Be The Best

Remember John Wooden's definition of winning?

Do your best.

And if you do your best most of the time you will
BE the best.

Why?

Because hardly anybody else out there will be doing
their best. They'll be focused on winning and losing.

Sad but true, if you are focused on winning you can't
be focused on the task at hand. And that's a
disastrous recipe for shooting, by the way.

It's like doing an exercise on one of those big core-
training stability balls. If you don't concentrate and
focus on the movement you're doing you'll be falling
flat on one of your precious body parts before you
know it.

It's OK to focus on the result you want before a game,
or a practice. In fact, it's highly recommended. You
can even do it during a time out or before free throws.
Use your creative imagination to visualize and feel
exactly what you want to see happen.

But during the action just stay relaxed and let your
training and your practice flow out of you. Go with
the flow.

Good coaches understand the concept of flow, and
Stan Kellner fits firmly in that mold. He is so
confident in his mental methods his "Prime-Time
Shooting Machine" talks very little about the
mechanics of shooting.

He says he's seen umpteen hundreds of shooters
with picture-perfect form when nothing's on the
line, but who can't hit a shot to save their soul
when the pressure's on.

Ideally you want both. Great form and a steel trap
mind that reeks with confidence, but if you could
only have one I'd take the guy with the mental
toughness every time.

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Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Another way to get a mental edge is to listen to
enpowering music. I grew up on rock and blues and
folk and have played in bands off and on since I was
14. It has brought me wonderful relationships and
experiences. It is something I was created to do.

I'm sure you've got your favorite music too, but I've
recently discovered to be a true artist on the
hardwood it helps immensely to listen to positive
inspiring music.

I've got a friend, Tania Gabrielle French who plays
and composes like an angel herself, and who is also
a world class authority on effects of music on people.
If you want to take your shooting and overall play
to a whole new level, let her show you the power of
her kind of music.

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The Old-School Winning Ways

Players fifty years ago wanted to win just as much
as players today ... The difference is everybody
worries about it more today because of the media
and the attention they give to the question of who's
winning and who's losing. Those are the wrong
questions. The correct question is: Did I make my
best effort? That's what matters. The rest of it just
gets in the way.

- John Wooden

It's not a question of winning or losing because I
believe we were all created with the desire to be
winners. It is though a question of how you define
winning.

John Wooden defines it as knowing you have made
your best effort.

What about you?

Winning games will be a natural by-product of
always doing your best.

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Winning is something you choose every day by
what you think, feel, believe, and do.

Seek that in every area of your life - spiritual, mental,
emotional, social, healthwise, fitnesswise, careerwise,
with family, relationships, money and much more.

If you want to make your best effort as a shooter you
need to learn to emulate those who are great shooters.
That is in mechanics, but it's also in how you think and
how you feel.

If you want to solidify your mechanics Dr. Hal Wissel's
DVD's are a great place to get solid information. Learn
how to move your body for best results at putting the
ball in the hole now at:

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And if you want to expand your mental game to get
more out of your physical tools Coach Stan Kellner is
the man you want. See him work his magic today at:

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Make Every Shot Count.

You Need Never Lose Again

Coach John Wooden says you are never defeated
till you start blaming someone else.

That's when you become a victim, and you'll never
even look for the creative ideas and actions that
would bring you victory.

So if you don't ever want to lose again start taking
responsibility for what happens in your life. There
is real magic in that.

Even if the scoreboard sometimes says your team
lost, you will still be a winner because you will learn
from that situation and always get better if you are
owning your experience.

I know that is short and simple, but I can't think of
any other way to say it.

Try putting this into practice though and let me know
how it goes. You'll never go back to whining,
complaining, and blaming.

Coach Tom Nordland teaches awareness and taking
responsibility for your shooting as well as any coach I
know. See what is possible with his new Swish II DVD
today at:

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Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Stan Kellner's Ultimate Shooting Method
DVD will also give you the tools you need to take
ownership of your shooting. When that happens
you're well on your way to becoming a shooting
machine.

Who are you? I'm a shooting machine. Got it?

Now you can order this powerful success magnet
today at:

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