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3 Phase Basketball Warm-Up
If you’ve ever started a practice or game cold, complaining of tightness, or muscle stiffness. It’s more than likely due to not warming up sufficiently before commencing high-impact drills. If you’re looking to have a positive impact in games or at practices try the basketball warm-up below.
Increase Your Vertical…Jump Higher
The advantage of height is not a natural gift given to all basketball players. It’s what “at-first-glance” separates taller players from the pack, which leaves smaller players at a physical disadvantage.
Your Core is Your Powerhouse
This week I've included 8 simple exercises to develop and maintain a strong core. Maintaining a strong core is essential when involved with physical activities regardless of the sport you're in. A strong core assists with body control, balance, strength, power, and...
Teaching Players vs Teaching Set Plays
In youth basketball, the question of when to start teaching plays to young players is a topic that's continuously debated amongst coaches at different levels. Is it more beneficial for teams or for players to start learning plays in the early stages of the game of...
A Daily Basketball Training Tip To Being Better Next Season
If basketball is the game you wish to commit to long-term. Here’s a simple ball handling circuit that if applied daily will improve the level of your dribbling skills for the upcoming season.
She’s A Triple Threat, But Then Again So Is He
We should all be a “Triple Threat” when we’re on the court. The 3T is the primary position every offensive player should be in when the ball is live and they haven’t wasted their offensive options… These three options being to shoot, pass, or dribble drive.
Don’t Let Anxiety Take You Out Your Game
Coping with anxiety and trying not to overthink when we’re out on the court. Easier said than done I know, but this is something that the majority of us have been through, may have experienced, or is possibly still with us to some degree today.
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