drsd wrote:Half of the first round:
This is a fascinating video and it really gets to a point at the 2:10 point.
Man i could write 40000 pages on this topic ( but who would want to read it?
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Anyway , this video is really,really good and makes lot of good points.
I will just highlight some:
- No, i would not draft 15 years old kid who is just hitting puberty and has enough money to live 50 lifes without needing a job. That's why most of HOF kids never become HOFs of their own, they don't have that drive as they are raised in wealth and never had to worked their a** off for anything.
- Zion not being "ready" for summerleague is best example why whole thing with training is silly and how this kids are mentally not ready for pros. He literally gained "dad bod" since last game at college, witch speeks volumen about his drive and determination.
- all pro athletes are overtrainined, and when kids get into that type of working system, they break, that's why 15 out of 30 first rond picks last year failed to play <50 games.
- modern coaches can be separated in two categories imo
1) idiot who will film his overweight NFL player squat 735 pounds that he has no benefit from
2) guy that will put straps on his player , tie him with additional strap, put 2 kettlebells in his arms and tell him to jump while he is dragging him downhill and use some broscience to "mimc natural movment"
- modern training changed to "oldschool"one and for athletes , instad of doing traditional, natural stuff like push, pull type of workouts they are now focused on this specific movments that IMO put way too much stress on singular muscle group ( and joint, and bone) instad of making athletes- all around better athletes.
If you noticed, not a single modern nba player has developed chest. Do you know why? Because they abblendend bench press for whatever reason. And in video you see Harden ( freaking top tear player in whole world! ) doing HALF PUSHUPS . Imagine being league's MVP, being worth probably $400 000 000 and you don't have coach that will teach you how to do PROPER PUSHUP!
I remember video of Dwight laying on a bench, and instad of doing normal bench press, his coach got him pulling himself up using bar. So guy is in position of bench, press, uses bench press bar, but instad of pulling weight ,he pulls his body. Spoiler alert, guy that big and strong isn't being challenged by this exercises and long term it's impossible to make any progress doing exercise that way, therfore it's usless gimmick and waste of his time.
Every time i watch workout trainings on youtube from NBA players , it's cringefest. Bunch of cable push type of movments, almost always on one leg with unnatural movment? When will player use one arm, single leg push in his career ? It's not compound movment, about of muscles involved is at most 2,3 and it's impossible to overloud to make progress . So why not stick to traditional deadlift, pullups,pushups, bench, front and back squat ? And only answer i can give is " it doesn't sell well"?
Whole new modern fitness is one huge gimmick for fat,lazy, stupid people. you have this "smoothie" drinks to "detox" you being sold for like $25 . Do you know what's best detox in whole world? Your freaking liver. So don't drawn yourself in sodas ,sugar and alcohol and liver will detox you- each and every day.
Than you have this fat loss crappy pills and what will make you slim? BEING IN CALORIC DEFICIT . Nothing ellse.
but hey, how to make a money by telling the truth?
But hey , Real Madrid , the richest and most iconic sport team in whole world has coaching stuff that told players to jump in leg press and lock knees and we are here being suprised that players having torn ACLs , torn achillies, broken legs like tootpicks ? Not really. Just bunch of idiots who get hired because of connections, politics, or sleeping with right people.
