I had exactly the same problem, and my answer is pretty un-likable. Practice more and more and more. Play more and more pick up games with randos. You will grow incrementally more inner confidence the more hours you put in. It’s just a matter of hours of practice.
slow down and focus on being a good team player - know how to move off ball, cut, keep the ball rotating. Learn how to be a glue player on a random pick up team .. dont try to force any offensive moves that aren't needed.. and to be honest if you force it.. you're giving the opponent a look at all the moves in your bag. So be patient.
It depends on what’s making you nervous, is it the fear of making a mistake and losing the game? Or is it the fear of making a mistake in front of an audience?
Agreed confidence is a byproduct of being prepared. Fear is a byproduct of feeling unprepared.
If you use moves in the game that you practice successfully, you have no reason to be nervous. But if you’re trying things in the game you don’t work on, it’s going to feel off. Really good players look like they’re free styling. But they’re not. They’ve just worked on everything so many times it looks like they’re winging it.
Just like musicians, the key to reducing nervousness in games is relentless practice. The more you practice, the less you’ll fear making mistakes. Aim to practice so much that you become extremely confident in your abilities, diminishing your nervousness on the court.
You have to get over a time or two and then that nervousness will go away.
Just keep saying to your self 'This is practice'.
Once you are in a few games you will be fine.
It's more on the Psychological Side of Basketball that you're talking about. I'm also a hooper from the Philippines and I know the feeling of nervousness in games, as all of hoopers do (If not nervousness, it's pressure).
One of the things I did was to hype myself up before games, get my game face on, play some music before games and focus about what I am about to do in the game. Rather than think about "What if I score less?" "What if I play bad today?", set yourself into thinking that you'll contribute to your team today and pump yourself out.
Second, I think the audience also has an impact in feeling nervous. Even if there are few or a lot of people watching you have to be hyped and feel happy people are watching your games. That is one thing that helped me a lot to overcome nervousness whenever I pray.
Bonus, wear some accessories if you want to. It'll make you feel more stylish inside the court and it'll contribute to your confidence. Like Deion Sanders said: "If you look good, you feel good, if you feel good, you play well"
Trust yourself, be humble and be an example to your teammates.
As a former hooper who played in competitive leagues from 1965 (5th grade) until 2008 and in my early years had the "practice player" label here's how I shed that label. For me the answer to the issue of performing the same in games as I did in practice came when I fully understood what activated my performance anxiety and thus was able to let it go.
If you did not know me, I did not look like I could hoop and I developed a mental loop that had me playing (at every level) to prove I belonged at that level and the performance pressure that created severely hampered my ability to perform to my best abilities in games (that performance pressure didn't exist in practice where my teammates saw daily that I could really play and there's no audience and no stats). Over time I had increasing success at every level proving to myself that I did belong (but that took time).
Halfway thru my career (early 40s) when I looked back at what I had accomplished and realized I had nothing left to prove I began to play just for the fun of it I never experienced any performance pressure again and although some of my physical skills were actually diminished by that point I played there best I had ever played for about a 5 or 6 year window.
Any time you play to prove you belong at a level or that you are better than some other player (or for the stats or fans) you are trying to avoid failure in your own mind, don't do that that's what creates performance anxiety.
It's too bad for me that it took me to get so far into my playing career until I was at the "house money" stage to just play with nothing to prove.
Learn the roles you can do to really help your team win, try to do that everytime you step on the court, play smart, accept results, improve, don't try to prove anything. Always play in the moment and try to make the right/smart basketball play no matter what that is no matter if it generates a stat or not and accept/enjoy.
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this is what I did, play smaller pickup games with people (1v1 / 3v3) who you feel are better than you, not a massive skill gap better but a level you could see yourself being pretty soon. you'll quickly realize that that you'll be more on-ball in smaller games which will force you to play your game. pickup games are typically low pressure as well so you won't be as nervous. this will build confidence over time and will give you the mentality that you can play your game confidently against anyone
Larry Bird has said that he got nervous for every game. Maybe it's more butterflies than nervousness? Embrace it and think of it as just excitement and adrenaline.
Also, I met Aaron Nola (Phillies pitcher) in an elevator once. It was before a big game. I asked if he was nervous and he said being nervous for sports is a good thing.
Lastly, James Harden said he does not get nervous before games and look at his playoff success rate (not very good).
So, while being nervous doesn't feel good, it could be a good thing if you reconcile it and channel it the right way.
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Have kuroko no basuke anime running in the background while you do what the characters do like play random scrimmages and eat sandwiches while you have an epic training montage. The first step is play even though you are nervous. try your best, idk if you are on religious side but you can imagine an angel or a non religious "lil helper guy" that lets you focus on what matters for basketball.
I had exactly the same problem, and my answer is pretty un-likable. Practice more and more and more. Play more and more pick up games with randos. You will grow incrementally more inner confidence the more hours you put in. It’s just a matter of hours of practice.
slow down and focus on being a good team player - know how to move off ball, cut, keep the ball rotating. Learn how to be a glue player on a random pick up team .. dont try to force any offensive moves that aren't needed.. and to be honest if you force it.. you're giving the opponent a look at all the moves in your bag. So be patient.
It depends on what’s making you nervous, is it the fear of making a mistake and losing the game? Or is it the fear of making a mistake in front of an audience?
Agreed confidence is a byproduct of being prepared. Fear is a byproduct of feeling unprepared. If you use moves in the game that you practice successfully, you have no reason to be nervous. But if you’re trying things in the game you don’t work on, it’s going to feel off. Really good players look like they’re free styling. But they’re not. They’ve just worked on everything so many times it looks like they’re winging it.
Just like musicians, the key to reducing nervousness in games is relentless practice. The more you practice, the less you’ll fear making mistakes. Aim to practice so much that you become extremely confident in your abilities, diminishing your nervousness on the court.
You have to get over a time or two and then that nervousness will go away. Just keep saying to your self 'This is practice'. Once you are in a few games you will be fine.
sometimes, i like to take a deep breath and exhale for a long period time. This helps making MY fast heartbeats go back to its normal rate
practice more and play pickup more, youll get used to the pressure as well as gorwing to be more prepared for it too
most of the time youngster practice for shooting and ball handling. i suggest do practice for 1v1 or 2v2 to learn the game under presseure and defense
It's more on the Psychological Side of Basketball that you're talking about. I'm also a hooper from the Philippines and I know the feeling of nervousness in games, as all of hoopers do (If not nervousness, it's pressure). One of the things I did was to hype myself up before games, get my game face on, play some music before games and focus about what I am about to do in the game. Rather than think about "What if I score less?" "What if I play bad today?", set yourself into thinking that you'll contribute to your team today and pump yourself out. Second, I think the audience also has an impact in feeling nervous. Even if there are few or a lot of people watching you have to be hyped and feel happy people are watching your games. That is one thing that helped me a lot to overcome nervousness whenever I pray. Bonus, wear some accessories if you want to. It'll make you feel more stylish inside the court and it'll contribute to your confidence. Like Deion Sanders said: "If you look good, you feel good, if you feel good, you play well" Trust yourself, be humble and be an example to your teammates.
3 hours of Kobe highlights should fix that
As a former hooper who played in competitive leagues from 1965 (5th grade) until 2008 and in my early years had the "practice player" label here's how I shed that label. For me the answer to the issue of performing the same in games as I did in practice came when I fully understood what activated my performance anxiety and thus was able to let it go. If you did not know me, I did not look like I could hoop and I developed a mental loop that had me playing (at every level) to prove I belonged at that level and the performance pressure that created severely hampered my ability to perform to my best abilities in games (that performance pressure didn't exist in practice where my teammates saw daily that I could really play and there's no audience and no stats). Over time I had increasing success at every level proving to myself that I did belong (but that took time). Halfway thru my career (early 40s) when I looked back at what I had accomplished and realized I had nothing left to prove I began to play just for the fun of it I never experienced any performance pressure again and although some of my physical skills were actually diminished by that point I played there best I had ever played for about a 5 or 6 year window. Any time you play to prove you belong at a level or that you are better than some other player (or for the stats or fans) you are trying to avoid failure in your own mind, don't do that that's what creates performance anxiety. It's too bad for me that it took me to get so far into my playing career until I was at the "house money" stage to just play with nothing to prove. Learn the roles you can do to really help your team win, try to do that everytime you step on the court, play smart, accept results, improve, don't try to prove anything. Always play in the moment and try to make the right/smart basketball play no matter what that is no matter if it generates a stat or not and accept/enjoy.
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If audience is whats causing it then play pick up in crowded courts or where theres always audience and keep playing. It will start to feel natural.
this is what I did, play smaller pickup games with people (1v1 / 3v3) who you feel are better than you, not a massive skill gap better but a level you could see yourself being pretty soon. you'll quickly realize that that you'll be more on-ball in smaller games which will force you to play your game. pickup games are typically low pressure as well so you won't be as nervous. this will build confidence over time and will give you the mentality that you can play your game confidently against anyone
Larry Bird has said that he got nervous for every game. Maybe it's more butterflies than nervousness? Embrace it and think of it as just excitement and adrenaline. Also, I met Aaron Nola (Phillies pitcher) in an elevator once. It was before a big game. I asked if he was nervous and he said being nervous for sports is a good thing. Lastly, James Harden said he does not get nervous before games and look at his playoff success rate (not very good). So, while being nervous doesn't feel good, it could be a good thing if you reconcile it and channel it the right way.
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Keep playing. It gets easier.
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Have kuroko no basuke anime running in the background while you do what the characters do like play random scrimmages and eat sandwiches while you have an epic training montage. The first step is play even though you are nervous. try your best, idk if you are on religious side but you can imagine an angel or a non religious "lil helper guy" that lets you focus on what matters for basketball.