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Are Your Habits Actually Matching Your Goals?
I had a kid tell me he wanted to play college basketball. No offers. Small school. No AAU. He was ...
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How Long Does a Muscle Strain Actually Take to Heal?
A client of mine spent a weekend playing baseball with his nephews, which is how most of these start. Nothing ...
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Why Losing 1v1 to a Bigger Player Might Be the Best Thing for Your Game
I had two of my players going at it in pickup the other day, and it was not a fair ...
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Your Rest Periods Are Quietly Running Your Workouts
I had a client who got winded between every single exercise. Not the normal kind where you catch your breath ...
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Push and Pull: How to Create Space Without Being the Fastest Kid on the Court
I had a middle school kid who could shoot the lights out from the perimeter. Catch and shoot, money every ...
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Push Where You Are: Stop Forcing the Range You Don’t Have Yet
I had a client, an older woman, whose shoulders did not want to cooperate. We'd been working on her mobility ...
Give Your Shot Some Bones: When a Smooth Stroke Is the Problem
Most of my job is making shots smoother. This one was about the opposite. I worked with a middle school ...
Why Some Exercises Always Feel Hard (And When That’s Lying to You)
If an exercise feels impossible, you're probably reading the wrong signal. I had a client who could not do single ...
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You’re Showing Up to the Wrong Game in Your Head
I've got an 11-year-old who's smaller and younger than everyone in his group. He plays up, against bigger kids, older ...
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Stop Punishing Yourself Into Habits That Were Never Going to Stick
She kept pushing the start date. New to exercise, completely overwhelmed, no idea where to begin. Every week there was ...
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Be More Like a Skateboarder
I had a brand new player, never trained before, and I tried to make a drill easier so she could ...
Some Exercises Just Aren’t For You (And That’s Not a Character Flaw)
I have a client who used to get a tailbone flare-up every single time we deadlifted to the floor. Not ...
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You Don’t Need to Be the Fastest. You Need to Be the Hardest to Read.
There was a moment in middle school that I still think about. Someone who knew basketball watched me play and ...
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The Science of Strength Just Got Updated. Here’s What It Actually Means for You.
The American College of Sports Medicine published new resistance training guidelines in March 2026. First update in 17 years. They ...
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You Play Like You’re Trying to Survive Something
A high school kid came in looking like he was getting stabbed every time he shot the ball. Not exaggerating ...
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Your Body Is Leaning. You Just Don’t Know It Yet.
A client kept having flare ups. We'd tried backing off certain movements, adjusted his load, took things easier for a ...
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Why Basketball Footwork Is the Skill Nobody Teaches
Nobody Taught You the Most Important Part Washington Wizards v/s Los Angeles Lakers December 14, 2010 Every player wants to ...
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Why Deadlifts Don’t Have to Hurt Your Back
Your Back Isn't the Problem. Your Hips Are. Lower back pain is one of those things everyone seems to just ...
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You Can’t Buy the Hours (But You Can Make Them Count)
Every player wants to know the shortcut. The drill that fixes everything. The coach who unlocks it. The training program ...
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Nobody Told You Arm Training Was Allowed (And Most People Are Still Doing It Wrong)
Somewhere along the way, arm training became the thing serious lifters pretend they don't care about. You're supposed to squat ...
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