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Lee Taft (@leetaft) talks AAU basketball, building speed, training power vs elastic athletes and more!

Lee Taft (@leetaft) talks AAU basketball, building speed, training power vs elastic athletes and more!

FromThe TCP Podcast


Lee Taft (@leetaft) talks AAU basketball, building speed, training power vs elastic athletes and more!

FromThe TCP Podcast

ratings:
Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lee Taft is renowned as "The Speed Guy", he's one of the most influential figures in the industry when it comes to speed work, change of direction and specifically basketball change of direction. He could easily be considered one of the GOATS in the industry. He and I talk about the state of youth basketball right now and how some AAU programs and the system as a whole are failing some of these athletes, Lee also adds some of the things he's actively doing within his community to combat the AAU system and it's great stuff.We talk about building speed, change of direction as well as how to training power athlete to be more elastic and the opposite. Lastly, we talk about some myths about defensive stances and what a "good" stance should actually look like
Released:
Dec 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (61)

This podcast takes a deep dive into all things performance and basketball: movement quality, skill acquisition, psychology, nutrition, life, basketball IQ and much more. Hosted by Tyler Clark, the TCP podcast brings science-based information and real-life application to help improve all-aspects of performance and basketball. Join us and get started on your journey to becoming a better person, coach, athlete and basketball player.