Will You Follow Through if I Fall for You? by Zation

Jokingly, we asked a few of the players, 'So, how many did you make?' assuming of course that everybody made 10. The next day some of the players were telling us about it. We had to forgot to mention to everybody to visualize every shot going through the hoop. We told the players to go home and visualize themselves shooting 10 free throws before they go to bed. We had decided to discuss the concept of visualization and the importance in doing so at practice one day. Once, you do this, you're guaranteed to see results. You should SEE your hands out in front of you holding theįollow through as you HEAR & SEE the ball swish through the net. You should SEE your hands out in front of you Traveling through the air with perfect backspin. Hearing the noise.Īs you shoot, you should FEEL the ball roll off your fingers.

You have to be there at theįree throw line feeling the basketball. You need to visualize everything out of your eyes (in the 1st person). Shooting free throws in third person as if it was a movie, you probably won't improve as much as you could. Now, there are some important things to consider when visualizing. You need to involve Sight, Sound, and Feeling to really gain from the benefits of visualization. You can apply this to all sports and if you do, it can do wonders for you and your team. What we're trying to drive home is imagine what you could do if you implementedīoth practice and the mental rehearsal technique of visualization. We're not condoning being lazy and not practicing. The third group did not improve which was expected. The second group improved by 23% without touching a basketball!!!! The second group just visualized themselves making free throws. Biasiotto (spelling corrected 8/4/14) at the University of Chicago was done where he split people into three groups and tested each group on how many free throws they could make.Īfter this, he had the first group practice free throws every day for an hour. This basketball study or a different one with similar results.Ī study conducted by Dr. Tool and numerous studies have been done to test this. Visualization is an often-taught mental rehearsal technique in sports.

Will You Follow Through if I Fall for You? by Zation