Crystal Langhorne playing the mental game

Washington Mystics rookie Crystal Langhorne believes she thinks too much. It’d be closer to say she over-thinks, sometimes. The explainer from the Washington Post.

“I really have a problem with thinking too much, and it’s not just basketball. I think too much all the time,” Langhorne said. “But lately if I miss a shot, it’s been getting in my head: ‘Is this going to be a good game or a bad game? Don’t let me miss that next shot.’ Then if I miss my next shot, it keeps going. Sometimes, even if I make my next shot, I’m still thinking about it.”

One thing Langhorne goes on to talk about is how her teammates have recognized her tendencies and helped her work through them, butit’s encouraging to read that she’s so in tune to herself that she said she needs to make the effort to solve the problem.

“I’m still adjusting my thought process a bit,” Langhorne said. “I just try to put things behind me and try to forget about them, but it doesn’t always work. I’m going to keep trying to find a better solution, though.

“I’ve been here more than two months now. It’s time to start picking my game up. I’m not really a rookie anymore.”

Langhorne and the Mystics take on the Connecticut Sun at 3:30 p.m. EST, Sunday.