Don't Fall Off Your Chair, Tim

Not only is speed and conditioning Coach Tim
Kauppinen a friend, but he is a dedicated dad who
reads this e-letter regularly. And he has a 6th
grade daughter who plays basketball.

Here's some good news Tim wrote about the other
day:

Dear Dean,

Holy crud.

My 11 year old daughter actually listened to me.
Can you believe it? I know, I know, it may be the
first and last time it ever happens - but you've got
to hear the details.

Last week, on the way home from Madison, my
daughter starting telling me about her basketball
goals for the season (she's a point guard). These
were her top two:

1. Beat Deerfield (the team her team loses to
every year)

2. Score 39 points over the season (I'm not exactly
sure where that number came from)

I thought those were pretty good goals. They were
specific and had a definite time frame - she HAD
heard what I have told her about goal setting.

My daughter continued (and this really made me
swell with pride).

"I have them written down in 3 different places",
she said, "places where I can't help but see them
every day."

Written goals. She was on a roll.

And you know what? By the end of Saturday, she
was already seeing the power of her goal setting.

She played two games in a round robin tournament
on Saturday afternoon. She scored 10 points (she
may need to adjust that 39 for the season goal),
made a number of steals, assists and even blocked a
shot (she's under 5 feet, but is finally listening to me
when I tell her jumping in games is a good idea).

"Boy, was that girl ever mad when I blocked her
shot", she laughed.

Better than all of that - her team beat Deerfield.

Amazing how few people actually have written
goals when they are so simple and powerful a 6th
grader "gets it."

[the other] Coach K

P.S. Here's the secret to getting kids (or anyone
else) to listen to you. First, be sure what you're
telling them is something that works (like hill
sprinting for endurance, flab loss, and strength.
See the proof today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Second, model the behavior that you want them
to learn. My daughter has seen my written goals
posted around for a couple of years now (fitness,
sprinting, & business goals) - she's seen it work.

What can I add to that.


Shoot for The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

The Power of Positive Conditioning

A couple of weeks ago we were discussing how
speed coach Tim Kauppinen and I think it's
counter-productive to use running, sprinting, and
stair work as discipline for not paying attention,
goofing off, insubordination, etc.

I'm not saying some players don't need negative
motivation. Everybody is different. You do what
you have to do.

But in general we feel performance will be at a
much higher level if players are taught to value
and cherish conditioning.

How much better would your team be if
conditioning were treated as a source of pride, not
a result of punishment. In that environment you
can also use your sprinting to build teamwork and
chemistry.

Here's what Coach Bruce E. Brown asks his
players to get them in the right mindset:

1. Do you believe being in great condition will make
you a better player?

2. Do you believe being a better player will make
us a better team?

3. Do you believe conditioning will let us all have
more success?

4. Do you believe great conditioning is something
championship teams have?

Conclusion: Conditioning should be treated as a
privilege.

Stay tuned to find ways to make that happen.

When you discover the value of hill and stair
sprinting you should find yourself playing and
shooting at an elite level.

Find out what you can expect today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Shoot for the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Even if you're not an athlete when you find
how powerful and time effective uphill work can
be you'll be proud to watch the changes that will
happen in your body. Let Coach Tim educate you
today by running over to:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Kick It Into Gear

When I went away to college I gave up trying to
play in a band, but I did get heavily involved in
my campus radio station. I was a DJ and later
worked my way up to music program director for
a couple of years. I got my start though at the
station in the sports department covering
basketball and swimming.

I knew what it took to play basketball, but I
really got an education hanging out with the
swim team. Those guys trained like warriors
every day.

That's why when I saw a letter to Coach Tim
Kauppinen from a swimmer named Elizabeth who
is using his hill sprinting DVD today my ears
perked up. Here's what she had to say.

"Since I started doing uphill sprints in
September, I've noticed my time doing laps in
the pool has improved dramatically. I've always
been a great swimmer and always had excellent
lung capacity, but the increase in time has
definitely coincided with sprinting, and I only
sprint two days a week...

Thanks Coach K..... The amazing thing is that
the people I swim with have noticed that, not
only have I gotten faster, but i get faster in the
middle of my swim, when most swimmers are
starting to slow into a steady pace, I excel into
a faster pace..... Thanks for the motivation."

Elizabeth

Tim's response was, "Thank you Elizabeth. And,
yes, I have seen this a lot."

It reminds me of the way the legendary UCLA
teams under John Wooden used to play. They'd
be battling another great team pretty much even,
trading baskets, and then you'd see them kick into
a totally different gear. A gear the other team
didn't seem to have.

You too can expect a measurable performance
boost from using Tim's hill training secrets.
Find out how you can flat out run away from your
competition today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. What does hill sprinting have to do with
shooting? Legs, man. When the legs go, most of
the time your shot goes too.

Anything you can do to train the legs at high
intensity exercise will pay big dividends on the
court. Hill or stair sprinting happens to be the
most efficient way I've ever come across.

If I were you I'd put one foot in front of the
other as fast as I could and zip on over to:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Do I Have To?

Do you have to shoot 1000 shots a day to be a
superstar?

No, you don't HAVE to. As an ex-coach used to
tell me, you GET to.

I thought he was just being sarcastic at the time.
Now I realize how right he was.

It is a privilege to want to be a great shooter (or a
great anything) because within that desire are the
very seeds of your success. All you need to do is
value those desires and nourish them, by doing
what you can to further your dreams along.

So don't look at the price you're going to pay.
Instead look at the dream you have. Look at the
result you want, and see yourself living that
dream with all the emotion you can muster.

The Bible even says that for the joy set before Him,
Jesus himself endured the agony of the cross.
When you set your joy in front of you and focus on
that, you will have all the juice you need to pay the
price.

Coach Tom Nordland will help build or rebuild your
dream of becoming a superstar shooter with his new
Swish 2 DVD. Get that and you'll see yourself wanting
to practice shooting every chance you get. Start today
at:

http://www.deandelker.com/swish2.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Tim Kauppinen and I believe it's counter-
productive to use sprinting, running stairs, and other
sprint conditioning drills as punishment. They are too
valuable a part of your overall health and fitness to be
left as an afterthought, and a negative one at that.

The benefits of sprinting have been one of the best
kept secrets in athletics, but thanks to Coach Tim
Kauppinen. the cat is now out of the bag. See how less
work can get you to your dreams faster now at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Chariots of Fire Redux

Another line I love from 'Chariots of Fire' is when
the Headmaster at Cambridge is addressing the
incoming freshmen at their first dinner and says:

'Let each of you discover where your true chance
for greatness lies. Seize that chance and let no
power on Earth deter you'

Of course that chance came for Eric Liddel and
Harold Abrahams on the Olympic track in 1924.
Where will your chance for greatness lie?

If it's going to happen for you on the basketball
court you're going to need a good set of wheels.
Yes, a pair of strong legs is a necessity if you
want to be a great shooter. Every shooting coach
I've ever met talks about the importance of leg
drive.

You can always use more strength, stamina,
endurance, speed and explosiveness.

The NFL Hall of Fame rusher Walter Payton, who
was the personification of leg drive, had a big-time
training secret. In the off-season he did hill sprints
religiously. So did all-world wide receiver Jerry Rice, a
nd heavyweight champion boxer Rocky Marciano.

You've probably run steps before in your training,
but do you know the benefits of sprinting them? Do
you know what kind of edge that could give you on
the basketball court?

Coach Tim Kauppinen a top sprint coach from
Wisconsin can answer that question. You can see
what Tim has to say about it in print over at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Make Every Shot Count,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Matt Furey used hill sprints to propel himself to
NCAA and World Championships in the martial arts,
and he recognizes Tim as a world-class expert on
these secret training techniques. Learn over 20
dynamic routines for both hills and stairs today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Copyright Delker Enterprises, Inc. 2006