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  Holidays are the perfect time to rest, to eat and drink, and to get out of shape. All of this is really just not a bad thing to do unless you are an athlete and you have a training plan and some competition waiting just around the corner. To translate your New Year's resolutions into practical, everyday habits, you are going to need something that will move you and not burn you by getting you back into basketball shape. You really need to pace yours

  Everybody loves holidays! The family gathers, the food is good, there are no practices, no games and everybody is enjoying a portion of good food and drinks. If you are an average athlete who is having at least one practice a day, then you must be aware that the amount of food that you are having in a single day is considerably bigger then the person that has the same body as yourself that has no training in its life. This person is burning fewer ca

Jay Hernandez is one of the best young basketball coaches in the States and we are proud to say that he is a part of a Hoopsking family. Coach Hernandez is currently hired as a development coach for the Charlotte Bobcats but he managed to find some time and teach us a thing or two about the advanced basketball training. 1. NBA Step Back Jumper When we are talking about step back jumper, the player that immediately crosses my mind is James Harden. We can argue that in 3 out of 5 times

Today we are going to talk about some advanced basketball moves. We have decided to do a breakdown of a sequence of moves that can be very useful if you want to create separation between the defender and yourself. We are lucky to have one of the best young coaches here at Hoopsking, coach Trey Slate, who is currently working with Buddy Hield of Sacramento Kings and Avery Bradley of Los Angeles Clippers. The first mo

Post up moves in basketball are a thing of fading art. How good were the Dream Shake, Sky Hooks that were used by Kareem and Wilt, or Divac`s up and under, Shaquiell`s Black Tornado, McHale`s footwork? Instead of the evolution from the legacy that those players have left us, the game went away from the paint towards the three-point line. There is a period of 10 years, from the times when Duncan and Shaq stopped playing, that we really had none good post players. We were left with Dwig