Without failure, we wouldn’t understand or appreciate the value of success. Without loss, we wouldn’t appreciate life. People see success as something that just “happens” for some people. That some people are just born with a gift. That some people are genetically altered to be “great.” Success is earned by sweat, tears, late nights, and.. read more →
The school year is ending, and that means what? Tubing down the river? X-Box Parties with your friends? Staying out with your friends and going to the movies? No, there are about 0.03% of you out there who will take this and run with it. I know there are some serious basketball players here in.. read more →
When you train, what are you training? Yeah, sure. You go lift weights. You run sprints. You get a hundred or so shots up. You do everything you are supposed to do on the court and in the weight room. You get a sweat going. You feel like we accomplished something. You took yourself to.. read more →
Every pulled a “hammy”? I have and it is not fun. You can barely straighten out your leg, increased pain in the back of your thigh, that muscle gets tighter and tighter until you can barely walk on it. This is a common injury for basketball players, but can happen to anyone. Someone lifting at.. read more →
This baby is on my “Wish List”. But, what is the Functional Movement Screen? Simply, it is the optimum screening model for testing athlete’s total body functional strengths and weaknesses. What it does is helps people like me to document a persons movement patterns that are key to normal function, in this case, the game.. read more →
I received this workout through a friend and colleague of mine, and I though I would share it with you. It is an awesome workout challenge for basketball players! 60,000 lbs. in 60 minutes. Yeah, that is right. This can be a challenge for basketball players at any level and any age who are looking.. read more →
What does it take to be a healthy basketball player? When people think about health they see pills, miracle drinks, green-colored health shakes and quite frankly this is a misconception. Some people take health to these extremes because they think it will work miracles for them, but all that we need is a healthy balanced.. read more →
This blog is provided by Alan Stein of Stronger Team. DeMatha 55, St. John’s 54. 2.1 seconds left. St. John’s had ball on their baseline. We were one stop away from advancing to the WCAC semi-finals. They threw the ball just shy of mid-court. One of our players went for the steal (and missed it)… read more →
Want to be able to blow past your defender, be a defensive juggernaut, and even dunk? Who doesn’t? That is one of the top requests I get from young ballers on the web and in the gym. Explosive power is the start to almost every movement in basketball (cutting, jumping, driving, defense, etc.) and it.. read more →
Kevin Durant has become one of the most profilic scorers in the NBA. Check out this scoring workout made from film study. read more →