>When I look at the hoop
> and don't think I make about 90% of the shots
this reminds me that the car tends to go where you are looking.
so DONT look at the apex cones, look at the (curved) line next to the apex
cone that you are going to drive on.
and if you get off the line, LOOK back at the line, not at the cones on the
outside of the course.
LOOK where you want the car to go, not where you dont want it to go.
(in tennis they tell you to see the ball hit the racket. or so i hear.)
-james c
"True Street" forum http://thevenom.net/forum/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Urschel" <OSP13@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> "Kelly, Katie" wrote:
>
> > Okay, so what do you think about to not think? :)
> >
> > I personally don't think about this stuff so much.
>
> I once had this really neat book called "The Zen method
> of Tennis" or some such that dealt eloquently
> with this stuff but I loaned it to you, and you were
> supposed to pass it on to James.
>
> The technique for not thinking is to totally focus
> on what you are doing. For tennis the author recommended
> looking at the seams on the ball. You can't actually see
> them, but within minutes of trying it I found I was no longer
> thinking things like, "Shit, I can't get to that," and discovered
> my body played tennis a lot better than I did (and never
> makes stupid mistakes.)
>
> And yes, James, kibitzing yourself is really, really bad.
>
> I've been practicing this not thinking stuff shooting
> baskets (and losing 25 lbs.). When I look at the hoop
> and don't think I make about 90% of the shots. When
> I think about it, or anything else, I'm lucky to make 50%.
>
> Focus!
>
> Rich Urschel
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