BEST ANKLE STRENGTHENING DRILL!!!!

CHEST BUMP!!!!! It’s been a great week, very productive! I appreciate you stopping by, in this video I cover four simple exercises that you can do to strengthening the tendons in your ankles and get them ready for the upcoming hoop season!!!! INJURY FREE IS THE WAY TO BE!!!! I learned this drill from Coach Blasquez at CAL Berkeley and …

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Improve Strength and Explosiveness in Basketball with Drop Snatch a.k.a Snatch Balance

CHEST BUMP!!!! Drop Snatch or Snatch Balance as it is also know is a great exercise to improve the strength in your legs, posterior chain, as well as improving shoulder stability. All of which are extremely important in the game of basketball. Coaches it is important that your athletes have a good grasp of Olympic lift movements before you throw …

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Sport Specific Court Conditioning Complex using a “Superband”!!!!

Hoop season is around the corner and this court conditioning complex using a “superband” is great way to break up the monotony of suicides, tempo runs, and track work. Keeping your athletes guessing what is next on the conditioning program is always more productive than boredom. You can purchase the “superband” by clicking on this link http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_3889_A_rnd_E_27 Workout: 10 Squat Jumps …

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Basketball Specific Training To Improve Defensive Slides And Closeouts!!!!

As coaches we want our players hitting the weight room hard, cleans, pulls, deadlifts, and of course SQUATS!!!!!!!!!!!! But, many of us forget about the most important thing and that is to convert that raw strength to basketball specific movements. Using a very versatile piece of equipment called the “SuperBand” http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4162_A_rnd_E_2 you can get your players to improve their defensive …

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Medicine Ball Core Circuit #2!!!!!!!

CHEST BUMP to all those visiting the site, I really appreciate positivity!!!!! Here is another medicine ball core circuit that will have your abdominals on fire!!!! As a coach, strengthening your athletes cores is a must, if they do not have a STRONG core their movement patterns will become sloppy and less efficient with fatigue. These five exercises done consecutively …

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Basketball Strength Training: “PULLS FROM THE RACK” EXPLOSIVE TWO FOOT EXERCISE!!!!

“Pulls from the rack” is a bilateral (two foot) exercise that will improve your explosiveness off two feet. Great for all sports but, especially awesome for your basketball players!! It will also strengthen the movement patterns for Power Cleans, Hang Cleans, and the Snatch. All of which should be in your workout regiment if you are serious about improving your …

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Shoulder Prehab (Preventative Maintenance) #2

Hey thanks for stopping by I hope you’re having a great weekend!!! Shoulders and knees are the most commonly injured joints for athletes. These three exercises focus on strengthening the shoulder girdle and should be added to your dynamic warmup, they will decrease the risk of shoulder injuries dramatically. Muscular imbalances, and improper lifting techniques will lead to injury, these …

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TOP 3 EXERCISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PULLUPS!!!!!

I am a big fan of pullups and understand how hard they can be. These three exercises will improve your pullups whether you’re a novice or someone who can bust out 3 sets of 25, never be satisfied you can always do better! The first exercise is “Band Pullups” in which I use a “super band” to help me with …

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Bigger, Stronger, Yoked Out Arms!!!!

I send this workout to Patty Watt a buddy out in Virginia who was looking for a great arm workout!!!! Do this workout coupling (“supersetting”) a bicep exercise with a tricep exercise, remember no rest in between sets, just get in there and hit it like a gorilla!!!!!! Start off with straight bar curls working the overall bicep, on to …

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