Imagine Wearing a Cast on Your Ankles and Playing Basketball. It’s not a difficult sight to imagine- A basketball player wearing a cast due to a broken foot or ankle. But what if it wasn’t a broken foot or ankle, and the player’s range of motion was so limited in their ankles that it felt […]
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Building a Basketball Speed Philosophy It’s funny to think about is how hard coaches work on their X’s and O’s but completely miss how they want their players’ footwork to be performed. Not all coaches fall into this category, but a lot do. Many basketball coaches will use “motivation” to get their players to move
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There are not too many subjects I like to talk about more than speed. And if you were to add BASKETBALL SPEED to the conversation, you probably couldn’t get me to shut up! Basketball and Speed are my passion, and when the two are combined – WATCH OUT! When it comes to basketball speed, one
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Whenever we talk about coaching a movement skill, we need to follow a framework or a model. This allows consistency and a way to know what’s right and what’s not. For instance, with a typical Defensive Basketball Shuffle, the athlete needs to complete a full lateral gait cycle when speed is the goal. The athlete’s
Why Rebounder Training? Having owned and operated several speed academies since 1994, I have experience with many different types of training tools. A good coach knows a training tool is to serve a purpose. It certainly isn’t to build your philosophy around. I have been known for being extremely resourceful when it comes to using
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When I first began coaching basketball, I developed a set of basketball conditioning drills for my players. I called them the “Final Four” of basketball conditioning drills. There are four drills that are completed on a time frame which somewhat mimic basketball speed, but are slightly longer in duration compared to a normal sequence of plays,
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Basketball speed and quickness…why do some players have it and others don’t? This is an easy one….Genetics! Is that the only way basketball players can have an explosive, quick first step? Not at all! A Key to Basketball Speed and Quickness. The unique part of basketball speed and quickness is timing, fakes, body position, and
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Off season basketball begins in June and it is now in session. It is paramount that work on the offensive and defensive systems be mastered. Coaches must understand how important it is for their athlete to move better so they must include speed training into each practice. As all coaches know, there isn’t a lot of time
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“How and when can I fit basketball speed training into my practice?” Basketball Speed Training Common Mistakes First, let me explain one of the common mistakes in basketball speed training. Most coaches make the speed training session into conditioning sessions. In other words, they run far too long and allow little recovery. An example of
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It is fresh in all our memories on how quickly a season can end with a knee injury. It happens thousands of time every season, with most being non-contact injuries. Many times non-contact injuries are something that might not have been helped. There was simply a predisposition for the injury to occur. There are definite
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