Looking at NBA basketball players Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jordan, you may wonder how they got where they are today. Arenas did not play the first 44 games of his career, and Jordan was cut from his grade 9 high school team, but both did not give up; they persevered and eventually became professional basketball players. These men fought before, during and after training, possessing that "fearless" element, and so can you.
Developing Mental Strength
Possessing ability and harnessing it builds confidence in the decisions you make on the court. Outside interferences prevent the successes of working as a team and scoring game-deciding three-pointers and free throws. Ralph Jean-Paul of Potential2Success.com defines mental touchness as "Having a physiological edge that enables you to be consistent, confident, focused, and determined during high pressure situations in order to perform at maximum potential."
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Being "Mentally Fit"
Your mental fitness grows with practice, training and experience. Maintenance starts with adequate rest; a healthy breakfast follows, and time management throughout the day keeps the mind sharp. Making it to practice, work, or school on time shows your dedication and commitment to perform and produce at your optimum level during training and especially at game time.
Agility Training
Agility is basketball's key ingredient when it comes to performance. There is no "proper" way when training agility; some athletes focus on "suicides"; some focus on footwork exercises using ladders; some focus on lateral movements. Josh Henkin claims, on Bodybuilding.com, that whatever the workout, "Proper body, foot and head positioning are crucial for creating a quick first step on a defender, keeping in front of the opposition's best penetrator, or assisting in proper help side defense."
Vertical Jump
Whether you are a professional or someone who plays recreational or competitive basketball, vertical exercises are crucial in training explosiveness. According to the Vertical Jump Training website, "Plyometric exercises are designed to increase your reactive strength. Reactive strength is sort of like a spring. The more reactive strength you have, the faster you can react from one motion and do another motion."
Optimal Performance
Fearless basketball training combines physical and mental strength and focuses on maximizing performance. Training and playing at an optimal level creates winning reactions and instills a hard-working, positive mentality in teams and their players. According to BeingFirst.com, "For most people, 'negative' states of mind such as fear, doubt, and nervousness keep them from the peak experience of the flow, resulting in consistent underachievement of their full capability."
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