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Apr 2024
4m 41s

How Training Your Joints Helps You Play ...

Taylor Allan
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Why training the joints and small connecting points of the body can actually decrease fear 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:

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- Taylor

 

 

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