How to become confident in basketball

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In basketball, confidence is the key to your success. Conversely, lack of confidence can stifle your growth and lead to giving up or quitting altogether.
Let’s break it down to help you develop unwavering confidence on the court.

Preparation

Put in the work! The first step to building confidence is putting in the work on the court. Practice, practice, practice, work on your game, study your opponents, and prepare your mind.

Confidence is increased when you have hit that shot hundreds of times in your driveway and know you can do it again in a game.

Set S.M.A.R.T goals! Goal setting is important to your basketball success. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for the five important elements in goal setting. Learn about how create your own S.M.A.R.T. goals for on and off the basketball court. Click here to get started with our goal setting guide.

Measure your progress in practice. How many shots did you make? How quick did you dribble through the cones?

It’s important to measure your results to see where you are week-after-week to show your improvement. Keep a practice log. This helps you see the progress you are making to quiet the doubts that you aren’t getting better or seeing progress.

Assess your game, what are your strengths weaknesses and know which ones can be used in the game. Don’t try out that new move when the game is on the line but first in practice, or in a game situation which wont be as costly if it goes poorly.

Add consequences to your practice to add game like pressure. If you miss a shot run a lap, do push ups, or skip 10 minutes of screen time.

Practice at game speed. Catch and shoot as if you were in a game setting. Workout with higher skilled players to add increased pressure.

Positive Thinking & Mindset

Post game, don’t focus on all the bad moments you had. Reflect but be productive, what could you do different the next time? What progress have you made? What did you do well?

Increase Your Positive Thinking & Mindset

• Listen to podcasts >> Life Time Talks - The Power of Mindset

• Create a basketball journal or blog - write about your journey, your goals, the progress and your obstacles

• Work with a Sport Psychologist

• Read, watch videos and practice strengthening your mindset

• Write down positive attributes about your game, post them on your mirror and read them every day as a reminder

• Environment - surround yourself with positive people. Attitude is infectious. Build a tribe of people who believe in you and who encourage you to accomplish your goals.

Growth Mindset

“This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments, everyone can change and grow through application and experience.”

How to develop a Growth Mindset

• Trust the process - value process over the end results

• Acknowledge and embrace your imperfections

• View challenges as opportunities

• Cultivate grit (hard work/determination)

• Place effort before talent

• Try different learning tactics

• Replace the word “failing” with the word “learning”

Destroy Your Fear of Failure

It’s impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure. Losing and failing to meet goals are inevitable parts of basketball. Great players are not afraid of failure, they know they occasionally fail on the road to getting better. Use your failure to motivate you to your successes.

People who have a fear of failure might be reluctant to try new things or take on challenging projects, they may procrastinate, may have excessive anxiety, and may not follow through on goals.

Don’t strive for perfection, a perfectionist is someone who has a willingness to try only those things that they know they will finish perfectly or successfully or gets upset when their actions are not flawless.

Remove Your Fear of Failure

• Set S.M.A.R.T goals

• Visualize

• Think positive!

• Implement new skills in low risk settings

• Play like it doesn’t matter

• Discover why you play and use that as your focus

Create an Alter-Ego

The “Black Mamba”, Kobe Bryant’s alter-ego got him through his lowest points of his career. In his documentary “Muse” he reveals his self given nickname was to get him through the struggles he was going through off the court which were distracting him on the court.

The Black Mamba’s job was to take care of business on the court. This ruthless mentality helped gain his confidence on the basketball court and to overcome some of his most difficult times in his career.

Visualize

Of Steph Curry’s 10 rules for success, visualization is number one on his list. Visualize the ball going in the net, hitting the game winning shot, and accomplishing your goals.

Find more visualization tips here.

Increasing In Game Confidence

• Be ready – most athletes are under prepared; practice, study, and mentally prepare to play

• Want the ball, be ready to catch the ball and know what you are going to do after you receive it

• Take higher percentage shots

• Choose less risky pass options and be sure to add enough force to get it to your teammate

• Set in game goals (reasonable goals)

• Focus on the role you play on your team, is it providing great defense? Rebounding?

• Control your nerves

  • Create a game day routine or ritual. Pack your bag the night before, eat the same pre game snack, listen to the same songs during warmup, create your game day routine

  • Play like it doesn’t matter

  • Get out nervous energy by hustling on the court

• Meditate or visualize before the game

• Eliminate distractions - laziness and jealousy

• Remove fear of failure

• Don’t get caught in your last bad play - give yourself a physical cue to wipe it away, finger snap, a clap or a jump, sprint back on defense, etc.

• Recall positive moments and the reasons why you love to play

• Positive affirmations vs negative thoughts

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How to Build Permanent Confidence on the Basketball Court

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NBC Basketball Camps train athletes from the inside out. If you want to be a great player, you have to have confidence that no one can take away.

Picture a moment when a coach commented on something you did well. You felt like you could rule the world. Then, maybe even in the same practice, your coach said something that sapped your confidence and you felt like getting angry or worse, giving up. This roller coaster of temporary confidence causes us to feel out of control. Permanent confidence is something no one can take away because compliments don't inflate us and criticism doesn't shake us.

We are calling permanent confidence a skill because it requires purposeful effort to develop. The difference between permanent confidence and temporary confidence is temporary confidence means confidence which can be given quickly and taken away quickly.

Here are three ways to help you build permanent confidence.

1. If possible, especially when developing a new skill, choose an encouraging environment. Not all environments are equal. The best place to grow is in an environment where you are given grace for mistakes, kind correction and courage to keep going. It's possible to survive in Antarctica with harsh wind and violent weather, but it's very tough and few make it. Similarly,confidence has a hard time becoming permanent in an environment of criticism, perfectionism and/or insult. One of the key pursuits of NBC Camps for 40 years has been to create an environment where maximum growth can happen. A climate where athletes feel "believed in." An environment of encouragement is especially crucial when confidence has not become permanent.

2. Practice, practice, practice! The truly confident person loves hard work and is willing to do the work necessary to become great. The difference between a confident person and a cocky person is that the confident person is able and open to looking at, talking about, and working on his or her weaknesses. When you have permanent confidence, you don't become crushed by mistakes. You can grow and learn and even be thankful for mistakes because they will show you ways you can improve.

3. Not all thoughts are equal. A person with permanent confidence doesn't allow certain thoughts to have any time in his or her head. Thoughts of bitterness, self-pity, condemnation or grandiosity are met at the door of the mind. If they are destructive thoughts, they are not allowed entrance. Truly confident people understand each of us has a choice to think something or throw it out.

7 Ways to End Games with Greater Confidence

Confidence, execution, fitness level and skills are key to the final moments of a game but above all you have to have confidence. You have to have the type of confidence that knows you are going to win, the type that wills the ball into the basket. You have to be able to execute what is necessary in the final moments. You need to be fit, don't let fatigue cost you the game. Finally, you need the skills in place to make the split second choices when it matters most--that means being a student of the game. Watch film, study, and know what the great play makers do when they are behind, when they are up, when they need to foul, when they need to score. Here are several practical ways to end the game well.

1. Be ready to catch the ball, be mentally focused and 100% dialed in. Slips happen near the end of the game through too much confidence or lack of confidence.

2. Make certain your passes are easy to catch and are thrown with strength and precision. Avoid dangerous passes. Give your teammates confidence in your passing decisions.

3. Monitor your level of nerves. If you are nervous, you will have the tendency to shoot hard, to pass too hard. When the tempo and pressure increases, remain calm. Discipline yourself to stay mentally alert.

4. While on defense, interrupt your opponent. Don't make anything easy . Give them no rest, hound every shot, block out every time. Mentally tire them out.

5. Take only a quality shot, never a risky or suspect shot. Make your bunnies (short shots near the basket).

6. Speak confidence. Focus on feeling like you are a great shooter, say mentally to yourself that you are on fire, you love to score, it's going in.

7. Go get the ball and secure it. Love the ball, want the ball, protect the ball. Your confidence and the confidence of the team will remain secure when you take care of the ball.

Confidence is a mindset skill that requires discipline to protect and maintain. Work on it every practice and protect yourself from mentally letting down your guard which comparison, assumption, or negative thinking. As you think, so you become.

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How to Become a Confident Basketball Player: Step by Step

Do you remember how easy it was to make friends with strangers from next door as a child? Half an hour ago you did not know each other, and now you are playing Cossacks-robbers and discussing a plan to escape to Australia.

Another thing now, when your mind is turned on to the fullest, treacherously giving out excitement that has come out of nowhere. You see “the one” on the horizon and the light bulb of embarrassment lights up. Your palms are sweating, your voice is shaking, you can’t really connect two words and in general you want to fall into the ground.

Don't confuse shyness with modesty. Modesty adorns a person, but shyness has not yet benefited anyone: most often it becomes a serious problem in communicating with people around.

The state when a person is afraid to communicate with other people can be very difficult.

Particularly depressed people can be trapped in their own inner emotions - in isolation, without friends, love, fulfillment, and a normal life, because we get happiness and energy for life only by interacting with others.

Let's figure out together where shyness comes from, how to stop being afraid of people, gain self-confidence and get out of the twilight.

How to stop being shy - first determine where this tightness comes from

To overcome your inner fear, you need to understand one simple thing - you are not alone. There are a lot of people around you who are going through similar problems. They also feel insecure in unfamiliar company, they also find it difficult to start a conversation, and they also suffer from loneliness. Let's try to identify the reasons why it is difficult for you to start communicating:

You're pretty sure no one wants to talk to you. You are not interested. There is nothing to talk about with you.

You think you don't look very good, you are unfashionably dressed, your physical shape is not in the best shape, you don't know how to joke at all.

Perhaps you once had a friend, or you met a girl, but for some reason everything went wrong, and negative experiences interfere with new communications. You do not want to experience unpleasant emotions again at the moments of parting.

To cope with your shyness and gain self-confidence, get ready for daily work and efforts on yourself. Whatever one may say, it will take you more than one day to stop being shy and become a self-confident person who enjoys the company of others and is himself an interesting and harmoniously developed personality.

How to develop self-confidence

A good image is half the success

Come to the mirror and look at yourself carefully, as if from the outside.

Who do you see? If in front of you is a haggard, unkemptly dressed guy with a sad face, answer yourself the question: would you like to exchange a few words with him at lunchtime? The answer is obvious.

We hope you didn't see this, and you just need to work on your appearance a little to get the best version of yourself. Our image has several components - this is the face, clothes, figure parameters.

A beautiful posture, a straight back, an easy gait - this is what we notice in people first of all. A stooped person with slumped shoulders gives the impression of uncertainty and sadness. You haven't said anything yet, and you're already down a few points from your account.

It is not necessary to have the appearance of a Hollywood actor in order to please others. Beauty is a pleasant bonus from nature, which not everyone gets. This is an advance that still needs to be worked out. If a naturally beautiful person is rude, stupid, or unfriendly, his beauty is of no use.

Most people have an ordinary appearance, but this does not prevent them from having friends, lovers and a successful business. It's all about the expression "written" on the face. Tight muscles, a scowling forehead and downturned corners of the mouth will make you look like an old pawnbroker, even if you are still young.

Try standing in front of the mirror, think about something pleasant, remember some happy moments, and look at yourself. So much better!

It is important to realize that excess weight not only does not decorate, but also broadcasts to others that they are facing a person who treats himself irresponsibly. If he has brought his body into decline, it is likely that he does not love himself enough and appreciates his health. It is not necessary to strive for ideal parameters, but even simple gymnastics and proper nutrition will significantly improve your overall image.

Your clothes also say a lot about you. Do you forget to run your clothes in the wash for six months? Do you wear things from which you grew up a long time ago (both mentally and physically)? Do not clean sweaters from pellets? Few people want to communicate with a person who looks frankly untidy.

It is not necessary to chase fashion and spend a lot of money on your wardrobe. Dress in a way that makes you comfortable, considering the place, time and circumstances. Read the advice of stylists: how to choose things based on the characteristics of your type of appearance and figure, how to combine them with each other.

Your image is what people see and appreciate first of all. Especially if you're trying to please girls. The first impression you make depends on your appearance, and if this impression is positive, it will be one step easier for you to win their sympathy.

Develop your intellect

If a person is not shy, it is easy for him to approach strangers and start talking, but he is limited and stupid, he is doomed to failure. They quickly lose interest in this type of people, they are bored and have nothing to talk about.

Most likely, they will prefer to get rid of him as soon as possible. Therefore, try to take the time to improve your level of education. Books, documentaries, podcasts, and even educational shows on Youtube give you tons of topics to connect with people.

It will be easy for you to join a conversation in an unfamiliar company if you are diversified. And of course, the male mind is very attractive to the opposite sex. No wonder some say that the most attractive male organ for women is the brain.

For a separate category of girls - sapiosexuals - this is perhaps the most important item in the list of male virtues.

Start a conversation

Taking the reins in a conversation is a tricky skill, but once you become friends with him, any doors will open for you. No matter how scary and anxious you would be to take the first steps, you need to get out of your comfort zone.

Moreover, you hardly feel comfortable being alone and without friends. This is not comfort, but a swamp. And out of it, boy, you have to get out. The first rule is just start talking. Do not wait until you become better, more well-read and more confident.

The problem with shy people is that they think too much about what others think of them. Try to use every opportunity to communicate with strangers. Start a conversation on general topics, or connect to what has already been discussed.

How to stop being shy to communicate? Do not focus on yourself, shift your attention to the interlocutors and the topic of conversation. And of course, don't forget to smile!

Meet girls

Most girls are wired to wait for a man to make the first move. Therefore, when trying to get to know each other, you do not violate anyone's boundaries and rules of conduct, but act as expected. To make a good impression, you need to try to be alive, spontaneous and interesting at the same time. Just don't overdo it with spontaneity. Some guys, having read pick-up courses, are more like an elephant in a china shop. Better try not to portray anything, be honest and open. It’s not bad to start communication with an unobtrusive compliment to the girl you like, start a light conversation, ask about something, joke. Don't expect instant success, and don't think about the result. Just take the initiative, take the first step. Don't be discouraged if she doesn't want to talk to you. Maybe it's not you, but she's just in a bad mood, or her shoes are tight. Surely, on the second, third, or maybe fourth attempt, your efforts will be crowned with success, and you will be able to interest someone. The main thing is not to give up and not lose heart. The ability to communicate with the opposite sex is a skill that requires practice, such as the ability to play a musical instrument.

Find your social circle

It's not as difficult as it might seem. Friendly and friendly relations are always tied to some common interest. Surely in your city there are many places where people gather, people who are passionate about some common activity. Now you need to find something that will interest you. Maybe you played volleyball well at school or you draw well. Perhaps you would be interested in taking part in a camping or group tour to an exotic country. Or maybe you dreamed of learning how to dance salsa? By the way, dance studios are a great place to meet girls, as there are usually not enough male partners there. Explore everything carefully and choose what you like best. People who are passionate about one common interest always have something to discuss. You will make new acquaintances, and perhaps a real friendship or love will arise with someone.

Only one person can overcome your shyness and self-doubt - you yourself. Start acting with these simple tips, believe in yourself, overcome your fears and you will succeed!

How can a basketball player deal with anxiety?

Coping with the excitement of responsible gaming is not an easy task. In addition, a state of mild nervousness, anxiety and anxiety can haunt a basketball player before the match. In this article, we will try to figure out what needs to be done with excitement and how to reduce its negative impact to a minimum.

First, let's deal with the nature of excitement before playing for a certain team. The reason for the excitement of the athlete is himself. Light jitters are a natural phenomenon before the game, as before any responsible event.

However, excessive "winding up", concentration on one's own weaknesses, lack of confidence in one's abilities and visualization of potential mistakes leads to the development of mild excitement into strong, and possibly fear. The problem is that negative experiences affect the quality of the game.

At the same time, the physical strength and technique of a basketball player instantly deteriorates with moral instability. You can churn out 35 out of 50 three-pointers with resistance in practice, but in a state of excitement in a game, you won't hit ten times.

The influence of our thoughts is incredibly strong, so a truly strong player is distinguished not only by how he handles the ball, but also by moral stability.

How to overcome anxiety? The topic is very individual, although there are certain recommendations for overcoming such difficulties.

1. Experience. Constant games with worthy opponents, training and improving your own skills will allow you to become a "routine basketball player", that is, a player who does his job on the court without distractions. He has already spent more than 2,000 minutes on the floor, made more than 15,000 (the numbers are taken from the ceiling) shots from medium and long distances, so the next game will not come as a surprise, because the actions are honed to automatism. But even if you are a novice basketball player, you need to play with a cool head.
2. Absence of extraneous thoughts. There are moments when the opponent has a game and his team goes on the attack like crazy, it happens that the away stands create an incredible level of interference, it happens that before a free throw you realize that in case of a miss the game is lost and the season is over. Such thoughts should not be in my head! There is only a platform 28x15 and everything on it. You can only think about the game: attack (movements, combinations, weaknesses of the opponent) and defense (opponent combinations, individual actions). But no extraneous thoughts that “my game is not going well today”, or “we win / lose”, or “the opponent is so aggressive and scary”.
3. Mood before the game. In order to reduce the level of excitement before the game, you should concentrate exclusively on the positive aspects. Think about the pleasure that you will get from the game, feel real confidence in your abilities and faith in the team, mobilize and, of course, set your mind solely on winning.

Let's summarize : constant excitement negatively affects any athlete. However, the reason for failures as a result of jitters or uncertainty lies in the player himself.

So how do you overcome anxiety? Become a "robot" that performs certain basketball algorithms in the field. It really works: no distracting thoughts before and during the game, no worries, etc.

Defense - attack - defense - attack ... until the siren! Play and enjoy a really cool game.

And never forget to keep training with HOOPS!

How to become more confident: 15 simple steps to success

Helpful Hints

Everyone knows the proverb that water does not flow under a lying stone. Based on this phrase, it becomes clear that in order to achieve something in life, it is necessary to make appropriate efforts. But for these actions it is necessary to have good self-esteem, positive perception and a sense of self-confidence.

It is also necessary to learn to understand that there is no one-time pill for all this. There is a lot of work to be done on yourself, which will take a lot of time and will help organize your efforts to maximize the improvement of life.

New thinking can radically change and change for the better communication with your loved ones, with colleagues and relatives, it can make it easy to perceive any events, and can also teach you not to stop and not get hung up on difficult situations, but to position yourself only by the most in a positive way.

1. Personal talents and positive qualities

The first thing to do is to make a list of personal talents, different positive qualities, which you probably have a lot of, as well as good skills.

Simply put, determine for yourself all your strengths, in which you have no equal, at least in your environment. Certainly, there are things that only you and no one else can figure out. Let this be your weapon that you can use. Moreover, by showing your skills to other people, respectively, you can earn their respect and trust.

2. Get rid of the eternal feeling of your guilt before everyone

Do not look for the causes of any events in your own shortcomings. After all, you are not God, and your shortcomings are not so powerful.

Do not forget that there are various aspects of situations: natural, political, physical, social, economic, which greatly affect your life and you personally.

So, when you are drawn to take responsibility for someone's behavior or for any event, for example, the tsunami in Thailand, remember this every time.

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3. Avoid being criticized

Remember that you have every moral right to tell the person that you don't want to carry on the conversation in the form that you are given .

If this is criticism, then you are not going to discuss your personal qualities in a negative context with anyone.

But you are ready to discuss some of your actions and are able to listen to constructive criticism, because you are always ready to use it for your own good.

4. Never compare yourself to anyone

In fact, you can compare yourself, but only with one single person - with yourself, with who you were a year ago. There is even a good exercise called "Tell the truth to your own face." To do this, try to ask yourself seven questions that can measure yourself over the past year.

Simple questions:

“What do I want?”,

“What can I do?”,

"How old am I?",

"Who do I communicate with?"

All these questions should be asked to the person you were a year ago and, accordingly, to the person who is looking at you from the mirror today.

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5.

You need to communicate more exactly when you feel real fear from it . Start attending clubs of interest, sign up for any courses, start accepting invitations to various parties.

If you are a guy, then go up to the girls and get to know each other. They may want to communicate even more than you, but they do not dare to approach first, as it is more difficult for them to take the initiative.

If suddenly they refuse you, breathe calmly, do not take it for a huge catastrophe.

Probably, today the girl is not in the mood or there are a million other reasons known only to her, but having nothing to do with you personally.

6. Risk is a noble cause

How to become more self-confident? Always be prepared to take reasonable risks .

If you suddenly find yourself in some kind of difficult situation, then try to find a way out of it without asking anyone for help, that is, on your own.

This is how you can really expand the boundaries of your capabilities, prove to yourself that you can overcome any difficulties and problems if you put a little effort into it.

7. You need to learn from your own mistakes

According to statistics, even the most self-confident people do not immediately achieve significant results and do not achieve success in everything.

Through trial and error, they gain invaluable experience that will be useful to them in one way or another in the future. Any failure is considered by these people as a small step towards the intended goal from the next attempt.

Any negative experience gives an incentive to do everything possible in order not to make another mistake in the future.

8. Try to live in the present

Do not be afraid of your future and never return to past negative experiences.

How to become a confident and determined person? It is necessary to solve problems as they come and live in the present, never thinking about different consequences. You need to do only what is important at this particular moment.

To do this, one must learn to overcome doubts. Only in this way can you gain self-confidence.

9. Go in for sports

If you want to be 99% sure of yourself, go in for sports.

What could be more beautiful than how to regularly train and observe the changes in your body, noticing the progress of improvement? In this case, when you take off your shirt and see a beautiful muscle relief, self-esteem grows by leaps and bounds.

The tonus from constant exercise gives you such a charge of positive energy that you will want to share with the whole world.

Let's suppose that if earlier you were a notorious boy with bad posture, now you see a stately handsome man with a confident look and a certain pride in himself and his successes.

Sport, according to the athletes themselves, is the first cure for an inferiority complex.

10. Correct posture

What is always noticed at first sight? On the posture of a person. Your image will automatically become aristocratic if you always stand or sit straight with a straight back.

It is the posture that is a sign of a confident person who never bends in front of others. At the initial stage, this will be quite difficult to achieve, in fact, it can even be very difficult, because you need to train yourself to always keep your back straight.

You should constantly perform exercises that will strengthen your shoulder blades and lower back muscles.

In general, stand up right now from your computer and straighten your back, pull your shoulders back and lower them. In this case, the body should look forward, and the arms should be slightly laid back. Practice doing this exercise as often as possible and you will soon notice the result. Just don't stand like a fashion model on the catwalk. From the outside it will look extremely ridiculous.

11. Be determined to win

Most people stop believing in their victory and become very insecure because they initially set high goals for themselves, which are almost impossible to achieve. You need to start with small goals, but those that you can achieve easier and faster.

When you have completed this task and set many small goals for yourself, gradually move on to more important tasks. At the same time, it is necessary to keep a list with all the goals, both small and more serious, in order to constantly have a reminder that you did everything well and correctly.

Do not constantly focus on the list of only necessary things, pay attention to what has already been done. You are provided with a great way to become more confident in your skills by reflecting your milestones, goals and projects that you have already achieved.

12. Pay attention to the choice of clothes

For a woman, this is perhaps the most obvious answer to the question how to become more self-confident. And not even because they meet us, as a rule, by clothes, but because the right elements of clothing will help even the most shy girls to add self-confidence.

In those moments when you need to be on top, you need to approach the choice of clothes with the utmost care: you simply have to be on top, but at the same time be yourself.

Learn to define your own style. To do this, you can consult with friends or even turn to professionals. Maybe all you need to become more confident in yourself is just a slight change in image.

13. Know how to relax

Always try to listen to your feelings, desires and sensations. Try to always find time to be alone with yourself. This is necessary in order to gather your thoughts, to better understand and hear yourself.

Learn to take care of yourself, constantly ask yourself what exactly you would like today. These may be small, but necessary things for you, such as walking down the street, buying something tasty, doing gymnastics or watching your favorite TV series.

14. Defeat is a possible success

Sometimes, making a conclusion after any defeats, you can also draw conclusions about false goals, reconsider the concept and understand whether your forces are being spent in the right direction. This will help you avoid bigger troubles and disappointments in the future.

15. Start Smiling

You might be surprised how much even the smallest smile can make a difference in any situation and make everyone feel as comfortable as possible.

Who would you turn to for help yourself, a gloomy and stern person or a smiling person? If you're concerned about the sincerity of your smile, just don't smile all over your face. Not a sincere smile will be seen a mile away. Well, if you are really truly happy, then those around you will simply feel and appreciate it.

16. Habits

If you want to become a different, more self-confident person, then your previous habits must also be changed. For example, some old habit to take and redo. You should not do it somehow drastically, it is enough to introduce only new colors and strokes.

If you have done exercises before, this is commendable, but now try to add music to it, or do it not in the place where you did it before, but in another one. Or do it in the evening instead of in the morning.

Or you can go during your lunch break to dine not in the usual place, but in a completely new place, where you have never been before. You can try to change your eating habits and switch to vegetarian food, or you can change your musical tastes. The choice is yours.

17. Learn to praise yourself

The most important key to self-confidence is the joy of victory and any achievement. Always try to praise and encourage yourself. Tune in to the positive. Just be pleased with yourself for no particular reason and forget about various complexes.

Starting to do something new in life, it is quite difficult to cover everything at once, so proceed slowly but surely, mastering something new for yourself step by step, slowly and slowly. Give yourself extra time for this. Praise yourself for the smallest successes.

Conclusion:

If you succeed in gaining self-confidence , then this can be equated with wings received as a gift. Never give in to difficulties and do not let your subconscious limit any of your possibilities.

What is stoppage in basketball

Stoppage in basketball is one of the main components of offensive play technique. Basketball players use stoppage to free themselves from marking, gain a better position to shoot, pass or move further with the ball. This technique refers to the basic skills that are taught at an early stage of training athletes in youth sports schools.

The game uses two types of stops, which differ in execution - two steps and a jump. Both methods complement each other and are equally important for both beginner basketball players and top-level professionals.

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Two-Step Stop

One of the key techniques of the basketball attack, which, in general, is based on the “two-step” rhythm. For example, only two steps can be taken by a basketball player with the ball in his hands without dribbling (dribbling). Three or more is a violation of the rules, called a run.

Two-step stop is often performed at high speed. Therefore, the first phase is a long step, the task of which is to extinguish the tempo. At the end of the first phase, the walking foot, it can be either the right or the left, touches the parquet with the entire area of ​​the foot.

At the moment of touching the parquet, the limb is bent at the knee and hip joints. Accordingly, the center of gravity of the body moves in the direction opposite to the movement. At the same time, the leg is turned with the toe outward. After that, the movement has actually stopped.

The second step strengthens the stable position of the body - the leg remains almost straight, and the foot is placed on the court surface across the direction of movement.

Further actions already depend solely on the team's tactical pattern and the player's intellectual abilities - at the moment when the movement is just completed, a professional basketball player must know for sure what to do next.

Jump stop

More commonly used when catching a ball sent by a partner. On two steps, the player can also receive the ball, but that variety still has a wider range of applications, including the release from the guardian, for example, to set up a barrier. Roughly speaking, a player who stops two steps several times per possession may never touch the ball at all.

At the first stage of jump interruption, as in the "two-step" variant, an extended step is used. At its completion, the leg with the whole foot is on the floor and becomes a jerk. In the flight phase, the other leg is pulled up to the pushing leg.

Landing is carried out on both limbs, which can be placed on the court both in parallel and with a gap - it all depends on the specific game moment.

For example, in order to get ahead of an opponent-defender, basketball players often put their swing foot forward, and then move their body and arms, leaving the guardian behind. At the same time, catching the ball can be carried out both at the end of the jump and at an extended step - it all depends on the specific game situation.

Basketball attacking tactics are varied - in one match a team can play several dozen combinations. So there are a huge number of options for stopping the ball in basketball, even within the framework of one match.

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Combined stop

The two basic options can be combined into one at some points in the game. The so-called combined stop has been possible since 2009, due to a change in the running rule.

Since then, the step at which the player receives the ball has been considered a "zero step". So, after receiving the ball, a walking basketball player can now perform a jump stop as well.

The unofficial "founding father" of this rule is James Harden, who popularized the throw around the ring after three steps.

Turning in basketball

Another component of the game that is directly related to basic stopping skill is turning. When performing this element, the basketball player is both in a static position and in motion. Strictly speaking, this is an intermediate link between tempo movement and static.

Without taking one foot off the parquet, the player with the ball can spin around his axis 360 degrees and as many times as he likes, until, for example, the attack time runs out. Pivot is mainly used by "big" players to keep the ball in the team's hands.

The task of the players without the ball in this case is to open up to receive a pass from a partner making a turn.

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The role of a coach in shaping the personality of young basketball players

Basketball is the most interesting game with a ball, it is a means of physical development and education of young people. [3].

An American physical education teacher, a professor at Springfield College, in 1891 came up with a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. This game was called "basketball" [6].

Basketball helps to develop perseverance, courage, determination, honesty, self-confidence, a sense of teamwork, responsibility to the team.

Basketball consists of natural movements (walking, running, jumping) and specific motor actions without the ball (stops, turns, side steps, feints, etc.), as well as with the ball (catching, passing, dribbling, throwing).

Confrontation, the goals of which are to take the opponent's basket and protect one's own, causes the manifestation of all physical qualities vital for a person: speed, speed-strength and coordination abilities, flexibility and endurance.

Achieving a sports result requires the players to have a sense of purpose, perseverance, determination, courage, self-confidence, a sense of collectivism [5].

• Such a comprehensive and complex impact on those involved gives the right to consider basketball not only an exciting sport, but also one of the most effective means of physical and moral education in different age periods [7].
• Therefore, basketball is included in the program of education and training of children, starting from kindergartens, schools and ending with universities.
• Rights and obligations of players

Schoolchildren, the same people with their own character, developmental features, opportunities and rights, psychology. The coach must always remember this and respect them.

Children's sports schools determine the following rights of young athletes: to participate in sports competitions of various levels and qualifications, the level of which corresponds to their abilities and age.

The player must train for a certain number of days and participate in a certain number of games, and this must be done even when you don’t feel like it at all.

Responsibilities mean that in some cases the player must sacrifice his personal desires, think about others, and not just about himself, and maintain discipline. Example: one young player does not want to go to training and does not go. Another player also does not want to go to training, but, fulfilling his duties to the team, he goes to train [4].

Strengthening health while playing basketball

Proper organization of basketball lessons is necessary for physical development, gives positive emotions, allows you to develop good habits when playing sports: organize proper nutrition, observe hygiene requirements, take care of your health.

But basketball training alone cannot provide a comprehensive development of physical qualities: elements from other sports, such as athletics, acrobatics, swimming, etc., must be included in the training process.

specialist, it gives a good result. If classes are conducted without taking into account the physical capabilities of a young athlete and the load turns out to be too great for him, it is possible that he will stop training.

Constant control of the coach-teacher over the state of health of a young player will help to avoid negative consequences [2].

Responsibility to the team

It is very important to instill in children a sense of responsibility for the success of the team. For example, a defender must be able to keep one on one against an attacker.

He is personally responsible for the result of his actions, which affects the result of the entire team. Friendly and official games are very useful.

Therefore, it is very important that the coach emphasizes the importance of player interaction and builds training in such a way that each athlete is aware of his responsibility to his partners and team [7].

Example: In a competition, a team wins at first, but starts to lose after the playing time has expired. Children begin to blame not themselves, but others, it turns out that a player with a weak psychological state quits playing and goes to the locker room, letting the whole team down.

And of course the team lost the end of the game. The player let down not only the team, but also the coach with his behavior.

In such cases, the coach must be prepared for various psychological situations and make a change in time, take a minute break, but in no case shout at the children, but calmly explain tactical actions in defense and attack.

Compliance with the rules

When playing basketball, be sure to follow the rules of training and the rules of the game, as well as fulfill your personal duties in the team. Students must learn to work in a team. And the basketball team is the best place to develop these qualities [6].

Example: it happens that children play aggressively in training, which leads to various injuries. The coach must explain to the children that this is not an option - to behave this way, you need to work harmoniously in a team, and it doesn’t matter what the relationship is between each other, who hit whom, etc.

a. in case of their victory, etc. The coach must teach his players to understand that opponents are children like them, and they also love to play basketball, they also try to achieve success, and that sports rivalry should be mutually friendly [3] .

A coach is always an example for children, and he should never forget this. Therefore, in no case should he insult, ridicule or humiliate his students, the opposing team or the judges. He must set an example A coach working with young players has a huge responsibility for their education, and he must constantly remember this responsibility [2].

Competitive skills

Naturally, it is very important that a team of children acquire competitive experience during the school year, which includes victories and defeats, good and bad games, and that this experience helps to perceive victories with calmness, and defeats with hope.

It is clear that players are more happy when they win than when they lose. Winning should not be the main goal.

After the game, the coach must analyze the game situations with the players, not paying attention to its result, set new tasks and improve them in the future.

Self-confidence

Coach confidence is the belief that his players have the ability to achieve their goals. Self-confidence is an internal state of a person when overcoming difficulties in order to achieve a result.

A player's confidence increases if he feels he can do whatever is required during a game or practice session.

For a basketball player, confidence is the key to progress, as it allows you to calmly respond to a stressful situation in the game and count on achieving the goal [4].

Example: there are coaches who do not care if the team wins or loses, who do not understand anything about basketball or, on the contrary, are not confident in themselves and in their decision. The mood of the team for the game and the conduct of the game also depend on this. Therefore, it is better for such people to stay at home, and not work with children.

Self-awareness and self-esteem

Self-awareness determines a person's idea of ​​himself, and self-esteem shows the degree of development of this idea. In children and adolescents, self-awareness and self-esteem are not constant and often change depending on success or failure in those activities that the child considers important for himself, such as basketball.

The relationship between a coach and young athletes can be critical to their development of self-awareness and self-respect.

Therefore, a coach can have a positive impact on the players by using the following strategy: precise and specific clarification of the goals; assistance in achieving them and encouraging the right actions; tactful attitude towards players when analyzing their mistakes and explaining ways to correct them [3].

Trainer's working style

The trainer's working style must be appropriate in every situation. One of the most common and widespread problems is that coaches working with young players try to copy the work of coaches of adult professional teams.

This style of work may not be productive. The best coach is not the one who blindly imitates eminent mentors, but the one who works, taking into account the characteristics of his team, such as the age of the players, their skills, common goals and attitudes towards the wards.

Anyone who trains young players should not forget that the coaching profession is a huge responsibility to children, education and society as a whole [2].

1. When working with young people, special attention should be paid to assessing the decision that affects the players, requiring the players to try and make efforts, assessing the actions of the players according to their age, skill and desires, regardless of the result of the game.
2. Basketball can be an excellent school in which young players learn to find a compromise solution, to remain persistent in the most difficult situations, to be personally responsible for the success of the team, to work smoothly, all together, to respect other people, to perceive victory and defeat as a path to self-improvement.
3. Basketball is an excellent educational tool that a coach must be able to use and develop for the benefit of his students [7].

Thus, the philosophical culture of a coach is a manifestation of spiritual culture, which consists in integrated personality traits that allow you to think high, create creatively striving, live with dignity for the benefit of the development of the young generation of basketball players. By virtue of their professional qualities, achieve success. Build your pedagogical work on the principles of humanization and socialization of the individual.

The more the teacher remembers that the students look at him as a higher being, the stronger his influence on the children will be, the more joyful each of his praises will be, the deeper each reproach will cut into the heart of the student, and therefore, and the whole work of education will be incomparably more beneficial. (Dobrolyubov N.A.) [1].

Literature:

1. Weindorf-Sysoeva M. E., Krivshenko L.P. Pedagogy: Lecture notes. - 2nd ed., revised. and additional - M .: Yurayt Publishing House, 2010. -239 p.
2. Gutman B., Finegan T. All about the training of a young basketball player. - M .: AST, Astrel, 2007. - (Series "Step by step").
3. Gomelsky A. Ya. Encyclopedia of basketball from Gomelsky. — M.: FAIR-PRESS, 2003.
4. Gomelsky E. Ya. Game of Giants. — M.: Vagrius, 2004.
5. Zheleznyak Yu.D., "Basketball". Lesson curriculum for children's and youth sports schools and specialized children's and youth schools of the Olympic reserve. Moscow - 1984, 239p.
6. Nesterovsky D. I. Basketball. Theory and methods of teaching. Textbook for students of higher educational institutions. -: Publishing Center 1. "An exemplary program of sports training for children's and youth sports schools (CYSS), specialized children's and youth schools of the Olympic reserve (SDYUSHOR)" Yu. M. Portnov and others. Moscow - 2004 "Soviet Sport". 100 s.
7. The program of the discipline "Theory and Methods of Basketball". For universities of physical culture. Edited by Yu. M. Portnov. Moscow — 2004

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“Basketball is developed in the region, therefore the level of refereeing should be appropriate”

Since this season Maxim Zhitlukhin has been working as the chief referee in the Basketball Federation of the Nizhny Novgorod region. This is the first case in the history of the region when an arbitrator with the FIBA ​​category will serve the matches and deal with the entire organization of the refereeing corps. You probably already heard about these facts, but about everything else - no. We decided to fix this and did a big interview with Maxim. About goals in the FBNO, fights, salaries of referees and the Euroleague in this text. Enjoy reading!

- Max, tell us about your main task in the new federation.

- Before my move, of course, we talked a lot about the upcoming work and came to the conclusion that my main task in the Nizhny Novgorod region is to improve the quality of refereeing at all competitions, as well as help local referees reach a new level. In addition, I think it is not entirely fair that the Nizhny Novgorod region in the RSE is represented by quite a few arbitrators. We will do our best to increase this number. Basketball is developed in the region, so refereeing must be appropriate.

- When you arrived, what picture did you see yourself?

- In the Nizhny Novgorod region there are a number of judges who are ready to work and develop, and this is perhaps the most important thing. Also, in addition to experienced referees, there are young guys who are interested in refereeing. For example, about 15 people aged 15-17 came to the first lesson of the Young Referee School. This is actually not a small number at all. It is these young people that we will educate in such a way that after some time they will be included in the lists of the RSE. Well, we will work on quality with senior referees so that they can referee matches in accordance with the latest basketball trends.

- What other impressions did you have about the "inner kitchen" of basketball in our region? What surprised?

- A lot of competitions are held in the Nizhny Novgorod region, so many that I can't even remember in what other regions such a number of matches are held. The Generation alone has 500 games planned for the season. Believe me, this is a very impressive figure! Of course, a huge number of matches are also held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but in the Volga Federal District, I think, no one can compete with the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Possibly Samara.

- Let's get to the main question: how will you improve the level of refereeing?

- You need to start with the systematic training of the Young Referee School. This is our basis, which in the future will provide new personnel in the Nizhny Novgorod judicial corps. It is also necessary to build a system of relations between referees, coaches and players. That is, everyone should understand why, in this particular situation, the arbitrator made such a decision. In addition, we will talk with coaches so that they treat our younger generation of referees with understanding. If the coach in the very first game of a young referee yells at him and says that he cannot referee at all, this, of course, can leave a serious imprint on the psyche of the referee. Thus, we risk losing all our young staff at the very initial stage, so I urge coaches to be more restrained.

- Sounds simple and nice. But in reality, everything can be different.

- Of course, but I already have a similar experience. And by the way, I think this was the main factor in my invitation.

- What kind of experience?

- I moved to the Nizhny Novgorod region from Orenburg, where I worked in the local basketball federation. And 12 years ago, when I first arrived there, they did not have a single judge who would represent the region in the RSE. That is, I was actually the first. At the moment, in Orenburg there are not only representatives of the RSE, but also an arbitrator with an international category. This is my pupil Margarita Petrenko, with whom we started working immediately after she completed her performances for the CYBL. For 12 years, she has come a long way and received the FIBA ​​category. Considering that there are approximately 300 people in Europe with this category, this is a rather serious indicator. Well, there were also judges who work in 2, 3, 4, 5 baskets.

- Just in case, let's explain what baskets we are talking about.

- Baskets are referee levels. That is, judges from the first basket serve the highest level competitions: the VTB United League and the Women's Premier League. The second basket is the Superleague. The third one is tournaments with a lower rank, and so on. In a word, all arbitrators are ranked in this way. Accordingly, a higher basket has the right to judge lower competitions, but a judge from a lower basket cannot serve competitions at a higher level.

- Did you have any unpleasant moments during your time in Orenburg?

- To be honest, everything happened. When I first arrived in Orenburg, they told me: “A month ago, the referee was beaten up after the team’s match.” I, of course, was a little dumbfounded. In my native Izhevsk, various incidents also occurred, but this definitely did not happen. In general, it was scary to start, but then somehow everyone understood each other and such situations did not happen.

- Aren't you afraid that without you in Orenburg again someone will beat someone up after the match?

- No, of course not. In principle, I left Orenburg with full confidence in the built-in system. I don’t want to use this region as an example, but now everything works there: coaches train, referees referee, players play. In general, what should happen in amateur basketball. Sounds simple, but it took more than a year.

- And how did you get such a great refereeing experience so quickly? You're not that old, are you?

- Yes, I'm 32.

- And yet 12 years ago you started teaching other referees? So early?

- It turns out that yes. But, of course, at first I didn’t have enough experience and I had to make some mistakes. I was lucky to have a very good mentor. This is Sergey Gorbunov, thanks to whom I ended up in Orenburg. He once offered me to enter the Orenburg State Pedagogical University, and I agreed. And when he had already arrived, we began to work together with him to ensure that new judges appeared in Orenburg. Then he moved to the Moscow region, but Sergey Yakovlevich transferred all his achievements, the program of the Young Referee School to me. And already, based on them, I began to work independently.

- During the period when you worked in the Orenburg Regional Basketball Federation, what was the most important thing for you to realize?

- Yes, a lot of things, actually. But I will single out, perhaps, the need for constant communication with the judges. You must always be in dialogue with the arbitrators, consult them, give advice. I always tell my guys that refereeing is not just going to the site for an hour and a half. This is a whole way of life, which includes preparation for the games, and the manner of your communication, and behavior. You should always analyze your actions and the actions of other arbitrators. Watch as much basketball as possible and see how referees work at Euroleague or VTB United League matches, for example. Understanding basketball and involvement in the process are one of the main qualities of a basketball referee. Of course, you can work out the game, get some money for it, and then just forget about it. But such an approach to something serious will never lead you! If you don’t give 100% to the cause, but do everything solely to “shoot back”, basketball will never become your job.

- What do you think, how can young guys be interested in becoming judges?

- If you mean money, I want to upset you. It's 100% not them! And I already told our young judges at the first meeting that if you are attracted to refereeing only by earnings, it is better not to do this. Although it is in the Nizhny Novgorod region that young arbitrators in total can receive very good money. Games are held almost every day. In addition, refereeing in the field can be combined with work at the table, and this is also additional income. There will also be 3x3 matches in the summer.

- So, in a global sense, refereeing is not a story about money, but in regions where basketball is well developed, young referees can devote themselves completely to this craft and not think about other work?

- Yes. In particular, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, there is such an opportunity. It should be immediately understood that refereeing is a very thorny path, and one should not think that some fabulous amounts of money are spinning here. Good high-level referees receive decent salaries, but in some other areas a person can earn many times more. The basis of this profession is the love of basketball. Everyone understands who goes to the judges. Those people who did not succeed in their professional career as a basketball player, but they do not want to leave the game and remain in it, but in a new role. This is work for the soul, not for money.

- You won't be full of soul. Let's put it this way: a top referee can only judge and do nothing else?

- It's more extra income anyway. If you do nothing and deal only with judging, it will be very difficult from a financial point of view. You understand what our realities are: 9 Russian clubs play in the VTB United League, and 10 clubs play in the Women's Premier League. There are quite a few teams, hence the fleeting season, which runs from October to June. Suppose you have earnings during this period, but how to live in other months? There are no arbitrators in the whole of Europe who would manage solely on earnings from refereeing. All adult referees work at their main jobs, and serve matches in their spare time.

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- You have probably heard that 3x3 basketball is very developed in our region. Do you have experience with it?

- In Orenburg, we also organized 3x3 competitions and judged them, but I heard that the level is really very cool in Nizhny Novgorod. In this regard, I need, of course, to improve my knowledge in order to match the teams, but I don’t think it will take much time. I'll be ready for the summer season.

- Many visiting teams said that in Nizhny Novgorod you should always prepare for a very tough game, because the judges allow you to fight.

- Everyone knows that in 3x3 basketball the level of rigidity is much higher than in the classics. A 5x5 foul is not a 3x3 foul. But recently I talked to a 3x3 referee from Hungary, who has worked a lot of high-profile tournaments this summer, and she said that now the trend is changing and there will definitely be less stiffness on the courts by the Olympics. It's just that FIBA ​​cannot prescribe foul severity criteria in 3x3 rules that would always be observed, so everything goes to the fact that this variation will be close to classic basketball. Let me give you an example: it is impossible to prescribe in the rules of basketball that “a light hit on the arm is not a foul”. There is no common understanding. What does "light hit" mean? Each arbitrator has his own interpretation of this "light blow". In general, lowering the hardness level is a necessary measure, but I don’t think that it will greatly affect the game.

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- Out of all the matches you have refereed, which was the best?

- Of course, in terms of level, the coolest is the VTB United League. But the most memorable match for me happened two years ago in the final of the Gomel Cup. Then CSKA and Khimki played with Khryapa, Shved and other stars in the squads. The tournament was friendly, but the teams fought so hard for the victory! Words cannot convey. It's just a real drive!

- Is there such a moment that after the matches of the conditional VTB League it is difficult to tune in to competitions of a lower rank?

- Now, with the current FIBA ​​referee licensing system, it is very important to work efficiently at all domestic competitions, so the maximum concentration should be everywhere. Now we are given a license for only two years, although before it was almost a lifetime. For example, my license is valid until 2021. Then there will be a new stage of licensing judges until 2023. The system is built in such a way that your rating in the country is taken, then you are tested, and based on this you are recommended for the next period. To increase this probability, you need to be as high as possible in the national ranking, so you need to show a good level of refereeing in any competition.

- Your category is FIBA ​​ . How many other Russian arbitrators have it at the moment?

- There are 13 people in our country with the FIBA ​​category.

- Don't you think that's too little? Take, for example, the Euroleague. You won't see our judges there at all.

- This is not entirely true. Each country has the right to have a maximum of 14 FIBA ​​referees, so in this regard we are not far behind some Serbia or Spain. As for the Euroleague, two Russian referees are currently working there. These are Semyon Ovinov and Artem Lavrukhin. And we must understand that the Euroleague is an independent organization that does not explain the choice of this or that referee. They have their own opinion about a particular arbitrator, and if he suits them, he is invited to judge.

- That is, Euroleague referees do not have to have the category FIBA ​​ ?

- Yes, that's right. For example, in Serbia there are now 14 referees with the current FIBA ​​category and 4 more people who serve exclusively Euroleague matches. 14 and 4, while we have 13 and 2. We are lagging behind, but you can see for yourself that the numbers are almost the same.

- So, do you think that everything is in order with this in Russia? I just once heard from one commissioner that we have many talented young referees, but they do not want to develop. There is, for example, a guy who judges very well, but his English is poor. He does not give him the opportunity to work in European tournaments. According to that commissioner, it is extremely rare that an arbiter begins to intensively study the language and moves to some new level. Usually he's just lazy.

- Unfortunately, this also happens, but all this, I think, is a relic of the past. Young arbitrators, who almost did not find the times of the USSR, speak English very well and are interested in further growing in this direction. A vivid example of this is Artem Lavrukhin. A young Russian guy has grown to the level of the Euroleague at the age of 26!

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- And finally, name three qualities that you need to cultivate in yourself in order to become a good referee.

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