12/19/2025
Quick question for parents and hoopers 👀
Did you know your kid’s Achilles tendon could be much older than their actual age?
Not because they’re broken.
Not because they’re weak.
But because of how (and what) they’ve been training consistently.
This came up recently in a conversation about the NBA’s Achilles epidemic, and one line explains the Blindspot perfectly:
“A person can run for miles without their calf getting fatigued…
but they can only do a few slow calf raises.”
That quote came from an Achilles expert in a conversation with Jake Tuura 👇
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBovHmDQ4C/?igsh=Yms4OWo1YnZwM2p6
Basketball loads the Achilles constantly.
But it doesn’t load it completely.
Lots of sprinting.
Lots of jumping.
Very little slow, high-tension work that connective tissue actually needs to adapt instead of just survive.
Now zoom out.
Dr. Michael Chivers breaks this down in a different sport — baseball — but the lesson applies directly to basketball 👇
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/drmichaelchivers/p/baseballs-ucl-problem?r=4ct26p&utm_medium=ios
Early success → early specialization.
More games → more repetition.
Same tissues → same loads → year-round.
The result?
🧠 Tissue senescence — tissues aging faster than the athlete.
Not because kids are doing “too much”…
…but because they’re doing too much of the same thing, and not consistently training the tissues ecologically.
That’s why tomorrow’s session isn’t about:
❌ more drills
❌ harder workouts
❌ another ACL exercise list
It’s about habits and consistency.
📘 The Power of Habit (Duhigg) reminds us outcomes come from patterns, not intensity
🎧 https://www.audible.com/pd/B0FD4CV4BF?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp
📗 The Little Book of Talent (Coyle) reminds us durability is built through small, boring reps done right
🎧 https://www.audible.com/pd/0593292677?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp
That’s exactly what we’re building inside the
28-Day Free Basketball Injury Risk Blindspot Workshop.
📍 Live on Facebook
🧠 Practical. Simple. Repeatable.
🦵 Focused on ankles, knees, hips, spine — the tissues that fail first.
👉 Add the next FB Live session to your calendar here:
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Because learning how to train tissues for performance and longevity serves your whole life.
Learning only one serves a season.
Don’t miss the next one.
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