Episode 301: Lee Taft, Insights on Basketball Performance and Movement

Guest: Lee Taft, World-Renowned Movement Specialist In this week's coaching conversation, world-renowned movement specialist, mentor, and coach, Lee Taft joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on basketball performance and movement.

Lee is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialists in the world. In the last 35 years, he has devoted most of his time to training all ages and abilities. He has spent most of his time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance coaches and fitness professionals worldwide. Lee has also dedicated countless hours to mentoring up-and-coming sports performance trainers, many of whom have gone into the profession and made a significant impact themselves.

Since 1989, Lee has taught foundation movement to beginning youngsters and helped young amateur athletes, to professional athletes, become quicker, faster, and stronger. Lee’s entire philosophy is based on one of his most notable quotes, “Learning athletic movement correctly from the start is the foundation for athletic success.”

With the release of Ground Breaking Athletic Movement in 2003, Lee revolutionized the performance industry with his proven methods and strategies for multi-directional speed. His innovative approach to training has impacted how athletic movement speed is taught. Lee brought to light the importance and fine points of the “Plyo Step,” “Hip Turn,” “Lateral Run,” and athletic stance. According to Lee, “Speed and agility done right are about making sure we marry the natural movements athletes have with the effective and efficient body control to maximize speed and quickness.”

Lee has been asked to speak at numerous global strength and conditioning and sports performance events and has produced multiple instructional videos and courses in multi-directional speed and movement training. In addition, Lee has written several manuals on movement techniques and speed development.

Breakdown 1:00 - Basketball Player Consultation 2:30 - Movement Specialist 6:00 - Basic Goals 10:00 - Skill Execution 12:30 - Seven Things 14:00 - Run Fast and Stop Fast 17:30 - Defensive Slides 21:00 - Recovery 23:30 - Long First Step 25:30 - Foot Position 28:00 - Stimulating Thinking 32:30 - Parkour 34:00 - Late Development Sport 35:34 - 36:46 - Hoopsalytics AD 36:47 - Perfect Footwork 40:30 - Acceleration 43:00 - Footwork 45:00 - Low, Low, Low 48:30 - How to Jump Higher 51:30 - Teach with Cues 56:00 - Static Stretching 58:00 - Dissipating the Lactic Acid 1:00:30 - General Movement Template 1:04:00 - Extrinsic Motivation 1:08:30 - Create Efficiencies 1:10:00 - Better Movement Patterns

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