The Hawks Daily Vitamins

[Guest]

Just what are in the Hawks' daily vitamins?Several times this season, during interviews, Hawks players would mention “daily vitamins” as part of their routines. I assumed they literally meant a vitamin regime.....Daily vitamins have nothing to do with supplements. They are, in fact, a major part of the Hawks’ player development system. It is the term used for the daily one-on-one time that assistant coaches work with an individual player. Under the system, different assistants are assigned a group of players.

“We work specifically with that individual on his game,” assistant Darvin Ham said.

The procedure is part of first-year coach Mike Budenholzer’s system. It’s not the norm, according to Ham.

“I’ve been around teams where quite honestly, you get your work in if you have the time before or after practice,” Ham said. “It’s usually random or fragmented. Then you do have some players that carve out the time to make sure they get individual work every day. For a coach to establish that has one of the main routines that we do daily, it’s the first time I’ve seen it. I love it. I wish I had it when I was a player.”

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-hawks/2014/feb/14/just-what-are-hawks-daily-vitamins/

[Gray Mule]

In my humble opinion, this says to me that Bud

is doing something right!! I like it !!

[Guest]

Is CViv admitting he doesn't understand things? I'm not sure what to make of this article, Viv did not understand something that no one knew about and is telling us about why he didn't understand this thing we never knew about?

[turnermx]

What would we do without CViv? LolSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[DrReality]

Cviv's version: Eat your soupThis work is critical with young guys. Then there is Teague ! WTF ?

[Jdawgflow]

This is a really important concept. Glad they are taking the the to help make guys better. Makes sense why our team with minimal talent can stay in the at off picture. It gives me hope if we can get more talented players (that of course will buy into the system).

[Dejay]

C Viv: 'From sources, I've heard that the St. Louis Hawks...'

[benhillboy]

Good deal. Mike finishing in various ways, Sap extending his range a little, Shelvin's handling, and Carrolle's work off the ball are a few examples. It's safe to assume if you aren't seeing a marked improvement in this system something's wrong with you. Either you're slow, stubborn, or both (Josh).

Edited February 17, 2014 by benhillboy

[ATL_BALLER]

As the beat reporter, who literally is with this team day in and day out, he's just NOW cracking that code?No one frustrates me like C-Viv. Does anyone know how he got the gig? What was wrong with MC?