Basketball/Confidence Help

Question

How can i get my self confidence to be better. I need to believe in myself and i think my lack of self confidence is hurting my game. When i mess up i look down and my shoulders lower and i keep it in my mind. To help that i wrote Next Play on my shoes to remind me to keep playing. What else can i do ?

Answer 1

i had that problem too cuz my coach didnt let me play even though i was better than every1 else.ok theres 2 groups in our team so the starting group is all the popular ppl except me for 1 game.they dont like me so they wouldnt get open 4 me so i kept gettin benched cuz the passes got stlen.but one of my frends said its just a game you WILL get other chances.

Answer 2

You need to understand that when you mess up, its natural. As you start playing with an audience more, you start choking less. My confidence was a problem too. I was being too selfless. So much that some games I'd play for a whole quarter and not even have a single goal attempt. I was thinking that, hey people will notice how good I am at assisting. Well, you know what? I found out that I was averaging 4 points and 2 assists! I was so pissed about the fact that I've been passing so much and I only ended up averaging 2 assists. I started hogging the ball a little and I started averaging 10 points and 1 assist. So remember not to be too selfless. Oh and being too selfless can also mess up your game... Some games I would feel like "This might be the only time to make a point." so I take the shot. If you aren't close to your teammates, then try to get along with them a little more. It helps calm you down.

Answer 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkAsk1HyF...