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Psychological Warfare in Slam Dunk

It is irrefutable that the mental aspect in competitive sports, especially in professional leagues, is what separates winners and losers. Thus, athletes always try their best to gain a mental edge over their opponents. As multiple coaches and trainers have revealed to the press, psychological warfare always plays a big part in their game plan whether it’s a team sport or an individual sport. While psychological warfare is not often discussed in great detail on TV or sports newspapers, it is actually portrayed very well in the most influential sports manga, Slam Dunk since the reader can get a glimpse of the characters’ internal monologues and emotions. 

In this paper, I would like to take a closer look at the mental battle that the characters have to overcome on-court as well as off-court and how basketball coaches in the manga prepare their players’ mentality before or during a game.  

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Reiner and Bertolt as Chess Players

I originally joked that there were very important spoilers here, but the reality is not really xD. Under the cut because it does discuss the most recent episode and it’s long. 

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