Boston (NBA) – The Boston Celtics overcame Kobe Bryant's 38-point explosion to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven games series. The series shifts back to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Tuesday and, if needed, Game 7 on Thursday. Bryant scored 23 consecutive points for the defending [...]

AUCKLAND (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Pouring in the points has never been a problem for long-time New Zealand international Kirk Penney, a player the Tall Blacks will lean heavily upon this year at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He averaged 23.5 per game in leading the Kiwis to the 2009 FIBA Oceania [...]

Improving your vertical is all about training your fast-twitch muscle fibres. There are several exercises you can do to train these and we’ll be discussing that in another post.
For now we want to make it absolutely clear that increasing your vertical jump will require a combination of strength and speed – endurance has nothing to [...]