2. Your mind is very powerful. Mental Rehearsal: This is almost as important as practicing the action itself. The brain patterns, during mental rehearsal of an action, are the same as those when actually preparing to do the action. So the more you mentally rehearse a shot, for instance, the quicker and easier it will be to prepare to carry out the shot.
This is a big statement, so think through it...What your mind perceives becomes your reality. An example is, going to a haunted house. We both go to a haunted house. You think it is very exciting, the unknown, when will the people jump out etc. your reality is that it is fun. My reality is that I am scared and I don't like haunted houses, I perceive it as dangerous and I don't like surprises etc. (not actually true for me:) ) So if your perception is you always get beat on defense and that is what you picture, or you always air ball it when you shoot, that becomes your reality and it actually happens. When you watch a sprinter in the Olympics, the camera always shows them looking straight ahead very focused, they are running through their race from start to finish exactly how they need to run to win and they haven't even started running yet! In the same way a stressed out person gets some meditation CDs and the CDs lead their mind to an imaginary beach and talks them through this really enjoyable positive experience. The stressed out person's mind becomes more relaxed and so then does their body. They weren't even actually on the beach!
Visualize how things need to happen! Be positive! Leave no room for negative or damaging thoughts...replace them with good stuff. I promise (a promise is very big deal) if you do this that you will see the fruits of it in your game or in anything you are trying to accomplish.
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