No, it sounds ridiculous because it isn't true -- the part about a muscular imbalance being the reason why he isn't fluid like Hakeem. It has to do with the brain and nervous system. Some people have superior muscle control and coordination. That has nothing to do with a muscular imbalance. While Dwight may have a muscular imbalance in certain muscle groups, that is not the reason he isn't smooth like Hakeem. It's a completely separate, unrelated issue.
!. Dwight moves stiffly now, but as a kid was a point guard, which isn't a position for stiffs. 2. His upper body has become more muscular over his NBA career. 3. Excessive chest/lat/shoulder work, like Dwight does, leads to over development in those areas, which Dwight has, and causes protracted shoulders. It has also been shown to cause back problems and rotator cuff issues. 4. Dwight has had back issues and tore his labrum. Both caused him discomfort and/or pain, which was alleviated by wearing a special compression shirt that corrects his posture, mainly his protracted shoulders. 5. Imbalances can cause less (under active muscles) neurological control. That means you have inferior control of some muscles and would have superior control over them, if you fixed the imbalance. The mistake you are making is thinking this control is fixed from person to person and throughout their life time, as if it can't improve or deteriorate, but it certainly can do either. So, if you put all that together, there is definitely plenty of reasons to believe it's related and affects his movement. Does that mean he's got room to grow to Dream's level? Not necessarily, but again, if there is any postural issue you're not moving at your full strength/efficiency, which is all connected to agility, balance, coordination, etc, in other words, athleticism. This is what Eto, the rockets strength coach, told Lin in the Q&A thread. So, If I'm a liar, so is he and should probably be fired. Please educate yourself in the matter, if you want to discuss it, rather than just calling me a liar because you're not familiar with this topic.
1. People completely change after puberty. You are seriously saying he's naturally fluid because he played PG as a kid? You have never even seen him play as a kid. You are just assuming here. 2. Most players get bigger and stronger as they grow into their bodies. 3. Agree. But irrelevant. 4. Agree. But irrelevant. 5. True. But it isn't going to effect a person to the point that you are making it out to be. If what you are saying is true, then tennis players would never be athletic because the side of their body that the tennis racquet is on is over-developed, and therefore makes them way less athletic. We know this isn't true. Or gymnasts who have huge, disproportionate biceps. And get me Eto's quote. I'd like to see exactly what he said before I respond, and not what he said coming through you.
SMH. Youre just not getting it. There is proof he has a postural problem that is significant enough to cause pain and require some form of correction and thats irrelevant to his ability to move more fluidly? I've more than made my case. If you want more answers research myofascial tissue, its slings, and their effect on movement. If you want to see what Lin said about Eto's comment, feel free to look at that thread yourself, if you find me so unreliable.
You are acting like he used to be this graceful player, and then started working out and created a muscular imbalance, and now he is just a bull in a china shop. That isn't the case at all. He's always played the game in a similar way. His lack of fluidity at the post position has nothing to do with a "muscular imbalance" like you are trying to say. I had a muscular imbalance that caused my shoulders to hunch forward a bit. I did exercises to strengthen the muscles and my posture improved. It did absolutely nothing in regards to my basketball game. You are trying to blame Howard's lack of fluidity at the post on something completely ridiculous and irrelevant. Like I said, I don't doubt that Dwight could have a muscular imbalance which affected his back. But to say that it is the reason that he lacks a post game is completely absurd. It's like trying to blame Shaq's terrible shooting on a deviated septum. "Shaq has a deviated septum which makes it harder to get enough oxygen, so when he goes to shoot free throws his arms are dead and it causes him to overcompensate on his shot because his arms are so fatigued". << That is an equally ridiculous statement. And as far as Eto's statement... how am I supposed to find a thread that I don't know the name of? I didn't reference the thread. You did. If you are going to cite something, then you have to cite it. Don't tell me to go search for it if you are the one bringing it up.
By the way... I know all about myofascial tissue and how it is connected throughout the body. My brother is a college baseball player, and developed plantar fasciitis. His arches were very high, his calves, hamstrings, and lower back were tight, which was stretching and pulling, causing pain. He had to go to physical therapy for deep tissue massages to loosen up the tissue. He has to wear orthotics and he still has to stretch. He's good now. Did he become more fluid and a better athlete and is he now more fluid in his movements? No. He just didn't have the pain anymore now that everything isn't so tight. It didn't do anything for his coordination and muscle control. So you are completely exaggerating to the point that it is laughable.
Day 3 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Now Dwight goes to work attempting to implement Dream's lessons. <a href="http://t.co/qWBqBTbvNp">pic.twitter.com/qWBqBTbvNp</a></p>— Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonCFriedman/statuses/367687362186190848">August 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
How am i acting like that? Because i said he moves more stiffly than he should and there is room for him to improve? You're the one who brought up the bull in china shop comment/comparison. I've never said his movement/coordination is that bad. You seem so sure it has nothing to do with it, which is mind boggling to me because it is a fact that a break in good posture will negatively affect movement. How much, is up for discussion, since there are many variables that affect that, but it definitely has an effect. Unless you're 6'11 and have to go up against NBA players for several years now, how can you compare yourself to any effect something like that would have on Howard? The key words are "a bit", which means it probably wouldn't affect your game much. I already addressed that earlier, but you insist on comparing your situation to Howard's. What is fluidity? Is it not movement? Poor/incorrect posture affects movement, does it not? Yet it's ridiculous and irrelevant, right? How about you explain to me why it's irrelevant, instead of just telling me it is? I'm mind-boggled, again. You can accept he has imbalances, but can't accept it affects his movement, when the two are intimately related, as shown by science. I keep telling you he has room to improve his post game because of it. It's not going to give him Dream's post game or a complete one. I'd love to be able to start a thread, with a poll, comparing that statement to mine and asking which is more ridiculous. I predict yours would get at least 90% of the votes. At least. You're making a connection between oxygen and shooting, while mine is between posture and his post game. I said it was the Q&A thread. It's on the first page and at the top.
If he still has to wear orthotics and stretch, that tells me didn't solve his issue completely, but just enough to stop pain, so how can you be sure there isn't some untapped movement potential hiding in there? You can't. You keep comparing issue across sports, level of competition, and different body sizes. That seems pretty ridiculous IMO. Not only are there several variations of bad posture, but they would have different effects on different bodies, which are trying to make different movements. It's like telling me high performance shocks don't make a difference to off-road race cars because they didn't make a difference with your daily driver that came with the sports package.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>A full high-quality photo album of <a href="https://twitter.com/DwightHoward">@DwightHoward</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/DR34M">@DR34M</a>'s workout is available now: <a href="http://t.co/fDJecNFImv">http://t.co/fDJecNFImv</a> <a href="http://t.co/zI7uWSARXP">pic.twitter.com/zI7uWSARXP</a></p>— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/statuses/367726066787287040">August 14, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The form on the hook still needs work, but it looks like it's steadily improving. He used to bend a lot at the waist, almost as if he was trying to guide the ball with that movement, rather than going straight up and letting the arm/hand direct the ball. In orlando: Last season: This summer:
