Be Proactive

Confidence comes from doing! Confidence is a critical mental skill needed to achieve not only in basketball but also in life. Having confidence does not mean you will not make mistakes or fail. It means that you have belief in yourself to try, too not give up.  This episode covers four strateg…

Basketball players spend hours in the gym working hard to become better players. However, some players experience frustration when their basketball skills are not getting better.  I cannot recount the number of times a basketball player has told me how hard she is working but is struggling wit…

Being Coachable is an Attitude! To be coachable means an athlete is willing to follow the guidance of the coach and to learn a new way of doing things. To be coachable means to be open to instruction. To be coachable means that an athlete allows herself to soak up new information to add to her know…

Mastering basketball skills is a Process. I define Process as the Work an athlete needs to put in to master the skills of basketball. The Work requires that an athlete brings their whole self. It requires that an athlete's heart is in it. The athlete cannot be afraid to fail. Or afraid too make a m…