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Message: [QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 3754309, member: 2196"] The same could be said for playing guys that try hard all the time but have a mental block and can not compete in high pressure situations right? Bottom line is I think you can look at it both ways. There are some players that just do not get amped up about practice. Repetitive, going up against the same guys, there is not winner or loser, nothing to push you. It takes a lot of self motivation to go hard in practice. It is easy to get that motivation in a game. You are competing against other players, to win (some people hate losing, in front of fans, there is a lot of adrenaline to push you and get you going. You don’t need to create that self motivation. The he opposite can also be said for some players. They can self motivate and go harder then everyone at practice. But ultimately practice doesn’t matter so they play free’er. They don’t have that pressure of winning and losing or the crowd going bonkers or silent. They have none of that pressure going against them and it is easy to perform without any of these distractions. These same players could absolutely fold in game situations. The pressure feels overwhelming. They are constantly tense, do not make the proper decisions. Thinking too much when they shoot which affects there release. Really people can spin this every which way and everyone will believe they are right. I can honestly say that I have seen every single one of these types of players growing up playing sports and watching sports. I may not see practice but you hear someone is lightning it up in practice or doing well in preseason and then it never transfers over to the games. Or the guy that doesn’t practice well that shines when he gets playing time. Bottom line is every player is different and there are players that are poor practicers no matter what buttons you push (for example Allen iverson). Not everyone is an Allen iverson obviously, but as I said. There is examples of every type of these players. [/QUOTE]

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