Dave
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Good article here. I’m hoping for March Dave to be his best
http://m.kusports.com/news/2022/feb/03/free-your-mind-why-the-proper-mental-approach-has-/
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Since I tend overthink things too, miss a lot of bunnies, and dribble off my foot occasionally, I’m tempted to try Dave’s approach to life… if I could JUST get access to the coaches’ steam room and hot tub.
Seriously though. My spousal professor source at KU affirms that Dave is a really smart guy with a bright future, whether it’s in BB or something else. I’m sure pulling for this guy keep playing at his potential on the court for the next 3 months and beyond.
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Definitely not the first player to come here struggling with the mental aspect of forgetting the last play on the court. Still you would have thought after 3 1/2 yrs it wouldn’t be such a factor in whether he plays well or not. Good Dave changes a lot of things for this team.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Dave:
Definitely not the first player to come here struggling with the mental aspect of forgetting the last play on the court. Still you would have thought after 3 1/2 yrs it wouldn’t be such a factor in whether he plays well or not. Good Dave changes a lot of things for this team.
A lot of things. I’m probably just about as a pro Dave Mc fan there is but even saying that I get just as frustrated as others here do, & I think what is so frustrating is when Dave is good-- - -Dave is good like pretty good, and most just think that’s the wy he should be all the time including me. - So many things can go wrong and do go wrong all we can do is just continue to support the big guy through good times & frustrating tiims. Just hope we see the Dave that was pretty consistent towards the end of last year. If he get’s that way and on a roll then that’s a HUGE bonus to have that legit five to help the team through the NCAA’S
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@jayballer67 His desire to get things done perfectly gets in his own way.
It is the difference between acting and reacting “instinctively,” and planning all your actions trying to anticipate and avoid all possible problems. We can’t really think and plan our actions as fast as a sport like basketball requires. A sport like curling, in contrast, is one that allows for slow deliberate planned movements. (Timely reminder: curling will be happening a lot this month, the best part of winter sports!)
In writing, we always called it “perfection paralysis” but coaches and athletes refer to overcoming it as feeling like the game has slowed down.
Dave seems to plod at times, and I think it happens when he is just overwhelming his reactivity with too much thinking about it.
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@jayballer67 His desire to get things done perfectly gets in his own way.
It is the difference between acting and reacting “instinctively,” and planning all your actions trying to anticipate and avoid all possible problems. We can’t really think and plan our actions as fast as a sport like basketball requires. A sport like curling, in contrast, is one that allows for slow deliberate planned movements. (Timely reminder: curling will be happening a lot this month, the best part of winter sports!)
In writing, we always called it “perfection paralysis” but coaches and athletes refer to overcoming it as feeling like the game has slowed down.
Dave seems to plod at times, and I think it happens when he is just overwhelming his reactivity with too much thinking about it.
Exactly in plain words that’s what I’ve been saying. Just seems a lot of times when Dave gets the ball it’s almost like ok - -what do I do next , what is my next move - - he over thinks instead of like you mention just going on instinct - makes a big difference between playing freely and then on the other to mechanical/robotic
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@mayjay when you look at game pics of Dave, seems to be 5 guys fouling the crud out of him. He probably anticipates them if they aren’t there. Harder then it looks for us that give him crap. Just don’t dribble or take the ball down!
. I think he does better out top, nobody hacking him, nice jump shot. 
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@jayballer67 He is better facing the basket than trying to post up. Bad Dave and Good Dave have been struggling all year long, but last game gave me hope Good Dave could be back for the rest of the year.
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Good Dave has appeared more in conference play then non con again. We will see if he can string more games like he’s had
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Dave:
@mayjay when you look at game pics of Dave, seems to be 5 guys fouling the crud out of him. He probably anticipates them if they aren’t there. Harder then it looks for us that give him crap. Just don’t dribble or take the ball down!
. I think he does better out top, nobody hacking him, nice jump shot. ️In one respect you talk about Dave bringing the ball down, and that’s true Dave has the same problem many many Big’s do - and the advantage they have is taken away when they do that. He needs to reeive it high - -keep it high but again he just falls into the same routine as many others. Thing is with Dave he brings it down and then becomes mechanical looking like he is thinking about what to do next.
We had this Coach when I was in high school many many moons ago -and at that time our big man was a 6’5 guy back in the early 70’s 6’5 was pretty legit. At least where I went to school. Coach use to get so mad at him he would bring it down- -Coach would say as he went to the rim, he would say Randal THIS is an appartus-- NOW Randal take the ball to the apparatus insinuating he wanted Randall to flush everything instead of bring it down-- had to laugh
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You can’t be too deep in thought and expect to play well. “Think and react” translates to “slow and stiff.” He has to learn to bypass that part of the mind. Use his mind on the court only to stimulate an immediate response. He’ll play faster, be loose, and achieve his potential if he can do this. I suggest he learn to meditate and then first apply it at practice. Once he figures it out, bring it to a game. He can get himself in an altered state that limits his brain function and helps him focus on play.
