Basketball Defense: Defending the Dribble, Part 1
In our previous post, we covered the importance of keeping the ball out of the red zone. In this post we’ll begin to cover one important part of making that happen, which...
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Basketball Defense: Keeping Out of the Red Zone
Defense is often an overlooked skill in higher levels of basketball with the focus on scoring and “me.” As an old grumpy coach, I feel this is a mistake. Solid defensive play...
Battle Ropes and Basketball
Battle ropes, also known as heavy ropes, have been around for about 20 years in the strength and conditioning world. They are long, thick, weighted ropes that are used for rhythmic total...
Controversial Speed Training Thoughts
Speed training can often be a controversial topic and I frequently add fuel to this fire on Twitter. Clearly it’s important for athletes to be able to run fast, but we often...
Applying The Weight Room To The Sport
A few days ago I put out a Tweet about relating strength and conditioning coaching cues to the cues that sport coaches used. The idea behind this Tweet was that this helps...