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What is the "Breakfast Club" that changed Barkley's career?

Jordan: joiners need to be confidential

By MauranePublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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What is the "Breakfast Club" that changed Barkley's career?
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Fans who follow the NBA often know that players will establish their training camps in the off-season, but perhaps only old fans know that Jordan had formed a "Breakfast Club", such as "Magic" Johnson and Barkley and Ewing, and another league The first-tier superstars, are members of the "Breakfast Club", so what kind of organization is it? Is it just a club where people get together to eat breakfast?

The "Breakfast Club" is not a club where people get together to eat breakfast, but it has something to do with breakfast, Jordan's original intention of establishing it is to let people train together after breakfast, but because the participants of the "Breakfast Club" are required to train, however, because the participants of the "Breakfast Club" are required to keep the contents of the training confidential, so this also gives it a layer of mystery, let us understand this mysterious club.

In 1990, the Bulls had lost to the Pistons for four consecutive years, which made Jordan, who had a strong desire to win, unbearable, and he not only reflected on his shortcomings but also began to observe Joe Dumars, who often played against him in the Pistons.

Although Joe Dumars' ability was not as good as Jordan's, he often managed to limit Jordan with his excellent flexibility and full strength, and Jordan later recalled praising Dumars as the strongest defender he had ever encountered.

Before leading the Bulls to the championship, Jordan's physical quality was only average in the league. At that time, Jordan arrogantly believed that he could get past many defenders based on his speed and basketball skills alone, but while Jordan gradually improved his ability, the defenses he encountered in the playoffs became increasingly tight. Jordan's tactics.

The tight defenses gave Jordan and the Bulls a lot of trouble, and that's when he started to get interested in muscle training.

Early in his career, Jordan didn't like muscle training, he thought it would affect his game, but to win against the Pistons, Jordan began to try muscle training. A trainer claimed he had a scientific method of training that would increase Jordan's strength while keeping him healthy, but at the expense of some of Jordan's bounciness.

The "flyer" can no longer fly? At the time, many fans and the media disapproved of Jordan's strength training, but Jordan responded, "You're not the ones who are being bumped around by the Pistons."

However, the emergence of trainer Tim Glover brought Jordan the light of winning the championship. Tim Glover's training sessions will train muscle groups, but also a lot of detail, for different muscle training, Jordan initially said that he would follow Tim Glover's training for 30 days, and then see how effective. Later became Kobe trainer Tim Glover in the recollection of the event, flirting said: "Jordan then said good will only practice 30 days, but he followed me practice 15 years."

Soon afterward, Jordan created the "Breakfast Club", where Barkley, Magic "Johnson" and Ewing came to be admired, and in front of all the participants, Jordan laid down a rule that no one could leak "This is the reason why the "Breakfast Club" is still a mystery.

When talking about the original intention of forming the "Breakfast Club", Jordan said that at first he only wanted to exercise staying power, and then in case of fatigue, he could still keep his physical and mental strength.

Barkley, a member of the "Breakfast Club," has said that joining the club changed his career and he began to aspire to challenge the limits.

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