Over the years, I have counseled many high school, AAU, collegiate and professional basketball players.
What are the common problems that these athletes need to deal with?
- Loss of confidence in their shooting
- Loss of focus in their shooting
- Not getting enough playing time
- Conflicts with their coaches
- Conflicts with teammates
- Being intimidated by other players
- Lack of resilience after a few disappointing games
- Where younger players are concerned, conflicts with parents and coaches are quite common.
- Lack of consistent mental routine prior to games
- Lack of a consistent mental routine prior to practice
- Tendency to practice what they are good at rather than what they need to improve
- Tendency to place too much on themselves
- Unwillingness to play aggressive defense
- Difficulty playing on the road in hostile gyms
- Difficulty tuning out negative distractions
- Poor foul shooting percentage
- Difficulty remaining calm, focused and confident during games
- Anxiety over being taken out of the game if the perform poorly
- Failure to perform well when being scouted by coaches from the next level
- Adjusting to playing at the next level
- Difficulty in setting realistic goals for a game and for a season
Here is a complete program to help basketball players go get into the zone more often.
This program is developed by Jay P. Granat, Ph.D.. He is the Founder of www.StayInTheZone.com
Dr. Granat can be reached at 888 580-ZONE or at info@stayinthezone.com
