1Percent Club Training

I have been training our players in the offseason for going 10 seasons now (really amazing how fast the time has passed!) In that time I've experimented with a myriad of gadgets, aids, straps and techniques to help kids improve their shooting and ball-handling skills. Some of these things have proven moderately successful, others have been duds. Over time I've come to believe strongly that there are no shortcuts to improvement. Only correct repetition and long hours working in the gym yield results. As a result I've become very skeptical when I see new products come on the market claiming fast results.

With all that said, I recently came across a program that has simply revolutionized my thought process on the proper way to shoot the basketball. California bio-mechanist Jeremy Russotti has created a product called the "J-Glove" which is flat out the best shooting tool I've ever seen. I've been working out one of our players almost every day this spring as he tries to make the transition from a post player to playing on the perimeter. This player has worked his tail off shooting thousands and thousands of shots this spring, but progress and improvement has been relatively slow. After 20 minutes using the J-Glove my player was making over 60% of his shots from all over the floor with range out to 25 feet - a far higher percentage than he had ever shot in previous practice sessions. The rapid shooting gains this player made after just a week of using the J-Glove has made me a strong believer in a number of Coach Russotti's ideas, in particular his concept of "premature finger flexion."

Furthermore, Russotti's ball-handling program contains the most progressive, innovative dribbling drills I have ever seen. Russotti places a strong emphasis on hand quickness and functional training to prepare players for the most intensive situations they will encounter during game conditions. I am truly invigorated by the ideas and training methods he shares in his videos. I can't wait for our team workouts to begin this summer so that I can share his J-Glove, wrist weights, and hand quickness drills with all of our players and watch their rapid improvement.

Check out Russotti's website http://1percentclub.org/ and watch the sample video clips. I believe it contains perhaps the most cutting-edge skills training that exists anywhere in the world today.