1.) Bachelors in Exercise Science and a CSCS tells me I DO know what I'm talking about
2.) The Average NCAA D1 possession is 17 seconds
3.) The bolded part is how I know you don't know what you're...
Basketball uses mostly glycolytic system (anaerobic) with intermittent ATP-PC and oxidative. Most plays last 20-30 sec of sprinting the floor, guarding a player ect. Basketball is not like soccer in...
Its not about OH press strength as much as it is triple extension snatch catching humans. Squat Jerks also. But yeah you're probably strong enough to make it. The male cheerleaders at my school are...
Don't use the exercises in that jumping video. You will see much greater benefits from doing the lifts and getting stronger as apposed to plyo exercises like that, especially with the strength you're...
1.) there are always exceptions to generalizations
2.) There is a shooter on my team that can barely max his BW on a back squat. plays 20 min a game for a D1 team. how high of a level?
3.)...
I had the same problem when I played d3 basketball. In the offseason the team played pickup mon-thurs at 6am. I dreaded playing this early and was always anxious the night. What I did was stop...
The difference with my version is with a jump shrug you keep your arms fully extended and with a clean pull you end in the high pull phase of the clean. IDK
My experience with the clean pull was that it was a clean that you didn't flip your elbows and get under. So you'd pull all the way up your chest in a power clean pull.
With a jump shrug you just don't get the pull from the upper back that you do with a clean, and if you catch low you don't get the concentric squat movement. but if done correctly you do get the...
squats will ultimately produce much better benefits than plyometric exercises will IMO. I would cut out a large amount of plyos before cutting out squats.
The first time I dunked I was 15 a sophomore in HS maybe 6'2". I never even really tried it before because I wasn't really playing basketball at the time. Because I'm a one foot jumper and didn't...