Tips For Explosive Athletic Performance
Coach Wootten’s Basketball Camp and the O’Connell Men’s Basketball Program proudly work with strength coaches from 5 Rings Fitness in Falls Church,VA. Below are a couple of pointers related to explosive athletic performance training. Bilateral Lower Body Strength:Squats – The Squat is the KING of exercises. When done correctly it will have increase jumping and […]
McDonald’s All American- More insight
The McDonald’s All American game practices are attended by every NBA team with each team sending a minimum of 3 scouts with most sending 4. They are on hand to evaluate the best 24 boys players in the nation. As they evaluate they shared the top things that they are looking for. Here are three […]
Joe Wootten in action during game week of the 2015 McDonald’s All American Games
Check out Coach Wootten in action during the 2015 MCDAAG ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_e4XokWvo&sns=em
Is Kobe Right?
A few months ago, Kobe Bryant, talked about how AAU was hurting basketball. He said that the emphasis on playing AAU was hurting skill development. He believed that players should be in the gym working on their skills and not playing so many games. So what is better skill development in the gym or playing […]
Developing Poise In Our Players
Poise….all great players have it, yet some talented players do not. If a talented player does not have poise he can not become great no matter how high he can jump, how well he shoots, or how he quick he is. At Adidas Nations Basketball Camp two years ago, Don Mclean (the UCLA and NBA […]