Bobroczkyi is also learning that the one thing no coach can teach — height — will not guarantee him a future in pro basketball. When Bobroczkyi and his family visited the campus in 2016, he packed a bag and did not return to Italy. Bobroczkyi lay on a bench with 30-pound dumbbells on either side of him, ready for his first rep of 10 presses. Strausser and John Wallace, Spire’s performance director, had tailored a workout plan for Bobroczkyi that was like nothing they had ever attempted. “Because he needs it.”It was a big deal at Spire when, in a practice not too long ago, Bobroczkyi dunked.

Source: thestar January 27, 2018 23:48 UTC