(Ep037) Dr. Michelle Boland: 6 X-Factors for Preparing Basketball Players to Be More Athletic & Healthier
To excel on the court, basketball players need to master individual skills like shooting, ball handling, and rebounding, as well as how to play offense and defense as a team. But to handle the demands of contact with opponents, jumping and landing, accelerating and decelerating, and changing direction, they need to bulletproof their bodies off the court. Recently, Basketball Strong co-host/former Lakers strength coach Tim DiFrancesco and S&C coach Michelle Boland had a great conversation about the nuances of preparing basketball players to be durable and maximize their athleticism sustainably.
In this episode, Michelle and Tim share:
How contrasting the high power and speed output of the game with slower tempo training
Why training your hips and core to work together is key to sports performance
What you can do to better absorb force
How tension can restrict movement and why your body must open up before it closes
What the 5+1 lower body zones are and how to load them to reduce injury risk
Why repeatability of sub-maximal efforts will better prepare you for the game than one-rep maxes
To learn more about training basketball players and other athletes to be more durable and perform better for longer, follow Michelle on Instagram, check out her website.
