{"id":1691,"date":"2014-12-03T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2014-12-03T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:31:22","slug":"kevin-durant-steve-nash-discuss-takes-become-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/kevin-durant-steve-nash-discuss-takes-become-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant and Steve Nash Discuss What It Takes To Become Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/179T2bfKVJE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDniX9oOF2s?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are some key points from the conversation between Kevin Durant and Steve Nash&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approach To Practicing and Workouts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even Kevin Durant struggled to improve; there were a lot of players that were better.\u00a0 He worked harder than everybody else.<\/p>\n<p>Engage with your workout partners.\u00a0 Challenge each other and push each other to get better.<\/p>\n<p>Approach your workouts with an intensity of a game.<\/p>\n<p>If I take days off, I feel like I\u2019m getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>The days that you don\u2019t want to workout and you still workout\u2026 those are the days that you win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practicing Moves and Instincts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you practice a move, it doesn\u2019t happen during a game after a practice.\u00a0 It takes a lot of practice to have it work during a game.<\/p>\n<p>The game is played with instincts.\u00a0 Practice so much that your moves become instinctual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Handle Missing Shots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you miss shots, you have to act like you don\u2019t care.\u00a0 If you miss, be ready to make the next shot.\u00a0 This mentality is born from a lot of work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some key points from the conversation between Kevin Durant and Steve Nash&#8230; &nbsp; Approach To Practicing and Workouts Even Kevin Durant struggled to improve; there were a lot of players that were better.\u00a0 He worked harder than everybody else. 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