Your ankles are largely responsible for a person’s ability to perform all movements that are necessary for basketball. Having to constantly change direction and cut back a forth puts great strain on your ankles. Weak ankles force other parts of the body like your knees and back to ompensate, placing them under undue stress. Having strong ankles will not only prevent ankle injuries, but knee and back injuries as well.
The Importance of Ankle Strengthening Exercises
They Said it Couldn’t Be Done…
For the first time ever, Elite Basketball Training will be teaming up with K & R Basketball to produce the area’s most dynamic basketball clinics. The clinics will include extensive fundamental basketball training and coaching which will develop and enhance each player’s skills in the sport.
The Real Functional Training
Basketball players should always be looking for new, innovative, and effective ways to train our bodies. Their training should be functional or focus on improving strength as it relates to their sport. Strongman training is an increasingly popular form of functional training. This is a direct result of these exercise’s ability to increase speed and explosive power through strength gains in the posterior chain and the core.
Finishing: 2 New Videos
Finishing is such an important part of life because it gives you the confirmation that you accomplished what you set out to do. It is also an extremely important part of the game of basketball where finishing around the rim determines whether or not you score and finishing the game can ultimately play a role in whether you win or lose.
Sandbag Race For Time
Here is a video clip of me doing a sandbag race for time. My goal is to get a 50lb, 80lb, and 100lb sand bag down the 30 yard lane in the shortest time possible.
