Your hips are your engines. Plain and Simple. Having a strong core is essential to controlled movement, but many basketball players underestimate the importance of actually strengthening their hips and hip flexors. I can speak from personal experience that I worked the muscles around my hips (quads, glutes, and hamstrings) in isolation, and improved my [...]
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Ronald Nored’s Interview
Online Training Members, My hope is that you all found and will find value in the PGC Online Training quarterly interviews with college athletes and coaches while you are in the midst of training in order to reach your basketball aspirations. If you missed the interview with Ronald Nored or would like to revisit Ronald’s [...]
Basketball Blog: 4 Training Tips To Avoid Burnout In Your Workouts
Basketball players, now more than ever, play a lot of basketball. On average, athletes tell me that in the summer that they play 40-60+ AAU games a year. I think that’s far too many but that’s another day and another blog. With all this basketball year round, how does the aspiring athlete avoid burnout and [...]
Basketball Blog: The Index Finger… Use It and Abuse It
We humans should be most appreciative of our thumbs. They’re pretty super little tools and they help us do things that most other species can’t achieve: jump rope, have thumb wars, and let’s not forget maybe the most important - play Super Mario Kart. (Man I miss those red turtle shells!) Personally though, I’m partial to the index finger. [...]
Falling Head Over Heels (in Love) Might Just Get You to the Pros
Fall in love – I’m talking about falling HEAD OVER HEELS in love – and you’ll be a better basketball player. Now, some of you may be thinking I just met the woman of my dreams, but I actually just finished a clinic in Eastern Washington and there I met the woman… (No-no-no, I’m just [...]
The Value Of The One Second Advantage (Part I)
As basketball players we should always try to gain a one second advantage…
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