Stand out in the crowd

Author: Frank Allocco, Sr.

Series Introduction
Some eye opening basketball statistics:

• 2.9% of high school players will play college basketball.
• Less than 1 in 75, or 1.3 percent of NCAA Seniors will be drafted by an NBA Team.
• About 3 in 10,000 players (0.03 percent) of high school seniors will eventually be drafted by an NBA team.

​With those realistic numbers before us, a logical question would be “why play basketball if the odds are so great against me achieving the highest levels?”
 
The beauty of sports is not in becoming a great player, it is the learning of valuable Life Skills that will serve players throughout their lives. If we look beyond the focus of winning and achieving success, the arena of competition is one of the finest classrooms a young player could ever have.

Click one of the links below to read one of the articles from the series: Stand Out in the Crowd, written by Coach Frank Allocco, Sr.

• A Sacred Promise
• Setting the Table for Greatness
• The Winning Formula
• Single Minded Focus
• Lessons of Youth
• Lessons from Mother
• Melissa’s Birthday
• Success of Any Endeavor 
• Embracing Adversity 
• Beauty of Sport
• No Regrets
• Excellence
• Prep Team
• Accountability
• Solitary Reps
• Play Hard
• Great Teammate

Motivational Lecture ​Series

Coach Frank Allocco Sr, A Director for the Ultimate Sports Association and Founder of Excel In Basketball posts a weekly motivational lecture. Check out the latest installment by clicking the link below.

MOTIVATIONAL LECTURE VIDEOS

Coach Frank Allocco Sr, A Director for the Ultimate Sports Association and Founder of Excel In Basketball posts a weekly motivational video lecture. Check out the latest installment by clicking the link above.

Coach Allocco is an accomplished high school and college coach and is currently a Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of San Francisco.

More info on Coach Allocco.

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