Soccer actually is the best sport to start a kid with in life. They usually will develop the hand-eye-feet coordination that will help in other sports

My son is 13yrs old. He played basketball at age 7 and 8…and at age 9 told me that he wanted to only play soccer, which is what he’s played since 4yrs old. At age 12 he told me that he wanted to play basketball so I began training him. I push him not to become an NBA Player, but to be the best basketball player that he can because as a team player, if he isn’t putting in the work to be the best that he can be, he’s letting down his teammates and that mindset is applicable to many facets of life in general. He told me at

He was gon beam the ball at his biscuit 🤣

Coached one season of baseball for my son’s team and realized I’d rather be his father/ cheerleader during games.

This episode made me call my 9-year-old daughter to the living room and told her I'm going to start coaching in basketball. She actually smiled and said coo! I felt hope! lol, me having all daughters who don't play sports.

Kmart getting better and better

In my opinion no matter how hard you train your kid either he has it or he doesn’t especially successful athletes because you can’t teach the same hunger and drive and toughness that you had because your kid was born with the things that motivated you to get to that level

You can tell Kenyon's a strict parent

Martin so violent 🤣

Gil is 100% on Dad’s who coach their kids. I was on the bench getting yelled at for a dope missing a ground ball!! lol.

Love this dialogue my daughter 8 just started basketball last year , and this clip was very reassuring about coaching and helping . 💯 love to the arena✊🏾

I just started coaching my son and this conversation hit home and definitely eye opening. I needed this perspective, much love fellas💯

Insightful information! Good content!

My dad being my coach as a kid totally ruined our relationship till i was damn near an adult. I vowed to NEVER coach my kids & to just be a supportive father, but willing to help IF ASKED!! I have friends who are doing the same thing my dad did to me. i try to talk to them but they are so focused on living thru their kids, they dont listen..

I feel there can be a balance to realize how to be gentle and kind Coaching hard is possible in a kind way, just gotta be able to build people upas if they're your own child

I’m so glad I came across this video.. I have 2 sons.. 6yr old son is very athletic, natural gift., but he doesn’t understand alot of the important details of the sports he’s been playing.. the 5yr old is not very athletic, but knows aloooot of the details in the sports.. so, I have been struggling trying to find that common ground with my oldest of being harder on him because I see he has that gift & I want to give him as much knowledge as possible.. my 5yr old got it, he just have to grow up and let his body develop lol., he’s still my baby boy 😂😂.. but, yea I’ll learning to be patient with my oldest son because I don’t want to ruin our relationship.

I don't know the behind the scenes relationship between Tatum and his Dad. But he definitely pushed him to be great. Playing older kids...playing up during summer AAU. Tatum played football as well.

Dope conversation from black fathers. Understanding the balance of discipline , communication and mental health. Its tough coaching and training your son bc you dont want to kill their spirit .

Man sometimes gil is so right on. The part about coaching your kid and being harder on them just so the other players and more importantly the other parents (who are most of the time ok but some are a complete pain in the ass over any and everything) are the ones you have to pacify.

I dont think you can train your kids for greatness in any sport... it has to be already inthe child... you start Training him for soccer to be the next Messi and the child decides all of a sudden after years he wants to play Golf 😂 let your kids be kids and see what the future holds for them ❤

What Kenyon said about the importance of having restraints, was underrated azz fucc! (Pertaining to your children) My son and I exercise together, and im always telling him id rather he do less the right way, than doing more the wrong way. And I obviously wasn't about to throw a weight at the back of his head, but he almost caught a rib shot. Luckily he had on earbuds, and really didn't hear me talking to him as he turned his back. Im standing there like, did he just do what I think he did? 😂😂😂 I had my 80's/90's music playing in the background, and automatically assumed he could hear me talking to him. But overall it was a misunderstanding, and i know i don't have that kinda kid who's disrespectful. He actually inspires me to stay active, and he listens, coincidentally he'll be playing soccer this year. 😂

Hey Gil, your daughter has your shot. The girl is fire. She is the Queen of the Court.

This is crazy cuz I had just the opposite. Because I had no one to really take time and coach me, by time I made it to my junior year in HS my attitude was so fckd up I couldn’t be coached. I ended up playing on a circuit team in my city, was averaging near 40ppg, but still no one really wanted to give me a chance because I wasn’t coachable. A junior college gave me a shot, and I dogged every niggah on that team and never got to play one game because coach said I was a cancer. At 18,19 years old, I didn’t understand. Now I’m 39 and can look back and say damn, I was my biggest problem. Lack of male leadership made me a diva on the court and I thought because I could score the ball it trumped everything else. Men, even if you don’t coach your kids, just make sure you’re really being a parent and your child will know how to take instructions from an adult. It can be detrimental if they don’t.

I’m sitting here thinking about the Six Degrees of Separation that Draya has with K-Mart, Gil and K-Mart Jr! 😂smh..

My dad coached me. He treated me like the other kids and got on my ass when I needed it. But when practice was over everything was regular. I was able to separate the things as a child though. Parents need to just have a talk with their child about it.

That non-nepotism is appreciated, but it actually means that you love your son more, because you are preparing your sons for life beyond you being the coach. I’ve seen colleagues, I am a high school teacher, who coached their sons, and unfairly promoted them, and the sons weren’t the best players on the team! It made me coach my son hard as hell, and sit him on the end of the bench, while NEVER showing any OUNCE of nepotism. For example, son I want you to dribble the ball when we walk the dog, alternating hands every other block. Son said “no”. Well, when he wanted to play point guard and dribble the ball, I told him no, because I didn’t want to put him into position to fail. 15 years later, he now understands why I taught him to read prior to kindergarten, and tried to get him to be a better dribbler

Anybody know what episode this is so I can watch?

I had disagree with K mart. He would be a good coach guys like him usually are and he would command the respect of the locker room as well.

Interviewer:how you make the NBA Me:Gil was in the stands telling me what to do

Gilbert drops so many gems.

#TrainThemUp #BasedOnThem #WhoTheyAre #WhatTheyLove #ComesBe4WhatWeWant

Now back in the day the parents weren’t too bad but today it’s CRAZY.

In football is different players know your dad is a the coach they expect you to be what your dad is preaching or they expect you to be trash treat them all the same he’ll know he gotta work like the rest of them

Goddamn this makes me think about Gigi

Saying agent zero kids going 2 the league is insane! Imma stay tuned & witness

Caught a stray at the end with that 5'8 comment 😂

Not everyone can become the next Elvis Presley & Michael Jackson & frank Sinatra those are the best of the best singers in the world! Rare singers 🎤

Deion sanders proved you can be a damn good coach and good parent

Who are the superstars

So how long before Gilbert says that for the slam dunk a contest the players have to be NBA players, not in the G league anybody want to take any bets?

Does nba need ro bring back hand checking

If they got it... They got it!!! Most us will never get there and these guys know what it looks like. If they don't got it they will be the 1st to see but you got to be real 🤷🏾‍♂

Man I hate it when Kenyon Martin beans me with the basketball, but if it goes in the basket off my head, it's worth 10 points

if i have a kid i want my son in soccer & gymnastics

Follow Luka, his son's an All Star

8:30

Kmart is wrong Shawn Marion shot with both hands the matrix

Gils son Alijah is nice, I wanna see him in college

In vlt mkd they train their kids to walk straight without falling..talk about paying the price for being a crook...cosmic justice never misses😂

Moral of the story be a dad first. Don't train your kids, if it's going to take away from your parenting

Gil’s son just needs to get quicker on both ends as well as knowing when to get rid of the ball (it comes with age and experience); that young man is going to be a PROBLEM for college players by his senior year.

“He’s ambidextrion” - Kenyon Martin

#KnowYourKids #LoveTheIndividual #DevelopeGodsGifts #BasedOnPurposedPaths #TheyHaveToChoose4Self

Good to see a comment section of former NBA players tell former NBA players how good they were not and how their kids are not that good😂😂😂the all knowing comment section never fails

In baseball usually the kid that's good @ 7-13 yrs old at 15-18 will stop playing ball

6:56 wtf did he say

0:11 Come on Gil, it’s football not “soccer”

It's funny how all major sports is changing from a working class to an upper class dominated spectacle... With that, true genius is lost and all you have are robots for the most parts who's parents have access to the best trainers. Natural raw talent and the beauty of sports is dying. With a few exceptions, these new factories of sports players lack grit, passion, competitive spirit and all the things we love about sports.

Gil needs to pronounce his R’s. Hems not from the east coast lol

Gil son gonna be a problem in the league with that soccer experience

Kenyon too damn long winded….sheeesssh

Kenyon the man that invented iphones and Airplanes. PLEASE KENYON TELL US HOW TO LIVE. Knower of all

If you wanna play cool. Bring em along, and show em the ropes.

No wonder K Mart Jr is trash

They soft they wake up in silk sheets when you got kids out here grinding way harder and want it more that why most of there nba players kids are average

my daughter won't listen to me at all . mom was way more invovled when she was younger and now she's spoiled and lazy . drives me crazy.

So much better without McCants

This host just assumes these kids are making the league. Get serious dude.

Little known fact Kenyon Martin invented the laptop, waffle iron, & Airplanes. Nah he didnt just acts like he did.

Regular parents are not going to have a chance

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HOLD ONNN ! Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic arent superstars but Kenyon Martin and Gilbert Arenas are... lmafaooo gtfohhhhh

Tatum not no top 5 player rn gtfoh

Best advise is to never have your kid specialize in one sport

Kenyon martin jr is not nba level.

You were not a superstar, Kenyon!!

Does he take his kid to gun range?