My Tips Are Worthless

My shooting tips are worthless.

Yeah, that's what I said.

My advice sucks. So does Tom Nordland's, Hal
Wissel's, Stan Kellner's, Ed Palubinskas', Dave
Hopla's, Ted St. Martin's, & Dick Baumgartner's.
I'm leaving many great one's out, but any shot
coach you can name.

It's all a bunch of hooey if you don't have one
super important factor going for you.

You must develop FOCUS.

Deep concentrated FOCUS.

And to be a great you must maintain it for long
stretches of time.

This goes hand-in-hand with 'taking action' which
I know you've had preached to you more times
than you can count.

Taking action is critical, but what most people
don't think about is taking scattered, random,
inconsistent action is almost as useless as taking
no action at all.

My experience is it's much better to focus on one
action until you become proficient at it than it is to
scatter your energy by flirting with many tasks.
You might think you're getting more done the
second way, but it's just not true.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. One way to develop your power of concentration
and focus is through the exercises you got when you
signed up for this list. Dig them back out, or you can
find them again at:

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

Put in time daily practicing these exercises and
your ability to concentrate will begin to astound
you. It will certainly help your shooting, but you
get a double bonus because I can't think of
anything in your life it won't also help.

P.P.S. Focus is also one of the secrets of how to
average 20 points a game as explained by personal
coach Patrick Chylinski in his hot-selling e-report.

For instance, during the first few minutes of a game
players are still getting warmed up and getting into
the action. If you can hit a few buckets early, before
everybody else is really into the game, you've
established a good foundation for a big scoring night.
Focus will do that for you.

Find out what else to focus on to become a prime-
time scorer today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/20ppg.html

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You Need To Go Three For Three

It is a good thing to have dreams and visions, but
you've got to do more than visualize, wish, hope,
or dream if you expect to receive on the basketball
court or anywhere in life.

Positive thinking is good, but it doesn't work in and
of itself. You've got to go beyond just the positive
thinking or even visualizations. You have to
generate:

Positive thoughts
Positive feelings and
Positive actions.

Positive thoughts you know about.

Creating positive feelings means you generate and
live in the emotions you will have when you get
what you are seeking. If you wanted to score 20
points per game when you did you might feel joy,
excitement, appreciation, satisfaction, etc. It also
includes emotions like hope, expectation, and
gratitude along the way.

When you do your visualizations let yourself
experience the feelings too. That gives power to
your thoughts, and it boosts your current energy
too.

What are positive actions though? If you are
driven to action it may well be out of fear, shame,
stress, embarrassment, jealousy, striving, worry,
rote or desperation. Those actions may give you
some of the results you want, but you will pay a
big price.

Positive actions flow out of your positive thoughts,
visualizations, feelings, and beliefs. They are laden
with intuition and inspiration. They come with ease
and with joy. They flow. They are in the zone.

The key is your thoughts, feelings, and actions all
have to match up. If they're not, something is off,
and the sledding will always be hard. If you look at
someone who is not getting what they deserve in
life - or what they want - it's because one or more
of those key components are missing.

You've got to go three-for-three. When you do that,
you'll find you can create whatever you want without
undue effort.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Patrick Chylinski knows what it takes to be a
big-time scorer on the basketball court. Believe me
he is a positive guy in everything he does, and he
imparts that in his private coaching.

If you're in the Southern California area track him
down at www.basketballsuccess.com but if you're
not, he's put a wealth of information into his e-book
on "How To Average 20 Points A Game Or More.
Don't waste your time. Find out what really works
when you're on offence today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/20ppg.html

P.P.S. As always you have permission to share this
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Delker Enterprises, Inc.
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-494-6572
dean@deandelker.com
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How To Take Out Your Trash

"What we achieve inwardly will change our outward
reality."

- Plutarch, Greek historian and philosopher

Like I said yesterday I believe by the grace of God
our lives and our achievements are built from the
inside-out using constructive thoughts, feelings,
beliefs, and inspired action. We are co-creators.

But we live in a world that's often negative, and have
picked up a lot of junk along the way. Some of it our
own doing, some not. Some we're aware of, but much
more socked away in our subconscious where it
affects what we do automatically. Too much of the
time that means were building up results we really
don't want.

Question is how do we change and become the kind
of builders we want to be? In shooting how do we
become master of the free throw, for instance? One
thing's for sure - the negative stuff doesn't help one
bit.

One way I mentioned yesterday to jetison the
mental riff raff is first to become aware of it, and
then make a conscious effort to drop it. You don't
want to reason with it, analyze it, or do battle
against it. Just let it go.

That's not always enough though. Sometimes
stronger measures are needed.

I have a friend Mike who handles it this way:

"Everytime I catch myself thinking a negative
thought or someone drops bad news in my lap I
immediately say to myself, 'Thanks for sharing
that. CANCEL. CANCEL. CANCEL. And I
smile. Always I smile.""

Or I know of another gent who wore a big thick
rubberband on his wrist for a month. Everytime
he caught himself being negative toward others
or more often toward himself, he'd pull that band
out to about 10 inches and let it go against his
wrist. Hard enough to draw a welt. I think that's
called aversion therapy, but call it what you will it
gets the job done.

Coach Stan Kellner is also a master at helping you
overcome the negativity that comes out in learning
to become a skilled shooter. See for yourself what
Stan calls the secret of the Cybernetic Loop in his
Ultimate Shooting Method DVD.

Give yourself an unfair advantage today by racing
over to:

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

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. I'm leaving in a minute to go hear Dick Vitale
speak on campus at the University of Florida, and
Midnight Madness is tomorrow night for all the
college teams. I'm getting psyched.

I hope you'll get fired up too and shoot for your
hoops dreams with all your heart this season. Write
and let me know how your shooting is going.

Stan Kellner is also fired up and it shows in his book,
his CD, and his shooting DVD. Grab yourself some
of Stan's magic today at:

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

Life Is An Erector Set

I'm sure you remember some of the toys of your
youth. Some of my favorites were the "Erector"
sets. I had the 1958 "Amusement Park Set" with
hundreds of metal wheels, levers, channels, nuts,
bolts, spacers, etc. I think it even had a couple of
motors. I just looked it up and if I'd saved mine
intact it would be worth $1500 today.

I also had old-fashioned "Alphabet Blocks" when I
was younger, and "Lincoln Logs" later. Since then
the world has given us "Legos", "Geomax", "K'Nex"
and dozens more.

And girls have their dollhouses, Barbies, outfits,
paperdolls, tea sets, etc. They are more into
building people, relationships, and lives, but let's
face it. We all like to build. It's part of our makeup.

"To learn how to make every thought and action
constructive is to master the secret of all
attainment."

Wallace D. Wattles (1860 - 1911)

Wally Wattles was one of the pioneering success
writers in America and while he never played
basketball I think he can still help us all become
better shooters.

Any achievement you ever have will start with a
thought, be nourished by enpowered ideas, feelings,
beliefs, and actions. The key is to learn how to focus
your mental and physical faculties so they both can
contribute toward goals and dreams you have.

If a thought, or feeling, or belief, or action doesn't
help build toward what you're trying to accomplish
though common sense says you should ditch it at
the first opportunity.

As a shooter you should seek to rid yourself of any
thoughts and actions that don't contribute to great
shooting. Start paying attention and soon you will
notice distractive, destructive, hateful, critical,
judgemental, negative thoughts even while you are
practicing and playing. Try letting go of those next
time, and see what a big difference a clear, positive
mind makes.

And you can let Coach Stan Kellner show you how to
build a whole new vocabulary of shooting success.
Learn dozens of powerful thoughts that when
nourished will make you a superstar shooter.

It's time to start building your shooting future today
at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Go Gators

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How The Skeptic Can Change His Stripes

How The Skeptic Can Change His Stripes


Dear Dean,

How can a skeptic change his stripes?

With much difficulty, and here's why.

When you're a doubter and a skeptic you're like the
people trapped in the Matrix. There's a whole other
reality out there, but you'll never see it or experience
it until you're ready to let go of your doubter mindset.

A master martial artist once asked Bruce Lee to
teach him everything he knew about martial arts.
Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid.

"The first cup", he said, "represents all your
knowledge about martial arts".

"The second cup represents all mine".

"If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you
must first empty your cup of your knowledge."

There's no other way. No half-in, half-out. You can't
experience a deeper, power-filled, inner-life on the
installment plan.

Except for your fears though it's not that hard.
All you have to do is pay attention, and do what
those living outside your box recommend. Come
on in. The water's fine.

Blogger Steve Pavlina says, "Ultimately skepticism
is rooted in fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of
being gullible. Fear of looking foolish."

My mentor Matt Furey reminded me today you
can never really think yourself out of fear. You
have to act your way out of it. You have to be
willing to be imperfect, correct your course, and
smile about it, knowing you just learned something
priceless and became a better person for the effort.
It's all about the experience.

If you are ready to tap into new dynamic inner
resources in shooting a basketball then you are
ready for Coach Stan Kellner's basketball shooting
cybernetics DVD at:

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

And if you're still skeptical, keep listening, and keep
watching. Your time will come if you don't keep
pushing it away.

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Hal Wissel also has his pulse on the
mind/body connection in his 2 shooting DVD's
which combine detailed shooting mechanics, drills,
and offensive moves, with confidence, self-talk,
and triggering keywords.

You can become the complete, versatile, unstoppable
shooter you've dreamed of under Hal's expert
guidance at:

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

Make Every Shot Count

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