Basketball Fundamentals (ePub)

In Basketball FundaMENTALs: A Complete Mental Training Guide, author, Jay Mikes, introduces you to the mental fundamentals of basketball by focusing on the Three Cs of Peak Performance-Concentration, Confidence and Composure. By combining the expertise and wisdom of top coaches, star athletes, psychologists, and educators, Basketball FundaMENTALs is designed to meet the following objectives:

1. To develop your power of concentration on the court. Learn the proper focus of attention for each phase of the game-shooting, ball handling, defense, and rebounding. You will also learn to use your power of concentration in practice to develop your physical and mental skills.

2. To teach you how to relax and maintain your composure on the court. Develop habits that will help you overcome pressure, play at optimum intensity, and let your body and mind work in harmony.

3. To help you to develop the essential quality of true confidence enabling you to become a clutch performer. Learn to control your mind and body when the game is on the line.

FOREWORD by Hall of Fame Coach RAY MEYER

FIRST QUARTER: MENTAL FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1: The Mental Revolution

Chapter 2: The Three Cs of Peak Performance

Chapter 3: Skill and Body Awareness

Chapter 4: Developing the Master Sense

SECOND QUARTER: FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS

Chapter 5: Shooting Fundamentals

Chapter 6: Shooting Slumps

Chapter 7: Free Throw Fundamentals

Chapter 8: Ball-Handling Fundamentals

Chapter 9: Defensive Fundamentals

Chapter 10: Rebounding Fundamentals

Chapter 11: Intensity

Chapter 12: Quickness

HALFTIME

Chapter 13: The Mind in Athletics and Strength Training

THIRD QUARTER: MENTAL PRACTICE

Chapter 14: Suggestology and Mental Rehearsal: Easy-Chair Drills

Chapter 15: Mind Games

FOURTH QUARTER: GAME FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 16: Pressure and the Emotional Elements of Sports

Chapter 17: Coping with Competition: The ABCs

Chapter 18: Pregame Programming and Postgame Analysis

Chapter 19: Momentum

Chapter 20: When the Game is on the Line

OVERTIME

Chapter 21: Basketballology 101

Chapter 22: The Moral Elements

Chapter 23: Most Valuable Player

Chapter 24: Inner Horizons

Basketball FundaMENTALs was first published in hard cover format in 1987 and then published as a paperback in 1991. It has been translated into German and Japanese and has been endorsed by several NCAA and NBA champion coaches including:

DEAN SMITH, North Carolina, NCAA Champions 1982 & 1993

JIM VALVANO, North Carolina State, NCAA Champions 1983

DENNY CRUM, Louisville, NCAA Champions 1980 & 1986

LARRY BROWN, Kansas, NCAA Champions 1988, Detroit Pistons, NBA Champs 2004

JACK RAMSEY, Portland Trailblazers, NBA Champions 1977

MORGAN WOOTEN, DeMatha Catholic High School