What i hate or dislike the most is that he can't raise is elbow above his shoulders and actually straighten his arm. I bet if you as him to held his elbow above after shooting a jump shot, he wouldn't be able to do it. My problem is that, Dwight should know that he has a handicapped shoulders, why complain, why complain about offensive touches when you now you have permanently damaged shoulders from lifting weights.
I assume he experiences serious pain whenever he attempts to extend his directly above his head. \
It sad though, this guy can not raise his elbow above his shoulder and perform any fine motor movements. So much potential wasted. He had the chance to be one of the best centers, but ruined his shoulders lifting to much weight.
He didn't realize that being able to manipulate the weight of a basetball...above your head is what transforms you from a grunt banging bodies and shoveling rocks, versus highly skilled swordsman. The basketball is your sword. If you can't manipulate the ball finely above your head...meaning the ability to keep your elbow above your head on a jump shot, it basically means you can hold a sword but never swing a sword.
dwight wants to be a master swordsman but you lack the ability to even lift the sword above your head which is fundamental. How can ever expect to win a battle without being able to lift a sword over your head. Dwight can't raise his elbow above his head with the basketball....is basically the same issue. Yet he wants to be treated like a master swordsman.
You clearly have alot of work to do with your shoulders and releasing the ball before you can even expect to have a significant offensive role on a championship caliber team.
the exercise I expect to see, is for him to take a 2 lb weight--(basketball is only 22 ounces less than 2 pounds), hold his elbow up to ear, and without ever dropping his elbow from his year, do 200 reps with a 2 pound weight because to me he can't straighten out his deltoid shoulder muscle and and tricep. Howard's problem is he can't control both is deltoid and tricep once his elbow is raised above his head. He has zero coordination, but this should not be case since Howard's body type is actually built for speed and fine motor coordination. Now if you had Shaq's dense bone structure, he would get a pass. Dwight has bird like bone structure built for speed and coordination so --Dwight's Problems are all inside his head.
https://youtu.be/jTQWYdWLvys?t=59 [youtube]jTQWYdWLvys?t=59[/youtube]
Obviously the guy in the video isn't pretending to point his elbow at the rim which is what Howard should do when he does this exercise. So again, howard needs to use very light weights 2 pounds and use very high repetition like 300 to gain the touch he needs.
he should do these exercise iike in the video but pretend that he is shooting over an outstretched hand trying to block his shot.
Yes do this with your left arm. So 2 lb weight, 300 times pretending you are shooting over a defender....preferable move your feet as if you are driving with your left and do this exercise. I think Dwight Howard's problem's would be solved. Just takes a little creativity and desire.
the championship clutch move i want to see d howard master for the wizards this year on this link. I even posted the time spot.
https://youtu.be/Q0pzEDtC8X8?t=96[youtube]Q0pzEDtC8X8?t=96[/youtube]
Build your team w/5 shooters using P. Pierce Form deeply bent hips and lower back arch at same time b4 rising into shot. Elbow never pointing to the ground! Good teams have an engine player that shoot volume (2000 full season) at 50 percent.Large Hands
Yup, that is our so-called offense, we didn't need to Max Otto with this kind of offense