{"id":768,"date":"2011-04-19T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/?p=768"},"modified":"2025-07-27T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:56:03","slug":"improve-your-basketball-mentality-learn-from-derrick-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/improve-your-basketball-mentality-learn-from-derrick-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Basketball Mentality by Learning from Derrick Rose — Eliminate Your Fear of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you watched the Bulls last night (who won by the way), you would have seen Derrick Rose commit numerous turnovers and shoot multiple air balls in the 4th quarter.<\/p>\n

I remember at least two shots that totally missed everything.\u00a0 Complete air balls!<\/p>\n

Yet D-Rose stayed aggressive.\u00a0 He still wanted the ball.\u00a0 He didn’t hesitate on his next shot and he kept shooting without a second thought.<\/p>\n

Granted, Derrick Rose needs to work on cutting down his turnovers (I think he had 6 in the second half)…\u00a0 BUT you can still learn from his mentality…<\/p>\n

D-Rose shows perseverance (a word I have mentioned in our player development program<\/a> many times).\u00a0\u00a0 He is resilient, relentless, and has NO fear of failure.<\/p>\n

He threw up two air balls, made several turnovers, but he was still the most important player on the floor.<\/p>\n

So when YOU (as a high school, middle school, or youth player) get down about missing a couple shots, a lay up, or losing the ball… how CRAZY is that?!!!<\/p>\n

Why in the world would you get down about missing a couple lay ups or shots when Derrick Rose, who will most likely be the NBA MVP this year, still shoots air balls and makes numerous mistakes in the NBA?<\/p>\n

The best players in the world make mistakes.\u00a0 So it’s ludicrous for YOU to get down or discouraged about making a couple mistakes.<\/p>\n

Too many young players get discouraged and let a couple mistakes affect their play.\u00a0 I see it all the time.\u00a0 But when you stop to think about it, those mistakes shouldn’t affect you and it’s not a big deal.<\/p>\n

In the first two playoff games Derrick Rose missed his first 10 three point shots!\u00a0 That’s right, 10 in a row.\u00a0 But he didn’t stop shooting and he made his 11th attempt, which was a big shot that helped the Bulls win the game.<\/p>\n

Basketball is a game of mistakes.<\/span> Everyone shoots air balls, misses lay ups, trips, loses the ball, and makes mistakes.\u00a0 You need to accept<\/span> that.\u00a0 You need to realize that just because you missed 10 shots in a row, doesn’t mean you won’t make the next one.<\/p>\n

If you want to become a better player, accept the fact that you are going to make mistakes in games.\u00a0 Don’t let that affect your next play.\u00a0 Don’t be afraid to make mistakes!\u00a0\u00a0 If the best players in the world make mistakes, you should not be afraid to make them.<\/p>\n

I hope this helps put things in perspective for you. \u00a0So when you make a couple mistakes, you just learn from them and stay aggressive.\u00a0 Be resilient.\u00a0 Show perseverance.\u00a0 Stay positive and you will become a better player!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you watched the Bulls last night (who won by the way), you would have seen Derrick Rose commit numerous turnovers and shoot multiple air balls in the 4th quarter. I remember at least two shots that totally missed everything.\u00a0 Complete air balls! Yet D-Rose stayed aggressive.\u00a0 He still wanted the ball.\u00a0 He didn’t hesitate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}