The Importance Of Tracking Your Progress

The first thing any player should do before embarking on their offseason basketball skill development is to identify the goals/objectives that they would like to achieve. A player’s goal needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and have a time frame.  Too many times players say they want to “improve” or “get in better shape.” These are not goals simply because they are too general. Improve at what? Get in shape how? Great players and expert performers have a specific focus everytime they step into the gym. Below are some examples of some specific goals that a common high school player might/should have:

NBA Signature Moves – Chris Paul Pick and Roll Move

At The “Locker Room” we are students of the game. We watch games intently always trying to learn soemthing new that can be added to our own games or we can teach someone else to add to theirs. In this new feature on the blog, we will look at some of the signature moves used by the best NBA Players in hopes that we can one day mimic their greatness.

Chris Paul, AKA CP3, is up there with Steve Nash and John Stockton as one of the greatest pick and roll decision makers of all time. Paul uses the PNR game so much he has developed his own signature move. His signature PNR move simply causes defenses to become disorganized. Paul uses his body to take an angle that leaves his defender out of the picture and his screener’s defender at his mercy.