The Right Way To Be Perfect

Have you noticed how people who call
themselves perfectionists really aren't?

Don't they always look for what's wrong?

Wouldn't that make them:

IMPERFECTIONISTS?

It all depends on your focus.

There's nothing wrong with noticing areas
where you can improve, as long as you
realize it is just good information.

That kind of feedback helps you correct
course and hit your targets more often.
That's precisely what you want.

Mistakes only hurt you when you start
assigning emotional blame to them and
making judgements about yourself. If you
feel too bad you'll lose the info that is there
to show you a better way. And your
performance will suffer too.

The best way to be at your best is to focus
on what you have going for you and be
grateful for that. Then notice your flaws so
you can work on them, but don't beat
yourself up.

What you want to shoot for is excellence, not
perfection. Leave that one up to God.

Shoot For The Stars,

Richard Dean Delker

P.S. And one of the best ways to develop body,
soul, and spirit is learning how to breathe right.
I'm not talking about those reinforced strips
you put over your nose.

Most westerners don't have a clue what good
breathing is, or what an almost unfair
advantage it can give them in the game of life.
Be a leader and not a follower by finding out
today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/complete_breath.html

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What's Your Excuse

Simple assignment today, grasshoppers.

Watch this video 5 times. Then send me your
list of reasons (if you dare) why you think you
can't be a great shooter, or fulfill any other
dream you have.



Truth is you are a Superman waiting to happen.

Start using your imagination to co-create the
future you want, instead of looking at where
you are now, or what you messed up in the
past.

Despite it's name your imagination isn't
imaginary. It is your own personal universe
which interfaces with the composite one we
all share (the physical one).

There you can always be a perfect shooter,
and that won't change you overnight in the
physical world, but it will make a difference
over time. In your practice and your
performance.

Don't ever pass up the opportunity to build
the habit of success and winning in your
mind. It will always pay off.

You'll find yourself discovering corrections to
your stroke. You'll notice great shooters and
find better ways to emulate them. You'll find
the teachers and information you need. Think
of it like a puzzle which only you can solve.

Quit looking for reasons why you can't do it
and start using the tools God has given you.

Make Every Shot Count,

Coach Dean

P.S. Few people realize the value of deep,
complete breathing in concert with whatever
you are doing. Discover how to make
everything you do better and more alive
today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/complete_breath_order.html

Copyright 2006,2007 Richard Dean Delker

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It's An Inside Job

Working from inside-out especially using
visualizations makes a huge difference even in
the little things you do.

We recently bought a 91 Accord to replace a
95 Mustang our 20 year old daughter had
totalled. No one was hurt, and we like the
replacement better, so it's all good.

But it needed a front motor mount, or
vibration mount as they call it since it wasn't
load bearing. I got the part on eBay for $19,
and it looked like an easy job.

I don't like to work on cars, and only have
basic tools, but this was right up front. It
was just two bolts - piece of cake.

I got the top bolt out with no problems, but
then I noticed there was almost no room to
get to bottom one. I could see it fine, but all
I could do was get my left hand down there
and then only move it about ¼" by flexing
my wrist in the direction I had the least
amount of leverage and control.

It was starting to rain too so I was under
even more pressure. I must have tried 25
times to get a catch on the bolt head, but
every time I'd drop my ratchet or it would
slip off. My hand was also bruised and cut
in a half-dozen places too from forcing it
past sharp metal edges.

I was very near cussing time and ready to
give up and pay a mechanic to do it on
Monday. But then I realized I wasn't
practicing what I preached.

I stopped, closed my eyes, relaxed my
breathing a couple of times, prayed and
started visualizing what I wanted to
happen - to get a catch on the bolt head
and break it loose.

Then somewhat to my surprise and to my
chagrin I did just that on the first try after
relaxing and visualizing. In ten minutes, and
I had the part out and back in, tightened up,
and I was walking in the house to clean up.

You may think that's just a coincidence, and
I can't prove any different, but I do know this.
I'm glad I took the time to step back and
visualize what I wanted.

See what happens when you work deliberate
visualization like that into your shooting
routine. It's not magic. It's a natural
phenomenon, probably based on the way
the universe works, but from my experience
it is ideal for training the the nervous system
and thus hand eye coordination

Make Every Shot Count,

Coach Dean

P.S. For over 20 years Coach Stan Kellner has
specialized in teaching shooters how to use
visualization and other cybernetic techniques
to become almost automatic shooting the rock.

He can help you take your shooting to the next
level too today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

P.S.S. Controlling your breathing is another
key to being a monster shooter, just as it is
in shooting a rifle. It helps keep you both
physically and mentally focused like nothing
else. Get the edge on your competition today
by learning to use your breath as a personal
development tool at:

http://www.deandelker.com/complete_breath_order.html

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Richard Dean Delker

Shots Are Shots

"I NEVER hit a shot, not even in practice,
without having a very sharp, in-focus picture
of it in my head.

First I see the ball where I want it to finish,
nice and white and sitting up high on the
bright green grass. Then the scene quickly
changes, and I see the ball going there: its
path, trajectory, and shape, even its
behavior on landing.

Then there is a sort of fade-out, and the next
scene shows me making the kind of swing that
will turn the previous images into reality."

- Jack Nicklaus

Sure it's a golfer talking and not a hoopster,
but not just any golfer. One of the best ever.
So I think you can learn something about
shooting hoops from him, and about hitting
any goal or target for that matter.

First, notice he ALWAYS visualizes before
taking action, even in practice. That nugget
is priceless. If you can get in the habit of
doing that one thing your life can change
forever.

Of course, you CAN take action WITHOUT
visualizing beforehand. You can also do it
blindfolded if you want, but why? If the
world's most successful people visualize,
why not you?

Secondly he starts with visualizing his ideal
end result. That helps energize, focus and
intensify the rest of his visuals.

Then he visualizes every aspect of the flight
of the ball, i.e. the process leading up to the
result. In shooting that would involve the
direction and arc of the ball, proper backspin,
etc.

And lastly he sees himself executing the
perfect form to make the rest of his
visualization happen.

Nothing really hard about that. You just
have to take the time to do it.

And I'm serious about using this with
anything. Little things even. More about
that next time.

Make Every Shot Count,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. In golf you have the luxury of taking
your time before every shot. You can do that
on free throws, but for game speed shots
you'll need to develop a shorthand
visualization sequence.

In his "Primetime Shooting" DVD Coach
Stan Kellner teaches a quick 3 count
visualization very similar to what Jack
Nicklaus does.

Get the step-by-step on that and a half-
dozen other powerful visualization drills
for shooting today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

P.S.S. Learning how to control your
breathing is also a huge factor in generating
powerful, charged, confident visualizations.

If you're not doing this already, don't worry.
Not many people teach this. If you want to
make your actions more effective and easier
though you'll do well to learn:

'Miracle Of The Complete Breath'

I've even made it easy for you to get started
in minutes today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/complete_breath_order.html

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The Ultimate Vitamin

For anybody in athletics, or anybody wanting
health and fitness for that matter, nutrition is
a hot topic.

What would you say though is the world's most
important nutrient?

What about . . .

Air

Get out your stopwatch and see how well you
perform without it.

In my research on concentration and focus for
shooting hoops I found a classic document
explaining an ancient breathing technique
called the complete breath.

I'd heard of abdominal breathing before and
assumed that's what the book was about. I
already did that, so I didn't get around to
reading it right away.

When I did though I found something that
goes way beyond belly breathing. And there
were dozens of different techniques to use it
to affect body and soul in wonderful ways.

Do you see where breathing better could
improve almost every aspect of your life? I
believe most people can.

So please consider this then:

What else do you know that can be both
under the control of your will or happen
automatically? And switch back and forth
between the two effortlessly.

That's because it involves both the conscious
and subconscious mind or the sympathetic
and autonomic nervous systems if you
please.

That means it can work as a bridge between
the two and has a unique power to affect both
systems. I can't explain how all that works in
a short post like this, but after reading the
book and practicing the exercises I know it
does.

The writing was pretty stiff and archaic
though so I took the time to go through, edit it,
modernize the language, and add some of my
own thoughts.

Now I'm making it available to you. It's so
powerful it's almost miraculous, and it may only
be limited by your willingness to use your
imagination and belief. To practice the simple
techniques and incorporate them into your life.

I've found it a big help in doing cybernetic
visualizations for athletics and life in general,
doing affirmations, concentration and focus
practice, energy work, etc.

A myriad of ways for using mind and body.

And I've found many physical benefits too. It
adds another gear to exercise and helps with
metabolism and fat loss. I also used to get a
couple of colds a year.

Since I've started on the complete breathing I
haven't even had congestion to speak of.

So if you see how valuable it is to get more
power and energy out of your breathing you
can order

'The Miracle Of The Complete Breath' today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/complete_breath_order.html

Make Every Shot Count,

Coach Dean

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Get It Out Of Reverse

Have you ever put your car in reverse, backed
up, and gotten interrupted with a question or a
cell phone call?

What usually happens next? You put your
foot on the brake and shift your attention to
whatever's going on, right?

Then what?

If you're anything like me whenever you're
finished and ready to take off again you might
have forgotten the car was still in reverse.

Oops.

Hopefully you haven't ever floored it and
crashed into something before you figured
it out, but if you have, it really helps to
remember never to do that again.

Have you noticed we do the same thing in
our daily lives too?

We stay in reverse. We live in the past. We
dwell on what happened to us, or what the
president did or didn't do, or what somebody
said. I don't care if you were in the right or
not, any time you're focused on something
that's already happened you are driving in
reverse.

And it's hard to make any progress when
you're going backwards.

You're always missing the present moment
because you're rehashing what happened
minutes, hours, days,or even years before.
Sure there are things to be learned from the
past, but absorb the lesson and get back to
living in the present. That's where the
action is.

As a shooter you know where I'm going with
this. It's necessary to pay attention and be
able to correct your shooting flaws. That's
what feedback and learning are all about.

But you can't dwell on your misses and your
failures. If you do for too long I promise
you'll find yourself sitting on the bench.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean

P.S. The best teacher of the mental side of
shooting I know is Coach Stan Kellner.
I confess I don't know what percentage of
shooting is mental. I've heard as much as
90% and I believe it is high, but even if it's
only 50% you probably want to find out
what Stan can do for you today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

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It's Easier Than You Think

Have you ever played the party game,

'He Who Knows, And Knows He Knows'?

It's a bit of a mysterious game and has to be
done in a quiet room. The ringleader starts it
off without much explanation and announces:

'He who knows, and knows he knows, please
leave the room!'

Before long someone who is in on it gets up and
leaves the room. The moderator then singles
out one person. Usually someone left in the
room but it could be the guesser too. The
missing person is expected to come back and
and pick out the person who was singled out.

Those in the 'know' can get it right 100% of the
time. The others sit there frustrated, trying to
figure out the trick - what signal is being sent,
what the triggering event is, or what the heck
is going on, period.

People will think they have it figured out and
volunteer to leave the room, come back and try
out their ideas. Usually without success, till
suddenly they figure it out, and after that
they're in on it forever.

I won't tell you the trick in case you ever get
to play the game, but I will tell you once you
figure it out, it's so incredibly simple you have
to laugh.

Shooting is that way too.

Ed Palubinskas originally from Australia who
played at LSU is one of the greatest shooters
and shooting coaches in the world.

He missed three freethrows in shooting
competitions over a 15 year period once, holds
several Guinness world records, and averages
over 99% from the line and 92% from the
3-point arc still today.

Ed talks about 'Mastering The Shooting
Moment'. I talk a lot about concentration, and
from the feedback I've gotten some people are
misunderstanding the concept. They think it's
something like being in a trance for a half hour.
Or it's racheting up your willpower to crazy
levels.

It's not at all. Concentration is a relaxation
which lets things that lets everything that
doesn't matter to your current task fall away.
It's the opposite of trying too hard. It's trying
easy.

Once you know the trick to shooting - Once
you've figured it out. Once you've found that
groove, shooting almost becomes easy. Where
that place is there's a natural relaxation and it
feels right.

Now get this. Ed told me you really only need
to concentrate for about 5/100's of a second.

The 5/100's of a second during the release of
the basketball.

That's how a good shooter can come down the
court with chaos all around him and still get
off a sweet shot. He doesn't need to concentrate
for 20 seconds. He just has to find that rim, be
in balance, relaxed, and concentrate for the split
second of the release.

Of course learning the best mechanics will give
you a way to achieve that concentrated
relaxation at the right time. Put it together
and it is well within your power to get into the
90th percentile from the free throw stripe.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Stan Kellner teaches much the same idea
in his shooting cybernetics DVD when he has
you focus on the word 'Feel'. That means both
the release feels right, and you also already
feel the ball going into the hoop.

Learn how to let your mind become a
targeting machine today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

P.S.S. Ed has his wonderful shooting program on
VHS tape which is a classic. I hope he'd re-issues
it in DVD soon and gives me permission to carry it.
Till then you can find it all at:

http://www.freethrowmaster.com/Freethrow/

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