Ok, I am back to one of my favorite subjects today, Tiger Woods.
You know why I like Tiger right?
First of all he is the greatest athlete in his sport and I love looking at how these things happen. Second of all, in 2000, Tiger Woods won 2 majors and several other tournaments. However, he completely revamped his swing during the off season, and went on to get even better. How does this relate to basketball and shooting? Well, I teach what I feel is the very best way to shoot the basketball. The problem is for some darn reason, people do NOT want to have anyone "mess with their shot". It's incredulous to me.
I was a pretty good shooter after my sophomore year at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI)I In fact, I was one of the top in the conference for 3 point FG%. The summer between my sophomore and junior year, I met a guy named Des Flood, a great great shooting instructor from California. He changed my shot. And yeah it took some work by me, and yeah it was a little uncomfortable, but the results....well...I led the league and shot .497% from behind the 3 point line the next season.
However....
What I really, really like about TIGER is this:
When he was young he listened to motivational tapes. He listened to them
repeatedly. He FLOODED himself with positive thoughts that BOOSTED his
confidence tremendously.
I have talked before about how I have attended some the best seminars around the world with regards to motivational speakers (These guys are good. They study human performance, they dig deep into the WHY of why people are successful. It is WHY I go).
Anyway, I have been talking a lot about confidence and positive self talk lately
in your quest to becoming a great shooter. And I put affirmations right on the
"Nurse's Pill" (I am a great shooter, and everything I shoot goes in").
Back to Tiger. He listened to the following comments over and over, in fact he
WROTE them down and taped them to his bed as a young boy.
"I will be my own destiny."
"I believe in me."
"I smile at obstacles."
"I am firm in my resolve."
"I fulfill my resolutions powerfully."
"My strength is great."
"I stick to it, easily, naturally."
"My will moves mountains."
"I will focus and give it my all."
"My decisions are strong."
"I do it with all my heart."
Awesome or what?
Do you want to succeed? Here is a great place to start. Flood your mind and
your thoughts with these powerful words. Write them down. Go for it!
Let's Get it Done!
Nick Nurse
Head Coach
Iowa NBA D-League
www.nicknurse.com
www.iowanba.com
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