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“Your best work is your expression of yourself. You may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you’re the only expert in it.” – Frank Gehry
Work On Your Game.
This statement isn’t only for a basketball player looking to improve. Work On Your Game is for you — yes, you. We all have a game — whether it be trading stock options, playing keyboards, street pharmaceuticals, writing books, running marathons, or winning court cases. Every day in your game, you either get better or get worse. Your peers face the same challenge. That statement up there is the foundation of the answer to any situation you face in your game. The rest? You’ll figure it out.
I am Dre Baldwin. Most people would say I’m a Basketball Guy — player, trainer, video-maker, writer. I’m an athlete, so naturally I play my sport and go to gyms a lot. Outside of that, I do a lot of reading; some writing; spend much time on the Internet; and some other stuff that you may or may not be aware of.
This website is all me, as you can tell. When I was a senior in college I wrote out a 10-year plan of things I wanted to accomplish. 6+ years in and I’ve made some happen; I’m working on the rest. One of my goals in that ten-year plan was to have my own website — what with a desktop computer that was soooo slow I’d leave it on overnight sometimes to fully load ESPN.com.
My first YouTube upload was the actual highlight package I used to sign with my first agent, who in turn landed me my first professional contract in 2005. I uploaded it to YouTube — simply because I wanted to safe keep that video and YouTube looked like a strong site that would be around for awhile. 5 years and over 1700 videos later, here we are.
My accomplishments thus far in life I credit to 5 pivotal attributes: Boldness; Energy; A Strong Team; Determination; and Hustle.
I can play ball with any player in the World, on any stage. It had taken me a damned long time to get to where I can say that, and now I’m saying it. If you ever meet me and ask me, I’ll tell you the same.
I heard someone say that what you do proves what you believe. I Believe there are 3 things I do through this site and affiliated sites I was put on this planet to do 1) Provide for young aspiring players what I didn’t have as a young aspiring player: some direction and guidance as to how you can get better; 2) Show the world that you don’t need bevy of resources to become great at this game or any other game. You only need 2 things: 1 — To know what work is required of you; 2 — Desire & commitment to doing the work; 3) To inspire and be inspired. When I was young I wrote down this list of things that inspired me: some Vince Carter dunk, a game when Micheal Jordan scored 50pts in some game, a line DMX said in a song, etc. I always look for things that inspire me — people, places, music, ideas — and I envison, one day, there will be legions of very successful, accomplished poeple, in any field of life, that will say,
‘when I was coming up, this dude named DreAllDay, Dre Baldwin, inspired me, moved me, to go do sumthin. And I did something, and I appreciate that man.’
That’s why I do this. I could be like most players and just work out, play my games, and you wouldn’t know me from the next man or woman. It is God’s plan — my destiny — to be doing what I’m doing right now — basketball, websites, YouTube videos — how do I know? Cuz I’m here doing it. Otherwise, this would be someone else’s website, or maybe still a void out there.
WOYG.
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yo Dre im good player but i want to be a better player how much ours i gotta train i gotta a 13 years text me
thank you bye
What up Dre. I got great basketball IQ great determination but i stopped fuckin with the weights for a while and ever since i started lifting again its like i forgot to shoot a basketball i cant even hit the fuckin rim. I was a D1 prospect (ASU & Washington State) in 10th grade and now i feel like im on some space jam shit like someone just sucked all the skill out me. U got any advice? The last 3 weeks i been puttin up roughly 200 jumpers a day (100 in the morning and 100 at night) lemme know if u got some advice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1XPLaiM0oM
Thanks dude and good luck!
no prob. thank you!
Hey Dre i have a Q:
I go to a really great private school academically. I’m going into hs and get about 2-3 hrs of homework a night and i still want to practice basketball because i want to make it to college ball. Do you have any tips on how to manage my time to where i can play ball a lot and still maintain my good grades?
By the way you are very inspirational and i hope you make the NBA one day. Good Luck
hello and thanks. prioritize what’s important to you and everything else will fall in line.
Hi !
I got a Q ..
I’m 16 i’m playing center and I live in europe
What does I have to train if i want to get into college ?
hello. im no coach. work on everything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Ox5S9YuLA
wasup dre the key thing to to basketball is playing right what if my coach doesnt play me nd i kno im better than everyone but about two people it frustrates me because he just focuses on specific people i train by myself at a gym everyday until about 1:00 am but i really dont kno wat to do about this coach
Thanks man. I’m gonna play ball for at least 3-4 hours every day now.
cool
Hi,
I just recently watched some of your vids. And they really motivated me. I’ve had the same dream as you for along time, I’ve been dreaming of playing proffessional basketball ever since i was 7 years old. I’m only 15 teen years old and only 5ft 8 but ive come along ways since middle school. And i’ve been knocked down many times and have gone through many challenges and i was just wondering what tips you have for achieveing my dream goal.
Thanks
hey and thanks for coming to my site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Ox5S9YuLA
Hi again
my shooting was good during the past few days, but my friends started laughing at me
I asked why and they said my form was wrong
i tried doing the right form but the my confidence was lost
and for me my confidence is really important while playing bball. Did you ever face a problem like this? If yes, what did you do
dre,how can i get my team to stop being intimidated before the games there always looking at what the other team is doing am very consistent and ALWAYS try to get them involved but they just pass the rock back i get them open fast breaks they pick up there dribble at the 3point line,am not gonna lie am a very quite guy i try to give em a slap on the back or have small conversations on time out’s and i try to give them confidence,my couch tells me am doing everything right but i no am really not,i want to be a leader so should i stop being quite and step up and really start talking and talk on the court?should i be lik a kevin garnnet and get my intensidy up?thanx man uve helped me out so much but is it time to help my self like you always say.
how the fuck are you not ballin in the nba man do work and get it done. just so you no i actually liked your vids. they helped me improve my game.
thanks man.
yo dre, do you have any tips on when to cut or how to spot a cut? thnx
if ur defender turns his head, cut behind him
I just read read your website and I wish the best of luck to you and hope to see you in the nba. Remember keep working hard no matter what comes your way, you must stay in your straight path to the nba and get around the obstacles in your way. Sky is the limit good luck
thanks a lot!
im only 13 and 5ft’9 and im going to be a freshman. last year my team only won 4 games out of 20!!! so this offseason i spent 2 hours in the gym practicing everyday. and 1 hour conditioning. do you think ill reach my goal of making my freshman team? yes i do believe quality over quantity
only two people whose opinions matter:
1) You
2) The coach
Believe in urself before you worry if anyone else believes in you. Once you do, you wont even care what anyone else thinks!
yo Dre.. i admire your training and your progress.. and your tips.. and your Caps in some vids. but.. what i admire the most is that you reply every single people in this site..in facebook, in youtube.. everyone…. cmon.! you have people answering for u!
thank you.
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