Yips

"Yips, What is that?" asked Walker because he never heard of this kind of illness

[Host, the yips is nervousness or tension that causes an athlete to fail to perform efficiently] the system replied

"What! is there is in solution or treatment," asked Walker with anxiousness in his face.

[the yips occurs suddenly and without apparent explanation, and it has no known treatment or therapy]replied the system

"you said that you can't help me and that I should face it alone, do you know the reason behind it?" asked Walker

[the reason that you got this psychological block is because of you over think every move you do because you are afraid of the recurrence of your injury] the system replied

Walker was stunned for a moment because of what the system said was right because deep down he was afraid of his injury recurred, and what would happen to him if the injury recurred.

"then is there any solution, "asked Walker with hope in his eyes

[it's all up to your will power, as you saw in the footage you are afraid of attacking the basket, so you need to get rid of this fear is the only solution for your yips,] said the system

"at least it has a solution, so I need to attack the basket more to get rid of the yips?" Walker asked with relief written all over his face

[ it's not going to be easy, it's going to be hard for you to get rid of the yips, it might need weeks or years before you are fully healed] said the system

"I know it's not going be easy, but at least there is a solution so, there is no reason for me to give up," Walker said with confidence

[it's good that you are optimistic, so work hard because your journey is just getting started] said the system

"Yes our journey is just starting, and this is just a minor problem and, it will not stop me from achieving my dream," said Walker with determination

Next Morning Walker goes to his routine every morning before starting his training program.

After his 15 mile run, he heads to the Hoops Doom, and he found Zahir waiting there.

"Hey there why are you late, " Zahir asked

"I went for a run before coming here, and why are you here I thought you will come later," said Walker

"So, do you have any drills or training plan you follow or are you going to do the same program that I'm doing, "asked Walker

" I don't have any training plan so I will follow the same training plan you have," said Zahir

"okay let's start," Walker said

The training went smoothly with the two of them trying to complete the drills.

Walker in first was astonished by Zahir strength at first, but he knows it was natural for someone with his athletic ability.

The morning Training finished Walker went home after this exhausting training session, Walker thought that he got used to this training, but when Zhair join his competitiveness ignited, and he worked harder than before.

In the evening Walker and Zahir continue their practice in addition to the 1V1 match.

Walker lost the match because he relied on scoring inside to get rid of his yips, then he realizes how hard was it to get rid of the yips because his body response was delayed with his action and that is a big problem for any athlete.

Walker saw that it passed 10 pm so he bid farewell to Zahir and headed home.

Walker enters home and found that his mother still didn't arrive back.

He felt a pain in his heart because since he told her about his decision.

Sophia didn't talk to him since then, and after that, she starts working overtime, and come home late.

Walker didn't like it, but he doesn't have any solution right now, so his only way was to get better in basketball and earn money, to take the burden over his mother shoulder.

Walker continues with his schedule and routine as the days pass by.

2 weeks passed ...

Walker was going through his usual training in addition to having 1V1 matches against Zahir who has been in the past 2 weeks a training partner of Walker.

Walker training advanced by leaps and bounds during the last two weeks, his endurance was improving, and the shooting drill improvement was also good.

Walker now could go through all of the lines under 10 mins, although he didn't complete the quest yet his inside shooting improved to C- and outside shooting to C+, and his Ball handling also upgraded from a B+ to an A- after he finished the drill.

As for his matches against Zahir, he lost most of them during the first week because he was trying to force himself into taking inside shots because he wants to get rid of Yips, but after watching the footage of every match.

Walker knows that this wasn't a good plan because when he focuses on scoring inside Zahir start to sag of him, and defend the rim because of walker repeatedly attacking the basket and not shooting the ball, so walker decided that he should vary between shooting inside and outside because that will be more helpful for him.

And in the next week, Walker won the same number of matches that Zahir won after changing the way he played even tough his yips wasn't cured yet, now he could shout inside shot when there is no contact.

Today Walker and Zahir decide to visit one of the outdoor courts to play some pickup games against street ballers.

After, they were done with the games Walker was happy that he got to have fun playing basketball again although he played with Zahir it wasn't enjoyable because he was thinking of ways to get rid of his yips during their matches.

Walker and Zahir were heading out after a couple of games. Zahir saw a poster that he didn't see when they first came here.

"Walker let's check that poster over there it wasn't there when we came here," Zahir said

"maybe someone's dog is missing so, they start to put posters around here," Walker said

"I don't think that the case let's just go and check it out," said Zahir

"okay Z, let's go," said Walker

When Walker and Zahir Read the poster, Walker was surprised because it was a poster for a 3V3 tournament that was going to start next week and there were a 9000 dollars as a prize for the winning team.

"Let's participate on this tournament," Zahir said

"This tournament is going to be fun, but we still need another member if we want to participate," said Walker

"We could find one when we register," said Zahir

"Okay, Tomorrow after our training let's go register," said Walker

"Okay, see you tomorrow," said Zahir

Walker bid goodbye to Zahir and headed home, he was happy after having so much fun in the pickup games, but this happiness cut short after he comes back home.