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| “I’m so much more calm. I don’t let the moment get away from me or something be too big or something bother me for too long." (Photo source: NY Times) |
In the women’s game, the Washington Mystics’ Elena
Delle Donne is the best basketball player in the world. If not the best, she is in the top three.
The now two-time MVP of the WNBA, Delle Donne has
taken her game to even higher level through a focus on mental performance and
enhancement. At first suspect of the
practice of mindfulness, Delle Donne is now 100 percent committed to strengthening
her mind in the same way she improves her physicality and skill set.
Here is a link to an article in the September 19, 2019
issue of the Washington Post that shares Delle Donne’s journey:
(Delle Donne) gave regular meditation an earnest shot starting in the middle of the 2018 season, and eventually, she felt calmer. Then she started feeling more in control on the basketball court. Then she became a devotee, practicing 10 minutes a day, as if she was staying after practice to swish a few free throws.
Of the myriad tiny tweaks Delle Donne makes to continue pushing her game forward in her seventh year in the league, it turns out that tending to the mental side of the game paid the biggest dividends.
Check out these articles on blog for more insight into how hypnosis,
mindfulness and meditation help athletes excel.
