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May 2023
12m 28s

Fix Your Breathing To Improve Basketball...

Taylor Allan
About this episode

How to fix incorrect breathing mechanics that may be causing stress, anxiety, and nervousness on the court.

DeepGame has officially retired, but the best is yet to come. Here are two ways to follow the next chapter of my work:

Subscribe to the Beyond Basketball newsletter:

https://taylorallan.me/deep-game

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I'll see you there.

- Taylor

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