Wednesday, January 28, 2015

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE NORMAN DALE? (With Apologies to Simon and Garfunkel)

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I had a discussion recently with members of a Division 1 basketball team who were lamenting the fact that the selfish play and me-first at...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

OH, THE LOWLY FREE THROW

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Alan is a 7-footer who, like a lot of the bigs I work with, finds himself not getting many touches of the ball.  It has affected his game...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER!

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The morning news had a story of a political TV talk show which featured two political commentators, one liberal and one conservative, who h...
Friday, December 12, 2014

GROWING BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONE

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A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO PLAYERS at a Big Man Camp for NBA hopefuls.  During the sessions, as I observed the ball-handli...
Friday, November 21, 2014

ARE YOU SETTING YOUR FOCUS ON THE RIGHT TARGET?

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With the Cleveland Cavaliers down 92-90 to the San Antonio Spurs and 9 seconds left on the clock, LeBron James had the ball on a coast-to-c...
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Saturday, November 8, 2014

MENTAL SKILLS IN SPORT: WHAT IF YOU HAD UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE?

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I have asked dozens of basketball players this very question. Before I tell you what almost all of them said, ask yourself that question an...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

POST PLAYERS: DON'T WORRY ABOUT TRAVELING

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A post player was having trouble when getting the ball down low because of frequent traveling. He told me that he was working on NOT travel...