Injuries, aches, and pains will be part of your life at some point whether or not your an athlete. I’m always looking for ways to minimize chances of injury (pre habilitation) and maximize recovery in the case an injury takes place.
At some point many of you have been exposed to the idea of “Epsom [...]
Vertical leap training using bands as an aid can be VERY effective, but they have to be used correctly. This article isn’t about how to use bands, but it us to clarify a misconception about one technique for using bands in conjunction with isometric training as well as clear up some physics of how [...]
During a vertical jump there is limited time/space to fully recruit the prime movers and consequentially reach a high velocity get maximum air!
This means that during a vertical jump, you will not attain the maximal recruitment and velocity.
Also, understand that the velocity you reach at “toe off” is DIRECTLY correlated to the vertical jump [...]
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Basketball training moves
I recently came on this video about basketball training moves. I often get asked what moves I like to use to get to the hole and finish strong, but it never hurts to heart it from the greats as well! I particularly liked Kobe’s advice here. Check it out and let me know what [...]
The world advances, and each new generation quickly absorbs knowledge from passing generations and advances. Meanwhile the passing generation clings onto the principles it lived and survived on, declaring most confusing developments as “newfangled”.
We have seen the history of training many advancements. Sometimes we even reach back and grab up principles and techniques [...]
You start training. You understand how to train to jump higher, you are rocking out the workouts.. and then… the unthinkable happens BAM! You lose 2 inches on your vertical jump!
On your quest to jump higher the last thing you want is to start losing inches. Talk about killing your motivation. The good [...]
Trainers and athletes love to get into shoving matches about who’s sport is the hot rod of the bunch! We all love to believe that our sport or discipline represents the pinnacle of athletic achievement. Power lifters love being the strongest, Olympic lifters boast in their explosiveness, cross fitters in their diversity, etc etc etc…
I’m [...]
