My random blogs will just be about me doing whatever I did today. I'll probably be too lazy to do it every single day, but I'll try.
What happened: Same old same old.. It was cold, but I went to the gym today to play some basketball. I didn't strain anything, and I dominated the other team.
Stuff: Well, last week my friend from a certain shoe company asked me to try on the Kobe V and the UnderArmour something. I can't even remember the name of that shoe, because of how great the Kobe V was. I never felt something that moved my feet with the shoe. I always felt that I had to actually move the shoe for the other shoes I wore lol. It's incredibly comfortable too. I was curious, so I searched up other reviews about it and with the same opinion as me. I would rate it 4.9/5, because there just seems to be something strange about it. Maybe it's the name, but you decide.
Philosophy: "If you made the decision with your heart, mind, and soul, then stay with it."
Random Tip: When you are in your range and the defender's hands are down, shoot the ball. Remember the saying:"Hands down, Lights out."
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Fitness: The Way to Increase your Performance to a Whole New Game
I won't just say I believe fitness is a good way to get better at basketball. Fitness IS the way to get better at basketball(along with skill training, mental conditioning, and etc). My fitness status: Weight: 155 Lb Height: 5'10 Vertical: 35 inches Body Fat: 5% Confidence: 99.9% (I can't stress confidence enough). Just like everything else, fitness has been studied for thousands of years. There are many books, articles, and videos of fitness. However, I'll tell you what worked for me.
Diet: No need for supplements. Just eat the daily requirement based on your body's needs of vegetables and fruits. You don't even need to eat meats. Personally, I search up recipes of fruits and vegetables, so they are scrumptious. However, I do eventually pig out randomly. Most people don't care about their diet, so if you could change yours, you would have an edge over them.
Weights: You don't need these. However, it would increase your gains by around 200% minimum and increase the speed you gain your target area such as endurance by 500% or something. I'm just being foolish with the numbers, but I assume you get the point. If you do use weights, have a consistent workout schedule. Always follow it as much as you can to gain maximum results.
Body-weight Exercises: It's a nice way to improve in basketball. Weights can defeat this in the purpose of muscle gain any day though. This is why I use this for balance, core training, and vertical training.
Recovery: My method is to have adequate sleep, massages, cold showers, cold baths, and eating right. It's not much, but it's very effective.
Diet: No need for supplements. Just eat the daily requirement based on your body's needs of vegetables and fruits. You don't even need to eat meats. Personally, I search up recipes of fruits and vegetables, so they are scrumptious. However, I do eventually pig out randomly. Most people don't care about their diet, so if you could change yours, you would have an edge over them.
Weights: You don't need these. However, it would increase your gains by around 200% minimum and increase the speed you gain your target area such as endurance by 500% or something. I'm just being foolish with the numbers, but I assume you get the point. If you do use weights, have a consistent workout schedule. Always follow it as much as you can to gain maximum results.
Body-weight Exercises: It's a nice way to improve in basketball. Weights can defeat this in the purpose of muscle gain any day though. This is why I use this for balance, core training, and vertical training.
Recovery: My method is to have adequate sleep, massages, cold showers, cold baths, and eating right. It's not much, but it's very effective.
Further Insight into the Fundamentals
These are just some of the tips from the top of my head(I'll just think of it for a while then write down whatever I can think of. It's a good way to teach, because you say what you really think it is).
Shooting: The most important thing for this is to have a repeatable shooting form that works for you. You aren't going to have a Kevin Durant shooting form if you're about 5'2 eh? It takes about 20,000 correct repetitions for your muscles to remember the form and in turn become "automatic". A few basic rules are to have the L shape for your shooting arm, to keep the guide hand on the side of the ball while you're shooting, to have a balanced stance, to follow through, and to just have a repeatable form. Oh yeah, use shot fakes.
Defense: Learn all the types of defense. It is crucial that you know them. Defense wins games, not offense. Learn which players from the opposing team are a hazard to your team. Example: If you see them pulling off some pick and rolls and your 5''5 guy has to go guard a 6'2 guy, have a way to prevent that situation. Actually, have a way to prevent the offense from making their options work.
Offense: There are so many offenses to utilize. Learn as many offenses as you can, so you can customize it for your team. Remember the unstoppable play: The Pick and Roll. Distribute the ball to both sides of the court to look for openings. A few passes could destroy a zone defense.
Passing: Make fakes in your passing. See how the defender reacts or what is their tendencies. Example: In pick up games, there is usually a guy who jumps at everything above him. Make a quick fake above, then pass low. If the fake doesn't work then quickly pass above if the player doesn't react. It's hilarious when you make a guy jump up two times in a row then you just pass it above him. Also, pass the ball to the shooting pocket of a player or their most comfortable position to catch it.
Dribbling: Train on pounding the ball hard. When you do dribbling drills, it's not a matter of what drills you do, it's how you do them. That's why great players use simple drills, because their intensity is very extreme. Pound the ball until you lose control if it. Coming from a point guard, there will be a lot of situations where you just go what the?? such as three people coming at you, and then it will go like hesitation step-crossover-pound the ball-fake sprinting-spin move. Bam, two guys are outside the court and another guy is on the floor and it's a 5v2 half court and your smiling.
The Mind: Always believe in yourself. When you shower, show off your muscles. Tell yourself you're sexy. When you play, tell yourself you're really good. When you practice, try your best to imagine the opponents such as Kobe Bryant, or you owning Steve Nash. Then him walking up to you and saying, "Man you owned me. Nice. You're like god compared to me." I'll tell you my personal story. Before high school, I never really practiced. I got praise from my fellow peers, so I decided to join basketball in high school with my friends. I practiced and practiced. I redefined my practice schedule every time to increase the amount of work I got done. Remember, it's about what you get done, not about how much time you put into it. I worked on all the skills I included here. However, I was an ingame choker.. For some reason, I couldn't think of what to do during games. I ended up choking for a full two years. I won every 1v1 in that two years except one(I had the flu :D excuses excuses). Give me the ball and I could shoot 20/25 from every spot two feet away from the 3 point line. I worked with two basketballs and one tennis ball. It wasn't until junior year when I just said to myself, "Dude you know why you are failing? It's because you don't believe in yourself. You f***king worked harder than all of these people, and you don't believe in yourself. Well you should. Everyone says that you are the most skilled, so why the f*** aren't you doing something? Just do it". It was like a different entity was talking to me, but it was myself. I then practiced being confident in my abilities in pick up games from slowly shooting one jumper and getting one steal into getting 5 layups, 3-5 jumpers, 1-3 steals, 1-2 blocks, 3-7 assists, and an occasional dunk all in a game of 21 pick up game. I was prepared, and it was time for glory.
TO SUM UP THIS WHOLE MEGA PARAGRAPH: Believe
Shooting: The most important thing for this is to have a repeatable shooting form that works for you. You aren't going to have a Kevin Durant shooting form if you're about 5'2 eh? It takes about 20,000 correct repetitions for your muscles to remember the form and in turn become "automatic". A few basic rules are to have the L shape for your shooting arm, to keep the guide hand on the side of the ball while you're shooting, to have a balanced stance, to follow through, and to just have a repeatable form. Oh yeah, use shot fakes.
Defense: Learn all the types of defense. It is crucial that you know them. Defense wins games, not offense. Learn which players from the opposing team are a hazard to your team. Example: If you see them pulling off some pick and rolls and your 5''5 guy has to go guard a 6'2 guy, have a way to prevent that situation. Actually, have a way to prevent the offense from making their options work.
Offense: There are so many offenses to utilize. Learn as many offenses as you can, so you can customize it for your team. Remember the unstoppable play: The Pick and Roll. Distribute the ball to both sides of the court to look for openings. A few passes could destroy a zone defense.
Passing: Make fakes in your passing. See how the defender reacts or what is their tendencies. Example: In pick up games, there is usually a guy who jumps at everything above him. Make a quick fake above, then pass low. If the fake doesn't work then quickly pass above if the player doesn't react. It's hilarious when you make a guy jump up two times in a row then you just pass it above him. Also, pass the ball to the shooting pocket of a player or their most comfortable position to catch it.
Dribbling: Train on pounding the ball hard. When you do dribbling drills, it's not a matter of what drills you do, it's how you do them. That's why great players use simple drills, because their intensity is very extreme. Pound the ball until you lose control if it. Coming from a point guard, there will be a lot of situations where you just go what the?? such as three people coming at you, and then it will go like hesitation step-crossover-pound the ball-fake sprinting-spin move. Bam, two guys are outside the court and another guy is on the floor and it's a 5v2 half court and your smiling.
The Mind: Always believe in yourself. When you shower, show off your muscles. Tell yourself you're sexy. When you play, tell yourself you're really good. When you practice, try your best to imagine the opponents such as Kobe Bryant, or you owning Steve Nash. Then him walking up to you and saying, "Man you owned me. Nice. You're like god compared to me." I'll tell you my personal story. Before high school, I never really practiced. I got praise from my fellow peers, so I decided to join basketball in high school with my friends. I practiced and practiced. I redefined my practice schedule every time to increase the amount of work I got done. Remember, it's about what you get done, not about how much time you put into it. I worked on all the skills I included here. However, I was an ingame choker.. For some reason, I couldn't think of what to do during games. I ended up choking for a full two years. I won every 1v1 in that two years except one(I had the flu :D excuses excuses). Give me the ball and I could shoot 20/25 from every spot two feet away from the 3 point line. I worked with two basketballs and one tennis ball. It wasn't until junior year when I just said to myself, "Dude you know why you are failing? It's because you don't believe in yourself. You f***king worked harder than all of these people, and you don't believe in yourself. Well you should. Everyone says that you are the most skilled, so why the f*** aren't you doing something? Just do it". It was like a different entity was talking to me, but it was myself. I then practiced being confident in my abilities in pick up games from slowly shooting one jumper and getting one steal into getting 5 layups, 3-5 jumpers, 1-3 steals, 1-2 blocks, 3-7 assists, and an occasional dunk all in a game of 21 pick up game. I was prepared, and it was time for glory.
TO SUM UP THIS WHOLE MEGA PARAGRAPH: Believe
How to Surpass your Competition: Fundamentals
When people new to basketball think of this, they'll most likely believe: shooting, defense, and passing. There is some truth to this, but let's take it a step further.
Shooting: It goes further into stance, holding the ball, concentration, using your legs, aiming for the nest, releasing the ball, following through, and polishing it with drills and correcting errors.
Defense: It goes further into zone defense, man defense, team defense, how the opposing team plays, mismatches, how your man is playing, and etc.
Offense: It goes further into triangle offense, mismatches, pick and roll, team offense, distributing the ball, mismatches, zone penetration, and etc.
Passing: It goes further into the spin of the ball, the angle of the ball, the direction of the ball, making eye contact, and etc.
Dribbling: It goes further into the bounce of the ball, the angle of the ball, using your body as protection, fakes, and etc.
The Mind: This is the most important one out of all of these(ask The Answer AKA Allen Iverson). Develop your confidence, your tendencies, your mindset, and etc.
You might be thinking," Wow, basketball is so structured and difficult for a random guy." Trust me, it's very difficult. You could write a thousand page essay on making eye contact, yet in the end, you're just freaking looking at the player. Honestly, I won't go into further detail of all these, except my take of them. There's a bunch of other sites and books that has already gone into way further detail than me.
Shooting: It goes further into stance, holding the ball, concentration, using your legs, aiming for the nest, releasing the ball, following through, and polishing it with drills and correcting errors.
Defense: It goes further into zone defense, man defense, team defense, how the opposing team plays, mismatches, how your man is playing, and etc.
Offense: It goes further into triangle offense, mismatches, pick and roll, team offense, distributing the ball, mismatches, zone penetration, and etc.
Passing: It goes further into the spin of the ball, the angle of the ball, the direction of the ball, making eye contact, and etc.
Dribbling: It goes further into the bounce of the ball, the angle of the ball, using your body as protection, fakes, and etc.
The Mind: This is the most important one out of all of these(ask The Answer AKA Allen Iverson). Develop your confidence, your tendencies, your mindset, and etc.
You might be thinking," Wow, basketball is so structured and difficult for a random guy." Trust me, it's very difficult. You could write a thousand page essay on making eye contact, yet in the end, you're just freaking looking at the player. Honestly, I won't go into further detail of all these, except my take of them. There's a bunch of other sites and books that has already gone into way further detail than me.
My Purpose of this Blog
I have dedicated my life to basketball for over 15 years. Even when I was 11 years old, I dreamed of going to fantastic places and meeting big people such as John Stockton. I even imagined fantasies of asking famous basketball players tips and maybe asking Kareem Abdul Jabbar to a 1v1. I played high school basketball and was cut from the freshmen team and JV team as a sophomore. I thought to myself, "No more of this. No more getting cut. No more feeling sorry. No more dreams. Time to make it a reality." It was that time when I knew that my basketball life had been given birth.
I then made it to varsity in my junior year and senior year. I was a starting point guard for my team. Everyone thought I was new, because my skills greatly surpassed my skills from my freshmen and sophomore year. I then was invited to play at UCLA, and I hastily accepted at this golden opportunity. I was feeling fabulous because playing at a college level meant that I truly was great. I was rising up to the top 100 point guards of the nation until tragedy struck. I was diagnosed with osteochondrodysplasia(yes, I could remember the name). I later discovered I had diabetes, but it rarely effects me. I didn't pay attention to my conditions, because I was living a great life. I then was told by a doctor to never play competitive basketball. My mind told me to keep on going, but I felt my body's response. The good thing was that I had a 4.0 in college so far. I then wanted to somehow show my knowledge to the world so here I am now. I hope you enjoy this blog's contents.
I then made it to varsity in my junior year and senior year. I was a starting point guard for my team. Everyone thought I was new, because my skills greatly surpassed my skills from my freshmen and sophomore year. I then was invited to play at UCLA, and I hastily accepted at this golden opportunity. I was feeling fabulous because playing at a college level meant that I truly was great. I was rising up to the top 100 point guards of the nation until tragedy struck. I was diagnosed with osteochondrodysplasia(yes, I could remember the name). I later discovered I had diabetes, but it rarely effects me. I didn't pay attention to my conditions, because I was living a great life. I then was told by a doctor to never play competitive basketball. My mind told me to keep on going, but I felt my body's response. The good thing was that I had a 4.0 in college so far. I then wanted to somehow show my knowledge to the world so here I am now. I hope you enjoy this blog's contents.
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