Stephen Curry...A Stumble Is Not a Fall


We observe again the consequence of Mr. Curry’s biomechanics efficiency, the same source of all his ankle injuries in my opinion.
We discussed his technique of running in several posts (DK Blogger1)
This time Mr. Curry was lucky in not injuring himself, however he had a dangerous fall. If you observe the pictures (below) you will see that his running and turning technique is the same than when he was in college (DK Blogger)






He is turning while his inside leg is in an unstable position: knee outside of the supporting foot. That action twists his foot inwards and therefore looses almost total contact with the ground (the only contact is the outside-foot edge) putting the center of gravity way outside of the sustentation base that in this moment is just a "foot line."








The inevitable outcome is a fall!

This is the result of a history of incomplete training design. Curry’s “injury issues” where always intended to be solved by changing shoes, stimulating his strength and flexibility but they forgot that the technical characteristics of the sport’s movements are critical for the player’s safety and efficiency (the "falling" point could have been the winning point of an important game!).
Clearly his ankle issues where never evaluated correctly and nobody yet helped him in the right direction: teaching him (yes you can still teach something new to a great athlete like him) how to run, turn and jump with adequate mechanics.
This situation is not an embarrassment as some media sources suggest, but just the result of an incomplete athlete development process.

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