Get It Out Of Reverse

Have you ever put your car in reverse, backed
up, and gotten interrupted with a question or a
cell phone call?

What usually happens next? You put your
foot on the brake and shift your attention to
whatever's going on, right?

Then what?

If you're anything like me whenever you're
finished and ready to take off again you might
have forgotten the car was still in reverse.

Oops.

Hopefully you haven't ever floored it and
crashed into something before you figured
it out, but if you have, it really helps to
remember never to do that again.

Have you noticed we do the same thing in
our daily lives too?

We stay in reverse. We live in the past. We
dwell on what happened to us, or what the
president did or didn't do, or what somebody
said. I don't care if you were in the right or
not, any time you're focused on something
that's already happened you are driving in
reverse.

And it's hard to make any progress when
you're going backwards.

You're always missing the present moment
because you're rehashing what happened
minutes, hours, days,or even years before.
Sure there are things to be learned from the
past, but absorb the lesson and get back to
living in the present. That's where the
action is.

As a shooter you know where I'm going with
this. It's necessary to pay attention and be
able to correct your shooting flaws. That's
what feedback and learning are all about.

But you can't dwell on your misses and your
failures. If you do for too long I promise
you'll find yourself sitting on the bench.

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean

P.S. The best teacher of the mental side of
shooting I know is Coach Stan Kellner.
I confess I don't know what percentage of
shooting is mental. I've heard as much as
90% and I believe it is high, but even if it's
only 50% you probably want to find out
what Stan can do for you today at:

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

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How To Be A MVP

How do you become the most valuable player on
your team?

Well it's not by sitting back and being passive.

Patrick Chylinski former college and pro player at
www.basketballsuccess.com does basketball-
specific personal training in the LA area. Patrick
suggests 6 ways you can be more valuable to your
team. Here's one of them.

"Becoming a big-time force on the offensive end of
the floor will get you more playing time and help
your team win more games. The better you are on
offense the more the opposing defense has to
worry about, and the more effective your
teammates will be too.

But being an offensive threat and helping your team
win games is more than just you being able to put
the ball in the basket.

You can also be more aggressive.

No matter how aggressive you think you are, you
can be even more so. The next time you take the
floor, whether it's a dribble-drive to the basket, a
pump-fake and power move, setting a screen, or
crashing the offensive boards, you can turn up the
intensity.

Make up your mind the next time you take the
court in practice or a game you'll be a more solid,
stronger, more aggressive player every second .
Not bull-in-a-china shop agressive mind you, but
selectively, strategically aggressive.

To finish plays with your new found aggression
you're going to need a smoother even more
accurate shot to finish plays.

With Hal Wissel's 2nd Better Shooting DVD you will
learn to shoot at full speed like the pros. Let Coach
Hal show you all the good stuff today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Be on the lookout for Patrick's super star
report we're going to bring you on how to become
a 20 point per game scorer without becoming a ball
hog. I'll let you know just as soon as it's available.

Till then...

Make Every Shot Count

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How Superstars Practice

My friend Clayton Haslop is a world-class violinist.
In the realm of music soundtracks he's a superstar.
He's the man Hollywood calls when they need a big
score done right. He usually serves as concertmaster
which is like the team captain for the orchestra. His
credits include Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13,
the Matrix, the Incredibles, and much more.

I play bass guitar, and Clayton gave me a practice
tip today which I'm passing on to you. It's very
relevant to any kind of practicing.

The key is to achieve something excellent in what
you're working on before going on to the next
phase of your practice. And by excellence I mean
achieving something you haven't done before,
something that puts a point of distinction on your
practice session. Something challenging, like a
personal best or a new consecutive basket streak.

Be creative.

What you want to avoid is drifting, not really
working with a specific purpose. If fatigue causes
the drift, insisting on finishing with the touchstone
of excellencewill ground and center you. It's also
good for building mental toughness.

Hitting new performance levels like this on
purpose will strengthen your expectations and
belief in yourself which will then allow you to rise
to higher levels of success.

Shoot for The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Besides being a golden boy on the violin Clayton
makes great decisions too. Perhaps the best was
marrying my favorite composer and author, Tania
Gabriele French. Tania understands what a powerful
tool music is in creating the atmosphere of growth and
prosperity.

If you need more prosperity in your life don't just let
your mind drift and sing "manana". See what is possible
using the power of music today at:

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

I Got Rhythm

My 8 yr old grandson wants to shoot hoops every
time I turn around. It's hard to break him of the
habit of holding the ball low though. Shooting from
the hip might have worked in the Wild, Wild West,
but it's not the way to shoot a basketball.

It starts in younger players who feel they don't have
the strength to get the ball to the basket. I've seen
those same kids hit 8th or 9th grade though, and
they're still bringing the ball up from below their
waist. That's just asking for a block party in high
school. Much better to teach them right as soon as
you can.

Here's what Dr. Hal Wissel has to say about that:

"Rhythm is more important than strength in
shooting.

Although sometimes we have younger players use a
smaller ball and shoot at an 8.5' basket, we also have
7 year olds making shots at a regulation basket by
using the down and up action of the legs.

[Either way they don't teach shooting from the hip.
Ed.]

Confidence is the most important factor in shooting
but rhythm is a close second. Rhythm and range
come from the down-and-up motion of your legs
rather than from lowering the ball or stepping into
the shot.

Start with your knees slightly flexed: Then bend
your knees and fully extend them in a down-and-
up motion. Saying the keywords DOWN and UP!!!
(with confidence and rhythm, emphasizing the word
UP) to trigger your leg action.

Let your legs and shooting arm move together. As
your legs go up, your arm goes up. As your legs
reach full extension, your back, shoulders and
shooting arm extend in a smooth, continuous
forward and upward direction toward your target.

It is important to keep the ball high with your
shooting hand facing the rim."

From my experience keeping the ball high takes
some getting used to, but after a couple of days of
practice it feels very normal. It fosters a quick
release and also provides less margin for error.

To get more great teaching like this and more
importantly to see it in action you need to glue
your eyeballs to Hal's 'Confidence, Rhythm, and
Mechanics DVD available now at:

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

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. When you're shooting off the pass the down
motion of the legs comes just before the catch and
the shot goes up as the legs go up providing for a
quicker more accurate release.

To find out how to use Hal's highly effective
shooting methods and footwork in real world,
game-time situations you need his second DVD
- 'Off the Pass, Off the Dribble, and In the Post.'

That is exactly what you need to be a shooter
who can create his own open looks. That's also
available now at:

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

Make Every Shot Count.

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:

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

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:

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

Make Every Shot Count.

What You Can Learn From Cats

I'm not talking about "Cats" the musical, as good
as that is. And I love musicals, but I'm interested
in the real animals tonight.

Big cats.

Lion, tiger, leopard, and cheetah cats.

'Eye of the Tiger' from Rocky III is a lot more than
just the #1 song of 1982. In our culture now it
represents the essence of single-minded focus and
desire. Interesting too it was sung by a group called,
"Survivor".

Is there any better picture of concentration and
focus than that of a hungry lion or tiger stalking
it's prey?

And you know why?

Because there's no welfare line for lions.

The big cat concentrates because he has to. His
survival depends on it. He doesn't want to go
hungry.

Most of the time though we humans concentrate
because we choose to.

And to be a great basketball shooter you have to
have the hunger and focus of a lion. You have to
feel your very survival is at stake, because desire
and 'want to' are what separate the pretenders
from true champions.

Not just in the fancy arenas in front of big crowds
either. In the hot sweaty cracker box gym you
shoot in. In the early morning hours when you get
100 shots in before breakfast. That's how winners
are made. It's a tried and true formula.

You can increase your hunger for shooting though
by feasting on video of astounding marksman like
Dr. Hal Wissel's son Paul.

See him almost will the ball in the basket with
perfect form while sitting in a chair at the 3 point
line in Hal's "Confidence, Rythm, and Mechanics"
fundamental of shooting DVD. See him shoot like
his life depends on it, and you can't help want to
do the same.

And see him shoot off the dribble, off the pass, off
the curl, and in the post from all angles in Hal's
second, advanced shooting DVD.

See it, believe it, and do it yourself at:

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

Shoot for the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Stan Kellner has a drill in his "Beyond The
Absolute Limit" book called "Bear-Offs" which
develops hunger, aggressiveness and intensity
in all types of players almost overnight.

I won't give it away, but no physical contact is
involved. It starts by pairing up polite, reserved
players with more intense ones and ends with
both shouting "I Am A Beast" over an over
again to the cheers of all their teammates.

And see ordinary shooters become beasts to
be rekonned with on Stan's "Prime-Time
Shooting Machine" DVD too.

If you want to get the most out of yourself and
those you work with, don't miss any of Stan's
genius methods at:

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

It's Your Life - Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

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:

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

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:

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

I Can't Afford It

I had a couple of emails lately with people saying how
much they'd like to buy something on
http://www.deandelker.com
but they couldn't afford it.

Believe me I know that feeling. Until the last couple
of years when the kids got older my wife Joan and I
were raising 5 children on a single income. It was a
deliberate choice, but things were almost always tight.

Even when Joan started working part-time I still felt
'We can't afford it' was my permanent mantra.

I know today rather than giving in to that kind of
feeling, it is far, far better to ask an enpowering
question like, 'How CAN I afford that?'

Not that you expect to come up with an instant
answer, but when you pose the question and give
your subconscious a crack at it you'll usually come
up with ways to make it happen.

I also used to believe the adage 'It takes money, to
make money', but I've been convinced lately that's
a cop-out. What it takes to make money most of
the time are creative ideas. Sure there are plans and
action involved too, but the seeds to your success are
in those ideas.

If you've found yourself wishing you had more money
for a worthwhile need lately have you ever thought
about promoting a basketball camp in your area?

If you have time, are willing to do the legwork and
promoting, know coaches in your area, and can find a
good set of dates you can make some good money.

I'm thinking about doing that over the Christmas
break myself.

Coach Stan Kellner's 'Yes I Can' camps have a lot to
offer. You only need one day free to host their
powerful shooting camp, and that would probably
be a unique offering in your area and well attended.
Their full basketball cybernetics camp is also
awesome.

Check it out at:

http://www.yesicansports.com/bcamp2.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean Delker - The Dean 0f Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Stan has taught basketball players how
to integrate mind and body and get amazing results
on the hardwood for over 30 years. His basketball
cybernetics programs have helped untold numbers
of players break through their self-imposed limits,
create more productive self-images, and reach new
performance levels.

Stan's new shooting DVD demystifies the process and
has you getting positive results in far less time. It's not
unusual for several kids in his camps to hit over 100
shots in a row after learning Stan's methods.

Don't be a wimp with money any more. Find a way to
afford it and order it now at:

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

It's Your Life - Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.