I was reading about a surprisingly effective NBA rookie. They asked the question about this guy: how can he be so effective when he was drafted so low?
The answer: confidence.
Okay, we've all heard this before, but where does this confidence come from? This confidence comes from missing a lot of shots, it comes from failure. This confidence comes from missing all of these shots a bunch of times, in games, in practice, everywhere. Yes, missing breeds confidence because of this: missing while being allowed to expand ones game is what causes confidence.
Confidence does NOT come from giving your guys a false sense of security by playing against equally talented players.
And this is where the youth basketball coach comes in. Teach your guys to shoot correctly - and I don't mean this foot there and that foot here, should position, blah, blah, blah - I mean shoot from a position of power and snap the wrist at the rim. Then give your guys the freedom to shoot these shots often enough where they will confidence in it. That means your guys will miss this shot a bunch of times. A whole lot of times.
Then one day, your guys will make 3 out of 10. Then 4. Then 6. Then he's confident.
The answer: confidence.
Okay, we've all heard this before, but where does this confidence come from? This confidence comes from missing a lot of shots, it comes from failure. This confidence comes from missing all of these shots a bunch of times, in games, in practice, everywhere. Yes, missing breeds confidence because of this: missing while being allowed to expand ones game is what causes confidence.
Confidence does NOT come from giving your guys a false sense of security by playing against equally talented players.
And this is where the youth basketball coach comes in. Teach your guys to shoot correctly - and I don't mean this foot there and that foot here, should position, blah, blah, blah - I mean shoot from a position of power and snap the wrist at the rim. Then give your guys the freedom to shoot these shots often enough where they will confidence in it. That means your guys will miss this shot a bunch of times. A whole lot of times.
Then one day, your guys will make 3 out of 10. Then 4. Then 6. Then he's confident.
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