by Indians Alumni » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:13 am
I am a strong believer in weight training. I remember not too long ago, it was believed to "mess up your shot!" But you take a look at college programs, they implement weight training, in fact it gives you a stronger shot. I think the old style of thinking is still going on in Class B basketball.
Weight training alone will not make you a better basketball team, but it will make you a stronger one. But you put togather good coaching and strong kids it makes for a heck of a team!
You take a look at top college and pro basketball players, they spend a lot of time in the gym lifting weights. They are not doing it to impress the chicks, ok maybe a little, but they are there to make their game better. Kobe or Labron they squat well over 400 lbs, and they can jump out of the building Shaq benches well over 350 lbs, makes him a strong inside presents. Yeah he does have size, but he got that way through weights, not born that way. He is about 50 lbs heavier than when he first came in the league.
I think coaches should implement weight training when kids hit freshman. If anything, it would promote a healthy lifestyle. Just wished I would have when I where a freshman! :strong:
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Indians Alumni on Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
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