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

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Make Every Shot Count,

Coach Dean

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