Elijah Bryant breaks down five benefits of journaling for basketball players: clearing your mind, sharpening focus, clarifying thoughts, fueling motivation, and supporting self-reflection. He walks through a post-game routine: write about your performance, watch film and add notes, then build a practice plan to fix what you found.
Here are 5 things I guarantee 99.9% of basketball players probably don't know. Number 1: writing things down clears our minds. Number 2: writing things down makes you more focused. Number 3: writing things down helps clarify. The last one is my favorite, so pay close attention. Number 4: writing things down makes you more motivated. And number 5: writing things down helps with self-reflection. So what does that look like for you as a basketball player? After a game, whether it was good or bad, you digest the game in your journal. You write it down, then you go and watch the film and you digest listed again in your journal. After that, you go and create a system to fix those issues in your next practice.
