Focus

Another thing to help you be a good basketball player is being focused. When you are playing this game you want to focus only on the game. If your head was on something other than basketball while playing you wouldnt be as sharp. You want be mentaly ready to compete. I am speaking from experience because i played in highschool and one time i was thinking about a situation outside of  basketball and was playing in the game at the same time. I had a bad game. I was missing freethrows and shots I usually make and with all that happening I was sat on the bench. If you just focus on the game the game is much easier. This is one of the things you don't think about when playing but its just as important as anything else.