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Combat Basketball - YES
Dear Friend,
Earlier today I received an email for a European
Pro Basketbal coach. The writer of this email was
a top high school and college player - and a top
U.S. college coach before moving to the U.K. to
coach in the pro leauges.
He is also from my home town of Carroll, Iowa.
And being that I wrestled and he played hoops,
the chances of us ever following the same workout
routine were slim and none and "slim just left town."
Well, maybe not.
Some months ago this elite coach bought Combat
Conditioning and here is what he has to say about it:
"Matt,
I have been coaching professional basketball in Europe for about 10
years
and just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that we are getting
excellent results using your Combat
Conditioning.
I initially read your daily email where you emphasised some simple
things that
made a lot of sense to me as a coach - and I thought they would
translate well
to pro hoops players. Your prophecies of hill sprints and jumping
rope is
where we started when we gathered for pre-season because we wanted to
get in
shape quick.
The program worked in more ways than one.
It worked both physiologically and it worked psychologically. Our guys
knew they were working hard, (and probably harder than other teams
in the league) which made them think they were in better condition
than their
opponents.
The key ingredient of a champion or a championship team is
conditioning.
I know when I played that I was not faster or quicker than most of the
guys I
went head to head with but I was stronger and could wear into them over
the
course of the game with superior mindset and conditioning.
We try to impress this upon our players and your methods help us to do
this.
The other things that we use are the Hindu's as our guys like to call
them.
Both the Hindu squats and the Hindu push-ups are part of our weekly
routine. We do them regularly and we do them as rewards for games
that we play in practice. The team that wins a game in training gets a
reward of watching the other team knock out set of Hindu's.
We also do the Hindu poker on our workout days. We bring a deck of
cards
to the gym and split the team up in 2 groups and start turnin' cards.
Red for
Hindu push ups and black for the Hindu squats. We will rip thru the
deck a
couple of times and then play a game of "WAR." Again, two teams and
the
higher card wins and the lower card team has to do the amount of squats
on the
card.
It moves pretty quickly and they get to talk a little smack back and
forth
so they enjoy that while getting a great work out which is what I care
about.
Anyway, I guess I just wanted to say thanks. Our teams here are not
always
the most talented but we win year after year.
We believe in being in great shape, and your Combat
Conditioning has been an
invaluable tool for
our club.
We like kickin butt and takin names, even on the basketball court.
Best,"
Nick D Nurse
Head Coach
Brighton Bear Professional Basketball Club
Brighton, England
M.F.: Nick, this is fantastic. I am delighted to hear from you. Please
give
your players my best wishes. Maybe I can come to the U.K. sometime to
watch you play. Make sure you make those guys do some bridging to
help prevent back pain. Now that'll shake things up, don't you think. A
bunch of basketball players doing the wrestler's bridge. You'll need
some
small mats for that, though. Thanks again for your letter. It will
inspire
a lot of people.
All for now. Be back tomorrow.
Kick butt-take names,
Matt Furey
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