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.
Get your mental edge sharpened today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html
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.
You can find her at:
http://www.deandelker.com/secret_power.html
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.
Get your mental edge sharpened today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html
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.
You can find her at:
http://www.deandelker.com/secret_power.html
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