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Tag Archives: Kevin Durant
Workout Warriors: Kevin Durant tested as the 78th best athlete in the 2007 NBA Draft
This week, as you watch Oklahoma City and Kevin Durant in the 2012 NBA Finals and read about prodigious performances in NBA teams’ individual workouts, remember that Kevin Durant tested as the 78th out of 80 athletes tested in 2007. … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptual-Cognitive Skills
Tagged 2012 NBA Draft, combines, Kevin Durant, Miles Plumlee, NBA workouts
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Developing an Elite Basketball Jump Shooter
Shooting is a motor skill despite many experts believing that shooting skill is an innate talent. The concentration when coaching or teaching young shooters is the sport-specific instruction: the elbow, the eyes, the knee bend, etc. When one watches an … Continue reading
The Position Revolution and the Myth of Height in Basketball
The myth of height in basketball suggests that tall players stay close to the basket, and short players play away from the basket. We know this is a myth because two of the best perimeter players and shooters in the … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy
Tagged Dirk Nowitski, height, Kevin Durant, position revolution, tall players
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Durant’s Bringing Back the Jumper
The media (and many coaches) has criticized players, and basketball in general, for years because the cool kids only wanted to do tricks or dunk. Jimmer Mania captured college basketball’s attention based largely on his propensity for pulling up from … Continue reading
