A Little Bird Told Me

"Just being good at something changed my entire self-image."

- Larry Bird in his autobiography "Drive: The Story of my Life"

Did you know that if you're good at something - and everybody's
good at something - you can leverage that into becoming good
at something else you want to learn. That means if you can
learn to walk, you can learn to shoot hoops with the best of
them. I know it might sound too simple, but all it really takes
is the attitude of a toddler - and time.

I've watched my 5 children take their first steps, and I know
a thing or two about their attitudes. They see life as a
continual new adventure, and they see falling down not as
failure, but simply as new information. They take the
information, make corrections, and try again.

In the computer world they call it "bootstrapping". To boot
a computer you load a small program in which allows it to
read bigger programs which allow it to use even bigger
programs, etc., and those bigger programs allow it to do
the work you want to do. In life, and shooting hoops really
all you need to do is take what you have and build on that
till you develop the skills you need.

Of course, a good teacher helps too, and one of the best
teachers I know on the basics of shooting hoops is Coach
Tom Nordland. With his Swish Shooting System you can
get the foundation it takes to develop yourself into a great
shooter. If that's your thing don't hesitate and run right
over to http://www.deandelker.com/swish.html for all
the details.

Shoot for the Stars,