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JAMAL MURRAY CONTRIBUTOR The first martial arts movie I ever watched was this old Chinese film called  Five Deadly Venoms.  I was seven years old. My dad and I were sitting in front of the TV on the floor in our living room. It starts out with this old kung fu master and his student. They’re in a temple or a cave somewhere in China and there’s smoke rising from a fire. The student is heating water for the master’s bath. The master is old and dying. He has one last wish. He instructs his student to go on a mission to defeat the master’s five former pupils, who have turned evil. Each of the bad guys has a unique fighting style named for an animal: the Centipede, the Lizard, the Scorpion, the Snake, and the Toad. To take down each one, the master explains, the student will have to learn all five styles. As a kid, a lot of these movies went over my head. I couldn’t really follow the dialogue all the time. But that didn’t matter. I just loved them. Even the fact that they ...

Jean Boyd is Arizona State University's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development. In this capacity, he leads Sun Devil Athletics' commitment to graduating and preparing student-athletes to become high achievers in life. He also coordinates student-athlete well-being programs and leads the department's diversity and inclusion efforts.  👇 https://youtu.be/m01SaohHdes In this clip, Boyd shares tips to help busy student-athletes stay organized:  Set aside time to be organized. Student-athletes have busy lives, and setting aside time to get organized is critical for successful time management. Identify time at the beginning of the week to lay out what you have coming up. This helps you prioritize what's most important. Differentiate between urgent and important. He uses the example of a paper due tomorrow and an exam in two weeks. The exam is important, but the paper is urgent. Understanding the difference helps you prioritize your efforts. _...

How the Drill Works: Players must complete eight shots (two from each high post) while "under the pressure" of knowing that if they miss the shot, they have to join the same line and try again. Purpose: Allows players to practice shooting open jump shots while under mental pressure. Setup: 4 lines of players on each elbow. Can be as many players as you like. 4 basketballs. One with the first person in each of the lines.   Instructions: 1.  When the coach says to start, the first person in each line takes a shot and returns the ball back to the same line.   If they make the shot they move to the next line, if they miss they join the same line to try again. 2.  This process continues until a player has made a total of eight shots. Scoring System: Each player counts their own amount of makes until they reach eight made shots (make two shots from each elbow). You can decide whether to stop after there is a winner or keep playing until everyone ...

How the Drill Works: Players at the top of the key dribble down and perform a handoff, with a wing player cutting to the top of the key, who then takes the shot or drives for the layup. Purpose: To work on shooting off hand-offs, and perfecting them.  This can be a tricky skill for for players to master, unless they practice often. Setup: Two lines at the top of the key. Both have two basketballs in each line.  One line of players on the lower end of each wing. Instructions: 1.  The first players from the top of the key dribble down to the wing on their respective sides. At the same time, the wing player should be making cut towards the baseline. 2.  Making sure to change speeds, the wing player explodes up towards the wing, receives the hand-off and then performs a certain shot. 3.  The person that hands off the basketball joins the end of the wing-line. 4.  The shooter rebounds their basketball, and then joins the line at the top...

Why should your Child attend Camps & Clinics?  With many youth basketball teams, the trend over the past couple decades has been to play more games and do less skill work. While games are important, your child needs a healthy balance of game time and practice time. The problem with more games and less practice is that your child will touch the ball much less. With more touches, your child becomes a better basketball player.  With all things being equal, we'll break down a typical 32-minute game:  32 x 5 = 160 total minutes for a team of 8 players.  160 minutes / 8 players = 20 minutes per player.  20 minutes per player / 2 = 10 minutes of time that your team is on offense.  10 minutes / 5 players = your child is only touching the ball for two minutes per game!!  During our typical skill sessions, the player will have the ball in their hands 60 to 90 minutes.  That means you have to play 30 to 45 games to touch the ball as much as...