What MILO Knows About Shooting

We have two dogs en mi casa. Merlin who's an older Apaloosa
and usually gellin', and Milo a young buck Pomeranian/Pug mix.
Not a mutt mind you because you can see the two breeds clearly.

Milo drives me crazy though. Everytime I go to the refrigerator,
or sit down to eat he gets as close as possible and looks at me with
eyes that say, "I know you can't say no to me". I'm talkin about a
look that doesn't doubt for a second I'm going to give him the best
item on my plate.

Milo is an eternal optimist because none of us ever feed him table
food. He's fat enough with us portioning out his dogfood like the
vet says to. Sometimes he'll get lucky and we'll drop something,
but we just don't give in.

The dog though has no conscience. Every time he sees us eating
or planning to eat it's like he has no memory of being shut down
and rejected hundreds of times before.

It takes that kind of conscience to be a star shooter too, doesn't
it? You have to trust in your training and seek to master your
stroke every time, with absolute confidence, and pay no
attention to your previous results. You can only hit the shot
you're taking now. Not the one in the past or the one in the
future. It takes a unique form of mental toughness to pull that
off, but when it happens like in a J.J. Redick it's a beautiful
thing to behold.

Shoot for the Stars,

Dean Delker - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. If you want to develop that kind of mental toughness you
have to develop an attitude toward missing that puts you in the
winner's seat. One tool that's been used by athletes for 40
years is Dr. Maxwell Maltz' "Psycho-Cybernetics". The heirs
of the good doctor have put together a comprehensive 12 CD -
2 workbook masterpiece for using your mind to become a
success on the court and in life. It's called "Zero Resistance
Living" and you can find out everything about it at:

http://deandelker.com/zero_resistance.html

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean