Jrue Holiday | Playing Mind Games

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Being in the moment is powerful, but sometimes you have to think ahead. That’s the balancing act that has helped NBA All-Star and Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday become one of the best defensive players in the game. He studies his opponents beforethey meet in order to read their minds in real time, anticipating their play so they have no choice but to rethink and recalibrate their next move. In this episode, the defensive mastermind reveals his strategies for winning — on the court and as a father — sharing how he uses defeat as motivation and takes breathers to keep his passion going strong.He also talks about why he believes family and faith can help us put everything in perspective when the scoreboard isn’t in our favor.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Trained, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of holistic fitness.
0:04.6	I'm Ryan Flaherty, the Senior Director of Performance at Nike.
0:07.8	On every episode, I call up the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:12.4	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:15.4	All the ways to train your body and mind.
0:17.8	Today, I'm catching up with an NBA star who, in a league where dunks and long-range
0:22.1	daggers rule the highlight reels, is making players and fans stop and stare at his sublime,
0:26.8	game-changing defense.
0:31.4	I do try to get in people's heads.
0:33.4	I'm not a talker.
0:34.6	You know what I mean?
0:35.6	I don't talk trash.
0:36.6	I definitely let my game do my talking, but I feel like the way that I play is like chess.
0:43.9	I pretty much want my opponent to think I know what they want to do.
0:49.2	So then they would have to try something different.
0:52.0	Or even have them second guess what they want to do.
0:56.2	You know, I feel like putting uncertainty in somebody's mind and making a move or even
1:02.8	in a shot benefits me.
1:07.2	That's Milwaukee Bucks guard Drew Holiday, describing the mental chess game he brings to NBA
1:11.4	defense.
1:12.4	That is, the art of knowing what your opponent's about to do, then letting them know you
1:15.9	know until they don't know what they know.
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