Unlocking the Lock: Building a Dynasty at Shawnee Mission South

Unlocking the Lock: Building a Dynasty at Shawnee Mission South

The Practices That Tested, Refined, and Rebuilt a Team

In the beginning, it didn’t look like greatness.It looked like grit.It sounded like sneakers squeaking through hours of ball-handling drills.And it felt like discipline, discomfort, and the kind of coaching few were used to.

At Shawnee Mission South High, a new chapter in girls' basketball was being written—one that wouldn’t follow the usual script.

Coach Marvin Harvey had arrived, and with him came a philosophy as relentless as it was rare.Forget full-court scrimmages. Forget flashy drills.The first practices were about unlocking something deeper—something foundational.

🧱 Ball-handling, shooting form, and repetition.🧱 Step-by-step breakdowns.🧱 Holding players accountable—not just to the game, but to each other.

“Togetherness is the wall,” Harvey told them.“One weak brick, and everything falls.”

It was a message they weren’t used to hearing. And some didn’t stay long enough to understand it.The attrition rate was real. His expectations were high.But for those who stayed?They began to feel it.They weren’t just learning how to dribble.They were learning how to think, commit, and connect.

Harvey wasn’t just teaching skills.He was building a dynasty—one demand, one drill, one value at a time.

Greatness, after all, doesn’t arrive as a team.It is built, brick by brick.

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