Striking

Basketball players need to constantly improve their periphery, depth perception, and hand/eye accuracy. Volume I contains an application of the above stated factors in player development. The "secret" exercise inside Volume I has enabled me to become overwhelmingly efficient at using my hands as a source of exerting and absorbing force.

In the 1950's players were advised to shadow box, jump rope, run long distance, and basically train in what is considered in todays day and time as, "Fight Training". In actuality it's high level human training. Fighters need to be at their physical peak in order to compete at a high level. If not, their career is over; swan song.

In theory, you might think that the same principle applies to basketball. It does and it does not. The fact that there are many players not tapping into their potential allows the workers to keep succeeding. In short; players who train to improve their entire body's through specific direct function will rise to the highest physical level. This rise in physicality allows confidence in abilities to increase along with an infinite number of positive attributes as well.

Volume I

Vertical Jump Solution

Basketball Strength Volume I contains all the information you will ever need to know about improving your vertical jumping power. I am not interested in selling a gimmic or a specific routine for building explosive power. I AM interested in teaching you what are the dominant factors involved in building the vertical leap.

Basketball Strength Volume I is available @ www.basketballstrength.com. Purchase yours today and get your rise on.

Training Athletes

For years now, I have had the opportunity to prepare athletes for their respective competition. It has been my lifes quest to find a reasonable, sensible, and proven method for athletic training for competitors. Since I have uncovered the truth, I have published Basketball Strength Volume I.

Basketball players (like other athletes) need specific training that tailors to their activity. This specificity is crucial in terms of execution during games (when it matters most). That is why a good coach can expect to prepare his players as opposed to handing them a weight training routine to fill in the blanks.

Coaches that hand weight training routines to players are essentially doing more than nothing. This is a definite step in the right direction. However, if the player is not taught how to, how often, why, and when, many athletes are left confused.

Since sports science is so brand new, terminology confuses athletes who have coaches not yet accustomed to it. In short; look to develop human movement as opposed to stationary non-relating bodybuilding exercise. Seek repetition through movement and only perfect, proper execution. Perfect practice will make perfect execution.

Take it from someone who has had to overahcieve to gain success and someone that deeply cares abotu your success. When it comes to athletes there IS a specific way to prepare for competition. This way is NOT handing out weight training (bodybuilding) templates and saying the word "go". Give yourself the edge and purchase Basketball Strength volume I now. Don't think when you can know!

Engineered Nutrition

Medical science is very new and is no more than three hundred years old (at best). Mandatory vaccinations, antibiotics, and life saving medical procedures can be considered medical advancements.

In terms of engineered nutrition, we are now as a society working in reverse. Natural foods from the Earth will always be processed by the human body quicker than that of the synthetically made (by mans hand) brand. Natural foods include whole foods, raw fruits, vegetables, and water.

Athletes do not need gatoraide or meal replacement powders. These products are devised to make money and provide trickery to the general public who continually overlook the obvious. One more thing; engineered nutrition and multi-vitamins have not been proven effective on anything except one marginal study on lab rats. Are you a lab rat?

Basketball Strnegth Volume I includes an entire section on adequate human nutrtion. How many basketball specific books include proper and accurate information? If you want success physically and mentally learn the truth and then implement it. Visit www.basketballstrength.com and purchase your copy today. This book serves as your human body's desk reference in terms that you can understand.

Work

It doesn't matter what a body looks like if it works efficiently. You can use Charles Barkley early in his career for example. During Barkley's college and early pro years he was considered overweight by all media. Charles had tremendous ability that he certainly was aware of and didn't care what anyone thought about his physicality. If a body is used efficiently and the maximum is extracted from it, does anything cosmetic matter?

Good answer, you didn't even have to say it out loud and I know your answer. When you buy something, you expect to recieve a working item. Since the human body is your item, you may overlook your work. The basis for you overlooking your own progress is because you may not be aware of your slow, gradual improvements. Friends and co workers will surely notice the cosmetic changes before you will.

Forget weight logs, forget weight training templates, and learn yourself. Begin testing yourself so you can assess yourself. Test yourself through endurance tasks that are reasonable for you to accomplish. This self-testing will allow you to realize the right kind of work to do. Start with running a mile under 7 minutes.

When it comes to preparing for the hardwood, there is no finer work than Basketball Strength. It is proven with the test of time and it give YOU the chance to decide you own fate. Noone is handing you a sheet to follow and noone is watching you. Do it for yourself and make it happen now. Waiting will only delay your universal timing.

Instrumentals

When I listen to music, I find myself becoming lost in thought. It really doesn't matter to me what type of music I am listening to as long as it's an instrumental. When instruments are mastered by the human body and mind it is a thing of beauty.

Listening to instrumentals is a great way for me to clear my mind and prepare myself. The preparation is for anything, at any time. Some educational and counseling philosophers would call this process a series of cognitive exercises. They have been dubbed cognitive exercises because simply listening to an instrumental allows you to conentrate on all the properties that make up music.

The human brain is a super computer which only produces thought thru fed information. The human brain can not develop it's own thoughts without being fed. You need to feed your mind positive information to you have an opportunity to create positive thoughts. This is a daily thing and there are no days off. This is how you can create a powerful and unbeatable mindset.

I conciously choose to listen to instrumentals because they fill my mind with positive music. I continually read true, unbiased information to help my cognition along. I make alliances, friendships, and business relationships with positive people for the same positive reasons. All things positive and it all starts with instrumental for me.

what does it take for you to get your wheels spinning in a positive direction? What changes do you have to make to allow your hard work to shine? The answer is in positive surroundings and the proper mindset. Now that you have fed your mind the basics of positivity, you can work on creating a scenario of which you cna succeed.

October 15th

October 15th marks the official beginning of college basketball. Most student athletes are already on their respective campuses working hard. Any athetles not yet at school will surely arrive within a week for the start of classes. With that, your college team has one and a half months to prepare for the season as a team. That is a solid amount of concetrated time, more than enough to see improvement.

On top of the individual workouts and "optional shootarounds" you need to add Basketball Strength to your program! DO not let your players go to waste with weight training routines they can not use through out the season. The riggors of bodybuilding routines are NOT made for basketball players. My system is!

Basketball Strength is tailor made for the active basketball players life. My training system has been made to specifically accomodate the heavy pounding taken on the hardwood. Inside the product, you will realize how important your investment is. The application of my training system to your team is simple. I have layed out all the plans for cognitive and physical development. All you need to do is put the wheels in motion and I give you that plan.

Your players will gain much more than "training" information as you will be able to explian the intricities and workings of the human anatomy and adequate care for it. After you have purchased the product and are extremely happy with it, I know you will have one major question for me...

"Dave, Why did you do this?" My answer has been the same since the beginning when I began developing it, "The game needs it".

Camp Directors & Coaches

Basketball Strength has recieved several requests for our specialized camp rates for Basketball Strength Volume I. We respect the integrity level of private instruction and that is exactly why we offer special rates for you. Since most bigtime camps are run in the summertime, now is a perfect time for you to set up shop for NEXT summer. Adding Basketball Strength Volume I to your camp is a perfect way to immediately improve your instructional level.

Since we offer specialized camp rates; each camper can recieve a copy of the professional product (Volume I) along with attending your camp. Trust me when I say that noone will have this advantage except you. Noone has this product except for me and there is nothing comparable for th esport of basketball. Your camp recieves the finest level of basketball specific conditioning on planet Earth.

Along with adding Volume I, I still have a few openings next summer to guest lecture at your camp as well. Please contact dave@basketballstrength.com for specific dates and times. Adding Basketball Strength to your already successful camp is a business move that you will greatly benefit from.

Don't take the easy way out by handing out tee-shirts and awards. Include Basketball Strength Volume I with your camp and your clients will recieve a complete basketball education. Volume I is the perfect compliment to daily basketball skills work.

Pick Up The Ball

I played on several teams during my basketball career. Each team had it's own identity yet the essence was still the same. We still played the game to win, with integrity, and by accepting our team roles.

When it came down to crunch time in a game, you need players who will pick up the ball and not be afraid. Ball droppers and nervous performers can't help you at crunch time. In order to prevent a ball drop, you need to purchase Basketball Strength Volume I. This system is in place because the game needs it and so do you!

In this product, I will teach you how to completely harness your mind and body for the ultimate competition; basketball. Grab the ball and hold it firm in your hands.

"Gaining Weight"

The "gaining weight" philosophy of many athletic coaches is wrong. Too often coaches advise that players simply gain weight to improve their performance. Often this advice is given when the sports the athletes participate in are physically agressive. Once a player hears the firmly offered advice to "gain weight", he will often times overeat or overtrain to acheive the poorly slected goal. The coach has the right idea but the method of communication is wrong.

Players should aim to achieve an optimal bodyweight. Anytime the word optimal is used, it simply means to the finest level. Optimal bodyweight for an athlete is when there is a body dominated by muscle with little bodyfat. If you can "pinch an inch" you can lose some bodyfat. Bodyfat is necessary but in small amounts. Bodyfat is bodyfat and will never change it's composition from bodyfat. Once you burn off the fat, muscle will become more apparent as a result. Fat does not become muscle.

Optimal bodyweights can be achieved by the synergistic combination of daily cardiovascular exercise, physical conditioning, adequate nutrition, hydration, & rest/sleep. Keep in mind that an hour of complete rest is equal to that of sleep. Basketball Strength Volume I is the connection of all these important factors for high level players. You can learn to acheive mastery of your physical body with my system of training. If you're serious about improvement and always wanted to know why, buy Volume I.

Basketball Conditioning

Why use the weight room when you can train on the court? Basketball Strength Volume I is physical conditioning specific for the court and to be used ON the court. As a player, I always had tremendous skepticism with weight training programs designed more for a bodybuilder than for an athlete.

I took that and developed my own system of training. I couldn't listen to another out of shape has been or never was tell me how to do something I know they never did. Let's just say for the sake of argument that just ONE of these guys actually did train at one point, did they train sensbily? Did they train as hard as they played the game they loved? I know the answers to that and I know you do too.

Athletic conditioning is not as difficult as modern science has made it appear. Specific movement patterns are to be trained and not specific machines that produce the patterns. The athlete must be developed so he can use himself as the machine.

Jumping Jax

Here's todays challenge; 1,000 jumping jax.

You will not be able to complete this task in a row. Once you stop your jumping jax due to muscular failure, jog in place. Once the lactic acid buffers, begin jumping jax again. Remember that your either performing jumping jax or your jogging in place. Your movement doesn't stop until your 1,000 jumping jax are done.

From experience, I can tell you that this workout is difficult. Your effort will produce a sensible training experience. Keep your concentration on your breathing and the pain will dissapate. Execution is the number one priority. Get it done.

Monday

Form running is essential to athletes. To be honest, very rarely do I actually write about it since I consider it a "given" in any training program. In the purpose of brevity, allow me to reintroduce form running.

The smooth and progressive style of form runninng allows athletes to learn movement. Movement must be mastered before it can be considered exceptional. In order to acheive this status of physicality, an athlete must devote daily attention to specific drills. A good staple is five minutes for a progressive warm up before practice or physical conditioning.

These form running drills are the same skills taught within the Olympic level of Track and Field. These same drills are used by every well informed and respected organization of athletics.

Approach

The right kind of approach enables success. It has been said many times before that you must prepare to succeed to succeed. Motivationalist, Napolean Hill wrote of the term "organized planning" in his best seller "Think & Grow Rich". I mention his name because millions of people held tightly to his common sense advice.

Today, like every other day, you have decisions to make. If you want to become a champion basketball player, purchase my training program now. Don't fool yourself into thinking that you can train in a weight room to equal my system because you can't. Don't fool yourself into believing that your trainer knows what you need for basketball improvement because he doesn't, I do.

I am the man who developed this system and my athletes results speak for themselves. I decided to develop this system to improve the game NOT my wallet. By now you should all very well know that you will not get one thousand emails from me pushing product after product. You will only get action packed information every single day via this blog.

Facts are facts, if you want to improve buy Volume I.

Making The Team

1. Be on time
2. Come ready to listen & follow directions
3. Respect the fundamentals & practice daily
4. Sacrifice personal intentions for team goals
5. Accept & perform assigned role

Sodium & Potassium

Both elements are made naturally by the human body. Sodium is commonly known as salt and your body makes enough of it on its own. This means you do NOT have to add any salt, at any time. When you add more salt, it requires water to work. When you deplete yourself of the water you need, you are hurting yourself.

Potassium is different in the way that your body does not make enough of it to be self sufficient. You need to carefully add this element by natural means to get the desired effect. A banana is the perfect solution for adding the electrolyte into the mix. This represents a natural means of electrolyte adding. This choice will allow for a high percentage of the consumed product to be used positively.

Gatorade is also a solution to the electrolyte depletion situation but it represents a synthetic solution. Synthetic represents anything made in a laboratory. These synthetics are broken down slower by the human digestive system due to their chemical make up. The man made synthetics are unknown to the human body and sometimes are immediately excreted without usage.

Rules for athletes and especially basketball players are as follows;

1. Maintain hydration (water)
2. Maintain electrolyte balance (potassium)
3. Maintain a stable blood sugar level (stabilzing electrolytes will help here)
4. Eat whole foods when hungry(average digestive system carries 10lbs of waste)
5. Rest your body every day (meditation or complete relaxation methods are key)

Moments II

Training and life are two things that must work with each other for success to occur. Life is inevitable and training should follow suit. It is your job to find the frequency that best suits your lifestyle. Learn to accomodate your training so that it improves life instead of interfering.

For these reasons, I give you the formatting of basketball training. The players in the sport need something more than just "x's" and "o's" on a fill out weight training sheet. Players also need a form of training that will allow them to feel confident with their abilities on the court.

I have taken these factors into heavy consideration during the development of Basketball Strength Volume I. I became tired of seeing the unimaginative patterns of conditioning in athletics. I do not believe in execises as much as I believe in athletes. I believe in athletes developing their body's through specific movements that make sense. I believe in all killer without filler.

If you are a player or a coach that really needs a system of training that yields immediate results, order Volume I off my my web site. Trust me when I say that there is nothing on planet Earth that compares to this. My system of training is what I use and all of the athletes I work with use as well. You know that I do it because you can watch me demonstrate proficiency through every task I teach you to do. This factor will allow you to trust me and know that you can do it too!

Teachers that do are trustworthy providing they teach what they do.

Moments

I honestly forget to who told me this but the statement was powerful. Sometime in my collegiate years I heard the following advice. "There are moments in games when flow indicates the need for a person to step up...Step up".

The words made a lot of sense. If all players perform their jobs together, there is an obvious flow. Once a team is in the flow fatigue never exists. Amazing how that works isn't it?

Learn your position within your teams offense. Practice moving in similar patterns or exact patterns in your skill work. For example; if your offense uses screens to free shooters, run off screens to practice your shooting. Practice exactly what you want to be successful at.

Shoot, follow, & finish at least 200 makes per day.

Hands

A basketball players hands are extremely important. The game of basketball revolves around the manipulative ball skills of the participants. All the manipulation of the ball is performed with the usage of the hands. During competition, the hands also have to serve as shock absorbers due to aggressive play and hard fouls.

Now you have two scenarios; importance of hands for manipulation & prerequsite shock absorption. In order to improve your lower arms for the game of basketball you need to follow a progression. First, concentrate the majority of your skill work with two basketballs. Below is an excellent workout with two basketballs and open space.

1. Stationary ball handling in athletic stance (5 minutes)
Maintain this stanceand work smoothly. Breathe.
2. Sprint fifteen feet (5 yards), pull back & change direction (5 minutes)
Concentrate on feeling the ball through movement. There is no rush involved, just smooth form work and control.

This is ten minutes and it's truly all you need for harnessing ball handling skills. Your ten minutes of work must be extremely intense for you to reap the benefits I write of. By the end of this ten minutes, you must be fatigued. Push yourself until you are fatigued because anything else is a waste of time. The ten minutes will always be difficult for you because you will always push yourself hard.

This skill development turned physical conditioning is outstanding for developing the basketball body. Ball handling & manipulation improve the durability of the lower arms. Those daily skills are in combination with specific Basketball Strength Volume I excercises & progressions represent the apex of basketball preparation.

Ball handling & the right physical conditioning = Basketball Player

Diagonal Movement

Basketball Strength Volume I teaches the proper movement of a basketball player. This method of training develops and conditions the entire body's system of levers and connective tissues using specific movement patters. Soft tissues or muscles are conditioned during these tasks.

This training is the only way to train as a basketball player. If you want to move as a player, you have ot train like one. Becoming great in the weight room will most likely make you great in the weight room and NOT on the court.

My system of training allows you to slowly build the body you need instead of the one you think you want. As a basketball player, you need to have your bodyweight at a stable point. Drastic weight gains of uncessary muscle will only hurt your game. This is much the reason why my system of training is the best there is for basketball players. You need to learn how to get your body into it's optimal playing shape. You do this through Volume I progressive training.

You don't need heavy training for basketball strength. You need sensible movement applications over extended periods of time. This feeling of "game shape" occurs over and over again during your application of my system. You will know that this is working because you will feel it instantly.

When you go through Volume I, it will come full circle why things need to change.

Game 7 Sports

I had the special opportunity to speak @ the Game 7 Sports Basketball Camp today located on the heralded ground of St. Agnes. I highly recommend this basketball camp for the value of it's instructors, directors, facilities, and obviously pre-planned efforts for basketball improvement.

The topics covered in today's lecture included the unlimited potential within every individual. Various techniques on individual, physical, and congnitive development were emphasized with great detail. There is always something to learn from everyone, at all times. Always keep doors open and be confident in your abilities. The mirror never lies and always tells the truth.

Leaders

Leaders should be nominated by their peers for their obvious strength in character. This is due the consistent displayed ability to inspire the masses in order to unite for a common goal. This is commonly noted as a selflessness to society (wreckless abandon), a sacrifice, or total commitment. This must be a person that stands strong and is willing to put himself on the line for his cause.

A captain on a basketball team is a leader. This person leads by example and is credibly recognized within his/her peers. The designation of "captain" to the leader is no more than a team title. The captainship does not end when the player leaves the basketball court. The nominated "captain" lives his leadership. This way of being commands respect and allows the leader to grasp the maximum out of the masses. Peers respect the leader because they know they way of being is true.

It is that this point where messages are sent primarily through actions. These actions are witnessed and spread to others, who in turn replicate the actions. Leading by example increases the learning curve and raises confidence.

Every person has the ability to lead in one aspect or another. In a comparative way, all men/women have equal talents in differential areas. The key to developing your own personal leadership is to specialize in yourself. Look within yourself, uncover your finest attributes, and develop them to the highest level of their capability. There are no restrictions for the improvement of yourself and you should look to develop the whole. Learn your body, your mind, and make connection to the elemental forces of life.