The great New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once said “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” While his math was off, the spirit of what he said was right for all of sports, especially at the professional level. The game, especially basketball, is predicated on being just as strong mentally as it is physically.
For the Phoenix Suns, and almost all professional sports teams, the physical side is looked after by the strength and conditioning coach but what about the mental side of the game? Who exactly looks after that? What you might not know is that the Suns have a “life coach” that helps prepare members of the team for everything the game and life can throw at them.