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Chest bump, Chest bump!!!! This drill helps to warmup your body as well as improve on jumpstops (on balance), ball fakes, shot fakes, and using your dribble to go somewhere. These are great tools to use against over aggressive defenders. Create a great day! -Coach T

Chest Bump Chest Bump…. CAL beat Stanford, put a hurting on them 🙂 Now onto the vid, this is another exercise that will increase explosive power off one foot (first one I showed was the Reverse Barbell Lunge). Make sure you have a secure box that you are stepping up on, place complete foot on the box, push through your …

Here is a advance version of the abdominal rollout that my good friend Josh Schlottman showed me. By using the band you must control the movement even more than usual, make sure back is set, core is tight as if someone is going to punch you in the stomach, and really exhale with force throughout the exercise. Thanks for visiting …

Getting stronger at bench press is as simple as 1-2-“Drop Set”. These are the top 3 techniques based on the research I have done, that will increase your bench press. “Drop Sets” Flat bench to pushups, no rest in between sets. Second is “Negatives” load up the bar and make sure you have a spotter, slowly lower the bar working …

Chest Bump, Chest Bump!!! Get up and dunk! Reverse barbell lunge is a great exercise that will increase your strength and power off of one foot. Get under the bar as if you are going to back squat, then place one foot behind you (get long), lower your body up and down, then switch feet. Continue this for 8 reps …

Front Squats are a great exercise for any athlete looking to increase leg strength, core strength, and ankle flexibility. Conventional back squats put a tremendous amount of compression force on vertebrae, by squatting with the weight infront of you, your not able to do as much weight as back squats yet your core will be firing more. Make sure elbows …

“Hang Pulls” are a great two foot exercise that can be done with a good amount of weight (if your strong enough) due to its limited range of motion. Make sure you have good alignment; shoulder blades back, knuckles down, back set, knees bent (jumping position), and drive the bar up, finishing with a shrug. You can leave the ground …

Thanks for stopping by, I apologize for not uploading my usual vid a week….It’s hoop season and between coaching, scouting, and games…. I haven’t even had time to shave!!!!!! Here are 3 exercises that you can throw in your workout to mix it up. The first one should be done by those with a strong core and that can do …