Basketball,
being
a particularly
fast
sport,
allows
little
time
for conscious
thinking while
you
are
playing
in
the
heat
of
a game
- and
this
means many
actions
are
performed
on auto-pilot,
using
muscle-memory
and
experience.
All
of
these
movements
are
controlled
by
your
powerful
subconscious
mind, which contains
all
your
basketball memories,
knowledge and experience - and
as
most
champions
know,
is
the
power
behind
most
great
performances.
As
a
mental
trainer,
for
the
past
few
decades
I
have
worked
with
a
vast
number
of
basketball
players, teams
and
coaches
from
all
over
the
world, teaching
mental
toughness
and
peak
performance
-
to boost
their
competition
performances,
and
overcome
various
issues,
slumps
in
form,
and
other
challenges they
encounter.
Regardless
of
the
position
you
play,
your
subconscious
mind
is
generally responsible
for
your
best
performances
on
court.
Often
you
may
even
click
into "The
Zone" -
the
mental
state
which
delivers
the
highest
pinnacle
of
basketball
performance.
When
you
are
in
the
zone,
everything
flows
instinctively
-
you
feel
like
you "cannot
miss".
The
subconscious
is
an
amazingly
powerful
mechanism
which
works
almost
exactly
the
same
way
as
a computer
- and it
knows exactly
what
you
need to
succeed
on
court, every
single
time
you
go
out
there.
The
Power
of
Visualization
Visualization
is
one
of
the
most
powerful
mental
training
methods used
to
transform
performance
at
intermediate
and
elite
levels
of
basketball
right
around
the
world.
This
involves
regularly
and
realistically picturing in
your
mind
the
exact
way
you
want
to
perform
an
element or
routine.When
used
correctly, visualization
has
shown
time
and
time
again
to
bring
major
improvement
to
almost
any
area
of
a basketball
performance.
Visualization
was
even
tested
on
basketballers
at
the
University
of
Chicago.
In
the
study,
basketball
players
were
tested
on
their
free-throw
ability, and
then
randomly
placed
in
one
of
three
groups.
The
first
group practiced
shooting
free
throws for
an
hour
each
day.
The
second
group visualized
shooting
free
throws
daily. The
third
group didn’t
play
basketball
at
all.
After
30
days,
all
the
players
in
all
three
groups
took
another
free
throw
skill
test.
The
players
in
the
group
that
had
practiced
daily improved
by
24
percent.The
players
in
the
group
that
hadn’t
practiced,
did
not
improve.
The
players
in
the
third
group,
those
who
had
ONLY
visualized,
improved
by
23
percent,
nearly
as
much
as
those
who
had
physically
practiced!
So
just imagine how
much
you
can
improve
by
using
visualization
AND
practicing
your
basketball, at
the
same
time!
However there
are
several
aspects
which
need
to
be
done
correctly in
order
to
extract
the
best
results.
For
instance, the
correct
level
of
relaxation
is
required
to
ensure
the
conscious
mind
is
relaxed, as
this
opens
up
the
link
to
the
powerful
subconscious
mind.
Also, the
mental
images
need
to
be powerful,
emotionally
charged
and
realistic in
order
to
make
an
impression
within
the
subconscious,
and
this
process
needs
to
be
used
regularly
to
create a
new "program" within
the
subconscious
mind.
Unfortunately
regular doubts
and
negative
thoughts
can
create self-sabotage, and
cause
players
to unknowingly visualize
themselves
to
fail.
Under
the
pressure
of
a
game,
these
thoughts
can
affect
confidence,
cause
missed
opportunities,
slumps
in
form, fear
of
success
or
failure, etc
etc.
When
players
experience
problems, most
players
just
assume
that more
and
more
training will
always
fix
it -
but
the
only permanent way
to
ensure
success
is
to work
at
the
very
source
of
your
'basketball
control-center',
your
subconscious
mind.
The
mind
controls
the
body,
not
the
other
way
around.
So
when
we
add mental
training to
our
physical
training
using
powerful
techniques
like
visualization
- it helps
us
to
break
through
the
barriers and
move
to
the
next
level.
It
also
helps
us
to create
a mindset
of
success -
an
expectation
and
inner
belief that
you
will
perform
strongly
each
time
you
take
to
the
court.
When
mental
training
is
used
correctly
to
boost
performance,
it delivers
consistently
strong
results
in
players
of
all
levels, every
single
time.
Most
often
improvements
from
mental
training
are
shown
in
the
areas
of:
-
increased belief and
inner confidence
-
stronger on-court
skills
-
improved
passing,
intercepts,
movement etc
-
overcoming nerves,
intimidation
and
self
sabotage
-
increased consistency
and
concentration in
performance,
in
both
practice
and
games
-
breaking
out
of
slumps in
form
-
accelerated
healing from
injuries
-
overcoming negative
thoughts
and
lack
of
belief in
your
ability
-
increased
performance
and confidence
in
your
ability and
ball
skills
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