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November is Coming: T-200
Basketball is Psychology XVII Introduction Basketball season feels too distant to start thinking about game days and championships....
Apr 15, 20193 min read


Playing To Win vs. Playing Not To Lose
Basketball is Psychology XVI “I play to win- whether during practice or a real game, and I will not let anything get in the way of me and...
Apr 8, 20194 min read


Dealing with Disappointment
Basketball is Psychology XV “If you learn to use adversity the right way, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn’t have gone any...
Apr 1, 20194 min read


The Accountability Advantage
Basketball is Psychology XIV "Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of...
Mar 25, 20194 min read


The Psychology of an Upset
Basketball is Psychology XIII Introduction March Madness can turn just about everyone into a basketball fan. People who haven’t watched...
Mar 18, 20193 min read


Poise Under Pressure
Basketball is Psychology XII Poise is the ability to stay consistent and keep internal balance no matter what is going on externally....
Mar 11, 20195 min read


Pressure Perspective: Love to Compete
Basketball is Psychology XI “Once we step on the court, it’s all business and it’s intense. There’s a fun to that for us.” -- Jay Wright...
Mar 4, 20193 min read


Confidence: Your Life Story
Basketball is Psychology X “There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you...
Feb 25, 20194 min read


Effective Leaders: Masters of Emotion
Basketball is Psychology IX “It not only affects your own team, it affects the other team, it affects the officials.”--John Calipari...
Feb 18, 20194 min read


Tired is a Mindset: Change It
Basketball is Psychology VIII “Fatigue is all mental.” --Lebron James Introduction It’s mid-February. If your season is still going on,...
Feb 11, 20194 min read


High Five: an MVP Move
Basketball is Psychology VII “I believe that the measure of a person’s life is the effect they have on others.” --Steve Nash Introduction...
Feb 4, 20194 min read


Motivated by Family
Basketball is Psychology VI Featuring an interview with Vic Schaefer Introduction It quickly becomes apparent to everyone who’s had the...
Jan 28, 20195 min read


Body Language: Your Mental Toughness Billboard
Basketball is Psychology V Introduction “Players don’t realize their body language is like a billboard showing their toughness level.”...
Jan 21, 20194 min read


The Entitlement Cure: Not Everyone Gets a Trophy
Basketball is Psychology IV Introduction Psychologist Dr. John Townsend defines the attitude of entitlement as the belief that I am...
Jan 14, 20196 min read


Visualization: The power of the movie theater in your mind
Introduction You don't need to touch a basketball to improve your game. Simply by using your mind to practice, you can get tangible...
Jan 7, 20195 min read


Going Through The Motions
Social Loafing in Basketball Psychologists define the phenomenon of social loafing as exerting less effort when working collectively. For...
Dec 31, 20185 min read


Basketball is Psychology: Introductory Blog
What is Psychology? Psychology is defined as the science of the mind and its effect on behavior. Psychology analyzes the 3 pound organ...
Nov 30, 20184 min read
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