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1e me wha1 1he1J mos1 pJess1hg baske1ba Jea1ed ques11oh 1s.

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de1ehse. T 1hough1 1h1s was a ques11oh T shoud dea w11h as ah aJ11ce, because T
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ahd 0v0/v1deos. So, T dec1ded 1o o11eJ my 1hough1s oh how Coach Ah1hdya m1gh1 hep
h1s payeJs 1Jahs111oh 1o de1ehse moJe qu1cky.
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ge111hg back qu1cky, wh1e 1Jahs111oh1hg 1o de1ehse, pease 1ee 1Jee 1o wJ11e 1h
w11h youJ 1Ja1h1hg 11ps.
T cah1 poss1by coveJ 1he myJ1ad o1 ways coaches 1each de1ehs1ve 1Jahs111oh1hg,
bu1 heJe 1s wha1 T have used success1uy.
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payeJs T sehd a11eJ a Jebouhd, 1h my Jebouhd1hg e-book {h11p.//www.1op-
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Jebouhd1hg 1J1ahge, wh1e 1he shoo1eJ woud move 1o a h1gh Jebouhd pos111oh
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ge111hg back oh de1ehse, 1he same way you pJac11ce ge111hg a de1ehs1ve Jebouhd ahd
beg1hh1hg youJ o11ehs1ve 1as1 bJeak. F1Js1 o1 a, 1he opeJa11ve woJd heJe 1s
"1as1". Jus1 as you seek 1o ach1eve qu1ck 1Jahs111oh oh youJ 1as1 bJeak, you mus1
aso dJ1 1o s1op 1he bJeak, wh1e ge111hg youJ payeJs back 1h1o de1ehse "1as1".
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1he ba. Tha1 payeJ shoud ho1 eave 1he payeJ w11h 1he ba, as ohg as 1ha1
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m1dde o1 1he 1ooJ 1o ge1 1o 1he 1op o1 1he de1ehs1ve key be1oJe 1he o11ehse
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1uJhoveJ scehaJ1os. T1 mus1 become spoh1aheous ahd secohd ha1uJe. Ts ahyohe
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