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#BlackPowerUniversity by @big_ticket_5

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taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @big_ticket_5

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2 years ago

This is the part of sports we don’t talk about enough.

The transition.
The silence.
The identity loss.
The question of, “Who am I if I’m not playing anymore?”

In this clip, Joel Barkers opens up about the darker side of life after the game — the part many athletes feel but don’t always have the words, space, or support to say out loud.

That’s why athlete development has to be bigger than training.

It has to include mental health.
It has to include identity.
It has to include purpose.
It has to include preparing athletes for the day the game changes.

Because talent can take you far.

But support, purpose, and identity can help carry you when the game no longer can.

Full episode with Joel drops this Friday.
#BeyondTheGame #CLSI #JoelBarkers #YouReachITeach #AthleteMentalHealth #AthleteIdentity #LifeAfterSports #MentalHealthMatters #StudentAthlete #YouthSports #WholeAthlete #PurposeBeyondSports by @big_ticket_5

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10 days ago

The ball stops bouncing for everybody.

In our next episode of Beyond the Game, Joel Barkers keeps it real about what athletes have to start thinking about before the game is over.

Not just the next workout.
Not just the next offer.
Not just the next level.

But identity. Purpose. Life after the game. And who you’re becoming while you still have the platform.

This conversation with Joel goes beyond basketball training. It’s about mentorship, resilience, pressure, parenting, NIL, and helping young athletes grow as people while they grow in the game.

Full episode drops next Friday.

#BeyondTheGame #CLSI #YouReachITeach #JoelBarkers #AthleteMentalHealth #AthleteIdentity #LifeAfterSports #YouthSports #BasketballTraining #StudentAthlete #WholeAthlete #SportsParenting by @big_ticket_5

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Family Tingz taken in Out the Way by @big_ticket_5

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18 days ago

If you’re looking for real strides this summer with professional coaches and NBA-style training, this is where it happens. Proven results, there’s no better place for your child to be. taken in You Reach I Teach Basketball Academy by @big_ticket_5

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Motion Detected by @big_ticket_5

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3 months ago

Cinco Turns Cinco 🔥💯❤️. To the biggest blessing I’ve ever received. So grateful God Chose me to be your dad! You light up every room you’re in! I’m so in awe of how smart and Whitty you are… I know you didn’t get that from me lol jk… love u to the moon and back baby boy… I’m a lil sad cuzz my baby ain’t a baby no more…it’s bitter sweet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY PRINCE 5 #CincoTurningCinco #Big5 #ImaBigBoyNow taken in All Over the World by @big_ticket_5

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4 months ago

I ain’t choose this life, this life chose me….. #CalmBeforeThe Storm taken in You Reach I Teach Basketball Academy by @big_ticket_5

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5 months ago

Letter to Karen 👵🏻 #karen #karensmad #neighborhoodcronicles #nieghbors #neighborhood taken in Karenville by @big_ticket_5

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6 months ago

TURN YOUR VOLUME ALL THE WAY UP 🤣🤣🤣 In 2021 I made a video and copied the #ComingtoAmerica trend lmfaooo. On today this happened 🤣🤣🤣🤣 listen to the whole video I can’t make this up…. She been secretly watching my page and has had this built up anger, aggression & hatred towards us. Her being nosey and stalking my instagram she misinterpreted the video to think I was really dissing my neighbors 🤣🤣🤣 I got some dope friends I consider family in this neighborhood… this what happens when when u don’t MIND YOUR BUSINESS 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Some people really got nothing better to do…old & bored. If she approached me with different energy I would have gladly stopped… but now it’s bikes everyday!!

1. I’ve never spoken to her in my life!
2. Why do you know my name and why you doing research on me lol
3.why are you on my Instagram especially at your big age 😩🤣
4.you ain’t got nothing better to do?
5. My bikes are from the store lol they’re not illegal 😩
6. Who are you?
7. How long you been mad ?
8. You mad at a video on MY PAGE
9. You Weird as hell and I hope you see this too lol
10.Kick Rocks
#karensoftheworld
#karens
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