“I freeze in games but I look good in practice. What is wrong with me?”

Nothing is wrong with you. Your body knows how to play. Your brain just thinks the game is danger. In practice there is no crowd. No scoreboard. No fear of looking bad. In games your nervous system starts protecting you from embarrassment, so your body gets tight and your decisions slow down. This week, make the game smaller. Do not try to play a perfect game. Pick one job for the first three minutes. Sprint back on defense. Touch the paint. Talk on every screen. Something simple. Something you control. Then do the same job every game until your body trusts it. Pressure gets lighter when you stop trying to prove yourself and start giving yourself a task.