Category Archives: Performance

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Heslip’s 9 three pointers Footwork: Athletic Breakdown

9 Tre’s in The NCAA Tournament a testament to Footwork! We all watch dozens of highlights and often miss the details that got us there. Here is a quick lesson on shooting off the Catch by Baylor’s  Brady Heslip. While … Continue reading

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Does your Game have an Invisible Ceiling?

Outcome and Expectation When we are young our sport environment bestows upon us certain beliefs and expectations that may encourage or discourage our  personal growth in many aspects of  life and sports. Our sport environment and genetic make up are … Continue reading

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New Year New Content

Two weeks and the blog will be ready with new features and guest columnist. In the meantime enjoy the video.

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Mike Stack First Step

Three Movements to Build a Quick First Step – Featured on “Stack Basketball”

THREE MOVEMENTS TO BUILD A QUICK FIRST STEP Author BrandonGuarneri FILE UNDER: BASKETBALL, BOSTON, CELTICS, DRILL, EXERCISES, FIRST-STEP, MOVEMENT, NBA,QUICK,  ROUTINE, TRAINING A quick first step, like Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo’s, is a valuable weapon on the basketball court. First-step speed keeps defenders from pressuring you too closely, … Continue reading

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Five Training Keys for gaining quickness on the court

Article by: Brandon | August 11, 2011 Being quick on the court isn’t all about genetics. According to Michael Atkinson, Elite Pro Performance national consultant and A.C.E. certified personal trainer, “While it may seem that some of the best basketball players in the … Continue reading

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3 Movements to Improve lateral quickness via StackBasketball

IMPROVE YOUR DEFENSE FILE UNDER: BASKETBALL DRILLS, DEFENSIVE COVERAGE, LATERAL QUICKNESS, SPEED AUTHOR- Brandon Guarneri Twitter @BrandonGuarneri The key to playing shut-down defense is lateral quickness. If you can move quickly side to side, you can stay in front of the ball handler and get more … Continue reading

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Build Single Leg- Explosiveness

BUILD SINGLE-LEG EXPLOSIVENESS AUTHOR- Brandon Guarneri Twitter @BrandonGuarneri Basketball is not played standing still on both legs. You only had to watch a few minutes of this year’s NBA Finals to see how Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki made himself a Hall … Continue reading

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Fueling Basketball Players

A small High School female player training for an hour a day may need only 2,000 calories per day but a 7 foot professional player may need up to 6,000 to 7,000 calories per day. Male athletes who train for … Continue reading

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D. Rose Spin Move and NASCAR an Athletic Breakdown

Due to the difficulty of the basketball “spin move” very few can create the power and control to produce in competition. Derrick Rose is the definition of power, he can create and transfer force better than any other PG in … Continue reading

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Keys to selceting performance professional

1. Education- is not everything but a person with a strong background will be able to help you in several areas and answer your questions. 2 Experience- Several ways to look at this. But longevity in the profession is key. … Continue reading

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