Friday, January 21, 2011

Conference USA Best Practices: Memphis Gets You Ready

Want to get to the next level? How are you going to get there? And can you prove it?

Memphis does just this.

(Wait a minute? Three straight days of chatter about Memphis?)

Yes. I think this learning will prove its worth and then some!!!

Hit the Memphis University basketball page and enter the Tiger Hoops Experience (from the right-hand side of the page).


That takes us here, to "This is Tiger Hoops", shown below.



Drill through this guide and you'll hit the Strength & Conditioning segment.

Player Development.

I love this quote as a setup about Richard Hogans, Memphis Basketball's Director of Performance Enhancement (bad title)...
"He shows them the "Before" and "After" photos of the Physical Development of previous Tigers. No longer is college basketball about developing better jump shots and improving ball handling skills. To play at the elite level where Memphis is, the strength and conditioning program is a vital cog in the Tigers' deep postseason runs in March."
That quote is great for a plethora of reasons. It talks about the game evolving. It positions Memphis as elite. And it connects this part of the program to March. Love it. Oh and the pictures... Scroll below.


Wow. You can see how this could make an impact on a high schooler!

How could this be better? What's the story here? I'd love to hear from CDR on how Memphis helped him, pushed him, maximized him. I'd love to hear from the Coaches about how they worked with him, analyzed where he was, and what potential they saw. And I'd LOVE to see this story more deeply connected to March. How are they developing for March? I get it that strength helps and I get the visuals here. But there's a story, an insight, a truth that could position Memphis as the key to getting you there!

That's it for Conference USA. Come back next week as we dive into another league!

And, don't forget, you can follow along on Facebook (here) or on Twitter: I'm@pawlow34.

Andy

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