i made a college team after getting cut every year of high school
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this video, I share my basketball journey-from getting cut every year in middle and high school to playing competitive basketball at a Division 1 school. It's a story of hard work, passion, and perseverance.
Special thanks to my mom for always believing in me. - Спорт
I am nearly 70 years old, and I found this story awesome! I hope to see more!
@@isaacclark9825 thank you!!
i started playing basketball 2 years ago when i was 14. I never felt a passion for something till i started playing. I got cut my freshman year cus I was really bad ngl. I kept working trough the school year and summer and I was pretty sure I was making jv , but ... I got cut again. Even though I felt like shit I didnt give up and now into my junior year I feel Im in my best level. I practiced every day this summer and I believe in me. Even though I trust all the work I putted I started getting anxious the past 3 days cause scoool starts in 2 days and Im lowkey scared of getting cut again. Randomly your video appear and I just want to say thankyou for this great video. You made me realize that I should just keep working no matter what happens and that I shouldnt take tryouts that deep. Thanks for this great video and good luck in whatever you decide to do in a future.
You wont get cut trust me this is what you worked for.
@@tankdavisfor3 thank you so much
I hope you do great😁
This is awesome. As long as you believe in yourself that's all that matters, and regardless of what happens that's whats gonna take you far, the rest is gonna work itself out. Play your game and do you thing man you've been working for it! I really hope that it works out for you this year, you got this
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Lmk if u made it
yoooo johnny! as someone who got cut every year of high school, but loved the game so much that I stuck around & got involved in other ways in college, i wanted to say thanks for sharing your story. i really resonated with, and it's a reminder that passion will always out last any achievements on paper. also great storytelling. loved your style, keep making great videos.
Wow that’s really inspiring. I’m glad to know that there’s other people out that have felt the same way. And thank you!
Dude this story was awesome and really inspired me to keep working and to not get discouraged. Definitely going to share this one
And not to darken the mood but im confused was that the end where you made the other league not ncaa
Hey johnny thank you for sharing this story. It's giving inspiration to keep trying. Also congrats for making your dream come true.
I appreciate it! Thank you!
I haven't played high school yet, transferring to a new school for my Sr year. I've been grinding every day (weights also and jumping) as long as I can remember. I don't know why but I've stayed dumb enough to believe I'm going D1 wish me luck brother, thanks for sharing your story you motivate me. 🙏
@@TommySanders-tp3ob keep going man you never know where it might take you 🙏
You can do it!
Man... brought me to tears. I never went out for the team in high school and then got cut my freshman year in college. I still dream that I'm going out for the team, usually high school, and I never make it.. man. I'm 42 years old, btw. Great video.
I started playing basketball late, about two years ago. I'm 17 currently, and before this I hadn't played an organised sport or really any sport in general for about 6 years. Your story about hard work despite challenges really resonates with me bro; I thank you for the motivation and assurance this video has provided me. Good luck with your season man.
Really resonated with this, got cut from the sports teams I tried really hard for back in high school. But used those lessons of failure and perseverance and applied them to other areas of my life which led to significant success. Keep working brother 🙌
Good stuff! Experiences like that really teach you about life, such a great thing 🙏
This is the type of clickbait video where after watch it, you actually aren’t upset about being clickbaited
Growing from 5"9" to 6'1" definitely helped him out a lot.
yooo this story is goated and motivational as hell, thank you for sharing your story bro
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your story! This really motivates me to keep playing basketball, even when it seems like all chances to play at a higher level are passed (didn't play in high school either) I'm still trying to play intramural for now and work on my game, but basketball has been something I have played my whole life as well
You never know what might happen! Glad that I could inspire you 😁
Very similar to me. I got cut all 4 years of high school, it was extremely tough but it just made me want it more. I ended up walking on a very good (top 10) D3 school. Don't give up!
What an awesome story and message. You never gave up and it paid off; congrats!
Thanks so much!
Johnny, I want to commend you on your persistence, grit and unwavering resolve; well done!
Thank you!!
That's an awesome story, man. I went through something similar, which made me who i am now. Hope youre still playing
Thank! I am definitely still playing 🏀
Great video dude! love your humor and editing
Thank you! I appreciate it!
This is probably the most inspiring thing that I've ever heard. In baseball, stuff like this is not expected, but actually very possible as a pitcher (literally just have nasty stuff, and it's projectable). But in basketball I imagine, you need to be in the top 60 of your graduating class (roughly) to even have a shot at the league, and the skills are much less objective. Congratulations! You really earned it
i am currently a junior, i doubt you will reply or even see this but i changed schools after getting cut three years in a row at my old school, so i transferred to the rival school and this is just giving me motivation to do better, thank you for sharing your story.
I also played club volleyball for my college, it was under NIRSA, I got to experience playing at Nationals with over a 100 teams. I remember the talk of the tournament was that U of Arizona had a booster fund of over $100k and one of their players also played for the National B or C team. They were basically a D1 team playing against college club teams, it was awesome. It was my closest experience to March Madness, it's a experience I will always cherish.
that sounds awesome! glad you got to have that experience
I started playing basketball at like 14 and tryed out for the team in 7th and 8th grade and didn't make it, in my freshman year I moved to a private school and I didn't have to tryout, just sign up but later i got cut because of my grades and i moved back to public school,now in my sophomore year I've been putting in the work but i don't believe in what do but after i watched this it gave me motivation so thank you
youtube kept recommending this and this easily exceeded my expectations. Amazing storytelling as well
@@birukv2267 I’m glad you enjoyed! Thank you!!
It takes a special type of person to not get bitter and to keep on working. Great job! Side note, it sounds like the school coaches missed out. Sometimes coaches get locked in on their opinion of a player and can never get past it no matter what. Sadly alot of coaches have egos and cant admit a mistake.
You got cut all throughout middle school and highschool and ended up making your club team in college. Good job i guess but don’t clickbait and say you went d1🤦♂️
Still D1 bro college ball is college ball, UNC has a jv team that plays Juco’s n jv/juco teams tuff asf
That’s reasonable. Although my school is Division 1, they are two are different levels and there’s a bit of grey area by using the phrase “going d1”. I changed the title for more clarity 👍
🔥 I’m tryna play baseball d1 fer MD. ONLY 13, but I try to be myself and be humble. I don’t buy oakleys, don’t wear chains, don’t get expensive gloves, don’t wear sliding mitts, worn the same pair of pants since Little league, got a baseball bag everyone made fun of. I genuinely thought about quitting after I made a club team, because I had a bad tournament. My parents helped through it, and I tried to get better. Since then I have started for that club team, made the school team both years of my middle school journey, and in my second year rn I am currently the team captain and starting Catcher/3rd baseman.
Fire vid. Thanks fer making it
I had similar story of not making high school teams then in college I played intramural and we beat teams way better than most high schools and made the IM finals.. We played close against teams with D1 players so it showed we belonged... Well done!
That’s great! Congrats to you I can relate it’s such a rewarding feeling 🙏
Great story combined with great storytelling and great visuals, really enjoyed this 👍
awesome brotha, love to hear it never stop
Thanks for sharing your story, this video is really well made!
@@asajjbenchpress thank you I appreciate it!!
THE GREATEST COMEBACK STORY OF ALL TIME!
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hey man I hope your career takes off! I'm 14 going into my freshman year but I'm homeschooled I would say I've always been pretty athletic and I played a lot of sports and my older brothers were the exact same way but when I was 11 I started playing basketball I was really good at getting steals rebounds and blocks but horrible at everything else. The next year I played for the same league my brothers all played in and it went the same way as the year as before. Then comes around 8th grade and I'm playing for that same league and the other kids on the team are all a lot better and experienced and I didn't get that much playing time. I felt horrible because everyone else talked down against my game and they were right. At this point I wasn't taking it very serious but I don't know what happened but something came alive inside and I really started to have a genuine love for the game. For my league we have two tournaments towards the end of the season and my cousin was over and I practiced so much and I was really getting better because my offense was horrible at this time and I couldn't shoot to save my life but I started making mid range shots in games and one of the defining moments was when I got put in for the last like 8 seconds of this one game and my friend tells me I'm bringing up the ball and when I got it I booked it and went through every defender and got the layup. We didn't win from that but I realized how good I could be and how much I wanted to improve and this summer I've worked so much at least an hour and a half to 2 and a half hours a day. I work on my handles shooting form and moves around the rim, and I've improved so much I went back and watched the videos of my team playing and played against those same people and I'm just as good if not better then all of them I'm not gonna stop working I'm not gonna give up no matter how discouraged I get. I know what I have to work on and I've definitely got to gain some muscle mass and weight I'm 5'10 and about 130 lbs so I'm pretty skinny. Please don't stop working and making videos bro I believe in you and this video meant a lot to me and I'm gonna keep up the heat and I know you will too! I Hope you will post some of you games good or bad! take care man!
Hey! Thank you for sharing this, I'm inspired by your own story, too. Having that passion for the game is just a great thing and I feel like is what will take you the farthest. You still got plenty of time to grow and improve as well, it sounds like you're in a great position. Wherever you end up playing I hope that it's a great season and you see your hard work pay off! I will definitely post some game content when I'm back hooping again!
@@johnnyperkins_ Thanks it really means a lot I'll make sure to stay around!
Don't worry about being skinny, speed, handles on both sides with your head up and nail 3's.
@@itsmeforsure5475 thank you! I definetly need the tips! My handles and shooting are pretty good but I can always improve! so ima keep working:)
Thank you man, very inspiring 🙏
Highschool coach doesn't let me play because I have huge curly hair, it sucks but I still play for fun. I hope one day I can show him that I can be the player he always needed but never had, but I guess we'll see! Love the story.
Glad you found something that makes you happy.
@@samxyx thank you! 🙏
This is awesome! Very inspiring. Great content. Keep it up! 👏
Thanks so much! Will do!
I didnt start playing competitive basketball until I was 13, rode the bench my first 3 years of HS, but was all-county my Senior year, got a offer from a NAIA school and proved everyone wrong that I couldnt play college ball. If theres a will theres a way.
Amen! Congratulations 👏👏
that's great, im proud of you and I hope you do good on your club team
thank you!
I was a practice squad member in my sophomore year I barely made it, and I was barely good, I could dribble with only my left hand and I was a decent 3pt shooter, but I couldn't dribble with my right hand which made it all the harder. I wasn't struggling academically as a maintained a solid 4.1 gpa, so that was fine, and I only had to worry about skill. so I used that whole szn to level up my skills, and I worked my ass off, then came junior year, I became a lot better, I could learn to dribble with my right hand now, but even so, last year was a fluke that I made it in, so I didn't have high hopes for junior year, and to no suprise, I was right, I didn't make it, it made me upset, but it even motivated me and made me want to work harder, so I signed up for recreation and aau teams, I started to work out and put on muscle, I did basketball training regimens in order to be the best I am, so I did that the whole school year, and even when summer break started, I still pushed past my limits and worked even harder and longer since I no longer had school to worry about. And holy hell was it tough, there were times where I was like "shit, I should quit and forget it", but I didn't, and I just went at it. Now, I've became significantly better, I now built a better physical frame, I increased my durability and stamina, I added new bags to my movset, I improved on my handling as well as my defensive game, and my school starts tommorow. Now the tryouts don't begin till september, so I sitll have a whole month to train, but rn. I am proud of what I have done and I have high hopes that I will make the team.
@@gdshordy5008 this is great! I really hope it works out for you and you make the team 💪🙏
Love the videos, Looking forward too seeing more videos from you man.
Thanks so much!
i got cut 7th and 8th grade year, after the last cut i realized if i really wanted this id have to work alot harder. so i did, that summer i worked my tail off and freshman tryouts i made the team. my coach told me he saw something in me because he saw me practicing for hours in 104 degree texas heat so he gave me a spot. next year i got cut, and now this year i made it again, this time on varsity. moral of story dont give up
Congrats bro!
Inspirational man, thanks for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Look at Johnny man so inspirational
My guy 🐐
Did bro go to Monteverde or something. How did you get cut every year?
Well done … congrats.
An excellent lesson for life.
Most important … you did what you enjoy
Respect
I coach hockey, and I often think the kids who will "make it", are the ones who stick it out. Most kids quit at some point. You didn't. Good for you!
Man wish me luck as i believe in myself and aim and work for the best
Hey Johnny I’m going through the same thing i appreciate it you sharing your story I’m gonna play my game
@@wadsondesir8974 hey! good luck!
Very sweet and wholesome video, good luck
@@YoAye-o8y thank you! 🙏
Great video and storytelling. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
this was very inspiring i have tryouts for an aau team in a few weeks and even if i dont make it that dosent mean i still cant play college
@@bookerwiththedagger27 you never know where it may lead you 🙏
I am currently in 8th grade and I have tryouts in January, I saw this and its motivating me, If I remember I will come back to this video if I make it.
@@m3crystal good luck!!
Great story, very inspiring
Sup Johnny. As you can see by my pfp I'm your traditional hockey player but I've since turned to basketball ever since grade 9. Your story resonates with me so much man and it's great to see a random underdog story pop up. I unfortunately had a similar path to you throughout my high school basketball career. Great spot up shooter, decent defender, decent handle and playmaking ability and great strong hand finish but just wasn't enough to convince the coaches. Lots of people said I got snubbed and I just went with it as I began to hear that most people started quitted the team and the team itself would lose by 30 each game💀. Obviously that helped my mental knowing that my difference had an impact and I began to do what you did. Get better at ball. Now (just finished my freshman year at university), I can confidently say I hold my own against the best of that high school team and even better than them depending on the teams during open runs simply because any nervousness and pressure is gone. Will definitely consider playing men's league moving forward while balancing my studies in kinesiology! Anyways, awesome video man! Love from Canada🍁
@@zacharylouie9761 that’s great! It’s a great feeling when you are able to compete and not reflect your abilities off of what your coach thinks. When that pressure is off you really see how far you’ve come and your talents. Hope your second year of university goes well! Good luck with your studies
@@johnnyperkins_ thanks man! Btw what else r u studying while hooping d1 and does that change the amount of classes u take? Just asking bc I don’t know if I want to fully commit to playing bball or hockey on the side bc ik studying and grades r important.
I played ball my whole life and had all the same goals like any other young basketball player, got on varsity as a sophomore and the coach never played me all the way through senior year. Never got an opportunity and he broke my love for the game. To this day I swear it was personal and I’ll probably never get over it
Sorry to hear that, I hope you’re able to find that love for the game again!
D1 implies you played for the college team, but you played for the club team correct? Which is good, no doubt, but its not D1. Great story about sticking with it. HS team sports are tough since the coach has to balance being good every year so you have to blend players. Then the coach is going to pick guys who showed they can play at lower levels. There was a kid at our local HS was 6' tall who dominated HS games, he could elevate and get his shot off over anyone. I saw games where the other team had 10 really good players and he would dominate. When I watched him, I use to think, if there was anyone who was a sure thing, it was him. He got hurt, played prep and I don't know if he got picked up. Making it to D1 sports is almost impossible since you are competing with kids around the world now for scholarships. There's a movie titled 1000 to 1 and its about a really good HS player who went to play in college. Cool story.
Love it. Way to go Johnny.
Thank you!
Good for you!!! My son was similar. He made the team each year but rarely played. He was a top 3 guy but the coaches didn't "like" him and it was all so political. He began practicing with the local college team his sophomore year of high school and kept playing high school basketball. In the end, he played very little in high school but will be on scholarship this fall as a college freshman. College coach sees a lot of potential and cannot understand why he didn't play more in high school. Just gotta put the work in. Embrace the grind.
Now thats a cool story too. Scholarship usually means D1, so you kid made a D1 team?
@@itsmeforsure5475, no, local junior college.
This story is tuff. I played in the NCBBA this past year at a school in Pennsylvania. I never played high school basketball either. Got cut every year. Also, the coach didn't like me. Good luck this next year.
Thanks! Good luck to you too
Congratulations! You've shown a lot of heart. Good luck in college. However, now that you are in college, you should learn the difference between an adjective and an adverb. You are a good basketball player and you play basketball well. You don't, however, play basketball good.
Sometimes it's all about who you know. Everything happens for a reason. Think about it: you could've made those high school teams, only to be ignored by college scouts, who would deem you a One or Two Star prospect. Then you go to other leagues and outhustle the same players who got picked above you. If you have game film, connections, and keep playing, then you still belong. Your persistence will help you overcome a lot of obstacles.
Great job bro!
Appreciate it!
Bro don’t listen to all the hate, this story was amazing, keep going!
🐐🐐 goat, thank you!!
Thanks for sharing the story about ur basketball journey. I started basketball at 11, played in 8th grade and some aau leagues, then got cut from JV in 9th and 10th grade. I'm currently a sophomore in high school, playing on a competitive AAU 17U team. Do you think i can make it to a d2/d3 college level if I played AAU without school ball. Also loved your story so much, so inspirational!! From my story as well as your story, failure is a valuable source which teaches our minds how to be resillient, and eventually making it.
Thank you for your kind message! Im glad my journey could inspire you. I think it’s definitley achievable playing in college. Sounds like you’re playing already at a high level, so as long as you continue to play and improve, the opportunities are gonna come to you!
I don’t understand - so you’re not playing D1 basketball?
@@yungsclunch631 Hey, I get where you're coming from! Just to clarify, I play for the club basketball team at a D1 school, not the NCAA varsity team. My journey and story is about overcoming the odds after getting cut from middle and high school teams, so making it to play at the college level has been a huge personal win. I appreciate the support and feedback-hope you still enjoy the video!
No it’s clickbait lol
@@johnnyperkins_you playing on a club team bro big difference, ur club team would likely lose to most juco teams
That doesn’t take away from the fact that he literally never played basketball on his highschool team and still found a way to play competitive basketball in college
Very misleading. And, definitely NOT d1 basketball.
Cool video thanks for sharing your story.
@@renyehkromah199 thank you!!
Never give up! Fight fight fight 💪😎
Your moral of the story is never give up, I like that
And that they push kids way too hard these days to do good in sports, so hard that they don’t grow (Julian Newman ie)…
Never stop never stopping 💪
Thankful for all of my 1,615 subs,, thanks for rocking with me 🙏
Nba next
Did u have beef wit the coach or sum
im going inti eighth grade now and our lives up to this point have been parallel. hoping my story turns out like yours im practicing in the gym and going to trainings every day possible
@@jwclip good luck I hope it all goes well for you 🙏
i love it when my school doesnt even have a basketball court to train in and all the balls are horrible gosh i LOVE BEING IN MY SCHOOL WOWWWW
lit, i wish i had your passion to work on something i love and not give up easily
I play club baseball at the University of Alabama, good stuff man
@@jacobwilhide1189 that’s awesome. It’s a lot of fun!
the movie rocky is incredible!
Agreed!
Love your story keep going !!
@@treeezy thank you!
Fire stuff bro. I play in the league too
Great video!
@@Terrapin_T thanks!!
Thanks for sharing your story man. Really inspiring, also Jesus loves you and died for you seek him bro 🙏🏿
Thank you!!
great story bro
@@mallmiller7755 thank you!
a bit misleading, you played regular college ball, not D1 or anything of the such, anyways great video and I hope this doesn't happen to me in my upcoming tryouts.
Colleges have club teams in many sports and they are very compeitive as well.
bro is NOT division 1 💀 good video tho
Ye lmfao it was good click bait lmfao. Bro playing club basketball. His clips at the end of the video look worse then the comp I played in 8th grade 🤣
@@lundoren5240 shut up bro aint no one care
@@_Z26_ 🤣🤣 he ass at ball. You riding this guy who made a click bait video.
Dude this happened to me with soccer in highschool 😂 never made the team but played on rec teams with all the varsity guys from both hughschools in my district and started over defenders from both schools never got taken out 😂 was the worst feeling ever tbh made me realize nothing in this world is about what you can do but who you know 😂
underrated channel
@@z--rose appreciate it 🙏🙏
Hell yeah dude good stuff
thanks!
ending was awesome
Thanks!! 🙏
The runs at Wentz build character
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I feel you I'm 15. I'm still trying to get my first dunk my journey as a basketball player is pretty much the same issue I play for McEwen high school in Tennessee. I'm a freshman this year and it is really hard but l'm keeping at it. I'm so close to everything but can't grab it, and it seems like no matter how much work it doesn't work l've worked hard than everybody on my middle school team and I said the bench my eighth grade here, but I did make the high school team But I sent the bench On JV Even though I know I'm better than most of those guys I still sit the bench It's crazy. My dream is to play college basketball. I look up to you. Thank you so much.
Keep doing what you're doing. You don't know how much You mean the world and God God has a plan for you. He loves you and he has a purpose for you. Trust him
6'1 sophomore putting up 18ppg in AAU wouldve been number 1 starter at my high school, sucks you probably went to a huge school but it seems like you made it either way
It all works out for a reason. Could’ve been a bad experience playing for school so maybe it was for the best 😄
so u made a club team, but not the actual team?
I just want to thank you for making this video, I just got cut as a junior for the third time in a row from my school soccer team. This video made me realize that it's not too late to lock in, there's also next year. Thanks for motivating me, and please keep producing content like this. Love you man!
Never stop beleiving in yourself man, you got this!
@@NinjaskillzV2-km4js you got time! Keep working hard and it’s gonna work itself out as long as you love what you’re doing 💪
I started with baseball now I’m going D1
In basketball *
Good Job Johnny
thanks!
Loving the Casey neistat vibes with a twist of ur own style, keep it up!
Thank you! This video was actually inspired by his Impossible Dream video 😄
Bro casually worked out with Kobes coach lol
You earned a new sub👍 your so underrated
I appreciate it! Welcome!
Coaches was some haters fr
In my town there was like a clique of parents/students with some of the sports, and basketball was one of them. A few players who were really good and better than some of the guys on the team wouldn’t make it. That made the club leagues more fun, but it was just odd how it wasn’t a meritocracy for a few particular sports including basketball.
Could you make a video on some of the workouts or drills you did because whenever I play basketball I feel like I’m not improving cuz I just shoot around and don’t know what to do
Absolutely. If you can, I would play pickup and play against people that are better or older than you, it'll help give you experience and apply to game situations
Great vid, I’m confused a bit though. Are you playing NCAA D1 or NCBBA?
Thank you! I am playing in the NCBBA. Our school is Division 1 but I don’t play on the NCAA varsity team
i was playing basketball from the age of 10 to 15 and got really good at it and was team captain the whole time. But i left basketball for 3 years and i am thinking of coming back this year (turning 18 in 2 months). My form is a lot better and my shot accuracy is better. What do you think about coming back? Is there still a chance for somewhat of a career? (From serbia btw)
Why not? If you love it then that’s all that matters and if you enjoy playing you should definitley go out and have some fun with it 😄