Friday, October 22, 2010

Mobility Work

4mins Worth of the couch stretch (2mins each leg) Hip flexors.
2mins Roll thoraic Spine on netball
2mins Roll on tennis ball through T-spine/scapula and any tight upper mid back areas
2mins Static overhead stretch

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan. 

For most of my young life I desperately wanted to be this guy. Back then I was obsessed with his athleticism, his amazing vertical leap, the quickness of his hands, the aerial acrobatics. Now I am still in awe but for different reasons. Now I admire what must have been a iron will to remain number one. His determination to change his game as he aged. To be motivated to get better when he was already the best... something that all champions must possess. Most of all I love the above quote because despite his scoring prowess MJ's shooting percentage was less than that of Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabar and even Shaquille O'Neal. The guy with the best field goal percentage (for all intents and purposes the most accurate shooter) in NBA history was a guy named Artis Gilmore. The difference between Michael Jordan and these guys...? he was willing to take more shots.

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