Tuesday, June 9, 2009

increase your vertical

When looking to improve your bunnies, vertical, one must think of ways to stimulate your fast twitch muscle fibers. A great way of doing this is using ankle weights. Start with fairly light ones, 1 to 2 lbs and gradually work your way up to heavier ones. There are certain jumps you can do and adding a little bit of weight will increase the amount of fast twitch fibers being recruited. Remember train hard, smart, and give your body recovery time.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Improving your handles

As a coach working with young men on improving their ballhandling abilities the one thing I notice is that kids don't spend enough time working on the basics. If you are not spending 4 to 5 days each week working on ballhandling you can never get better. A simple way to work on your handles is to dribble a ball whenever you go for a run, take your dog for a walk, walking to the store, whatever. If you want wicked handles you must set up a simple 5 to 10 minutes per day to getting better