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In closing, I would like to emphasize a couple of things. Every player for every position in order to be a complete player really has to develop three specific areas in their training and in their practice. Number one is your skill development. How well they shoot, what scoring moves they have, how well they defend, how well they rebound, that is one third of a pie.
Number two, is their athleticism. You have to get stronger, you have to get bigger, you have to get quicker, you have to get faster, and you must take the time to develop this areas during the off-season.
Number three is to compete. You must go out and compete on a daily basis. We are not talking about going to the local health club or park some recreation, playing pick up ball with guys that are below your level of playing competition. We are talking about getting out, playing one on one everyday, learning from loosing, becoming a better player learning how to compete.
We are also talking about three, maybe four days a week going and playing against players at or above your level of competition, so that you will improve. These three areas will make you a very complete basketball player, for the center, final things for you to think about things that are critically important for your success and to play your position well.
Number one, seal the deal. No matter what happens with the rebound, seal your opponent first, create space between you and the rim and that will give you a greater opportunities to have defensive and offensive rebounds and to help your team.
Number two. In practice, set the pace, set the tone, set the tempo, and set the intensity level. You are not going to be first in sprints all the time, realistically. Because guards turn to be a little faster, but you need to try to be first in sprints every time. You need to up the level, the pace, and the intensity in your practices for your teams.
Number three. If you are serious about wanting to be a player and not just the body on the floor to fill space, you have to develop low post moves. This is going to involve footwork, choreography movement that you can do over and over and over again without thinking about.
Drop steps, power put backs, hook shots, fade away moves, mid-range jump shots, if you are not practicing a minimum of five different offensive moves or shots everyday, you are not really serious about being a dominant center in the game of basketball.
Fourth, you need to get in the waiting room, if you do not have access to a waiting room, find the way to work out. Do push-ups as all kinds of push-ups you can do, do triceps push up, do sit ups and develop your abdominal core strength which will increase your body strength overall. Run stairs, do things that will make you stronger and a bigger player and provide you with more endurance.
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