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Game day preparation isn’t all stretches and drills. While a lot of people tend to focus on the physical aspects of the game, it is definitely worth your while as a player to focus on the mental aspects in your preparation routines. If you neglect it you can end up being distracted, and [...]

One thing that players occasionally forget is that improvement doesn’t stop once a practice or a game is over. Players need to maximize the time they spend working on their own time to improve their game. There is a lot of wasted time when players don’t work when the coach isn’t around.
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Good Sportsmanship is a lost art in some of the professional leagues, and occasionally rubs off on the minor league and recreational league players because they look up to these guys. If it were a perfect world people would be courteous and respectful through all aspects of a game, the problem is, this isn’t [...]

A lot of players go through many stages of development as they hone their skills on the court. One of the earliest problems that they encounter is the old to pass, or to shoot issue. There simply is no easy answer to this question. Every situation on the court differs, and cannot [...]

When you are playing a competitive sport sometimes you need to have something to motivate yourself before a game. It is important to have a positive mental state during the game because that will help to make you successful and cope with the stress created during competition. When an athlete has a positive attitude it [...]

Taunting is a part of any sport. It is a fan’s tool to use and to abuse, and is only as effective as any athlete allows it to be. While it is a person’s initial instinct to respond and to want to fight back with actions or with words, you will learn through [...]