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There has been a lot of talk on here about Carlton's regression and it is hard to argue with. For all of Carlton's limitations athletically, he is long and has shown in the past to have some nice moves and nice touch near the basket.
For the most part, we haven't seen that this year. His touch looks worse than ever as do his post moves.
Ok, here's the question: Has Coach Sal's training program damaged Carlton?
Carlton seems to be Sal's pet project. He has dedicated himself to Sal's program completely and is often the star of his training videos. Carlton has definitely gotten stronger...But he's not a fast twitch muscle guy. He's gotten noticeably slower. He's not getting any lift. The problem is he was slow and not a jumper to begin with. He can't afford to get worse at those things. Should he have been spending more time working on post moves, developing a jump shot and doing jumping exercises instead of the power lifting? I know power lifting in general should make these guys more explosive, but like I said, Carlton is such a slow twitch muscle person that it appears hes gaining the strength and the weight but got even less explosive and his promising touch around the hoop has disappeared.
This thread isn't meant to disrespect coach Sal. I think he's great for UConn basketball...but maybe Carlton needs a much different training program.
For the most part, we haven't seen that this year. His touch looks worse than ever as do his post moves.
Ok, here's the question: Has Coach Sal's training program damaged Carlton?
Carlton seems to be Sal's pet project. He has dedicated himself to Sal's program completely and is often the star of his training videos. Carlton has definitely gotten stronger...But he's not a fast twitch muscle guy. He's gotten noticeably slower. He's not getting any lift. The problem is he was slow and not a jumper to begin with. He can't afford to get worse at those things. Should he have been spending more time working on post moves, developing a jump shot and doing jumping exercises instead of the power lifting? I know power lifting in general should make these guys more explosive, but like I said, Carlton is such a slow twitch muscle person that it appears hes gaining the strength and the weight but got even less explosive and his promising touch around the hoop has disappeared.
This thread isn't meant to disrespect coach Sal. I think he's great for UConn basketball...but maybe Carlton needs a much different training program.