Life Is Messy Sometimes
A friend reminded me today the most orderly place in the
world is a graveyard. There's truth to that. Too much
order can snuff out life sometimes. It's not that there's
anything wrong with order. We need it, but we have
problems when our penchant for order keeps us from
growing, and changing, and experiencing life.
Sometimes we confuse stagnation with order.
Proverbs 14:4 says, 'Where there are no oxen, the manger
is clean, but from the strength of an ox comes abundant
harvest.'
If you want a nice, neat clean empty barn with no crap, no
foul smells, no oil spills, no mess period, all you have to do
is get rid of your oxen, your tractors, or your combines.
But if you do that, guess what?
You've got no way to have a big harvest. No way to have
abundant life. If you play it safe, stay in your comfort zone,
and never risk anything I would say you're not really living.
You're just existing.
I know from raising 5 kids real life is messy, but that's also
where the best stuff is.
If you're a basketball player you need to be willing to make
a mess too. That's what practices are all about. Like most of
you, I watched the Florida Gators destroy a very good George
Mason team in the NCAA semi-finals last month, and one of
Florida's biggest weapons was Lee Humphrey who hit six
3-pointers in the game.
I just learned recently how the UF coaches had the whole
team practice getting the ball back to Humphrey after
misses in practice, until he drained several in a row. They
were emphasizing to him the confidence they had in him,
and to the whole team not to lose faith in him, either. I'd say
that worked out pretty well for all concerned.
They were wise enough to allow messes and failure in
practice as long as it led to growth and progress.
Hopefully you can see parallels to this in everything you do,
but as shooters you would be wise to incorporate more risk,
more experimentation, and more 'messiness' in your
practicing.
If you want to work on something in a scrimmage make sure
you let your coach know what you're planning, of course. If
you were working on shooting with the off-hand, for example.
He'll support you if it works for the team. Otherwise just
experiment first in pickup games till you've polished your
skills enough for the big time.
If you want to supercharge your shooting practices and mess
with your form you're going to need Coach Tom Nordland's
best-selling Swish I video available today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/swish.html
Shoot for the Stars,
Dean Delker - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. Coming soon. Coach Nordland's New Swish 2 video.
Twice the length, twice the detail, twice the learning. Learn
to coach yourself, your child, or your team using the Swish
Method.
Copyright, Delker Enterprises, Inc. 2006
world is a graveyard. There's truth to that. Too much
order can snuff out life sometimes. It's not that there's
anything wrong with order. We need it, but we have
problems when our penchant for order keeps us from
growing, and changing, and experiencing life.
Sometimes we confuse stagnation with order.
Proverbs 14:4 says, 'Where there are no oxen, the manger
is clean, but from the strength of an ox comes abundant
harvest.'
If you want a nice, neat clean empty barn with no crap, no
foul smells, no oil spills, no mess period, all you have to do
is get rid of your oxen, your tractors, or your combines.
But if you do that, guess what?
You've got no way to have a big harvest. No way to have
abundant life. If you play it safe, stay in your comfort zone,
and never risk anything I would say you're not really living.
You're just existing.
I know from raising 5 kids real life is messy, but that's also
where the best stuff is.
If you're a basketball player you need to be willing to make
a mess too. That's what practices are all about. Like most of
you, I watched the Florida Gators destroy a very good George
Mason team in the NCAA semi-finals last month, and one of
Florida's biggest weapons was Lee Humphrey who hit six
3-pointers in the game.
I just learned recently how the UF coaches had the whole
team practice getting the ball back to Humphrey after
misses in practice, until he drained several in a row. They
were emphasizing to him the confidence they had in him,
and to the whole team not to lose faith in him, either. I'd say
that worked out pretty well for all concerned.
They were wise enough to allow messes and failure in
practice as long as it led to growth and progress.
Hopefully you can see parallels to this in everything you do,
but as shooters you would be wise to incorporate more risk,
more experimentation, and more 'messiness' in your
practicing.
If you want to work on something in a scrimmage make sure
you let your coach know what you're planning, of course. If
you were working on shooting with the off-hand, for example.
He'll support you if it works for the team. Otherwise just
experiment first in pickup games till you've polished your
skills enough for the big time.
If you want to supercharge your shooting practices and mess
with your form you're going to need Coach Tom Nordland's
best-selling Swish I video available today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/swish.html
Shoot for the Stars,
Dean Delker - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. Coming soon. Coach Nordland's New Swish 2 video.
Twice the length, twice the detail, twice the learning. Learn
to coach yourself, your child, or your team using the Swish
Method.
Copyright, Delker Enterprises, Inc. 2006
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