What it takes to turn yourself into a Great Hooper

Becoming a great basketball player takes a lot of hard-work, discipline, practice, and patience. No one is born a great basketball player. All the pros, from Michael Jordan to Larry Bird had to spend hours working to get to where they’re at. With basketball more popular than ever before, the competition to play in high-school, to earn a college scholarship, or to play pro ball is staggering.
Being a great basketball player requires a mix of skill, quickness, agility, strength, speed and intelligence. Some average players might have one or two of these, but great players have all of them. The reason these are all important is because great players are balanced players, they don’t have large weaknesses.
Basketball players also need to work on all of their skills: rebounding, scoring, defense, dribbling, passing, shooting. These can all be developed by doing various drills. It is important to have a good training plan that is catered specifically to your strengths and weaknesses as a player. You should work with or hire a trainer to help put together an effective program.
Besides practicing, basketball players need to develop the other traits mentioned above. They should stretch to work on flexibility. They should have a weight lifting routine to develop strength. They should also incorporate plyometrics, agility, mobility, and speed work into their training program. As with the skill program, you should work with a trainer to build a good basketball training program (expert trainers will also cater the program for you, this is important especially if you are in grade school or high school and don’t have a lot of knowledge with safely lifting weights).
You can't forget the importance of intelligence for a great basketball player. The great ones know how to react to a defender, to a teammate, or to a coach. You can develop basketball intelligence through watching basketball games on TV, discussions with coaches, talking to older player, reviewing films, and through just playing a lot of basketball.
A few other things that are often forgotten when it comes to being a complete basketball player. You must take care of your body. This means get a lot of sleep, have correct nutrition, and utilize recovery workouts.
Basketball can take a lot of work and discipline, but it is also a lot of fun. I hope this gives you some good general guidelines to get on a path to becoming a great basketball player!

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