketball space have noted, pickup basketball is dying. M.O.N.K. uses this favorite youthful pastime, and angle from his day-job as a high school basketball coach, as a symptom to a much bigger problem--the death of unstructured free play among the youth. This conversation spans many topics, and your host also details his own struggles in learning how to operate from a place of wholeness.
Topics Covered:
-Why pickup basketball is king.
-Growing up in the 90s.
-Parenting after 9/11.
-The Coddling of the American Mind
-The need for a spiritual element, knowing your divine origin.
-Rehashing conversations with Bill Vanderbush: link to podcast here.
-Creating a Sabbath, making space for unstructured time as an adult.
-M.O.N.K.'s mental health struggles.
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