How To: Practice George Mikan drills for basketball
Learn how to practice your hook shots and your jumps in basketball using the George Mikan Drill. This is an advanced drill for finesse that should be used once players are good at power.
Learn how to practice your hook shots and your jumps in basketball using the George Mikan Drill. This is an advanced drill for finesse that should be used once players are good at power.
Pound board and put back is a great drill for developing arm strength and lay-ups for post play. This video explains how to practice this basketball drill.
The animal kingdom is a vast landscape of bizarre behaviors. Watch this video to understand the mating practices of intense dominant female animals.
Sadie Nardini teaches you how to get stronger and learn to hover your jump forward (Matrix style) with two practices for any level yoga practitioner.
Learn how to use sticks on the runway to improve acceleration technique at track practices.
Learn how to practice handoff techniques for both quarterback and running back.
Learn how to practice a good football drill for both runners and tacklers - the wave drill.
Learn how to practice head to head tackling - a good drill for developing quick tackling reaction skills.
Finish the football practice by going over 10 plays until each is executed perfectly - great for repetition and conditioning. This coaching video will give you some tips and examples.
Pocket an awesome trick for snowboarding season - the nosepress fs 180. This video shows you how to get in some good practicing with a picnic table.
Now that you've mastered your chords, Pete Sears gives you an excellent exercise to practice with.
Warm up those fingers and get ready to practice! Here Pete Sears teaches you about playing nine chords and intervals. The second video continues with variations on practicing the C9 chord.
One of the best ways to warm up a winter meal is to serve a big platter of richly caramelized roasted vegetables. Our favorite combination is a jumble of parsnips, fennel, carrots, red or Yukon gold potatoes, whole garlic cloves and the secret ingredient -- lemon slices. The lemons caramelize and lend a brightness to the other veggies, but should be removed before serving. Cut the veggies into (mostly) uniform pieces and toss with olive oil, coarse salt, pepper and maybe a few herbs (fresh ro...
Sahej Sukh Dhyan is a wonderful and powerful meditation (Pranayama). Bliss, happiness and comfort! What could be better? We practiced it together at Sikh Student Camp last summer and a group of Singhs and Kaurs came together each morning to do it before morning Japji Sahib. If you practice it, it will give you a very calm mind and the ability to listen deeply and understand the root of any situation. Try starting with 5 minutes and work up to 11 minutes. You can do it for as long as you like,...
Sadie Nardini teaches you a very challenging pose for practitioners of all levels
In these three sports how-to video, Farmington (MN) HS assistant softball coach Melissa Langer demonstrates three parts of a throwing drill, from the knee, for pitchers. Being able to throw from the knee give a pitcher good balance and coordination. Follow along and learn how to do this knee drill that can also be done with a weighted ball.
If you're a beginner to Chinese watercolor painter then you do have to do a little research and practice before you actually let your paintbrush hit the canvas. From using the right paint to the right brush, every single thing you employ for your art matters in the ultimate creation.
Practice reading finger spelling in American sign language.
Follow these ball skill drills in order to improve your skills with a soccer ball
Practice What You Preach: Just make sure you know what you're doing. Return to Leonardo in Florence and he'll use your collected codices to give you some new skills. After the cut scene, look for the marker on your map that points you to a courtyard behind Leonardo's pad. There are three new stealth kills you've learned, and you need to practice each.
The first couple of months of learning a new instrument are often the most challenging - and boring. That's because rather than focusing on pounding out songs, you're instead practicing chord progressions, major and minor scales, and finger work.
Have you ever noticed how buff professional rowers are? It's no surprise, given that they practice 70% of the day and compete any time they're not practicing, but the secret to their majorly built and sexy upper body is the simple yet effective motion of rowing.
Core strength is often associated with the practice of pilates, but having a strong midsection is just as important in pilates' sister practice, yoga. With all the flow between down dogs and vinyasas, it's important to keep your body steady and your core engaged.
This video teaches English-language learners how to respond to questions beginning with the words "How do you like". There are two types of questions in English that begin with the words "How do you like". The first kind requires an answer in the form of an opinion. The second requires that the answer come in the form of giving instructions. The video explains the difference, then gives several examples for each to model practice. For example, "How do you like the weather?" is a question whic...
ApprenticeA teaches you how to moonwalk like Michael Jackson. Learn how to do some of Michael Jackson's classic moves as seen in many videos. Firstly, practice the moonwalk by standing still and then do it sliding across the stage. The moonwalk consists of sliding your foot backwards while always keeping one foot pointed and applying weight to it. You are taught the moves slowly at first and then in real time. You get a nice break in between the moves to practice and catch up with your instru...
Check out these hurling drills for practicing the lift and striking directly off the hurley.
Practice advanced technical drills for training in the fastest field game in the world: hurling.
This video is for people who are interested in yoga but have trouble doing the most basic positions. Often these people just give up, when in fact they need asana practice more than anyone else!
Sierra Snowboard describes how to pull off a board press on your snowboard. The most important aspects of the board press are using your legs to flex the board and setting up your body to balance over the press. Approach the press in an upright, balanced stance and move into the press. Flex down on the leg closest to the end of the board that you want to press and pull up your other leg. At the end of the press, give one last hard press of the leg and pop back into your centered stance. Alter...
Watch this four-part how to video on solving the 5x5 Rubik's Cube Professor. What, you didn't know they made them that big? Well, they do, and it's called the Professor. The 5x5 monolith.
Frustration is something that comes along with learning to ride a bike. You mustn't give up as it's a valuable skill to have. This video shows you how to ride a bike and minimize frustration.
If you want to shake your booty like Beyoncé, you'll have to work on your flexibility – and a style of dance called J-Setting.
Emeka Okafor teaches you how to block a shot with timing and body control. Bobcats star center, Emeka is a fantastic defender and generally leads the league with blocked shots. Check out exactly how you can practice and perfect the shot block.
In this video, we learn how to perform the Tango transition through the cross. As you start the Tango, you will stay close to your partner with both of your bodies. You will want to have your arms high and your body taught so that you can easily transition from one move to the other. Make sure the leader and the follower are both practiced so you transition into the cross more. The follower should pay attention to the leader's moves and both parties should be working together. Have fun dancin...
In this video, we learn how to practice balancing chemical equations. First, take a look at the first and second part of the equation. Write out how many atoms each of the elements has in it. Compare each of the sides to see what the difference is between them. Then, find the multiple of each of the elements until they are equal to each other. After you find this, continue to do this for all of the different elements in the equation. This will give you a balanced chemical equation when you ar...
Need some improvement for your breakdance moves, specifically your headspins? Then this guide will show you some great practice routines to beef up your headspinning. These drills should be done whenever you practicing. So should the neck stretches!
Don't want to end up like Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notre-Dame? Then it's time to get serious and start practicing some good techniques and exercises to making sure you're not developing that (or any) kind of hunchback. Follow the tips in this video to make sure you spine and muscles stay strong, and your body standing tall.
In this video, we learn how to play "Rock Lobster" lick by B 52's on electric guitar with Marty. This is a very easy and simple lick that you can bother people with and learn in just a few minutes. First, play 0 on the low E string, then use your middle finger on 2 and ring finger on 3. After this, do 2-o and practice alternating your picky and doing downward flicks. Practice doing this slowly so your fingers can get accustomed to the movements, then start doing it faster and faster. Once you...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to bow the Erhu. When playing this instrument, keep the shoulders and both arms relaxed. The elbow moves the arm, the arm moves the wrist, the wrist moves the fingers and the fingers move the bow. There is a slight twitch of the wrist on attack of each stroke. The only pressure point is where you hold the bow. Practice bowing the whole length of the bow. Practice with various speeds. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in playing ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to shift gears on a 2008 Ninja 250 motorcycle. First, pull in the clutch, take it down to first, then give it gas and release the clutch to get the bike started. To shift gears, pull in the clutch, pick up, then ease out the clutch, then give the bike gas. Keep doing this to change in between the different gears on the bike. Practice doing this in an empty parking lot and don't forget to keep on the gas while you are doing this. You may let go of the clutch to q...