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Do you
commit too many turnovers? Your coach yells at you, and
you don't know what he wants from you? The coach says
you make bad decisions on court and all you want to do
is play better?
One of the
most important aspects of basketball is making the right
decisions on the court. A player can be 5'10 or 6'10,
but if he turns the ball over too often he will end up
sitting on the bench. Steve Nash is not
faster nor is he taller than many other players. Still,
he was selected the NBA MVP.
Here are a
few insights about decision-making in basketball:
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Athletic ability will give you an opportunity to
play, but smart decisions will keep you on the
court.
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During the offense the coach expects you to pay
attention, follow the other players and identify the
right opportunity to take the shot. All that while
you listen to the coaches' instructions.
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A smart player is one who can think fast while
playing, change his strategy and quickly adapt to
the situation on the court.
What should you do?
Smart Basketball Tips answers:
Dribbling is easy for you as is following
directions from your coach. But following instructions
from the bench while dribbling can be confusing. Try
these drills to improve.
Dribble up and down the court; you can
mix it up with between the legs or behind the back etc.
While you do that start doing the following:
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Spell the ABC. That's going to be easy. Don't stop
the dribble.
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Spell the ABC backwards ZYXW…A. Beware: it won't be
that easy.
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When you have this mastered, spell your name, phone
no. etc., everything backwards.
This exercise will help you think while
you execute other basketball tasks. It will help you to
perform better on the court.
Basketball Brain-Training software
IntelliGym™
can further help you on
developing and improving your basketball decision making
skills by training your brain on making fast, accurate
and smart decisions.
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