In The Blink Of An Eye

Happy New Year!

One of the books I'm reading this week is 'Blink:
The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking'. It's
by Malcolm Gladwell who also recently wrote the
bestseller, 'The Tipping Point'

'Blink' is about how the intuitive choices we make
in the blink of an eye with seemingly little
information many times can be better than long,
drawn-out, well-reasoned decisions. Sometimes
too much information interferes with seeing the
most important factors.

It's also about how decisions born out of the
subconscious mind can be better than those the
conscious mind would make. And it's about how
to make yourself better at that kind of seat-of-
the-pants thinking.

One of the factors that's always drawn me to
basketball is the number of real-time, high-speed
decisions that need to be made in a game.

In football you get some of that with audibles,
broken plays, and scrambles, but with basketball
you get it all the time. And shooting is no
exception. That's want makes it all so exciting to
me.

And I'm also really excited to announce today you
can now get the high-level special report from ex-
high school, college, and European professional
Patrick Chylinski on 'How To Average 20 Points
A Game'.

Patrick does private coaching in the Los Angeles
area where he charges up to $100 an hour, but
you can get his report for much less than that.
See what I mean today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

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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

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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

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