Conditioning your body to improve your basketball skills can be the most difficult part in any athlete's training. Strength and quickness training can help improve your 3 point shooting, dribbling and passing, but the easiest aspect of your game to improve, is your jump height. Here are a few workouts that all of the pros use to increase their vertical leap height.
1. Hill Sprints! Find a hill around where you live that has a steady incline. The steeper the better for this workout. Start at the bottom and simply sprint as hard and as fast as to can. Keep the sprints limited to about 70 yards. Remember, with this workout, you are workout on quickness, not endurance. Do 6-8 hill sprints a day.
2. Core Workouts! Don't forget that your abs play a tremendous role in balance and overall explosive power. every morning when you wake up, do sit up, crunches, and v-ups. These 3 workouts combined will strengthen both your upper and lower abs. This is also important for cutting fat! If you had to hold a 10 pound dumbbell when you jumped, you wouldn't get as high as if you weren't holding it. Core workouts will help you strip away that extra weight.
3. Bulgarian Split Dead-Lift! The name is complicated, the workout is simple! Get a pair of dumbbells at a weight that feels comfortable to you (I started with 25 lb each but within 3 weeks I had moved up to 95 lb dumbbells). Put a bench about 2 feet behind you. Stand with the dumbbells hanging to your sides. Step back with 1 foot ad place the top of your foot on the bench with the sole of your shoe toward the sky. Now you are ready to begin. Squat down on the 1 leg until your knee is at a 90 degree angle and press yourself back up. Do 10 Reps of this workout for each leg. Try to do at least 5 sets.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Greene is One of the Few Pittsburg Steelers With Six Rings
As the light hits on the four diamonds adorning the Super Bowl XIV; one man seems to be happy and enjoying the achievement he's made so far being the proud owner of the rings.
Taking a look at him you will definitely see it written all over his face. A smile lingered on Joe Greene's face as he glances on the ring on his finger. A smiling Joe Greene was quoted saying that he got the ring during the Championship run in the AFC Championship game. He further asserted that he had to wear this particular one to act as a charm and bring good luck to him. Greene says that he has kept the ring for as long as he can remember; and never thought of changing it but has stuck with it.
If there's a player with a number of rings to choose from, it's Greene. There are plenty of rings for him to select from. He will also be adding another ring soon by being the owner of six Super Bowl rings. An achievement never been recorded in the NFL history. Greene was among the Steelers' players who made up the famous "Steel Curtain" defense early in the 1970s.The famous defense was instrumental in making Greene to go ahead and win a streak of major rings in Super Bowl IX, X, XIII and XIV as a player. Greene hasn't stopped there he has gone ahead and managed to complete another fifth season with the Steelers both as a special assistant/college and pro personnel. Under this capacity he has won another ring from Super Bowl XL and now Super Bowl XLIII. He is now among the only four legends of Steelers staff members, who have managed to win six rings, however having won as a player makes him stands out from the famous four: No wonder Greene considers it as special. During his days in Pittsburgh, Greene wasn't sure he will win the Super Bowl. As the player personnel and scouting department held up a meeting about the draft and the free agency. Having been a part of the NFL both as a player and coach. It's one aspect that he is really relishing. Greene was quoted saying that making the right decisions is paramount, selecting the right players, and help the coaches come up with the right decisions on the right players is very interesting. Right decisions according to him give you a chance to win in the ball game. It also assists players in attaining the level of the game that is required. The coaches' main task is to coach, but this is achieved when you start with quality players.
When Greene was with Pittsburgh, he never thought of trying the Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII. But after making appearance in four and later attending Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Greene could only watch the Steelers' victory over the Arizona Cardinals from home, together with his wife Agnes, and other family members. The game was very tough, Greene was quoted saying. But, as ever it never occurred to him even a single second that Pittsburgh weren't going to win. He well knew that the team's resilience and determination was the key to win the game.
To get the best seats and enjoy all the Pittsburgh Steelers action make sure to visit AwesomeSeating.com THE site which brings you exclusive Pittsburgh Steelers Tickets so you can witness History in the Making!
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Taking a look at him you will definitely see it written all over his face. A smile lingered on Joe Greene's face as he glances on the ring on his finger. A smiling Joe Greene was quoted saying that he got the ring during the Championship run in the AFC Championship game. He further asserted that he had to wear this particular one to act as a charm and bring good luck to him. Greene says that he has kept the ring for as long as he can remember; and never thought of changing it but has stuck with it.
If there's a player with a number of rings to choose from, it's Greene. There are plenty of rings for him to select from. He will also be adding another ring soon by being the owner of six Super Bowl rings. An achievement never been recorded in the NFL history. Greene was among the Steelers' players who made up the famous "Steel Curtain" defense early in the 1970s.The famous defense was instrumental in making Greene to go ahead and win a streak of major rings in Super Bowl IX, X, XIII and XIV as a player. Greene hasn't stopped there he has gone ahead and managed to complete another fifth season with the Steelers both as a special assistant/college and pro personnel. Under this capacity he has won another ring from Super Bowl XL and now Super Bowl XLIII. He is now among the only four legends of Steelers staff members, who have managed to win six rings, however having won as a player makes him stands out from the famous four: No wonder Greene considers it as special. During his days in Pittsburgh, Greene wasn't sure he will win the Super Bowl. As the player personnel and scouting department held up a meeting about the draft and the free agency. Having been a part of the NFL both as a player and coach. It's one aspect that he is really relishing. Greene was quoted saying that making the right decisions is paramount, selecting the right players, and help the coaches come up with the right decisions on the right players is very interesting. Right decisions according to him give you a chance to win in the ball game. It also assists players in attaining the level of the game that is required. The coaches' main task is to coach, but this is achieved when you start with quality players.
When Greene was with Pittsburgh, he never thought of trying the Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII. But after making appearance in four and later attending Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Greene could only watch the Steelers' victory over the Arizona Cardinals from home, together with his wife Agnes, and other family members. The game was very tough, Greene was quoted saying. But, as ever it never occurred to him even a single second that Pittsburgh weren't going to win. He well knew that the team's resilience and determination was the key to win the game.
To get the best seats and enjoy all the Pittsburgh Steelers action make sure to visit AwesomeSeating.com THE site which brings you exclusive Pittsburgh Steelers Tickets so you can witness History in the Making!
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Ibrahimovic Wants FC Barcelona
Zlatan Ibrahimovic raises the possibility of leaving Inter Milan at the end of season and the rumor is, he wants to play for a Spanish team, preferably FC Barcelona.
Despite the good run in domestic competition, Swedish striker is reportedly unhappy with the lack of success in Champions League. Inter Milan head coach, Jose Mourinho, is also being linked with a move to Spain and should that happen there is no way of stopping "Ibrakadabra" from leaving the city of Milano.
Loss at the hands of Manchester United was an eyeopening for many in Italy. Journalists and the public already talk about the demise of Italian football. Their other representatives in the elite competition also failed to qualify for the final stages. Roma lost after the penalty shoot down with Arsenal and Juventus were knocked out by Chelsea, yet another English team.
At the peak of his career, Ibrahimovic, will surely consider the move. After reaching the top in Serie A he will need a new challenge to keep him motivated and there`s no club in the world that would better fit his style of play than FC Barcelona.
Samuel Eto is a leading goalscorer of La Liga but the uncertainty regarding his contract made the Catalan team consider their options. They are already lining up David Villa, Karim Benzema and Adebayor, should the Cameroon born striker fail to extend his contract. FC Barcelona coach, Josep Guardiola, wasn`t in favor of keeping Eto when the season started but in the end had to settle because the board couldn`t find a suitable buyer.
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Despite the good run in domestic competition, Swedish striker is reportedly unhappy with the lack of success in Champions League. Inter Milan head coach, Jose Mourinho, is also being linked with a move to Spain and should that happen there is no way of stopping "Ibrakadabra" from leaving the city of Milano.
Loss at the hands of Manchester United was an eyeopening for many in Italy. Journalists and the public already talk about the demise of Italian football. Their other representatives in the elite competition also failed to qualify for the final stages. Roma lost after the penalty shoot down with Arsenal and Juventus were knocked out by Chelsea, yet another English team.
At the peak of his career, Ibrahimovic, will surely consider the move. After reaching the top in Serie A he will need a new challenge to keep him motivated and there`s no club in the world that would better fit his style of play than FC Barcelona.
Samuel Eto is a leading goalscorer of La Liga but the uncertainty regarding his contract made the Catalan team consider their options. They are already lining up David Villa, Karim Benzema and Adebayor, should the Cameroon born striker fail to extend his contract. FC Barcelona coach, Josep Guardiola, wasn`t in favor of keeping Eto when the season started but in the end had to settle because the board couldn`t find a suitable buyer.
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