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Category Archives: Sports Specific Training

Athletic Breakdown: Austin Rivers Crossover
I have been fascinated by Austin Rivers unique stlye and unorthodox angles on the basketball floor since his high school mix-tapes. Austin displays a crossover at Ohio State that literally froze his defender in his stance on his way to … Continue reading

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

Stack Magazine Basketball Experts- Mike Atkinson
Elite Pro Performance Trainer Mike Atkinson is now featured on the Basketball Expert page of Stack Magazine and Blog. Mike has contributed his expertise in movement and strength for the game of basketball with new content and videos for Stack … Continue reading

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
Posted in Performance, Player Development, Sports Specific Training
Tagged Basketball Performance, first step, quick step, spee, Stack
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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

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
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

The KEMBA Walker Step Back : A breakdown of the athletic movement
As soon as Kemba Walker made this shot against Pittsburgh during the Big East conference tournament, thousands of aspiring hoopers went right outside on their hoops, mimicking and imagining the moment being theirs. They attempted to cross over like Kemba, … Continue reading
Keiser Power For Basketball, Football tuck to Bull Hop
Part of the Basketball Power Series Trainer Mike Atkinson Resistance at 17% Body weight Keiser performance equipment is a game changer. I have had the opportunity to work with Keiser performance for over 4 years at Sierra Strength & Speed. … Continue reading
Posted in Performance, Sports Specific Training, Strength Training
Tagged Basketball Performance, Mike Atkinson, power, Reno, Seattle, Speed
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Keiser Performance for Basketball, with Video
Keiser performance equipment is a game changer. I have had the opportunity to work with Keiser performance for over 4 years at Sierra Strength & Speed. The ability to generate basketball specific training programs that use the pneumatic technology is … Continue reading


















