Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. I have written about the first three big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing their strength training. You can Read more…
Running used to be one of the most uncomfortable things for me to do. My feet would hurt. My hips would hurt. My hamstrings and back would tighten up. My right shoulder would start to get this pinching pain that would go up into my neck. And my calves would Read more…
Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. I have written about the first two of four big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing their strength training. Read more…
Basketball players, Your strength training should be a top priority for both injury prevention and maximizing performance. However, how many players do their strength training doesn’t accomplish either goal. A few weeks back I brought up the first of four big mistakes I see basketball players make when doing Read more…
Let’s get this straight from the get go… Your strength training work should be directly enhancing your ability to perform, should be decreasing the time you need to recover, and should be building your resiliency to injuries and stress during your practices and games. Anything else that it is trying Read more…
Do you have weak ankles? Do your ankles give out or roll often? Have you sprained one or both of your ankles multiple times? Do your calves, shin muscles, and arches often feel tight or sore? If so, you have likely been told that you have ankle weakness and then Read more…
In my experience, the four biggest areas of concern for a basketball player’s body are: 1. The feet and ankles 2. The knees 3. The hips 4. The core and low back These are the areas I have seen time and again get sore, tweaked, and injured the most. These Read more…
IT band pain and tightness are extremely common symptoms among those who are active as well as those who are sedentary. The IT band, located along the outside of your legs, often gets blamed for knee pain, hip pain, and back pain when it tightens up. Often, the popular remedy Read more…
Basketball Players – I have written a lot about the importance of muscle function for strength. Without question, when your muscles function better, your strength increases. But, that’s not all that happens. A short list of equally important outcomes of increasing muscle function includes: In other words, improving your muscle Read more…
Basketball players–If you want to stay strong, mobile, athletic, and injury-free over the long haul, there is one thing you NEED to prioritize above all else. It is not your skill development. It is not your physical fitness. It is not your basketball IQ. While all of those are important, Read more…