From shooting slumps to clutch free throws, this easy-to-use book will help coaches and players learn the psychological basics of basketball.
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"Basketball FundaMENTALs is an excellent book for the coach who wants to keep ahead of the game. With the game of basketball becoming more and more a game of the mind, this book offers the coach who practices its fundamentals a big edge over those who do not."
Denny Crum Head Basketball Coach, University of Louisville
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A manual in Mental Training,
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This review is from: Basketball Fundamentals: A Complete Mental Training Guide (Paperback)
Jay Mikes has written a book that is a definitive guide to mental training and the analysis of the mental side of basketball fundamentals. He has managed this in a style that is not only captivating but also clear and concise. I found the book a great help in preparing young players for competetive basketball. This book not only helps in solving a crisis (eg: a shooting slump) but also in preventing them.
A great read for coaches and players alike.
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Basketball Fundamentals is equally valuable to coaches and players of the game. This easy to read book help players and coaches understand WHY certain things happen. Why can't players afford to complain about reffing? Why can some players shoot well in practice and not in games? How can consistency be developed in players? In easy to read language, Jay Mikes not only offers answers to these question, but also solutions. This book will be required reading for my Varsity players.
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This book is easy to read and is chuck full of information on all facets of the game of basketball. The book is written at a level that a 12 year old will be able to read and understand the information. Topics range from body fitness/performance awareness, mental conditioning for shooting, defense, rebounding, intensity, quickness; strength training, mental rehearsals, analyzing pregame and post-game performance. It was very enlightening and helped me in different aspects in getting points through to my grandson. For the couple dollars spent it has more information in it than all of the other youth basketball books/videos I have combined. This also received praise from my daughter who has become a basketball student herself.
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fine centering, soft centering, trampoline drills, concentration twilight, balance beam drills, shooting concentration, body rehearsal, dry shooting, center your vision, visual flexibility, mental fundamentals, shooting fundamentals, clutch performer, postgame analysis, optimum intensity, court awareness, center your attention, shooting slump, defensive concentration, defensive slide, collective frame, soft centered, mind awareness, attentional style, visual awareness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Trampoline Drill, Basketball Fundamentals, John Wooden, Balance Beam Drill, Receiving Drill, Developing the Master Sense, Most Valuable Player, Ron Adamson, Stan Kellner, Activating Event, Dribbling Drill, Summary Basketball New!
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fine centering, soft centering, trampoline drills, concentration twilight, balance beam drills, shooting concentration, body rehearsal, dry shooting, center your vision, visual flexibility, mental fundamentals, shooting fundamentals, clutch performer, postgame analysis, optimum intensity, court awareness, center your attention, shooting slump, defensive concentration, defensive slide, collective frame, soft centered, mind awareness, attentional style, visual awareness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Trampoline Drill, Basketball Fundamentals, John Wooden, Balance Beam Drill, Receiving Drill, Developing the Master Sense, Most Valuable Player, Ron Adamson, Stan Kellner, Activating Event, Dribbling Drill, Summary Basketball New!
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- SPORTS PSYCHING: Playing Your Best Game All of the Time by Thomas Tutko on page 22
- Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man (Fireside sports classic) by William F. Russell on page 145
- Sports in America by James A. Michener in Back Matter
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