Basketball Is a game of mental and physical fitness. If you want to outperform others in the game of basketball, you have to remember you use your brain just as much as you use your body. Thus, You should not just workout your body, but your brain as well. This will give you an edge on a lot of players who simply workout their bodies. Now you may ask, " how exactly am I supposed to work out my brain"? We'll it's simple, study your mistakes and improve on them. Watch game film over and over and study yourself. Then compare what you know are mistakes to similar situations of NBA players and work to improve upon that.