{"id":9459,"date":"2011-01-27T11:31:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=9459"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:39:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:39:51","slug":"stealing-from-jimmer-fredette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/stealing-from-jimmer-fredette","title":{"rendered":"Stealing from Jimmer Fredette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmer Fredette is considered one of the leading candidates to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. I watched him play <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/ncb\/recap?gameId=310260252\">last night<\/a> against SDSU. What a treat to watch someone with such advanced skill compete in an important game. Recently I caught his interview on PTI (below) and was struck by his training practices to become one of the country&#8217;s elite basketball players.<\/p>\n<p>1. His brother and Jimmer developed a unique drill of dribbling in the dark to improve his handle.<\/p>\n<p>2. His brother organized games against prison inmates which helped make him more &#8220;mentally tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3. Jimmer signed a contract like this as a teenager:<\/p>\n<p>I__________________ will make all necessary and proper sacrifices to reach my ultimate goal of making it to the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>________________ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ______________________<\/p>\n<p>Name (Signature) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Witness (Signature)<\/p>\n<p>4. This contract was taped above his bed and he looked at it every night before he went to bed.<\/p>\n<p>5. While in bed he fell asleep visualizing himself in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Consider <a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentcode.com\/2011\/01\/26\/stealing-talent-a-pickpockets-guide\/\">copying\/stealing<\/a> some of Jimmer&#8217;s training techniques for your trading.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/53JF1MfRoqs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/53JF1MfRoqs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0470529407\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=14H3W41FPSS72JFHD9YN&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmer Fredette is considered one of the leading candidates to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. 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