The Rose Project
Physicality
Physicality plays an obvious and vital role in the performance of basketball players. Players must be built to endure, adapt, and recover efficiently to sustain a long and consistent career. However, Rehabilitation is not only recovering from injuries but avoiding them as well. Injury Prevention is also categorized as Rehab and is a major part of keeping players durable throughout their careers.
The Wemby Effect
Victor Wembanyama is considered one of... if not the best NBA prospect of all time. He is a 7"5 center with an unlimited range as a shooter, Ball IQ that transcends most players his age as well as being impenetrable and unstoppable in the paint. However, being that big has always come with its cost of being prone to injuries. As a part of the new generation of centers, Wemby serves as an exemplar of the great effect Injury Preventative Exercises have in-game. On the right, Wemby experiences a heavily twisted ankle. Usually with a person his weight and size (especially considering the momentum he was at), a broken ankle could occur or a sprain is almost certain. However, through stressing and extending his tissue tolerance, Wemby walks away unscathed as shown on the right.
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Paul Fabritz
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Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA-CSCS)
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Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist through the National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM-CES)
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Certified Personal Trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA-CPT)
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Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE-CPT)
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Certified Functional Movement Screen Professional (FMS)
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BS Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University
Paul Fabritz is one of our the world’s leading Performance Enhancement Specialists and his clientele includes renowned basketball players including Joel Embiid, James Harden, Mo Bamba, and 20+ NBA Players. He is known for his work on vertical jump biomechanics and ground reaction forces, partnering with Cal State Fullerton Biomechanics. Fabritz continues to conduct research in injury prevention and corrective exercise modalities which informs his program design.
The Fabritz Rule - "Gradually increase no more than 5% of volume per week"
One of the constant pieces of advice Paul iterates is that overworking is not the solution but consistency is. Fabritz dives into the common error of engaging in inconsistent breaks from the sport and shocking your muscles with heavy use (lack of warm-up). Fabritz iterates that the human body is built to adapt, however, this process of adaptation is disrupted by inconsistent periods of inactivity. The key to Injury Prevention is exponentially increasing the magnitude of physical stress in the chosen realm of physical challenges. In the context of basketball, Fabritz suggests simply tracking the minutes of basketball you actively participate in a week and then gradually increasing the intensity and duration over a period of time is the ideal approach to working out. Hence the Fabritz Rule, where players are encouraged to gradually increase strain by 5% on a weekly basis.
