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    Default Pre-Game Ritual

    What is your pre-game ritual?



    Before playing a big game/season opener/playoffs what do you do to get the butterflies out of your stomach?



    Explain your pre-game ritual.
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    Default Re: Pre-Game Ritual

    If I started feeling nervous I normally just joke around with friends and/or talking about something different that basketball.

    OR... you can meditate to R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly.

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    Before the season even starts I get a copy of our game schedule. Then, looking at the games and taking what I know from past experience, I build a quick custom playlist for each game with hard music or hip-hop or whatever I think ill need for that games intensity/flow. It goes anywhere from 5-10 songs. When the actual game rolls along a few weeks or months later, its a just one less thing I need to worry about, and I can think back to when I made the list and what I was thinking of at the time.

    Other then that, I make sure to talk to my shoes. They carry me through battle, so I gotta treat my babies right.


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    Just do my shootaround with music playing(usually songs to pump me up).

    Do some streches.

    Talk to some buddies and joke around, keep my calm

    A little trash talking never hurt anybody either

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    Default Re: Pre-Game Ritual

    Quote Originally Posted by Maniak

    A little trash talking never hurt anybody either
    Yea, but alot can kill ya

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fallguy20
    Yea, but alot can kill ya
    Not if you are good and got your buddies to back ya up..

    I dont usually do that, but Im gonna start doing it more

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    Usually eat some fruit, like a banana and an apple about 1 hour beforehand. Walk a little, then jog a bit to get the knees and ankles warmed up. Get my hands warmed up by doing some dribbling, then do some dynamic stretches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_stretching).

    Talk some trash to my teammates (we probably joke around a bit too much but meh), play a little bit of slow warm-up 1 on 1. Get a few catch and shoots in, and a few bank shots. Then some free throws.

    Sometimes I'll size up the opposition while they're doing layup drills etc - see who's the most uncoordinated and worth gambling for steals against.

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    Get your team mates into it during the warm up and that usually makes me forget about any nerves I myself have got.

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    bump

    I always got in at least 5 freethrows before each game.

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    Me and my two boys throw ally's to each other to try and intimidate the other team. We either try to do a dunk fest or challenge each other to half court threes so we get adrenaline for the game.

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    Pre-Game Sh*t...helps drop a few pounds and you feel lighter on your feet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tking714
    Me and my two boys throw ally's to each other to try and intimidate the other team. We either try to do a dunk fest or challenge each other to half court threes so we get adrenaline for the game.
    this

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    Default Re: Pre-Game Ritual

    Quote Originally Posted by Automajic23
    this
    where the hell do you guys play?

    dunking will get you a tech if the refs are on the floor.

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    i pray before games, (i go into the washroom, since i do not want to bother anyone, and there are few muslims on my team) i pray not to get injured, to win, and to have a good game.

    besides that i just jump up and down in the locker room, swing my arms to get loose. and i dont listen to music, thats just me, i need to concentrate on who my matchup is gonna be, or how im gonna score off set plays

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    Default Re: Pre-Game Ritual

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak
    where the hell do you guys play?

    dunking will get you a tech if the refs are on the floor.
    some refs allow you to dunk in layup lines

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