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Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life
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Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life

by Dre Baldwin
February 2019
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
288 pages
4h 57m
English
McGraw-Hill
Content preview from Work On Your Game: Use the Pro Athlete Mindset to Dominate Your Game in Business, Sports, and Life

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CARDIO FOR THE MIND

Physical conditioning is a key aspect of athletic training, and mental conditioning unlocks your physical tools. Your brain is a muscle that needs daily exercise to remain sharp and strong, just as your body does.

In basketball, which is a game of running more than it is a game of shooting or dribbling, proper conditioning is a necessary-but-hated aspect of game preparation. Basketball conditioning exercises range from full-court wind sprints to running hills to flipping industrial-sized tires, and I’m sure there’s new stuff that even I haven’t heard about yet.

One drill I am sure all players are familiar with is the “suicide” (or “running lines”). The drill is simple. You start on the baseline (the out-of-bounds space ...

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ISBN: 9781260121391