“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” Michael Jordan Most athletes are not born with basketball mental toughness. The mind is similar to our muscles, in that, the more it is “exercised” the stronger and healthier it will become. At some stage an athlete may […]

“Do not permit what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden When it comes to sports psychology for basketball, expectations can be divided up into two types. Those are realistic and unrealistic expectations. Realistic expectations can be defined as things that an athlete can achieve within the confines of their […]

“I do envision championship basketball and when you talk about championship basketball, you talk about a good defensive team, you talk about a good offensive team and you talk about a team that really has its act together once they step on the floor. Our goal is to dominate the east and we must continue […]