This morning I skipped my weekly basketball practice, because I woke up feeling lousy. It was probably because of the bad quality of sleep I've been having recently. I had some slight soreness with my eyes and decided to skip the morning practice. Yeah, bad, I know. And lame excuses. I felt guilty the whole day for it and decided that if I am really committed in improving my game, I should never do that again.
Though I skipped practice this morning, I did make it to the tournament tonight. My performance was bad. Our team got killed on rebounding and was in foul trouble immediately. I knew that I could have done more of the scoring at the offensive end, but somehow I was afraid to be aggressive. I was worried that my shots will not fall, and my teammates won't get the rebound, and the other team will start the fast break, and they will score easily, and I'll look bad on the court, and my teammates won't trust me for another shot, and I will not know what to do, and ... and ... and ... just too much @#$!
And after all those useless thinking, the only shot I took ended up with an air ball. The shot had no confidence in it and my arm was stiff. That shot pretty much summed up the night for me. I knew I can do much much better than that, but tonight, I just wasn't mentally ready.
In a basketball game, like in a battle, you don't really have much time to think. You have to react quickly. Tonight, I had all the weird things inside my head, and didn't react quickly when i had my chances.
I should be more competitive on the court, and just be more confident.
To show everyone what I've got in my game is what I should be thinking of.
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