Concentration Is ...

If Forest Gump had read my blog from yesterday
he might have said:

'Concentration is, as concentration does.'

The fact is concentration is not something we think
very much about. I know I didn't anyway. It's
been easier, in fact, for me to figure out up front
what it isn't.

It isn't tensing up and trying to force your mind to
perform. It's quite the opposite. It involves your
will, but it's not sheer willpower.

Concentration is a state of mental quiet, where
there is peace of mind and singleness of thought
and purpose. Concentration simply is the ability
to direct your thinking, and we all have the ability
to concentrate -- sometimes.

Think of the times you were 'lost' in something
you really enjoyed like playing hoops, enjoying
music, even watching good game, or a
blockbuster movie. In those times you achieved
almost total concentration.

Next time we'll talk about how to concentrate on
purpose. It's not as hard as you think.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Another way to explain concentration is as
what we athletes call being 'In the zone'. It is
both physical and mental. Many athletes have
experienced it before, but most couldn't tell you
how they got there or how to get back.

Don't worry though Coach Patrick Chylinski
teaches three ways you can get in the zone on
purpose in his e-book on becoming a big-time
scorer. And that's just two pages of a 41 page
report.

What would it be worth you to know just that
though?

Find out how to average 20 Points Per Game
today at:

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

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Gainesville, FL 32607
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Lethal Weapon 3

With the new Rocky movie that came out recently
I'm reminded how much Hollywood loves it's
sequels. Sometimes they are duds, but there are
also some good ones. I like my sequels too.

There was one more thing I told the proud parent
of the freshman girl hoopster. One more wrinkle,
beyond the Swish method and the Wissel method.

Coach Stan Kellner doesn't much worry about
shooting mechanics. He teaches the basics in his
camps, but he concerns himself mostly with what
I talked about last week.

Mental mechanics:

Confidence, visualization, feel, toughness,
consistency, etc.

He sees shooters all the time with perfect form who
can't make a basket to save their life when the
pressure's on. But it doesn't have to be that way,
and Stan wants to rescue those people and make
the good shooters that much better. His shooting
DVD is in a class by itself. There's nothing else on
the market remotely like it.

So after my daughter got Swish 2, and had time to
absorb it and make it her own, I'd want to get her
Stan's 'Ultimate Shooting Method' DVD to give her
a huge unfair advantage over all her opponents in
the mental game.

So if you want your daughter (or son) to keep up
with mine you'd better buckle down and order
Stan's shooting mental magic today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. I was just speaking in the abstract about my
daughter. Truth is none of our three daughters
have really been that much into sports. They
played basketball and volleyball in middle school,
and now work out to keep fit and looking fine, but
competitive sports wasn't really their thing.

So you don't really have to worry about beating
out my daughters on the hardwood, but there are
plenty of other parents out there with kids who
ARE trying to get the drop on yours at this very
moment.

Give yours the tools they need to excel.

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Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
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352-494-6572

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Good, Good, Good, Good Vibrations

I'm going to put on my scientist hat today and
explain WHY I say gratitude is the key to
attracting good things into your life.

Those could be higher shooting percentages,
coaches who help your game, teachers who help
you grow and learn, team chemistry, better
relationships in general, a deeper spiritual life,
etc. It could be anything that makes your life
better.

The answer is in what the hippies of the 60's and
70's used to call vibes, but now there's a scientific
basis for it all.

Maybe you're one of those geeks who understands
ten-dimensional compacted string theory. Or
perhaps you've just heard about quantum physics
with it's energy packets vibrating at stable levels.
Not that you really have to understand it. Nobody
really does, but many scientists now believe
vibrating energy is what make the universe go
round.

And quantum physicists have also shown energy
reacts to being observed and that affects how it
arranges itself into matter. It's as if the material
world were designed for us to interact with it.
How cool is that?

And it's through what some call "Universal Law".
Others "Energetic Law", "Spiritual Law", the
"Law of Faith", and "The Law of Attraction". And
just like physical laws such as gravity always work,
the higher laws are constantly at work too.

One way I believe it works is through a process
called resonance. Resonance is the tendency of a
vibrating system to increase it's energy and power
when excited by the right frequencies.

Resonance produces lasers for example. And
resonance is what makes two objects vibrating at
sympathetic frequencies attract each other. Think
tuning forks.

Don't foget in the words of the Bible we are created
in the image of God. We are co-creators, and our
thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and actions all carry a
vibrational quality that interacts with the energy
field of the universe and makes things happen.
Both positive and negative.

That's how when you are in a state of gratitude you
give off a vibration which resonates with and
attracts more good things you can be grateful for.
You will have to work to build the habit of
thankfulness, but when you do look out. It will
keep on reaping untold rewards.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. I am really, really, really thankful the Florida
Gators are the new national champions in football.
And the first university to ever hold national titles
in basketball and football at the same time. It's
a good time to be a Florida Gator.

One thing quarterback Chris Leak did leading up
to the title game was borrow a National
Championship ring from one of the members of
Florida's 1996 championship team who now works
in UF's athletic department.

Chris used that ring to visualize his own
championship ring in the weeks since Florida won
the right to play in the title game. You tell me
if visualization works or not.

Coach Stan Kellner has made a career of helping
players use visualization and other mind power
techniques to make the most of their basketball
skills. If you don't have his "Prime-Time Shooting
DVD" you're not getting the most out of your
shooting.

But maybe you're good enough already. If you
don't think so you need to hustle over to:

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

And take advantage of Stan's expertise.

Make Every Shot Count

Keepin' Up With The Joneski's

In the late 70's I had a a personal trainer who had
been a high school wrestling coach before going out
on his own. He used to tell a lot of stories, and one
of the ones I remember best is how the legendary
wrestler and coach Dan Gable won the 1972
Olympics.

Gable dominated those games like few have before
or since, not giving up a point in his six matches.
He trained seven hours a day for three years. From
what I was told whenever he was tempted to take
it easy he had a secret technique to keep himself
moving. All he had to do was tell himself, 'I know
the Russians aren't resting. I bet they're doing
pushups right now.' And he would get back to
work.

As a shooter chances are there's somebody out
there, at another school or on another industrial
league team who is about your height, quickness
and skill level. And if that other player is willing
to put in the time - someday, somewhere you are
going to go heads up against him (or somebody
just as determined), and you may well lose.

But if you're willing to do the work, you hold your
destiny in your own hands. My advice is to make
a quality decision today and bust your rumpus
regularly.

You could have another edge too though. What
your competitor might not do is work as hard as
you do on your mental game. What you think,
and feel, and focus on.

That's where Coach Stan Kellner can be your best
friend. He can help you maximize your mind
power and raise your shooting to the elite level.

Why not get started today? Who knows what your
competition is doing with their time. Get your
winning mental edge today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Any time you get weary of shooting it's time to
go back to your roots and renew your vision. A great
way to do that is to let Coach Tom Nordland inspire
you with his vision of shooting. Tom's original Swish
DVD does that, but his newest Swish 2 DVD covers
all that and more. Everything Tom's learned over
the last 9 years, in fact.

It's a double-shot of motivation and expert technique
just for you if you're ready to jump on it now at:

http://www.deandelker.com/swish2.html

Make Every Shot Count

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It's A No-Brainer

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant
reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All
acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American writer
(1934-2002)

If you're having trouble using your imagination to
turbocharge your performance, maybe it's because
you have some hangups about it. Perhaps you're
equating it with fantasy and daydreaming, both
of which we've all been warned about.

I don't want you to use your imagination as a crutch
though. And I don't want you to try to deny or avoid
your reality. All I want you to do is learn how to
affect your reality positively, and using your
imagination on purpose is one of your most
powerful tools.

If you want to be a great shooter, or a public
speaker, or a heart surgeon you'll get there faster if
you learn to use your imagination.

Do you have a shooter or two you really admire?
Someone who's your hero. Mine would be Larry
Bird, for instance.

Great, then you can use the 'no-brainer' technique
I learned from Mike Brescia.

What you do is this: When you need to shoot well
use your imagination to replace your brain, (or
mind, or head) with theirs. Visualize their head on
your body. Got the picture?

Good. Let that sink in, then start asking yourself
questions about your hero.

- How would they stand
- What expression would they have on their
face
- What would be their confidence level
- How would they walk
- How would they talk
- What would be running through their mind
- What would they be picturing
- What would they do next
- How would they be feeling, etc.

Become that person. Watch them on video. Read
biographies of them.

Note: This isn't a magic pill or a one-time deal. Take
a few minutes and repeat it as often as you think
about it and can focus inwardly. It will get easier and
be more effective over time, and before you know it
people will be calling you an 'overachiever'.

Coach Stan Kellner has a similar technique in his bag
of tricks called 'Modeling The Best'. Don't forget
about his book, 'Beyond The Absolute Limit'. It is
chocked full of more than 50 mental techniques for
improving all facets of your game. Included are 3
chapters just on shooting.

This book has more usable information than any
basketball book I've ever seen. It is a super steal
at $14.95. Buy one for all the hoops fans in your life
today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Stan's shooting DVD is also unique in the
shooting world in it's concentration on the inner
game of shooting. Other shooting coaches touch on
the mental aspects of shooting in various degrees,
but Stan goes all the way.

See what a difference it can make in your shooting
by scarfing it up today at:

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

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

How To Be A Human Dynamo

One of the toughest courses I had in college was
'Electro-Magnetic Fields and Waves'. Maxwell's
equations, calculus, integrals, and all that jazz. We
had to calculate field strengths on all kinds of
weird objects, like iron doughnuts with wires
wrapped through their holes, except we called
them torroids.

The biggest thing I remember though was real,
usable, active power wasn't created till something
moved. You could have tons of potential energy.
You could have all the fields you wanted, and they
could be intensely strong, but until you moved a
wire or a coil through that field, or moved the field
around a wire no electricity was created. No work
was done.

Until there was movement no power was released.

We work the same way. You know I'm all for
positive, constructive thoughts which focus on your
dreams and desires. And you need to charge those
thoughts with positive feelings and vibrations.

Many people do one or both of those, but you also
have to take action in the direction of your dreams
if you're going to have them in your life.

Notice you don't start with the motion step though.
If the field's not sufficiently built up, and you move
through it you'll just be wasting your energy.
Nothing much will happen. You'll be shooting
blanks.

I know you want to be a shooter, or a coach or
parent with great shooters under your care.
I promise if you just learn to picture what you
want in detail, see and feel yourself having it,
and take enough action steps toward it you
will be amazed at what you are capable of.

And you will usually need help and support. I
found mine in a 12 CD, 2 workbook course
called 'Zero Resistance Living' from the
Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation.

Don't be scared of the name. Its just a phrase
Dr. Maltz coined in the 60's from two Greek
words meaning 'Steering the Mind'. The
foundation is dedicated to preserving and
furthering his work on how we humans set
and reach our worthy goals.

The better you understand how to use your
mental tools, the more dynamic your life
becomes. Take the time today to find out how
you can get ahold of this priceless information at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Stan Keller has worked for the past 30
years adapting the ideas of psycho-cybernetics to
playing basketball, and especially to shooting the
rock.

Find out how you can stand on the shoulders of
this giant, and save yourself a ton of time by
absorbing his powerful 'How To Become A Prime
Time Shooting Machine DVD'. See how you can
lock into an incredible shooting groove today at:

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

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Thinking Outside The Box

Are you afraid are you of what people think?

Does a fear of criticism paralyze you sometimes?

And you thought peer pressure was just part of high school.

If you study highly successful people in any field
you're going to find many of them do things others
would consider weird, strange, or 'out there'.

I don't remember the details, but I've heard of a
highly successful writer who, like Joshua marching
around Jericho, marches around his desk with
great fanfare seven times before sitting down to
write. Why? So when he finally sits in his favorite
chair he can write with all the confidence of a
conquering hero.

Strange? Maybe, but it works.

And who would have thought Albert Einstein would
place more value on imagination and fantasy than
on rational thought? But that's exactly what he said.
In his own words:

"When I examine myself and my methods of thought,
I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has
meant more to me than any talent for abstract,
positive thinking."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

I think what these rituals, routines, and practices
do is help achievers access more of their internal
mind power. That in turn gives them a creative
and competitive edge over others in their field.

I believe the more you can do to develop your
power of concentration, self-confidence, and
positive expectations the better shooter you will
become.

It is beyond question that your mind and emotions
affect your body, and there's also no doubt your
body and movement affect your mind and
emotions.

That's why I'm not afraid to recommend to you an
expert on movement and breathing like Karen Van
Ness.

See what Karen can do to turn your body and your
mind into an automatic shooting machine today by
flowing over to:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. If you read the previous email about the Q-Link
resonance generator and don't believe it can raise
your mental game to a new level you owe it to
yourself to find out more.

That is unless you can afford to do without benefits
like:

- being more productive
- learning faster with fewer mistakes
- reducing anxiety and stress
- relieving depression
- getting better sleep
- having improved memory

Let technology fine tune your focus today at:

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

A Tale of Two Brains - Continued

I play bass guitar and can do most of what I need
to now without thinking. It has become automatic.
What was once hard has now become easy. If not
I'd have trouble expressing the music that's in my
heart. Having to think about it too much would
defeat the process.

The same with typing, riding a bicycle, driving a
car, walking as a toddler. We've all done enough
repetitions of those acts to master the skills.

Your number one goal in learning anything is to
convert conscious thought and actions to automatic,
subconscious thoughts and actions. Shooting the
basketball is no exception.

But is there another way to convert knowledge
from the conscious to the subconscious mind
besides repetition?

Yes, there is. A very good way.

There is one activity we all do that acts as a bridge
between the two brains I talked about last time.
Believe it or not, that bridge is breathing.

Breathing is automatic most of the time. And that's
a good thing, right? We can sleep or even get
knocked out and we keep breathing.

But breathing can also be conscious. You can hold
your breath or slow your breathing at will. It's
under the control of your conscious mind. And
when you consciously control your breathing while
practicing a skill you tend to integrate the two
thinking systems much better and faster.

You probably think you know how to breathe, but
that's not necessarily the case. Many of us breathe
too shallowly. That won't get the job done when
you're trying to learn or improve a skill though.

But hey, I'm just a newbie at all this stuff myself.
Fortunately I do know an expert though. Karen
Van Ness. Karen is a Certified Fitness Trainer
who played high school and college basketball. She
also holds Black Belts in Tae Kwon Do and Karate.

Let Karen show you how you can supercharge your
breathing and you'll be equipped to lock in automatic
shooting faster than by just using repetitions today
at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. The Zen Master of the Internet Matt Furey also
features breathing prominently in his "Combat
Conditioning" course. See how he uses it do build
strength, flexibility, and endurance by flying over
to":

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

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Two Brains Are Better Than One

I'm not talking about the 1983 Carl Reiner comedy
starring Steve Martin "The Man With Two Brains".
And neither has J. Phineas Barnum come back from
the dead.

I'm talking about you.

You have two brains. Maybe more because scientists
are discovering the heart probably has distributed
intelligence too.

Maybe not two brains like you're thinking, but two
different functions and parts of the brain, for sure.

The first you're familiar with. It's the part I'm
talking to right now. Left and right brain working
together. What some call the conscious mind.

You know what it does and how it works. Some
work better than others. It makes reasoning,
rational thought, and learning possible.

Another brain function goes on without your
conscious awareness. It takes care of things like
breathing, pumping your heart, and adjusting
your body chemistry. It works like clockwork
because your life depends on it. Consistency is
it's middle name.

It also takes care of activities you do that are
automatic, like walking and driving a car. Were
it not for these automatic processes your
conscious mind would be overwhelmed.

But what many call the subconscious mind is also
involved in more than controlling your body. It
handles anything the conscious mind has learned
and repeated enough times with enough intensity
to become automatic. It's involved in habits, in
other words.

Shooting the basketball is the process of converting
what you have learned into subconscious habit
patterns. You are trying to become automatic with
your shot. That's when it works best.

That will take a lot of repetitions, period, but it also
helps a lot to be repeating the right thing. That's
where teachers like Dr. Hal Wissel are worth their
weight in gold. Get a good foundation by finding out
how to shoot it right on Hal's two DVD's today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. The other way to make your learning more
automatic is to understand better how the
subconscious works. Coach Stan Kellner has made
a 30 year study of Dr. Maxwell Maltz' Psycho-
Cybernetics and applied it to the game of
basketball.

Recently Stan has condensed all his cybernetic
knowledge on shooting hoops into a single DVD he
calls, "How To Be A Prime-Time Shooting
Machine".

I don't care how good a shooter you are Stan's
methods can make you better, more consistent.
See what I mean today at:

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

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

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

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Skeptics Welcome Here

I know some people are skeptical about all this
inner-game, mind power, cybernetics stuff. Even
though it has worked over and over in situations
from golfing to going to the moon, these people
haven't seen anything unexpected happening in
their lives.

Unless you can hit them over the head with the
mental equivalent of a 2 x 4, whatever you say,
their first response is to doubt.

"How do you know that's true?" is their mantra.

Maybe they all have some connection to Missouri,
the "Show Me" state.

I understand that mindset. I was trained in the
sciences and have a Master's Degree in Electronic
Engineering with a Digital Design emphasis from
the University of Missouri at Rolla. That's the way
we were taught to think. I've since found out
though it's just part of the big picture.

And that's not bad. It drives the scientific method,
and it protects us from scams. It's just limited.

To be consistent and intellectually honest though
shouldn't the skeptic eventually come to doubt his
own doubts. What if his assumptions are wrong?
What if the universe is not just an external,
objective, material reality.

What if it is subjective, fluid, and we are meant to
be co-creators of our own reality and future. If it
is even partially affected by our thoughts, beliefs,
feelings, and decisions then approaching it from a
position of doubt means you're guaranteed to cut
off a huge chunk of your potential. And in my
experience it would be the best part.

Tomorrow I'll show you how a skeptic can change
his stripes, but for those of you who are ready for
the big-time already Coach Stan Kellner wants to
show you how to use your mind to drive a well-
oiled shooting machine. Pickup your keys today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. And if you want to go beyond shooting and
create the future of your dreams now's the time to
explore the in-depth, life-changing "Zero
Resistance Living" course from the Psycho-
Cybernetics Foundation.

But only if you are ready. Find out today at:

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

Make Every Shot Count