http://www.perfectpractice.net/coaching-basketball/basketball-coaching/mental-toughness-in-basketball/ Basketball Drills | Basketball Plays | Coaching Basketball Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.perfectpractice.net/coaching-basketball/basketball-coaching/mental-toughness-in-basketball/#comment-2097 Ken Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:18:06 +0000 http://www.perfectpractice.net/?p=2199#comment-2097 Josh, I agree with making the kids mentally tough. I did this in two ways.. running situations at the end of every practice so they know HOW to handle things in games. That way, nothing fazes them since they are prepared. Will we run into something new from time to time? Of c0urse, but at least they are used to dealing with pressure situations! ... and then one of my favorites, which I called "Character Building" During scrimmages or any of the situations we ran, I would purposely make a BAD call. It was amazing how fast they caught on to this, they learned to play through adversity which carried over to games. (After awhile they just looked at me and smiled. We got very few Ts - unless it was on me :-) Just some thoughts here. Josh,
I agree with making the kids mentally tough. I did this in two ways.. running situations at the end of every practice so they know HOW to handle things in games. That way, nothing fazes them since they are prepared. Will we run into something new from time to time? Of c0urse, but at least they are used to dealing with pressure situations! … and then one of my favorites, which I called “Character Building” During scrimmages or any of the situations we ran, I would purposely make a BAD call. It was amazing how fast they caught on to this, they learned to play through adversity which carried over to games. (After awhile they just looked at me and smiled. We got very few Ts – unless it was on me :-)
Just some thoughts here.

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