Coaching, drills, and training for improved basketball performance
In a previous post ( https://www.cissik.com/blog/2022/08/athletes-apply-force-in-a-horizontal-direction/ ), we talked about the need to develop an athlete’s ability to apply force in a horizontal direction. While weight room strength is really important, you...
A little over six months ago I finished my last chemotherapy treatment for something I didn’t plan for and didn’t want. Cancer creates a lot of anxiety because there is never anything...
In a previous post we covered some of the pros, cons, and uses of heavy ropes in a strength and conditioning program. With this post we’re going to cover one of the...
This will be the first of several posts about heavy ropes, also known as battle ropes. Heavy ropes are ropes of large diameter (1.5 inches or more), are long (30-50 feet in...
In a previous post we talked about repeated effort jumps. These jumps were done off two legs. The question comes up, can repeated effort jumps be done off one leg? After all,...