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A major component you have to consider when trying to design a Basketball Improvement system is to leverage your time wisely and work on the
areas that are most important to you and your game. To use an example, if you are a point guard, your main job is to be able to handle the rock under
control and pressure, control the pace of the game, make sure all your teammates are doing their job correctly and be your coaches on the court
general. Why it would be great if you were a great rebounder, it is not something that you should spend alot of time practicing. You should focus the
majority of your time practicing and improving the areas that are most required. Try not to get caught up in trying to work on every aspect of basketball,
there just is not enough time to work on every thing in one practice.
I have outlined a Practice plan that I use to structure all of my Pro Clients workouts,they are very effective and time efficient. The practice will last
approximately 1 hour and will begin with a Sports Warm-Up.
Sports Warm Up ( 15 minutes)
It is very essential you participate in an active warm up that will prepare you for a vigorous work out ahead. The days of static stretching as a team are
long over,due to the fact that you want to prepare your self for moving, running, and explosive burst, you want to prepare your body to handle certain
movements and game situations. I normally have all my players run 4 to 5 times around the court at about 50%, and then follow that up with 4 half
court layups from both the right and left side. Then, we perform 3 full court layups on each side, right and left. Then we move onto two ball dribbling,
full court and back 3 times, two ball alternating dribbling full court and back, 3 times, and then finish with a couple of dynamic warm up stretches that
improve the mobility, stability, and flexibility of certain muscle groups.
Basketball conditioning ( 10 minutes)
I have always like jumping right into some conditioning drills as my players perform better when we get conditioning done at the beginning of
practice.Many practices, the exercise or drills will change and vary, but the principles remain the same. I usually compile 6 conditioning drills that we
will perform only once, but at 100% intensity. I will then give them a 30-45 second
break and then move onto the next conditioning drill.We do not perform the drills for certain amount of reps, but rather for a duration of time. Usually
lasting 30-45 seconds.
Hers is a sample Conditioning workout:
Exercise # 1 suicide ( 30 seconds)
Rest(45seconds)
Exercise # 2 ( machine guns while dribbling a basketball) 30 seconds
Rest (45 seconds)
Exercise # 3 Basketball Pushups with a basketball( 20 seconds on each side)
Rest(45 seconds)
Exercise #4 Full court Defensive slides( 35 seconds)
Rest ( 45 seconds)
Exercise # 5 Net or rim touches ( 30 seconds)
Rest ( 45 Seconds)
Exercise # 6 Push Up Holds ( 45 seconds)
Rest Until 10 minutes is up
As you can see, if you structure your workouts and practices correctly, you can get a very effective
practice in a short period of time. The next 10 minutes will solely focus on shooting. I have a simple rule when trying to improve your shooting. Think of
the 5 most common shots and area that you are most likely to shoot in a game and work on those 5 shots the most. It is almost a waste of time if you
are a center trying to improve your 3 point shooting. Once you have figured out your 5 most common shots, spend 2 minutes each working on them
and getting up as many shots as you can in those 2 minutes from those specific spots. You will be surprised when you start working on only a couple
of shoots how much more you will improve compared to trying to shoot from every where.
After you finish working on your shooting, you will then dedicate the next 10 minutes on ball handling. There are millions of drills that will improve your
ball handling skills and you can pick which ever ones you like, but follow these rules when you do so.
1. Try not to ever look down at the ball.
2. Try your hardest not to mess up.
3. Involve as much running and movement as you can.
4. When you have mastered a drill, do not continue to do the same drill, move on to a more challenging drill.
5. Try to incorporate multitasking drills as much as possible, like 2 ball dribbling, the more you can do at the same time the better. Follow those rules
and you will see a dramatic improvement in your over all game. Now that you have gotten past those stations, it is time now to move on to the most
important aspect of the practice. The last 15 minutes will solely be committed to working on your niche, the most important component of your game.
What Is Your Niche?
I’m Glad You Asked. This is by far the most over looked aspect in basketball. A niche is what you do best, it is the one thing that you do great, the
thing that separates you form the baller next to you. The One thing you can provide the team, and what the coach can count on you for. Without a
Niche, you have no identity on the court. If you look at all the Kings in the NBA, you will easily discover their Niche.
Steve Nash- passing
Ben Wallace- Rebounding
Dwayne Wade- attacking the basket
Mike Miller- Shooting
Kobe – Scoring
And the list goes on…. Spend the last 15 minutes working and mastering your niche. Whatever it is, whether it be shooting, rebounding, ball handling,
defense, scoring, driving tot he basket, 3 point shooting, ect… Work on mastering and improving it. I guarantee you that if you take this outline and use
it to structure your workouts and practices, you will have more improvement in a couple of weeks then you probably have had your whole career.
Improving your game is easy when you do it the right way.
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I am a professional basketball performance coach. I work with a lot of elite college and pro ballers as well as own a basketball developmental company
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in 1963 on the 17th of February and retired from the basketball scene from which he exploded and along with others
were beginning to make names for themselves.
Throughout his prolific career from the Eighties to the Nineties he has been a truly outstanding basketball player and coach.
Jordan has been considered a remarkable asset at both ends of the spectrum in relation to how the sport is played and how it is viewed. He was
elementally instrumental in making the sport a worldwide forum for fans of all generations and nationalities.
Jordan ended a fifteen-season career with a regular-season average score of over thirty points per game, won six championships with the Chicago
Bulls, and currently owns a part in the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan is considered by most to be the greatest basketball player of all time, with numerous
awards and much acclamation for his abilities. Popular, he has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record of forty-nine times since 1983. He
was named Sportsman of the Year by the magazine in 1991. In 1999, Michael Jordan was named the greatest athlete of the twentieth century by the
ESPN sports network.
He was listed as being second only to Babe Ruth in the Associated Press’ list of the top athletes of the 20th century. His leaping ability has been
vividly proven by his feats of dunking a basketball from the foul line, earning him nicknames like Air Jordan.
As a young child in school, Jordan was remarkable athlete that came to skill in three sports at once, and eventually singled this down to basketball but
had to endure a few seasons of being refused from the varsity basketball team. Jordan then earned an athletic scholarship to the University of North
Carolina. While there, became a better player over the time spent working with the team-oriented system.
After winning a player of the year award in 1984, he left to join the NBA Draft, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round as the third pick
overall. Jordan played thirteen seasons for the Bulls and two with the Washington Wizards. He was generally used as a shooting guard, and was just
as versatile a threat at point guard and small forward.
Throughout his career, Michael Jordan, a gifted, has proved himself worthy of all the attention and praise garnered through his skills and talents, and has since lent his valuable knowledge to coaching.

About the Author
Bill Wallmuller aka Mr. Merokee is the founder of Merokee Enterprises and author of the Celebrity Information.

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The NBA record is 19 consecutive 3pointers in a row in the NBA, 3point, shooting, contest. How many shots are players allowed to take? Is 19 consecutive shots a perfect score? If not then will there ever be a perfect score?

Each rack has five balls, four of which are worth one point (the standard orange balls) and the fifth one (a red, white, and blue ball; nicknamed the "money ball") is worth two points. Thus a perfect score is 30 points.

Craig Hodges and Jason Kapono are tied for the scoring record with 25 points

In NBA Live 07, it says 139 by the Lakers, but I can’t find any evidence supporting this.

Most rebounds for a single game is 55 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia vs. Boston, November 24, 1960

Wilt also has alot of other rebound records like, highest rebound average for a season (27.2 per game), most rebounds for a rookie (45), most seasons with 1,000 rebounds (13), most rebounds in a season (2,149) and most career rebounds (23,924)
He basically owns the rebound record books.

For team rebounds though, most in a game by one team is 109 by Boston vs. Detroit on December 24th, 1960

the celtics are 22-2; the best start in franchise history. But what was the best start in the NBA history?

I’m pretty sure a Lakers team with Magic and Kareem, forgot what team it was, went 33-0, then lost. But eventually lost a few more consecutive games to go 69-13.