Tomorrow is a New Day

So whenyesterday’s practice started, this became its focus. That practice is in the past now, it is over and the worst thing we can do is dwell on it. Learn from your mistakes and make the necessary adjustments to ensure that it never happens again.

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Three Tips on Fruits and Vegetables

One of the most important ways is to maintain good nutrition habits on a daily basis. That being said, it is recommended that we eat 6-10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Here in the States it is reported the actual average of fruits and veggies eaten each day is just two.

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Have a Plan

Basketball training whether it is skill development, strength training, speed training or conditioning is about constant repetition.  It requires the players to work over and over and over on the skill until it becomes second nature to them.  Basketball training also requires the player and coach to have an extensive plan because without one there is no way to know where ...
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Happy Thanksgiving

Someone once said that, “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” In today’s time of great uncertainty, we should all be thankful that we have each other and the for friendships that we have created.

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Missouri Men’s Basketball Strength and Conditioning

The training routine that the Univeristy of Missouri’s men’s basketball strength coach David Deets puts the players through is just the type of rugged, no-nonsense training that I have been preaching on my site since I started it. Missouri’s fast-paced and aggressive pressing style of play has forced Deets to come up with a strength and conditioning program that mirrors that style thereby ensuring that the players are in great shape, not only at the end of the game, but also at the end of the season. However, this begs the question, why aren’t all teams training like this?

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