Bent-over lateral raise
Emphasis:
posterior deltoids and middle trapezius
Sit and bend forward at your hips so your chest is as close to your thighs as is comfortable. Hold dumbbells under your legs with your palms facing each other and your elbows slightly bent. Keep your head in a neutral position by...
Basketball Training
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Abs training
Crunch
Lie faceup with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, or knees at 90 degrees in the air (shown at right) or resting up on a bench. Be sure that your lower back is pressed firmly into the floor. Touch your hands behind your head, exhale and curl your upper back toward your hips, lift...
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Lie faceup with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, or knees at 90 degrees in the air (shown at right) or resting up on a bench. Be sure that your lower back is pressed firmly into the floor. Touch your hands behind your head, exhale and curl your upper back toward your hips, lift...
Get stronger shoulders
Getting stronger shoulders is important for the game of basketball.
Just insert this twisted version of the rear lateral raise into your regular workout. Perform the exercise with your palms facing out instead of in toward your body or facing each oth...
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Rebounding tips
The team that controls the boards wins the majority of their games! Control of the boards reduces the number of shots taken by the opponents and increases the number of shot attempts by the good rebounding team. It also increases the number of fast break opportunities.
Though a great deal of reboundi...
The ankle injury
The most common basketball injury is the ankle sprain which is an injury to the ligaments on the outside or inside of the ankle joint This injury, commonly referred to as ankle "pulls" or "rolling" the ankle, often occurs when a player lands on another player's foot or the ankle rolls too far outwar...
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Back Door
The reactive defensive may tire of being disadvantaged and attempt to take the initiative. For the defense to be proactive, it must guess what the offense is about to do and then try to steal the ball. If the offense is running a recognizable, repeat...
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