In my role as the blog master of the entire universe I get the priviledge to try out a lot of products and items that people want me to talk about and mention.  2 specific products that I’ve used recently I had to give a shout to. 

I grew up a point guard and consider myself a gunner at heart.  I never saw a shot that I didn’t like.  Recently I was able to try out what is called the Get It Up Shooting Hoop.  I loved this thing.  One issue I have working with players is the inability to understand how important your elbow is to your form.  A correct shot has the elbow going ‘to the ceiling’.  This hoop creates that because it gives you instant feedback on each shot.  The shot with arc has a greater chance to go in and this product promotes that.  I recommend players using it for foul shots to ensure the proper repetition before moving it farther and farther away from the hoop.  I learned it does adjust in height and I loved it.  Thanks to Barry Hecker for creating this.

I get asked all the time which video series a player should get because there are so many of them out there and I always recommend the Better Basketball Series.  They have a dvd devoted to just about every topic out there and they are all very good.  I really enjoyed the Better Basketball Defense DVD and have already used some of that in my coaching exploits.  I never realized how much time I spent focusing on offense as a young player and this set helped me to realize that I should’ve focused on defense because I was and still am a very poor defender. 

I don’t do these very often but I was very impressed with these two products and wanted to make sure that I mentioned them in my writings.  I’ve been doing some product reviews for other things as well that can be found on www.hoopskills.com in the training articles section.

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