With many of my basketball players and gymnasts currently in season, I have been asked a lot lately about what they should be eating before their games or meets. What athletes should eat for the Pre-game meals have always been a source of confusion. I can remember when I first started coaching basketball, many of my players showing up to games and eating nothing but candy about an hour before they had to go on the court.
Your Pre-Game Meal
An Old Dog Really Can Learn New Tricks
It is not often that I get emails from people looking for basketball skill development that are in their 50′s let alone from someone who also just had hip replacement surgery. So, needless to say I had to read this over a few times just to make sure I was getting it right. So I called him back that day, but not before figuring out what the Maccabi games are.
Are You Working on Your Body?
Each day while at My Elite Basketall Training home base, New Jersey Sports Academy, I see many basketball players coming in to work on their games. They walk right past me as I train my groups, and over to the court and work on their basketball skills. I think this is great! Basketball players should devote their spring, summer, and fall to basketball skill development.
Basketball Strength Training Tips
This post answers two questions on strength training for the hamstrings and improving an athlete’s grip strength. Both the hamstrings and the forearms and hands are of great importance for many sports and often seem to be two of the most forgotten parts of the body to train. This post will give examples on how to train these parts of the body that is practical for sports as well as provide a video demonstrating an exercise for each.
Sports Specific Training (Video)
This post contains information on Elite Sports Performance as well as a video showing many of the sports specific training exercises used at Elite Sports Performance.
