No matter how the future develops, setting the historical benchmark for three-pointers and establishing the signature of the strongest shooter and self-propelled gun in history can be said to change the style and structure of the league on his own. Stephen Curry’s uniqueness and historical status are beyond doubt .
No matter how the future develops, setting the historical benchmark for three-pointers and establishing the signature of the strongest shooter and self-propelled gun in history can be said to change the style and structure of the league on his own. Stephen Curry’s uniqueness and historical status are beyond doubt .
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If you understand the hard work behind Curry, you know that everything is not due to talent.
Having won the championship four times, Curry’s degree of dedication is beyond imagination, and even many professional players are ashamed, which is also reflected in his extraordinary physical fitness. In 2021, Nirav Pandya, a medical expert at the University of California, San Francisco, revealed that the 33-year-old Curry’s average running distance ranks 14th in the NBA and is the oldest player among the top 20. Except for Russell Westbrook, the rest of the players are the oldest. They were all under 30 at the time.
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Marcus Smart, who won the best defensive player of the year, once said in an interview that the way to defend Curry is to keep running. “To deal with him, you have to wear track shoes, sleep well, and try to catch up with him.”
In the 2016 championship game, although the Cavaliers completed the reversal after 1-3, Matthew Dellavedova, who was in charge of defending Curry, was definitely one of the heroes. However, according to JR Smith’s recollection, after almost every game, Dellavedova was so tired that he needed someone to help him. Vomiting many times, Dellavedova was taken to the hospital by ambulance after the third game due to severe dehydration and convulsions, “Stephe almost killed him.”
Curry runs an average distance of 2.6 miles (approximately 4 kilometers) per game. The running intensity is equivalent to running a marathon every month. The key to maintaining this intensity without interruption is that he can quickly lower his heart rate during short pauses. The results of his special training body.” ESPN reporter David Fleming wrote, “At the end of each training session, when the heart and lungs are at their limit, Curry will lie on his back on the bench, and his personal trainer Brandon Payne will put a weight on it. Sandbags were placed over the ribs to train his diaphragm with the weights.”
“Through such breathing regulation training, Curry can reduce his heart rate to less than 80 beats per minute in a 90-second pause.” The rapid reduction of heart rate can not only make breathing smooth, but also keep calm when dealing with stress.
“Curry is the most special player in NBA history. His external physical fitness and physical condition are not outstanding. He may not even be average, but he has first-class quality in invisible places.” Payne said.
Payne has been working with Curry since 2011. He is a practitioner of utilitarianism. His training philosophy is to find out the most efficient solutions and movements, and integrate the body and mind by including technological assistance, mental training, brain training and movement refinement. Reduce unnecessary actions on the field, and improve decision-making speed and accuracy.
One of Payne’s tailor-made training programs is called “57”. This training program divides the half court into 7 positions: bottom corner, 45 degrees, pull bar position (slot) and arc top. Curry must be in these 7 positions At least 5 of 7 shots. The purpose is to strengthen the stability of shooting and improve the shooting points that Curry is not good at. This training is very boring and difficult. Most players will get bored soon, but Curry has been practicing it for several years. , but it is still quite difficult to complete.
Recently, this set of “57” has an enhanced version. When he takes 5 shots from any position, he has to add float shots, mid-range shots and layups, and then continue to go back and shoot three-pointers. It will also change alternately, for example, when he needs to take 5 shots at the top of the arc, the farthest shot will be the Logo Shot. Now in training, Curry will mix and match throwing shots, mid-range and large three-pointers in fixed sessions, but after a certain position misses, he will not fall in love with the stack, but will continue the process directly. Come again” mentality and simulate real-time lightning-like real-time decision-making on the field.
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In the off-season, in addition to the 57 training method as the basic main course, Payne will strengthen the body’s repair mechanism and exercise refinement, including about two hours of roller massage, breathing training and meditation, “breathing, recovery and resistance Pressure is the most often overlooked foundation of a shot or the game of basketball,” Payne said. Next is the refinement and fine-tuning of the movements. For example, Payne asked Curry to keep all his movements and footsteps in line with the shooting posture, including slightly bent knees and hips at right angles to the basket, while swinging the shoulders, using the wrists, etc. , These functional training will be interspersed with weight training, part of which is to correct all the movements to perfection, and the other part is to strengthen the body to avoid injuries, “Steph is already a veteran in a broad sense, plus he has a history of injuries in the past , we need to pay more attention to the recovery of the body.”
