Adarq,
imo you stepped way over the line with your response...
I agree that i stepped way over the line, but, what I said is the truth. Calling his son unathletic wasn't a polite thing to do, but he brags about molding his kid for years, unfortunately using many schroeder-like ideologies, but what does his son have to show for it? He purposefully keeps his kid from lifting using traditional methods, because he's still trying to get him to "fire right". The attack on his coaching of his son is definitely the only questionable part of that post, because let's not forget that he has wasted many young athletes time & energy by experimenting on them with iso extreme training protocols. In his position, he shouldn't be "experimenting" on anyone other than himself. As a coach you're supposed to utilize methods that work with your athletes, not use them as lab rats having them utilize ridiculous training methods.
yes they can be idiots, but there is no reason to verbally assault west58 like that.
I disagree, he had a go at me, so I had a go at him.
Furthermore, it is true a lot of your videos do look the same. You are getting higher on your jumps but it is hard to tell...its like a sprinter posting his videos of his races, race after race, without the times...they look pretty much the same because the improvement is so gradual.
I understand that much of my videos look the same, i'm working my ass off to keep pushing my limits and get to where I want to be, but unfortunately that doesn't include learning a new trick dunk every day of the week for months on end. Sprinter's videos always look the same, so do high jumpers, olympic lifters, etc. EVERYBODY'S VIDEOS LOOK THE SAME. Dunking is unique in the sense that you can show people something they have never seen, regardless of the vert achieved, or some new trick/ability. Comparing dunking to sprinting/high jump/whatever is basically impossible. It's like saying "dude, all you do is the same forward sprint, can you run backwards or do some kind of one leg sprint in your next meet?"... People who hate on my dunk videos for the "trick aspect", are people who are just looking for a reason to hate.
My situation is far different than a sprinter posting vids and not including his times.... If you look at the last time I posted videos on there, the progress is clearly evident, so you can in fact see that I am "jumping higher and landing harder/more impressive dunks", which would equate to demonstrating improvements in sprint time.
Here's the main issue I have with your stance: I don't go around posting "That's boring i've seen that 100 times" on people's videos who are working their ass off. His comment was hardly justified, because the footage I posted is way better than any other I have ever posted on that forum. He doesn't follow my adarqtv youtube, pretty sure of that, so it's not like he had seen everything that was in that video, in fact he hadn't seen any of it. People who follow my adarqtv account, who are into seeing others progress & support them, also commented on that video with positive feedback, even though they have already seen every dunk in that video... Those people would actually have a legit claim to being "annoyed", since they are watching footage they ALREADY saw, the exact same footage...... but they aren't, they are people who, for the most part, if they don't have something positive to say about a video, they leave it unsaid.
I wasn't trying to get my dick sucked over there at WGF forum, I was simply posting a video which demonstrates all of the hard work I have been putting in. The very first reply I got from "Ryz" was extremely positive. I am open to negative feedback, but more from a "performance standpoint". Forget tricks, simply keep raw vert/hard dunks and training. It's not like i'm posting a video where i'm jumping "lower or the same as previous videos". It's not like all of the work I put in has resulted in me "squatting less weight or working out with less intensity". Those would be valid gripes. What I posted was a video which demonstrates my improvements in vert/athleticism, due to my work ethic with training, so for someone who is full of shit to go right at me and "call it boring", looking for a reason to hate, is very disrespectful. That's a performance forum, NOT A DUNKING FORUM, that is a VERRRRRRRY big difference. A dunking forum has more of a right to just tell me to get lost, because i'm not improving my tricks like I should be, i'm not going out and practicing on low rim to make sure I get that windmill down etc, so to dunker's I am "not dedicating myself to the game"... But from a PERFORMANCE STANDPOINT, there is without a doubt that I have improved my athleticism greatly compared to previous videos, and that is why we talk on performance forums & not dunk forums. Think about Ryz's initial reply to my video, and then think about west58's, look at it from the perspective of "improving athleticism", not dunking/tricks... "West58: Boring, need more props" etc.. ... ... ...
So his reply was very disrespectful from a coaching/athletic improvement standpoint, that's why he got his anus gaped.
When I see someone working their ass off for power/speed/vert, trying their hardest to improve, I never offer negative feedback, only positive suggestions, and i'm always supportive. If this person just so happens to be using dunks to demonstrate that improved athleticism, I don't look at it from a "ability to do technical dunks" standpoint, I look at it from a pure athleticism standpoint. If I want to watch trick dunks, I'll go watch TFB videos.. Regardless, i'm rarely EVER one to cast the first stone, once one is cast my way though, I go at you, it's a problem in the business world/shaking hands world, but it's me, don't disrespect me and we won't have a problem, it's even worse in person, but it rarely ever happens in person. West58 wouldn't utter a negative word to me in person, and i'm not acting like a tough guy, in person you can see my dedication/passion/intensity way better than on video, disrespecting it in front of my face just never happens, because weak minded negative people never enter that realm.
That brings me to a question: for someone who values the importance of detailed progress trackers, why don't you include how high you jumped? That is the most important aspect of your training (jumping higher is your goal), so it would make the most sense for you to log that too.
If you then included the height of your jumps on video, it would perhaps make them less "boring".
Well, all I care about is 47, head on rim. I got tired of claiming numbers based on dunk stills etc. That wrist band I wear in each video is 4 inches, with a reach of 95", and my hand is 8 inches, so anyone wishing to formulate numbers from a video can do so a bit more accurately given the wrist band.
Hitting my head on the rim is the goal, but that doesn't mean I want to give any importance to any number less than 47... Being proud about any number less than 47 would hold me back. I'm already at war with my body to try and get it over 40, I can't even waste mental energy worrying about exact measurements other than just a quick visual of how high my forearm is on rim or how close head is to rim, other than that, i don't care about it anymore.
Including all of those numbers in the video would also be hell and annoying :F
peace
