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Marty Hill has been working hard in the weight room for the first half of his The Basketball League season

𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐢𝐝-𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐥 (𝐈𝐌𝐓𝐏) ▪️The IMTP is a way to test maximal strength in athletes and is correlated with performance in other metrics such as vertical jump and sprint speed ▫️These can be done using a crane scale (as shown in the video) or with force plates ▪️Essentially, all you do is pull as hard as you can on the bar producing as much force as possible, and it is recommended to use a 145° hip angle to try to keep the movement as standardized as you can ▫️The IMTP can be coupled with force produced during a counter movement jump to determine the difference between their maximal strength and explosive strength capacity; this can give guidance on whether the athlete needs ballistic training, maximal strength work or concurrent training ▪️The IMTP can also be normalized relative to bodyweight to help compare athletes of different sizes/weights

🏀𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐳 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲🏀 🗓During the 1st quarter vs the Cavs on 1/6/21 Fultz, tore his ACL while driving to the hoop, and planting his left leg to change direction 📈He has continued his ACL rehab, at this point just over a year, but has resumed practicing in the G League so is likely not far off from returning to play

🏀 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐬🏀 Adding a reactive component to simple drills and warm-ups helps to get more out of them Pogo Hops are a good drill to to build stiffness and endurance throughout the calf/ankle complex but they can be a boring drill, just hopping up and down in place By incorporating reaction to stimuli, we integrate cognitive processing, reaction time and increased focus in addition to the physical qualities we are training With this drill, we are performing continuous pogo hops and reacting to the arrows by hopping in the direction they are pointing while restraining our movement to the colors and numbers

🏀 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 4th quarter vs the Kings in the bubble during the covid pandemic, on 8/2/20 Isaac tore his ACL jump stopping while driving to the hoop 📈He has continued his ACL rehab but as of 11/26/21, per espn.com injury report, has not been cleared for contact with on-court drills yet at ~13 months, 3 weeks out from initial injury

🏀 𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter vs the Raptors during the NBA finals, on 6/13/19 Thompson tore his ACL while landing awkwardly after finishing at the hoop and getting bumped 📈He sustained an achillies rupture during his rehab process on 11/18/2020 and underwent surgery for that on 11/25/2020 ⛹🏽‍♂️He has continued his ACL and achillies rehab and has a target return date on the court for Jan 2022

🏀 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 2nd quarter vs the Bucks, on 2/6/18 Porzingis tore his ACL while landing after a dunk 📈He returned to his first game on 10/23/19, 20 months and 2 weeks after the original ACL tear, sitting out the entire 2018-19 season ⛹🏽‍♂️He has continued a solid NBA career and is in his 3rd season with the Dallas Mavs for the 2021-2022 season

🏀 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter vs the Pistons, on 2/3/2017 LaVine tore his ACL while driving to the hoop and falling/landing after contact 📈He returned to his first game on 1/13/2018, 11 months & 1 week after the original ACL tear ⛹🏽‍♂️He has continued a successful NBA career post-ACL surgery and currently is in his fifth season with the Bulls for the 2021-2022 season

🏀 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter vs the Celtics, on 1/2/2016 Jack tore his ACL while planting on his left foot in transition 📈He returned to his first game on 2/25/2017, 13 months & 3 weeks after the original ACL tear; he only played 2 games that season but played a full season the following one which was his final nba season ⛹🏽‍♂️He was signed to the Sioux Falls Skyforce G League team in 2019 and on 3/5/19 he tore his ACL and lateral meniscus. Currently he is an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns for the 2021-2022 season

🏀 𝐉𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter vs the Suns, on 12/15/2014 Parker tore his left ACL while driving to the hoop and attempting a euro step planting off his left leg; he loses slight control of the ball and his knee dumps into valgus 📈He returned to his first game on 11/4/2015, 10 months & 2 weeks after the original ACL tear ⛹🏽‍♂️He did suffer a re-tear of the same ACL in 2017, but continues to play in the NBA for the Celtics during the 2021-2022 season following the 2 ACL surgeries

🏀 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 2nd quarter vs the Mavericks, on 4/4/2013 Gallinari tore his ACL after driving to the hoop and jump stopping/decelerating 📈He returned to his first game on 10/29/2014, 18 months & 3 weeks after the original ACL tear ⛹🏽‍♂️He has continued a solid NBA career post-ACL surgery, currently in his second season with the Atlanta Hawks for the 2021-2022 season

🏀 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter vs the Bobcats, on 2/11/2013 Barbosa tore his ACL after driving to the hoop and decelerating to turn and kick the ball out to the top of the key 📈He returned to his first game on 1/8/2014, 10 months & 4 weeks after the original ACL tear ⛹🏽‍♂️He played a few more seasons in the NBA and then played professional in Brazil from 2017-2020 before retiring from basketball in Sept of 2020

🏀 𝐋𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 2nd quarter vs the Nets, on 1/18/2013 Lou Williams tore his ACL when driving to the hoop in transition and planting on his right leg 📈He returned to his first game on 11/5/2013, 9 months and 4 weeks after the original ACL tear ⛹🏽‍♂️Lou Williams continues to have a very successful career post-ACL surgery still playing in the NBA, back with the Hawks. Since his ACL injury he has won NBA sixth man of the year award 3x in 2015, 2018 and 2019.

🏀 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 🏀 🗓During the 1st quarter vs the Grizzlies, on 11/2/12, Brandon Rush tore his ACL when landing after going up for a dunk and being bumped; as he lands his knee rapidly torques into valgus 📈He returned to his first game on 11/5/2013, 1 year and 3 days after the original ACL tear. He only played 2 games in November before fully coming back to consistent play in the month of December that season ⛹🏽‍♂️Rush continued to play in the NBA until the 2016-2017 season and currently plays for Larisa Basketball Club out of the Greek Basket League since Nov 2019. While he wasn’t a superstar caliber player, he was still able to continue to have a solid professional career following his ACL surgery

🏀 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫 🏀 🗓During the 4th quarter of game 1 of the first round of the playoffs vs the Sixers, on 4/27/12, D Rose tore his ACL when jump stopping/decelerating while driving to the hoop; as he lands you can see his L knee collapse inwards 📈He missed the whole 2012-2013 season and returned to play in a game on 10/29/2013 18 months after the initial ACL injury. He only played 10 games that year before tearing his meniscus in his other knee. Despite his longstanding history of injuries, he continues to play in the nba 🔺D Rose’s ACL tear is one of the more devastating ACL injuries that really changed the trajectory of a promising superstar career ⛹🏽‍♂️Despite the setbacks and subsequent injuries, D Rose was able to adapt his style of play to remain a solid nba player throughout his career, instead of letting his ACL injury end his career

🏀 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐂𝐋 & 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫 🏀 🗓During the 3rd quarter of game 1 of the first round of the playoffs vs the Heat, on 4/28/12, Shump tore his ACL and lateral meniscus when he planted on his left leg after dribbling in transition to cut and go around the back to try and get by the defender 📈He returned to play in a game on 1/13/13, just under 9 months after the initial ACL injury. He was able to return and play through the 2020-21 season and did not suffer a reinjury of his ACL 🔺It is difficult to completely say why he had the ACL tear in this specific moment. The fairly straight knee with a quick deceleration/change of direction torques the ACL and is a common mechanism but he has also probably done this move a million times before; the reason is multifaceted including the biomechanics, acute in-game fatigue, chronic loading in the season, how did he sleep the night before etc (the list goes on and on) ⛹🏽‍♂️ACL tears require intensive and long term rehab post-operatively to return to cutting sports like basketball but it doesn’t have to be a career ending injury either

🏀Internal and External Cueing ▪️Internal Focus/Cue: full attention on the joint or muscle ▫️Example: “Jump and land without your knees going inwards ▪️External Focus/Cue: Shifts attention towards the environment, relying more on automatic motor control ▫️Example: “Jump and land while reaching for the cones” 🔺Anecdotally, I find athletes (and myself) thinking about what they’re doing with their body when using internal cueing versus just thinking of the task/output when using external cueing which is more in-line with how sports are played 🔺Internal focus may be necessary, esp early on with improving muscle control/contraction or re-learning gait patterning 🔺Internal cueing seems to facilitate more reliance on our visual system while external cueing seems to facilitate more automatic processes and “replicates” sport better from a neurological standpoint, as during sport, athletes perform an action focusing on their environment, strategy, and opponents/teammates while automatically getting in varying joint positions etc

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🏀 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐩? . Have you been doing plyo training and just can’t get your vert up, keep getting stuffed by the rim like Melo here? . Jump training is good, but we have to dive deeper into what specific exercises you need to progress your jumping . Based on your assessment, we use that data to help us figure out how to train you and what specific exercises to use to maximize your jumping and on-court performance