It is not about knowing 10,000 different moves or practicing one move 10,000 times or 10,000 hours; it's about knowing how to do a few moves 10,000 different ways.
The best performers don't have a million moves, they have a few moves they can hit from just about any position.
In this interview, Kobe Bryant was asked who was the toughest NBA player to defend.
Bryant replied:
"Kevin Durant. That was the one that I retired without really having to, being able to figure [him] out. You know, how I can stop him. ... When he first came into the league, he was easy to defend cause he couldn't go right and shoot.
He used to kind of shoot across his face. So that was a weakness that he had. Also, in the post, he couldn't turn left shoulder. Everything was right shoulder. So that gave me areas that I could shut off. And then he started developing it. So now he pulls up left. He can shoot the long ball.
He has runners, left hand, right hand. Before, he had a left-hand finish at the rim. I could always send him left, force him all the way to the basket. Even with the advantage of his size, he was still uncomfortable finishing with his left, so I could clamp the right hand and now force him into tough situations, and now he developed that.
So I retired, not being able to figure him out."
In basketball, there are a million techniques called the jump shot because to truly maximize performance, you must understand that skills are open-ended.
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