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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 08, 2016, 04:36:46 am »
I hear you ghettoranger but unlike you I am still pretty high on Lebron. I hope he gets it together and does justice to his gifts and ends with a legacy worthy of best ever player. However, he may never get there which is sad to me as a fan. I grew up worshipping MJ but I had no idea what he was /really/ like -- and it shattered my world view when i discovered he was nothing like the clean cut image he had sold us all those years ago. I must have seen Come Fly With Me at least a hundred times .. had it on VHS and played it all the time. Lol. I sometimes think i could have done with a better role model but that's not for this conversation lol.

So when ppl talk about LBJ's ego i don't agree. He's pretty humble and down to earth when you compare him to Jordan and somehow Jordan (or Kobe) gets a pass??

I do agree that Lebron shud never have so much influence over personnel and management decisions. I felt even in Miami days he got away with exerting too much influence but it was nothing like what he did with the Cavs on his 2nd tenure there. I was indifferent to the Cavs previously but after that I can't accept a team which allows one player so much abuse of power. And Lebron as GM / coach sucks -- he should have surrounded himself with better staff who would have advised him to make better decisions. That's kinda tragic to me, i really really wanted him to end his career as GOAT.

1907
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 07, 2016, 07:43:44 pm »
high socks, XC flats, and tons of jumps at a bball court: adarq siting.


yeah but did you bring your knife and beanie?

actually.. yes.. i just didn't mention it. lmao. I didn't have the big bowie knife, but I did have my "tactical" pocket knife which I can clip to my shorts  :ninja: and I had a black beanie  :ninja:

nearly full adarq mode.

if i ever get in shape, im def taking an instagram photo with a knife in my mouth .. but running out of time and motivation lol. #reverse #atrophy #then #hypetrophy #2016 #bernie,.

1908
Hey andrew! I did go to Venice but i didnt see any dunkers :( I played a quick pickup game which was LOL bad.. selfish team mates and bad shooting and i noped out after around 10 mins. Was funny tho. I got someone to take a video on my phone of me dunking in jeans, teh commentary makes it awesome but nothing special otherwise, i wish i was in better shape and closer to PR territory when i balled there but it was more like the opposite!

Will see how long it takes me to get back on track .. im just daunted by the long road ahead :/

1909
I just wanted to make a note in passing, my 2nd time playing basketball in the states was fun. It was at CSUN, a 5v5 full court pickup game. Had a complete game of passing the ball for assists, rebounds and playing defence (game saving block!). Got props after which was really gratifying!  i know it's a small sample size but i enjoy the way the game is played there. It's a lot more finesse based than brute force (in oz).  It really sucked that i cudnt make friends and keep playing regularly with those guys but what can you do. I'm missing it already.

I also worked on my shooting a bit and i think i have improved on that front too. Maybe just being around good shooters, something rubs off on you? Idk. Not to say we have bad shooters here, im ny local rec league we have decent shooters too .. idk, hard to say.

oh and i cud barely dunk but i landed one between games and one guy said to me "if you could continue not doing that, it would be great" .. lol. american wit :) I thought how well that hit home cause ive almost never dunked in a game.  But for the most part i didn't see much riposte.. maybe it's the way i come across but i dont get/give easy banter .. i need to figure out why because respect and recognition is nice but i want to beocme a more well rounded person in general



1910
Back from my trip! What an incredible 4 weeks which included LA, San Franciso, Las Vegas, San Diego and last but not least, Yosemite!

 I wish I could have eaten better and trained more but these things are hard to do while travelling. Squatted twice, did not bench at all, balled twice and that's about it lol. Eating out every day for 30 days, it's hard to get enough protein .. im pretty soft now .. as i mentioned above. I need to get back in shape.

Since my gym gains are all but vanished, im open to trying out things in training i wudnt otherwise, esp while rebuilding back to where I was before May. Prob have a good 3 months ahead of me before i'm in PR territory. Maybe more, that sucks but whatever.

To recap -- I can't believe i went to the game at Oracle Arena where GSW came back from 3-1 down to win an incredible WCF in 7. I was there! If KD hits a 3, and Westbrook has a better shooting night I could have seen OKC go thru to the finals. Incredible watching KD drop 40 points. He did everything he could have but GSW just played better as a team. They fully deserve to win the ring this year.

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 07, 2016, 12:33:18 am »
I went from being the biggest LBJ fan to being anti Cavs when he did wrong by my boy Wiggins. Before that I would argue passionately why he was the best ever and he wasn't an asshole like MJ had been. I dont care to anymore, he laid his bed, he has been an awful custodian of his talent and legend. A better man would have more results to show. He could have gone anywhere but the Cavs but once he went back he could have done a lot better than killing his coach and rookie. I don't respect him the same since. Still a pretty good career mind you. Go warriors. I still can't believe how close OKC came :(

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Hi guys sorry i forgot my password but later remembered i also have google chrome on my phone which saves passwords across devices

Ive trained twice since coming here lol. Have got soft and weak and cant jump much but still look like i am kinda in shape

Im in socal atm.. will insta you todday if we can meet before i leave

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: May 30, 2016, 04:34:37 am »
I watched game 5 live at Oracle. One of my lifetime highlights highlights. First NBA game and it was amazing.  Really  tempted to go game 7 but I'm back in LA and it would be a mission to drive back north Cal. I'm routing for okc but i really  respect the Warriors as a team and fan base.  Can't wait!

1914
lets not introduce another variable into this analysis lol. fat isn't been considered at the moment. btw the object isnt to accelerate the basketball as much as possible. they talk about a soft release, high arc, all those things are more important in an accurate shot. I did read a book on this by the way..

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Basketball-John-J-Fontanella/dp/0801885132

not the be all and end all of shooting mechanics .. but it's a good start. theres a pdf available online on
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

1915
I just want to clarify im not talking about a LARGE hip angle. It's actually quite acute BUT .. it's it's explosive/athletic/powerful .. think of a shallow jump squat (ignore the weight for now). IT's not deep! Think of a perfect push press, it's not a deep knee bend but a powerful controlled one to initiate the movement. THink of a jumpshot, it's not a big hip angle but a small powerful one. I'm sure we would all agree if we stated our assumptions and the limited range of the angle.

Again please dont get hung up in thinking i'm trying to go for a big dip .. far from it .. just a bigger one than i do normally .. cos that's almost upright. If you saw vid of me shooting you'd agree there is something off in that my setup and release is too upright. I can speak to other shooters mentioned who will have their peculariaties but im not a magic johnson archetype .. have more in common with the build type of most basketball players who do manage to have much nicer form. I shud be able to acquire that .. not going to accept my broken technique which is so unreliable. I get it, if you have ok mechanics, just practice loads, but im not sure i have that.

I need to compare my form to other lefties.. eg manu, harden, etc .. lefties have such nice form .. i hate mine .. self loathing lol

will try to write a proper reply later ..


@toddday great post.

X2!

Shooting is a skill. Skills get improved through practice. Iverson was regarded as a chucker but he still averaged around 30 points a game.

Have a great holiday ;D
Thank you both!   :D


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BS 6x110 (legs too shaky to do much more than a warmup :(  ......)
RDL 8x150, 0Fx180, 0Fx160 ... whatevs
BP 3x90 (LPR)
WCU 3x103, 5x98.5

BW: 177.5 (LPR)

Notes:
Last workout in OZ .. flying out tonight.. pretty ordinary lol. Still thinkign bout doing some hip thrusts so i feel like it wasnt a complete waste of a training day .. but idk. Will prob hit a gym tues in LA and then off to yosemite for the rest of the week .. no lifting til the following week

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Re curry, i envy his wingspan, or lack of .. 6'3" is perfect for his shot. I shoot like curry except i have longer arms and my shot is garbage as a result :( mine is around 6'7" iirc


http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Stephen-Curry-1170/stats/

edit, also ratios of arm segments are more favourable not just the length of the total arm

1918
Good points but i still think i need to get more out of my lower body. Just wanna point out that I dont do jump squats ONLY for my jumpshot .. for everything .. assistance to my push press, assistant manager to to my jumping etc .. it's all assistance for something else, assistance to assisatnce, maybe my push press helps my jump squat .. which helps my vertical on my lying pushups

also my knees never like dipping into a jumpshot. maybe its a conditioning thing and they need to get used to that

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lmao . im nto suggesting turning a jumpshot into an ATG squat. I mean getting most of the contrib from closing the hip angle rather than upper body

Yeah mate I know that.

How much "extra" do you think you'll gain from closing the hip angle though? I still think you're looking in the wrong places for improvement.

Either way if you get a benefit out of it then good on you. There's probably more technically sound people on here who can provide better advice though 

I get close to zero out of it at the moment.. but if i can get say 70-80% from lower body and the rest from wrist/arms ... maybe

to be clear i do think most good shooters get most of their contrib from lower body .. i dont mean to say they should be dipping lower .. i'm saying i shud be dipping lower .. not merely bending at the waist (dont care about that) but focusing on lowering the hips into the start of the shott

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lmao . im nto suggesting turning a jumpshot into an ATG squat. I mean getting most of the contrib from closing the hip angle rather than upper body

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