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Come learn to use "basketball" to get lean and in-shape. You will learn the fundamentals of this great sport. The fat will melt off you, the muscle will come in and you will be like Mike (Jordan).

All you will need is a ball, and we will start with the core drills, such as two-handed dribbling and sprinting down the court. Also, a steady diet of three-point jump shots and slam dunks are in order. Don't worry too much about making a basket, as long as it hits the backboard. We even do drills where you hold the ball a certain way and lay down on the floor and get up.

Once you learn these basics, we will work out a routine of the above using the fantastic game "HORSE." You know, the game where you take turns shooting and the most baskets the fastest wins? If you get really good, we'll work on half-court shots, spinning dunks, and one-handed dribbling through the legs.

Would this be ludicrous or what? Would you learn basketball from a teacher who leaves out the philosophy of the game? Sure, doing select drills using a fitness tool can help you lose weight and get stronger. But it would be cheating the student not to teach the rules and strategies of the game of basketball. To get the most benefit, one would want to learn the rules: scoring points, fouls, times, shots. Every basketball player regardless of position must be able to shoot (from all distances), pass, block, steal, dribble, and tip. You'd watch videos of the best players and learn what they do. You'd work up to playing a game while following the rules to get the most benefit. You would do specific drills to strengthen your weak links AS THEY FIT INTO THE ACTUAL GAME OF BASKETBALL.

With a thorough understanding of the game, right down to the nuances of mental strategies employed by the best players, anyone would ultimately achieve even more "fitness" and physical gains. Learning an incomplete and sometimes incorrect set of drills using an existing sports tool can improve your physique, but a serious student would explore the game and learn the rules, then imitate the masters that have gone before them.

When searching for a kettlebell coach, I urge you to assess whether you will learn some fitness drills using a fitness tool, or will you get quality instruction from someone who has learned the rules of the sport that for decades has been refined by expert scientists and amazing athletes. Will your coach have been practicing the game and refining the basics? Has you coach learned from Michael Jordan, or Jamal from the street cour, that everyone says is good?

Basketballically speaking, others may want to spend all their time working on half-court shots, spinning dunks, and full-court sprints. That is fine. I will work on my free throws, blocks, passes, and lay-ups, and I will play as many games as I can.