Gluttons For Punishment

My friend Speed Coach Tim Kauppinen from
Badgerland Central showed me something today
that really needs repeating. I believe the majority
of coaches in most sports do something all the
time that is stupid.

I've done it myself many a time.

And "it" is to use suicides, wind sprints, running
laps, and running stairs as punishments for
goofing off, not paying attention, or losing a
drill.

There's no question the offenders get better
conditioned, but at what price?

Think about it. Why would you want to plant
negative associations in their minds with a top
notch opportunity to get stronger and faster?
Do you think they are going to want to do extra
punishment on their own outside of practice?
Do you think they will do hill or stair sprints in
the off- season to get better. Not likely.

What if you were to put sprinting drills in a
place of honor in your practices. Maybe only
let your achievers have the time to do extras.
It would be controversial, but think how you
could change the mindset of your team.

What do Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Marcus
Allen, Junior Seau, Curtis Martin, Simeon Rice,
and Lance Armstrong know that the average
athlete doesn't?

There's an huge edge to be gained doing uphill
sprints.

Maybe you need to look at the studies that show
the benefits of uphill sprinting. Coach Tim is
ready to help you out today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. It's Homecoming this weekend here in
GatorLand, and there's always something
very powerful about coming home. There's
a way to shoot hoops that makes you feel
right at home. Let Coach Tom Nordland show
you how that is done today at:

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Go Lateral Young Man

As Coach Tim Kauppinen pointed out to me the other
day, in basketball you don't run in a straight line very
often. To set yourself up for the best looks at the
basket you really need lightning quick lateral speed.

Tim says the key to sideways quickness and speed is
to lift the foot in the direction you want to go and
always be pushing off the opposite foot. If you're
trying to plant your lead foot and pull, you're slowing
yourself down.

Here are a 3 simple ways to train to be a bolt of
lightning on the hardwood.

1. Run laterally through agility ladders. If you're
doing it wrong you'll be dragging that ladder
behind you before you get very far.

2. Run laterally up steps. If you do this one wrong
you'd better be on carpeted stairs 'cause you're
probably going down.

3. Run laterally up hills. Much harder if you've got
the technique wrong.

Don't forget Coach Tim has a killer hill and step sprinting
program that will get you superior conditioning results in
far less time than traditional methods. With the time you
save, you can probably shoot 100 extra shots a day. If
you're ready to add uphill training to your bag of tricks
now's the time to zip right over to:

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

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. After a super-strenuous hill routine or regular
practice there's nothing quite as refreshing as the
energizing vibrations of enpowering music.
Find out how to recharge your energy field today at:

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