End Practice on a Make
Here is a training tip: end practice on a make. This means to end your practice on a good note. The easiest example of this is basketball practice. End your basketball practice on a made shot. Keep shooting until you make a desired shot, then end your practice. You can apply this to any other sport. If you're a QB, you can end on a good throw. If you're a tennis player, you can end on a good serve. There are 2 points of doing this. First, it teaches persistence (don't give up until you make the shot). Second, it helps your confidence. You want to end on a positive note, with your confidence high. You want your last memory of your practice to be good. It also helps with closure. After a made shot at the end of practice, it is easier to move on and focus on the rest of your day. However, there is an alternative way to end practice that I also like. I call it ending on "sudden death." You can also call it ending on "match point." There are 2 ways to