Yeah, I thought it was super cool too. Credit to
@Itzsoweezee for digging it up on that connection/comment I made about Ziani.
What I am super excited about is, I was very impressed with Ziani's athletic ability when I saw him years and years ago, but I didn't know he had these training methods/techniques, and they also seem to be geared towards performance AND longevity (this is what gets me excited). With Victor using these training methods, I'm more confident going forward. We'll have to see, but I don't think I am out of line to say there probably has been no one else (correct me if I am wrong) at this size/height in the NBA before or now that is using/doing anything like this, so this is new territory. A lot of us knew he was doing a lot of different things/flexibility things, but I didn't know it was to this level. I think Kareem did Yoga when he played, but this seems like it's on another level.
If you recall the games where he fell over/was knocked over a few times and looked in real pain (I do remember people in the game thread mentioning/trying to figure out what is going on. Is he hurt, is he not hurt is what posters were saying), this seems to be part of Ziani's training (the article explains it better than what I am trying to say). He very well may have been in a decent amount pain in that/those moments and seemed to recover quickly.
Tell me if you do end up ordering it (no hurry of course). Where are the places to order books like this from? I don't know what the bigger online books stores are. I'm a bit older now, but if I were younger, I'd for sure be interested to start trying some of his training methods. I still might. I'd like to read the book first, though, and go from there.
www.nytimes.com
