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I get a lot of messages, Youtube comments, and emails from (mostly young) players asking me questions about strength, conditioning, and other physical aspects of basketball (how much weight to lift, increasing jumping ability, etc). My rote answer is usually in the form of, “I am not a trainer…;” which is true, and also keeps me from: 1) Giving out bad information that may work for me but not work for you; 2) Starting an avalanche of inquiries that make me feel like I should be charging for my training “knowledge (I use the term loosely since I have no formal training in, um, training).” 
But anyway, I’ve recently started reading the blog of a guy who has not only held my interest with the stuff he writes, but is also generous with info as it relates to training for basketball. His name is Alan Stein (Twitter), and his blog (called Stronger Team Blog) can be found here. I actually sent Alan an email last week and asked him about some specific training issues I was having, and he promptly wrote me back with a plethora of useful info.
Alan also interviews current and former NBA players regularly about their own training techniques, does book reviews, and re-caps his experiences working camps for top high school and college players. So since I’m not a trainer (at least for now), now y’all have one to talk to.
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The good ‘ol MySpace salute photo, back when you know, we actually used MySpace. Needed this to have the admin team over at Tom’s place shut down some copycat profiles. Those were the days.
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So lots of us are using Twitter now in place of good ‘ol MySpace. And I’m enjoying the new social network. I network, share/ hear interesting stories, and get information thru word-of-mouth that I otherwise may not have known about. And I feel I should voice my opinion on some annoying things that the otherwise good, wholesome people of Twamerica are (wrongly) doing over there…
1. If 50% or more of what you tweet is/are re-tweets of other folks, I gotta drop ya, friend. I follow you to hear (read?) YOU, not them.
2. If you are having a long-running twit-convo with someone else, please, please, PLEASE do not re-tweet the whole convo to all of your followers. If any of your followers gives a damn about yall’s convo, they’re likely gonna be following you both.
3. Lots of Twitter users have websites or blogs that they will plug from time to time, which is great- people gotta know your business is open, right? Right. However, when you post a new blog entry/ business plan/ video, you are hereby asked to limit your plugs/link twits to 2 per day. Anyone who doesn’t read your shit after you linked to it twice just aint interested.
4. Most smart people get this, but a string of twits that read,”Just waking up;” “Driving to work;” “Making dinner…” will not draw a follow from me. Everybody goddamn wakes up (God willing), and goes places and does things over the course of their day. Twit about what makes your day unique and different from others’ experience.
5. Write something in the Bio section. If you can’t think of anything to say about yourself, your twits damn sure won’t be worth reading.
I’ll stop there.
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Links page updated.
New Basketball section, dedicated to letter, email, and message testimonials added.
Shirts Page slide show added.
Before The Basketball and High School have been added.
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Shout out to the DIME Baller’s Network for the post!
http://ballersnetwork.com/p/en/ballers/dre-baldwin-the-journey-makes-the-player/
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I need an encore y’all/ you should welcome me back/ you wanna ball till you fall, I can help you with that…
I only write shit when I feel there is efficient or meaningful enough material fro me to put together a good quality post, and it’s been about a month since I’ve had some. I partly blame my use of Twitter. But no matter…
I am in MIA right now, doing a lot of bball networking. I’m in 3 leagues currently and playing pickup when there is a good run to be had (and even in some bad runs occasionally). I may get a team together for some tournaments over the next couple of months; we’ll see what materializes.
I have a new Youtube vid that will be going live within an hour of this posting.
One interesting thing about getting to know the bball people around town is seeing a lot of the same players, coaches and referees at different spots as I go to new places. And how different folks see different players really intrigues me.
Personally, I prefer to see a dude play a time or two before I learn “who he is” or where he plays/has played. That way I can objectively decide if a guy is a good player or if he’s garbage without thoughts in the back of mind saying, “oh, well he played D1, he must be having an off day,” or, “he played pro ball in (fill in country name), maybe he aint goin’ hard today.” Over the past 12 months, let’s say, I’ve played with/ against 25 dudes who had/ have professional experience during some pickup game, workout, of rec league somewhere in Florida (not considering pro practices or games). Of these 25, 16 were deemed “weak” in my mind before I found out that they play or played in a certain place that, by definition, would deem said player “good.” The other 9 were legitimately good players to me at first look, of whom I would, at times, approach and ask where they play at because it’s clear that this guy can play. Got it?
This comes to mind now because I have found out, over the past couple of weeks, that some guys I’ve shared a court with have pro experience or are known around these parts as top-notch performers. You would have to see what I see to completely understand.
Anywho, everything is everything in my world; there are places that I wanna go and I got work to do to get there. You know how to reach me.
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 8:41 AM. Add a comment
So we have had a few things going on out here, time for a recap:
My original team has their pockets turned inside-out; i.e., they went broke. Frozen bank account here, my host hotel never received a dime there, yadda yadda yadda. I was ready to begin my holiday break a couple weeks early with the chance that the club would get its shit together in time for my January return, but better, more ambitious opportunities presented themselves.
I won’t got into details on it, but I will say that I’m now located in Hannover, DE, and I’m still looking forward to some Miami sunshine. Just not as soon as I was thinking 72 hours ago.
Gotta mention my man Wes, whose name still carries weight in these here parts. And thanks to me for thinking that thought, lol.
So for now, I’ll be performing for he eyes of some people who put me in a position to make my name a lot bigger out here; which, in turn, will make my name bigger everywhere. Yes- vague, I know. But just cuz I have a website that’s about me doesn’t mean I’ll tell you everything.
But know these things:
- Getting into business with the right people is VERY important in a basketball meat market like Germany.
- It still makes me laugh how much and how quickly things can get done (or change) when you can play basketball.
- Spontaneity, though sometimes inconvenient, makes life exciting.
- There are times in life when it’s necessary to cut yourself off from the safe option and burn the bridge behind you. Then you have no choice but to go boldly forward, win or no win. Can’t run wit’ the wolves come night when you’re sportin’ wit’ the puppies all day.
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And now, back to the program.
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago at 10:48 AM. Add a comment
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First things first: we lost yesterday; I believe the score was 70-66. I missed waaaayy too many shots from all over, and that’s all I have to say about it. The game was a Cup match (which is a tournament-within-the-season that a lot of Euro leagues have all the time), an doesn’t count in our league stats. The local news should do a write- up tomorrow, and maybe there will be some info somewhere on the ‘net. I’ll let you know. Next game: Nov. 8th, at home.
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I just signed up for Twitter, which is a simple site that lets users write short blurbs (or “twits”) about what they’re doing at the moment… which is a good idea. You can follow me here, and I encourage you all to sign up and we can all link up; form a society of sorts. Get to it!
I’ll provide a quick link to my Twitter profile on DreAllDay.com for easy access. When you sign up, let me know where to find you!
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