{"id":11804,"date":"2022-06-28T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1388652"},"modified":"2022-06-28T20:30:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:30:11","slug":"stephen-currys-former-coach-says-ai-can-help-train-the-next-generation-of-nba-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=11804","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry\u2019s former coach says AI can help train the next generation of NBA champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steph Curry is currently celebrating another NBA championship \u2014 just 10 years after the star feared he\u2019d never play again<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Curry\u2019s early years at the Golden State Warriors were plagued by chronic ankle injuries. In 2013, the team\u2019s new performance director, Keke Lyles, proposed a new explanation for the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyles believed Curry was overly reliant on his ankles for speed. The coach devised a training program that transferred power generation to the marksman\u2019s hips. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe would overload his lower legs a lot more than what he needed to,\u201d Lyles told TNW. \u201cIt\u2019s not that he wasn\u2019t able to use his hips as much, but that wasn\u2019t his first strategy \u2014 his body went somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new approach<\/span> soon reaped rewards. When Lyles left the Warriors in 2015, Curry had just won a Most Valuable Player award and his first league title. LeBron James described the Golden State squad as \u201cthe most healthy team I\u2019ve ever seen in NBA history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The resources that Curry had are inaccessible to most athletes. But Lyles is now betting that AI<\/a> and motion capture can bring the benefits to the masses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The trainer was recently named director of performance at Uplift Labs<\/a>, a California based-startup<\/span><\/a>. The company\u2019s software analyzes an athlete\u2019s to improve their skills and reduce their injury risks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Users can track changes in movement patterns and compare performance over time. Credit: Uplift Labs<\/figcaption>