If you have watched a decent amount of NBA games over the last two season, you are likely aware of the ongoing issues with Draymond Green and his random body movement that have left opposing players weak in the knees. Green has received several technical fouls and suspensions for kicking guys below the belt.
Draymond’s excuses has been down the lane of not being able to control or knowing how his body will react.
“It’s funny how you can tell me how I get hit and how my body is supposed to react. I didn’t know the league office was that smart when it came to body movements. I’m not sure if they took kinesiology for their positions to tell you how your body is going to react when you get hit in a certain position. Or you go up and you have guys who jump to the ceiling. A lot of these guys that make the rules can’t touch the rim, yet they tell you how you’re way up there in the air which way your body [is supposed to go].
I don’t understand that. That’s like me going in there and saying, ‘Hey, you did something on your paperwork wrong.’ I don’t know what your paperwork looks like. But it is what it is … Let them keep telling people how their body reacts, I guess. They need to go take a few more kinesiology classes, though. Maybe they can take a taping class or functional movement classes. Let me know how the body works, because clearly mine don’t work the right way.”
According to Deadspin.com, Kate Bishop, an exercise physiologist,there is a much different thought process in relation to Draymond and his unique body moments. Bishop has a Masters in Applied Exercise Physiology and works as a physical trainer. Bishop says Green’s kicks are because of his carelessness.
“While I don’t think there is necessarily malicious on the part of Draymond, there appears to be a level of carelessness to his motions and I will tell you why. Jumping requires upward propulsion and because muscles cannot push, they only pull, all of the effort through the kinetic chain should be focused on extending through the posterior chain. In other words, it is mechanically counterproductive to lift a leg in the middle of or the end of a jump. If you really think about it, lifting the thigh at the peak of a jump would only inhibit ones action of momentum. If you are trying to get up, lifting your leg through the psoas and or quad/ITB is working against your jumping musculature.
In regards to some of his lunging, the same principles apply. Lateral movement requires a reach outward and away with the leg. Unlike soccer, where the leg may be reaching for a ball in the air, basketball players move laterally along the floor to either block the lane or catch/throw/fake with the ball. For Draymond to lift his leg into the air, high enough to hit another player, is not kinesthetically sound. If you ask me, it’s careless.
Everyone is expected to avoid dangerous activity on the court and Draymond is not going to be able to use kinesiology as an excuse to bring his legs into the air in the middle of a jump or lunge, especially when it holds back his own game in some ways.”
Just from the eye test, I’m siding with Kate Bishop. Nothing about Draymond Green’s body movements look natural.
Take a look at these videos and decide for yourself.
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