Confidence Comes from Preparation (video)
The first place confidence comes from is your preparation. There is no substitute for the feeling of confidence you get from knowing that you’ve done the work and put in the time. A big part of confidence comes from good old fashion skill. The more competent you are in something, the more confidence you will have. There is no substitute for that work.
For example lets say you have not confidence in your ability to shoot the basketball. Before you look for some deep seeded psychological reason, ask yourself…
- How many shots am I taking outside of practice?
- Am I recording improvement?
- Do I have a consistent shooting routine, I do every day?
If the answer to these questions is no then that’s not a lack of confidence issue, it’s a lack of preparation issue. It would be the same saying “I don’t know what’s wrong with me these days but I have no confidence performing brain surgery.”
Well, you shouldn’t have confidence performing brain surgery. You’ve never been to medical school to acquire the skills needed to be confident performing brain surgery.
The same thing is true for shooting. If you don’t practice shooting regularly and consistently than you shouldn’t feel confident in your shot and coach probably doesn’t want you to feel confident in your shot because you may not have a high level of skill.
How do you get more confident in your shot?
The hard truth is you have to put in the work. If over the next six months you got up 400 shots a day from game spots and game speeds then I can all but guarantee you’ll be more confident in your shot…six months from now.
The first place confidence comes from is your preparation. There is no substitute.
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