Hunter Eisenhower (@huntereis_sp) Redefining Strength Training for Basketball Players

Today’s guest is Hunter Eisenhower, he is OFFICIALLY the new Associate Head Coach/Sports Performance Coach at Arizona State University, working with Men’s Basketball. Hunter is a former collegiate basketball player himself, playing at Seattle Pacific University. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, previously as an Assistant Sports Performance Coach at UC Davis, Southeastern Louisiana, and Minnesota State Mankato. While also recently spending time as a Sports Performance Coach/Sports Scientist w/ the Sacramento Kings and their G-League affiliate the Stockton Kings. 

We’ll be discussing a range of topics from life as both a collegiate and pro strength coach and the differences in both those environments, 1-rep maxes and the age old debate of “is there such thing as being strong enough,” we dive into the science of depth landings/drop catches: how they are useful, what the research says, and how we can best apply them into training basketball players for both sports performance and injury prevention, and so much more. 

What you should expect to hear:

• Hunter's new venture with Arizona State Men's Basketball
• Background on how Hunter got into strength and conditioning
• How he got the opportunity in the NBA 
• Creating genuine relationships and developing a network
• Difference between the NBA and the college sector
• Lessons learned from working in the NBA that will transfer to the college sector
• Making better athletes, not better powerlifters: the idea of not hanging your hat on 1-rep max lifting 
• Potential drawbacks and limitations of 1-rep max lifting
• "Is there such thing as strong enough in the context of sports?"
• What are depth drops/altitude landings and how does this best apply to basketball players?
• Yuri Verkhoshansky and his influence on depth drops and building physical qualities in the vertical jump
• Drop Catches and how we can manipulate the FORCE equation to get similar adaptations as our depth drops
• How can depth jumps and drop catches aid in performance and injury prevention
• Overcoming isometrics

MUCH MUCH MORE!!

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Simplifaster Article: https://simplifaster.com/articles/redefining-strength-high-force-does-not-equal-high-load/

Move the Needle Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/mtn_podcast/

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