Rebounding - The most unglamorous job in basketball. Fancy an elbow to your face? Maybe a chipped tooth? How about a broken nose? These are occasional perks if you hustle hard enough to win your team a rebound. Somewhat unglamorous, this skill set hugely influences a team’s chances of winning. Win a defensive rebound, and you stop the opponents from getting a second shot. With luck, a strong defensive rebound can even lead to a swift outlet and fast break opportunities.
Read MoreOne of the most interesting pieces of training equipment we have at Shot Zone is Vertimax. Looking like a complex web of cables on a huge board, you may not be able to figure out what this is on your first look. However, with the right coaching staff and a good working knowledge, you will soon know how useful this piece of equipment can be to help you develop some of your physical abilities, i.e. your speed, explosiveness, and vertical jump.
Read MoreAs a professional competitive coach, the record of wins/losses and number of championships should fill the front page of your resume. From the professional player’s perspective, it is more straight forward. Your contribution on court and your ability to play a significant role towards winning.
In the NBA, it is easier to pin the blame on the head coach when things go wrong. Contract wise, it makes more fiscal sense to move the coach than to make huge upheavals in the playing roster. As a chef, turning on the fire and buying the ingredients are the easy part. Everything becomes much harder after that.
