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Take the strongest guy in the NBA.
Is he better than Kobe?.
is Kobe with +100lb on squat/DL, +100lb on bench/press a better athlete then he is right now, assuming his fat%, etc are the same?
So how are you going about into making my rookie player faster? What are you going to do? The deadline is one year.
I would want him him to increase his relative strength/lower bodymass.
I have always found the lighter I am, the faster I can accelerate.
Run bunches of 10m/20m/30m/40m/50m sprints & work on his flexibility.
Hit the entire posterior chain, mainly the glutes (horizontal muscle fibers), increasing strength, overcoming inertia far easier, while not adding on mass.
The calves (achilles tendon)/shins can provide an additional 20% to 25% of the power needed for an explosive start putting emphasis on plantarflexion/ankle-joint extension strength/exercises. Work on isolated foot strengthening exercises (advanced). Plyo's.
Tell him to wear Vibram 5 fingers everywhere.
Getting his hip flexors & arm action to be as explosive as possible & work in coordination with each other. Anyone on court who has both those firing will have insane first step explosion.
Increase core stability as the inner core (generator/power) fires before the extremities (legs/arms) which is crucial to help build & transfer power from the core to the arms. It is clear that explosive leg movements are predetermined by explosive arm movements. Faster you move your arms, the faster the legs will follow. Core is vital to powerful arm action.
Practice relaxation & sound running technique. The more muscle relaxed, the greater the muscle contraction, the faster the body will move.
You know I could get into some real advanced stuff involving the use of the head, counter-rotation of the upper-lowerbody (increases elasticity), using your spinal engine, using the spine as whip like a cheetah, spiralling techniques, breathing techniques which increase acceleration/power etc... Not gonna go there.
You guys are overrating squatting.
It ain't all that.
Squatting 2.5BW doesn't make you elite.
it is a key factor to producing the force output required to become elite.
Yeah but there's so much more to becoming a complete player/athlete than squatting.
Mark my words, my man adarqui won't reach his goal of 47' through squatting alone. He will just plateau out at 40'.
He's need to do other things man, work on different area's then his gains will increase much quicker.
if no, why not?
It's like saying what would 100lbs+ do for running performance, sprint performance, soccer performance etc...
Very little.
i was wondering if you would catch my "squat doesn't work hip flexors" a few posts back.. but you didn't.
Too many posts man, lol.
not much hip flexion in a first step... not much hip flexion in really quick short distance movements..
Hip flexors fire the knees.
Do a pedal stroke. Your on the back portion. Your knees move forwards.
[/quote]all the power comes from the core? news to me..
explain how all of the power comes from the core? is there some kind of magic going on that i don't know about? holdup, must be that boing vert secret society shit.
Yup, core muscles fire before extremities.
Weak at the core, huge power leaks.
would increasing ones squat 100 lb yield to any improvements in athleticism?
If he put 100lbs on his squat I still couldn't see realistically a big increase in there performances.
if no, why not?
if no, why not?
if no, why not?
if no, why not?
very powerful/fast hip flexion is going to influence max velocity of a sprint, not movements in basketball.
ok you mentioned their are a zillion things you can do, name some more?
pc
Never felt any soreness in my hip flexors from squatting
why are hip flexors important for basketball performance?
They will increase your stride rate/turnover/first step explosion. It's the hip flexors that connect your legs to your body (the core) which is where all the power stems from.
Think of the cycling action. Your legs spinning, with every backward rep your increasing that burn/power/strength in the hip flexors.
everything i mentioned above relates to producing more force relative to ones bodyweight, which means more power, which means better first step quickness, acceleration, jumping ability, change of direction, etc.
i explained to you how it would, now you explain to me how it won't? explain to me how adding 100 lb to ones squat would not benefit them athletically, given bodyweight & rep speed remains relatively the same.
But realistically I can't see how much an elite NBA player would gain by adding 100lbs to his squat considering since he can already play ball, run & dunk to a high enough standard which already possesses.
very powerful/fast hip flexion is going to influence max velocity of a sprint, not movements in basketball.
ok you mentioned their are a zillion things you can do, name some more?
pc
Ah man.
When you push forwards your working the mainly the glutes/quads.
Pulling back hits your hip flexors. Like I said man, you need to go out & train it.
Never felt any soreness in my hip flexors from squatting, nor did they make them very powerful. Anyone who cycles & pulls back on the pedal stroke will seriously increase there first step explosion.
There is no point me naming anymore, you shoot everything down. You HAVE to do the exercise( s) man. THEN shoot it down if it don't work.
an increase in relative strength? the ability to produce/handle 100 lb more of tension? the ability to move previously intense weights at a faster speed due to the increase? the ability to voluntarily tap into more motor units? the possibility that significant hypertrophy has occurred? the transfer of this strength to jumping is very high considering the specificity of the exercise? the increases in testosterone/igf-1/hGH that has occurred during the process of such training, yielding plenty of benefits in not only the training itself, but the recovery process and overall arousal of the athlete for practices & sport?
Can't really see how this would make a player all that much better?.
He can already play ball, run & dunk.
He's already an accomplished athlete from what he's already doing.
btw, explain to me why "pulling back on the pedal stroke" would utilize the hip flexors as the prime movers?
doesn't make much sense.
You just have to try it man. It's the most intense hip flexor exercise there is.
michael jordan was never content.
if he could find a way to improve his athleticism even microscopically, he would do it.. same with kobe.. same with all of the "killers".
you are basically advocating that athletes should be content, which is polar opposite of being an athlete.
So tell me what the weight room/100lb squat increase would achieve?.
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