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Ball game last night. Lost by 10    We beat this team easily last time but they pretty much hit everything from outside the arc and our guards gave up 14 points at the end of the first half via turnovers when bringing the ball up the court. So frustrating.

I had 8 points and should have had 20. In the first 5 minutes I missed 4 or 5 easy shots from in close. My touch was just way off. I also had the most frustrating play I think ever in my life as a basketballer. Playing defense and one of their guys drove into the key from the top and had beaten 2 opponents. He went for a floater and I came across to help, got heaps of air and blocked him. I caught the ball on the way down, dribbled full court (or coast to coast as I like to put it) and had one guy coming from the weak side. He was at least a foot shorter than me so I knew I had him. We both went up, he grabbed my left arm so I transferred the ball completely to my right mid air and laid the ball in whilst spinning 360 degrees in the air. In the same motion he bounced off me and went flying landing flat on his back. The ref called a foul and as I bent down to help him up he sheepishly admitted the ref had called a charge on me  Unbelievable!!! Everyone on court and even the other ref admitted it was wrong but it was already done. Oh, and the points didn't count.

Also, had another opportunity for a fast break dunk. It would have been over someone too. I still need to practice this but what I've noticed is that when I'm on the fast break and lining up a dunk I put way too much force through the jumping leg. I also seem to bend the knee just a little too much making it impossible.

On a positive note I threw down a nice one hander before the game and only just missed a couple of two feet which for me is a good thing. Maybe the bounds are starting to have the desired effect.

So as with all good plans there has to be bumps. Work is shaping up as ridiculously busy the next couple of weeks which, whilst great for my pocket, is going to leave me less than the desirable time to train. So in the interim I'll get in for at least two days of weights per week. Back squat, bench and chins one day and then deadlift, FS and OHP the other. It may give me an opportunity to get some more running in which I've been wanting to do for a while so we'll see how that goes.

11/09/15

Day 5- whatever
BW- ?
Injuries- None
Fatigue- medium - whole body
Motivation- was decent

Dynamic warm up

Depth jumps- 18"
3 x 4

Wide Grip RDL-
60 x 10

DL- 100 x 2, 140 x 2, 160 x F

OHP-
bar x 10, 40 x 5, 50 x 5

Seated Machine Row-
40 x 10, 45 x 10, 50 x 10

Hamstring Curls-
3 x 20

Standing pallof press-
3 x 10

DL=
160 is normally hard but I couldn't even get it past my ankles and considering the bar sits above my ankles that's an issue.

Pretty much a heat check today. Feeling pretty worn at the moment. Not sure if extra work, less sleep, less food, idk.  Will rest up over the weekend, up the food intake a bit and try to get a bit more sleep.

Ball game last night. I didn't play the last time we met this team and we drew with them but we were missing half our team. Luckily we had two fill ins. One 6'5 and the other 6'3 who were both decent players. I ended up playing the 1 most of the game on the offensive end which was a nice change up. Didn't score but had a heap of assists and still did my fair share with 14 rebounds. I only took two shots all game which is a carry over mindset from my younger days of playing. I tend to dish of a lot when there is someone in slightly better position, even if I'm open. I've also changed my shooting form (more square, elbow tighter) and although form in practice is excellent I haven't really tested too much in game pressure.

On a real positive the legs felt really good. Didn't get a chance to try any dunks but overall had some good bounce.

*Edit- 94.8kg this morning. First time under 95 for a few months so heading in the right direction*

I am a bball shoes junkie, so is ChrisM, we have both fallen in love with the superflys. But from what i read the 4s are not that bouncy, still a great shoe but 3s and 2s ( that me and ChrisM have ) are better. The 2s is a no-brainer. Great fit, traction, freedom, bounce, stability, cushion, reeealy good shoe, i haven't felt so good in a bball shoe since the original 2008 hyperdunks.
I'd be very curious to try bball shoes with boost sole, but full length, so only the Rose 5 boost choice available. I am waiting for the 'next' iteration since Rose 5 was the first attempt. I still run and jump and solo-practice bb in boost running shoes and this foam is indeed magic, it is the shit. I think i recall you wearing boost trainers too at some pic, no?

Damn good memory. I do have the boost runners/trainers. Got them free on a phone contract. I have only run in them once actually and never balled in them. Might have to try them out before I purchase anything.

Thanks for the advice on the superflys. I will be having a look around over the weekend so will see what's around. At least I kind of know what to look for.

4 steps forward 3 steps back. Pretty disappointed but I smashed huge amounts of food and alcohol over the weekend. Feeling average but will get on with it.

02/09/15

Day 2

Hang Power Clean-
bar x 5, 40 x 3
50 x 3, 3, 3

Incline Bench-
bar x 8, 40 x 8
55 x 8, 8, 8

Chins (neutral grip)-
bw x 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

OH DB Press-
15s x 8, 8

DB Row-
30s x 8, 8

Lateral Raise-
8s x 12, 10

BB Curl-
30 x 10, 8, 5

Trap Bar Farmers Walks (have about 7m to walk back and forth)-
bar + 50 x 7m x 4
bar x 70 x 7m x 4, 4, 4 (1min rest)

Worked pretty quickly with 30-60s rest and supersetted most exercises here. Plan to gradually build volume here as my shoulder gets used to it.

Ball game last night. We won by 15 and I had 11 points. We should have won by 40 but we missed sooooo many shots. Legs felt ok but I only played about 25 mins game time. Definitely have to restructure so that I either train legs on game day or the day after. The day before is just not going to work.

Post game legs were sore AF though and couldn't even really stretch them. Feel better this morning though which isn't too bad.

*Edit- forgot to mention I taped both knees with rocktape last night using this video-

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDvY6Vr_uI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDvY6Vr_uI</a>

Have never done this before but I figured it was worth a shot. Knees actually felt pretty good although the tape did start coming off toward the end of the game. If I want to continue this I may have to start shaving the pegs.

Anyone else have any experience with taping their knees.