Bornwinner Basketball

Kevin Gibbs

My name is Kevin Gibbs and I am a Basketball Coach, certified NFPT personal trainer, and mentor to students. I’ve had the privilege of playing for 3 colleges which included NJCAA, Division 2, and Division 3. This experience allowed me to learn from a variety of coaches which help me transition to my basketball training and coaching career.

  1. 04/13/2020

    #1 SECRET YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS

    For families and athletes navigating the recruiting proves can be stressful, exhausting, and confusing. The key is to look at the recruiting process from a coaches perspective.   They are 2 main players in the recruiting process Sellers(athletes/parents/scouts) and Buyers(College Coaches/Recruiters).  In order to win at the recruitment game you must understand 1 key ingredient and that is VALUE. Yes VALUE you must know who you are selling yourself to. The way you can stand out is matching yourself colleges that are looking for the VALUE you bring to the table. For example if you are a great 3pt shooter a team that struggles from behind the arc will consider you a lot more valuable than a team full of 3pt shooters.  What VALUE do you bring? Is it size ,strength, speed, shooting, defense, rebounding,passing, dribbling. First you must assess yourself know your strengths and weaknesses and see how you compare to other players in the marketplace.   The goal of recruiting should be to find the right fit for yourself and that athletically, academically, and socially. Of course everyone wants to play big time basketball 🏀 but that takes big time skills. You must be elite at a particular skill you don’t have to be the best basketball player but you have to have an elite skill. Also you must meet the requirements academically and have a certain level of maturity.   The bigger the stage the more pressure to succeed. There’s millions of dollars being invested. Receiving a basketball scholarship is reward for a huge sacrifice from athletes and there families. There needs to be thousand of thousands of hours invested in order to achieve a scholarship. It’s no different from deciding to be a doctor or a lawyer there has to be a high level of focus and discipline and more importantly KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE.   You don’t want to miss out on your dreams because of a lack of knowledge.  You don’t want to be one of thousand that miss out on their opportunity....... https://www.dreamscoutingnetwork.com/...

    8 min
  2. 04/03/2020

    7 STEPS TO A GUARANTEED BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP

    1. Compete at the highest level possible:College coaches want to see you compete against other recruits. Whether its your high school team or AAU playing against other high level players is a sure fire way to increase your value in the recruiting market.  2. Compete in the summer during live periods: This is extremely important because of scheduling. College coaches have their own seasons to worry about but in the summer they have more time dedicated to scout talent. Also because of AAU circuits they get to see you play against other talent they wouldn’t get to see during the school year. 3. Attend elite camps: In addition to tournaments college coaches also evaluate recruits at elite camps. Most of the elite camps are invite only which allows coaches to get a closer look on the players they like. Make sure to attend camps that are at the top of your target list.  4. Excel academically Grade are very important to college coaches not only does it allow them to recruit you because they know you can get in their school but it also speaks to your character.Coaches want players that they can depend on both on and off the court. 5. Create a highlight film Highlight films are a great first impression they have to be made in a way to engage a coach to look further into them. Remember first impressions go along way.  6. Be proactive Despite what families may think, coaches don’t simply discover recruits. Unless they’re one of the very best players in the country, recruits need to do some work to get noticed by college coaches. This is especially important in basketball where student-athletes are still allowed to talk to coaches via phone when they’re the ones initiating the contact.   7. Know your best college fit Lastly, don’t forget to visit the college roster for every team on your target list. The last thing families want to do is waste their time emailing coaches at schools that aren’t a good fit.    LET ME HELP YOU TURN YOUR DREAMS TO REALITY FREE BASKETBALL RECRUITING PROFILE https://www.dreamscoutingnetwork.com/...

    9 min
  3. 03/25/2020

    MAMBA MENTALITY: HOW TO BUILD MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR BASKETBALL

    4 TYPES OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS  Over the years of coaching and training thousands of basketball players i have come to the conclusion that there are 4 types of basketball players.      Talented players who are Ambitious to learn how to improve their basketball skills.   Non-talented players who are ambitious to learn how to improve their basketball skills.  Talented players who have no ambition to learn how to improve basketball skills  Non talented players who have no ambition to learn how to improve their basketball skills   ou must understand that being born with talent is something that is not in your control but having the ambition to learn and desire to improve your basketball skills is something that you have total power to influence. Why do i make this point? Because many basketball players that  I speak with in the daily basis get caught up in the idea that talent automatically equals success on the basketball court. They feel that talent is the answer to all their problems. That because they have talent it will make things easy. Let me tell you something talent alone won't guarantee you a scholarship. Although talent does predispose some basketball players to be more skillful and helps them pick things up faster.    STAY CONNECTED WITH US ANCHOR https://anchor.fm/kevin-gibbs SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/50PlZyr...  22 FREE BASKETBALL DRILLS free-basketball-drills.bornwinnerbasketball.com  INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/bornwinner.... FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/bornwinnerba... FREE BASKETBALL RECRUITING PROFILE https://www.dreamscoutingnetwork.com/...

    11 min

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My name is Kevin Gibbs and I am a Basketball Coach, certified NFPT personal trainer, and mentor to students. I’ve had the privilege of playing for 3 colleges which included NJCAA, Division 2, and Division 3. This experience allowed me to learn from a variety of coaches which help me transition to my basketball training and coaching career.