Twist and Turn

When you detect negativity
Add "like real; as if" （才怪）

eg: "You played terribly!" + "like real; As if" = "You played terribly!" "Like real!"

When you embrace positivity
Add "Sure; of course"(当然；真的）

eg:"Good Defence!" + "Sure; Of course" = "Good Defence!" " Of course!"

By simply adding, you remain POSITIVE always!

Centering

When you are angry,
focus on breathing
When you are nervous,
focus on breathing
When you are distracted
focus on breathing

Breathe in through your nose
Breathe out through your mouth

180 secs

The first 180 secs on court

1) Who are you defending?
2) Who is guarding you?
3) Tall or short?
4) Right or left handed?
5) Fast or slow？
6) Lazy or hardworking?
7) Good or poor dribbler?
8) Good or poor shooter?
9) Good or poor rebounder?
10) Good or poor footwork?
11) Good or poor passer?

Magnify their weakness
Increase their mistakes

The Art of War 孙子兵法

知彼知己，百战不殆 yi3；

If you know your enemies and know yourself,
you will win a hundred times in a hundred battles.

不知彼而知己，一胜一负；

If you only know yourself, but not your opponent,
you win one and lose the next.

不知彼，不知己，每战必败。

If you do not know yourself or your enemy,
you will always lose.

AAA

Anticipate:
Predict their moves
Read their feelings

Assess
Judge their strength
Find their weakness

Adapt:
Break their momentum
Crush their morale

What difference a second make

You take:
24 sec to defend
24 sec to attack
5 sec to fast break
3 sec to score
2 sec to box out
2 sec to rebound and etc

but only 1 sec to foul, to lose ball, to give up...

A game of 2400 sec =
100 attacks=
100 defence=
480 fast breaks=
800 shots=
1200 box outs=
1200 rebounds=
2400 fouls=
2400 lost of ball possession=
2400 thoughts of giving up!

In short, the only road to victory is to persevere till the very last second!

Team

We may be different...but
there is only one VOICE

We will rock you

Click on the small button on the central speaker to play the flash.

Together we achieve

When you feel you are at the bottom
Celebrate...
Because you cant fall any deeper
And every step you take onwards
will just bring you nearer to the peak!

I believe

"There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day"
---R Kelly《I belive I can fly》

Interception

1) Seize the second
2) Spring forward
3) Grap the ball with both hands

Do an imagery of a good interception.

Offence

Readiness

1) Move towards for the ball pass.
Standing and waiting slows down everything.

Once you get the ball.

2) Hold a moment.
You allow teammates to get into position and look out for them.

3) Aim at the basket.
You lure the opponent to move towards you.

4) Fake before you shoot, pass, dribble.
You get opponents off defence.

5) Once you shoot, go for your own rebound.
You will know best where the ball goes to.

6) Once you pass, prepared to get a return pass.
Pass and run; screen and roll.

7) Once you dribble, do it responsibly.
Bouncing once or twice and hold on to the ball only shows your lack of confidence.

* Do more passes.
You save more energy and launch a faster attack.

** Create scoring chances.
You affect opponent's morale.

***Fight for offence rebounds.
You leave no chance to the opponents.

Note the weakness.
Visualise a perfect execution of offence.

Box out 2

Step 1:
Be aware of when the shot is taken.
Whoever is guarding the shooter should shout when the ball is released.
This allows teammates who can't see the shot time to react.

Step 2:
Pivot toward the basket immediately.

Step 3:
Put your body between the basket and the player you are guarding.
Bend your knees slightly and extend your arms away from your sides.

Step 4:
Keep your opponent away from the basket by maintaining body contact.
You want your opponent to be pinned behind you.

Step 5:
Jump for rebound.

(adapted from:http://www.ehow.com/how_8848_box-basketball.html)

Box out 1

A good box out means

1) all 5 do it together,
2) the one who is the nearest,
3) jump for the rebound,
4) only then, the rest of 4 let go of their man.

Note your mistake.
Do imagery of a good box out in your mind.

Imagery part 2

It is a mental skill that you can use

1) to perfect=to recall past positive experiences
2) to learn= to imagine new events to mentally prepare for training and competition

Imagery part 1

It refers to using all of one's senses
to create or recreate an experience in one's mind.

For example:

1)visual( pictures)
2)auditory(sounds and self-talk)
3)kinesthetic(emotional and physical feelings)
4)olfactory(smell)
5)gustatory(taste)


“Although you can train your body physically by sheer persistence, it is much harder to train your mind...All this visualisation did not come to me in a flash. I had to work hard at it, and learn how to use it."
---Sally Gunnell, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion Hurdler.

Have you ever?

Have you ever said
"I am very nervous, that's why cannot play well"

Have you ever said
"I am not in the mood, that's why I cannot focus"

Have you ever said
"Not my fault, I am not the only one, the rest are also like that"

Have you ever said
"Why are they always like that"

Seize the day

Communicate

for involvement
for deployment
for encouragement




Concentrate

on process
on inner control
on positive self-talk

February Training

Celebration

Training in January

Today

Today is the 7th day of lunar new year,
also known as ren2 ri4 (everyone's birthday).
Today is the creation of scgs basketball blog.
Today,
our B Division won their 2nd match
in the south zone tournament.
Today is the present,
treasure and enjoy!