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The Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles

What Youll Discover Inside: The Exact Same Program Alex Maroko Used to Jump-Start His Once Weak Handles (And How It Can Be Done In Les Than 13 Minutes A Day) Comparing The Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles to The Effective Ball-Handling Program (And Why It Might Not Be The Comparisons You Would Think) Does This Foolproof Program Have To Be Done In Your Basement? (The Answer May Shock YouOr Maybe Not )

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Welcome to the Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles. Get ready for your handle transformation. As youll notice pretty quickly, my style is absolutely no fluff, and completely results. You wont find a bunch of stuff written here about minor details that no one cares about or attention paid to things that wont help you. Like I said, just results. Now, before I lay out the program, lets go over really quickly how it came about. When I was somewhere in the 16-17 year old range, I realized that, like for most players, it was my handles that were holding me back from seriously reaching my dreams and goals (and come on, just like you, that was all I wanted!). SO, BASED ON ALL THE RESEARCH I HAD DONE, ALL THE MONEY I HAD SPENT, ALL THE TRAINING I HAD DONE ON MYSELF AND WITH MY CLIENTS, I PUT TOGETHER A DAILY, BALL-HANDLING PROGRAM THAT WOULD JUMP-START MY STRUGGLING HANDLES I also made sure it was wicked efficient, so I could still work on other things. Thats how it ended up taking only 13 minutes! Now, how do you use the program? Well, I used to do it right when I got home from school. Id come in the house, drop my bag down, grab my rock and head straight for my basement, to get my handle workout on (man, those were the days!). Id get down in the basement and quickly visualize the results of the work I was putting in. Id imagine me dominating my basketball teams open gyms, Id see the coaches jaws on the floor after I just dropped his star player with a nasty crossover, Id see myself playing college basketball. Then, Id take a deep breath, feel the smoothness of the leather of the basketball, spin it a couple times in my hands, then get to work! Other times, I would just wake up a little earlier than usual and do it before school (my parents put an end to that pretty quick thoughapparently most people dont like to hear a basketball bouncing at 7 AM). Other times, I would just do it at the gym, before playing or practicing. Along with helping your dribbling a ton, this workout will also serve as a great way to warm your handles up before you play.

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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN E-MAILING ME ASKING ME SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROGRAM, SO I THOUGHT ID KNOCK THOSE OUT HERE, TOO: Q: Are The Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles just a snapshot of The Effective BallHandling Program? A: Oh man, you wish! Hah. Like I said, this program was created several years ago, long before I stumbled upon the semi-fabled Effective Ball-Handling Program. When I created this, I didnt have nearly as much knowledge as I did when the Effective Ball-Handling Program was created. I was very, very fortunate that this program did what it did for me, but it cant really be compared to something as thorough, detailed and tested as The Effective Ball-Handling Program. Q: How are The Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles different from The Effective BallHandling Program? A: Without giving it all away, this is one ball-handling workout that will trigger and jump-start your game. The Effective Ball-Handling Program is an entire program, a real program, that changes almost weekly, that covers every area of ball-handling training, that has built-in, proven progressions to that make sure things keep getting harder, but more importantly, to make sure that you always keep improving. This guarantees that it will never get stale and you will never plateau. It also has: An entire video library of every drill and move, not some impossible to understand drawings or descriptions. Days to serve as progress checkpoints for you A full discussion on the common mistakes most people make when trying to become a better ball-handler Unloading weeks where you actually take time off from dribbling, to get better at it A full, a super effective dynamic warm-up to help you stay healthy and never get injured Plus a program designed just for female basketball players

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On top of that, The Effective Ball-Handling Program has given tons and tons of people the handles they thought were impossible. It has that magic formula that I was lucky enough to stumble upon a few years ago. So, while The Basement Ball-Handling Chronicles is awesome, its a world of difference away from The Effective Ball-Handling Program. Q: How quickly will I see results from this? A: Most people see results within a couple weeks. But remember what I said above, this will also serve as a great way to warm up your handles. They will feel great after completing this. And that will happen even after just the first time you do it. Plus, this program leads seamlessly into the start of The Effective Ball-Handling Program. Q: Do I have to do it in the basement? A: Heh, no, of course not (Unless of course you want to be as sweet as me)! AND THIS QUESTION SEEMS TO BE COMING IN MORE THAN ANY OTHER Q: I struggle with my quickness. My feet feel heavy and slower, compared to everyone else. In all of your videos, you seem to have not only incredible hand speed, but your foot speed and quickness are crazy too. Is that just natural, or did you train for that? A: Good question. It might sound crazy, but that is almost 100% trained for. I am a certified trainer, and have been training athletes for a long time. I am also a research and information-junkie. Put all that together, and I feel like Ive come up with a pretty awesome (and highly unknown) system for getting athletes quicker and lighter on their feet. But, yeah, thats almost entirely trained for.

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THE BASEMENT BALL-HANDLING CHRONICLES

*This whole workout is based entirely on stationary dribbling drills (The Effective BallHandling Program is based on four major components of ball-handling training, stationary being one of the four). **See Directions for the drills at the bottom of the program. ***In The Effective Ball-Handling Program, moves and drills are visually demonstrated in the video library.

THE BASEMENT WORKOUT - To be completed daily, but at least 4 times per

week. Ball Slaps 2x50 Circles 1x20 (for each variation) Variations: Around Head (And Reverse) Around Waist (And Reverse) Around Both Legs (And Reverse) Around Right Leg (And Reverse) Around Left Leg (And Reverse) Figure 8 (And Reverse) Stationary Combinations 1x30 (for each variation) Variations: Crossovers (And Reverse) LegsCrossover (And Reverse) Between Legs (same) LegsBack (And Reverse) BackBack (And Reverse) Alternating Legs (And Reverse) CrossoverBack (And Reverse) Low Dribbles (1x5, continuous with no screw-ups for each variationif you do lose the ball or mess up, start over) Variations: Figure 8 (And Reverse) Around Right Leg (And Reverse) Around Left Leg (And Reverse) Around Both Legs (And Reverse) Freestyle 1x20 seconds

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Explanations
Ball Slaps- These are done exactly like they sound. You want to slap the ball, while alternating hands, as hard as you can, while keeping it going in a rhythmic fashion. Circles- In Circles, you wrap the ball around your body, where depends on the exact variation. Do it for control, then speed. If it says 1x20, that would mean you one revolution (circle) around your body counts as one repetition, and you would have to do 19 more revolutions to complete the set (you would then have to do it 20 times going in the reverse direction to finish off that variation). Stationary Combinations- These are pretty simple and super-effective. Here's the best way I can describe it: If it says crossovers, get into an athletic position, and then dribble the basketball in front of you, crossing over from side to side. You want to do these first for tightness and control, then once you have a feel for it, really push your speed. Also, if it says something like legscrossover, that means you dribble it, while staying stationary in your athletic position, between your legs and then once your other hand catches the dribble that just went between your legs, immediately cross that ball back over in front of you. From there, youre going to put it right back between your legs into another crossover. Its like an ongoing cycle. Each dribble counts as one repetition, so for a set of 30 repetitions, the ball is going to have gone through your legs 15 times, and crossed over in front of you 15 times. Also, the alternating legs means youre going to put the ball from right to left between your legs, then immediately put it back through your legs again, but this time from left to right. Its harder for me to explain exactly how to do these in writing, (thats why everyone likes the video library so much) but hopefully this all makes sense. Low Dribbles- Weve all seen these. Keeping a very low and speedy dribble, move it around your legs in a figure 8 pattern for the figure 8 variation. For the others, youre just going to move them in a circle around the listed body part. For both legs, youre going to out your feet together and low-dribble it around both legs. Freestyle- Ahh, my favorite one. This is where the magic happens. You have 20 seconds to do every single move that comes to you, to do every dribble known to you, to have some fun. Just go crazy, pushing yourself to do these moves or dribbles a fast and as hard as you can. Dont think when youre doing this, just let it happen!

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