Shawn Bradley
weight gained be all fat?
Shawn also declined to workBy Dr. Greg Shepard ofshape and practice. body fat percentage. number one draft pick. body fat. inspiring. were accurately followed. summer in early June. method. was not fat. returned from “down under” . old. so. course, that’s the BFS Dot Drill. immediately.
2-3-4 Flexibility Program, Shawn was tested on the Sit and Reach Shawn fights you like a 5-10 guy. Usually, big guys at that stage are very bland. He's not, he's a warrior. He blocks everything but the Midtown Tunnel. In a few toes.
God willing he stays healthy, you're going to see a Wooden Award winner. Frankie Layden said he already ia a player."
Shawn this is great! We are really excited for you. Man, 2 1/2 inches away from your toes. You’re ina great position to make huge improvements.”
Shawn Making His Hamstring Hurt Doing The BFS One-On-The-Bench bility improvement. three successive times. average. He wanted to try again.
This time, he jumped 25-7. about his competitive nature? quite unusual. draft and went to celebrity dinners. ence explosive growth in all areas!
On His Sit and Reach Test!
Next came the lifting. The Box Squat and Towel Bench were learned and Shawn picked up the technique as rapidly as any basketball player we’ve trained. He really took to the Box Squats and he liked the concept of the Towel Bench preventing shoulder strains and injuries. In college, he’d had a problem in that area from benching. After introducing the early in July.
We were very pleased. weeks. a consistent same-page program. extra section onto a metal frame.
Shawn’s story at the beginning. years. their “retarded four-year-old.” learned to revel in their height. something normal and enjoyable.” tall. plex.” Shawn keeps a good sense When Shawn was 10, and inches long. at what might be. you do it?” coachesof little league teams.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER Shawn entered Emery High School (550 students) as a 6-11 freshman. Emery is 2 1/2 hours points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. it every night. making minor adjustments. his first toy was a basketball. sophomore class president.
As a 7-5 junior, Shawn led Emery to a perfect 24-0 State don’t. You just play for second place.”
Championship season averaging 26 points, 13 rebounds and 9 of-the-Year, Street and Smith and Parade All-American. He was also junior class president.
Let’s see if you can picture it. You tle a junior high team. Your heavyweight is 5-11 and 180 pounds and then your guy goes out to shake hands with his opponent and here’s Shawn at 6-11 and 168 pounds.
One time he got pinned by a kid who outcheck Shawn’s growth plates. They finally who had beaten Shawn. “This guy was really ripseven-feet six-inches! He again led Emery to Shawn Learned Great Squatting Technique With The BFS Box Squat Routine. Coach Shepard Spotting Carefully.
Championship with a 22-2 record. mind. So sit back and get ready:
American game. with his friends on the gridiron.
Shawn won the 3-point contest. his football career came to an end. dent. All in all, Shawn finished with a career 68-4 record, including a 43-game winning streak. Opponents tried unique ways to prepare for Shawn. One coach made his team practice holding tennis rackets over their heads. Shawn heard that another team tried brooms. Obviously, nothing worked. One time, two coaches saw Shawn dunk while his head was behind the backboard. It was football. When fall came around, all my friends were playing. I hated it. It was really tough on me. I wanted to play so bad. I also would have liked to have played defensive end or defensive line. I think I could have done OK.”
Now, this is Shawn speaking to me during a workout while his agent is trying to work out a huge multimillion dollar contract with the round out it’s 9th grade team.
Naturally, Shawn volunteered. ping me,” remembered Shawn. It was towards the “Enough of this”. Shawn managed to get one arm free and roll his opponent. With his leverage, Shawn pinned the kid with 6 seconds left. Shawn staggered over to his coach and moaned, “Coach, no more. That was my last match.” Too bad. 1 could definitely see Shawn as the new Andre the Giant. We could have watched him on Saturday morning cable. Oh well, its the NBA’s gain and World Wide Wrestling’s Loss.
BASEBALL: Shawn played baseball until his senior year. As a junior, he batted .407.
Can you imagine his strike zone? Remember, he was 7-5 at the time and playing first base. The baseball coach thought it would probably be best that Shawn not play his senior year. Shawn had just signed with Brigham Young University and a pro-career was certainly possible. The thinking was why risk a 11 away. He shot 43. have let me play.” got’em from another planet. was an extremely tough decision.
Coaches came from all over. The Bradley’s live on their grandfather’s 1200 acre ranch where Shawn still helps with farm chores. In fact, during his senior season of high school basketball, he was knocked offa horse and dragged 30 yards. This resulted in a minor knee injury which gave BYU apoplexy of giant proportions. Anyway, when coaches came to town, they found no trafÏc lights and the closest Wendy’s was 30 miles away. Shawn’s house was out in the country one and one half miles from the city center where the speed limit is 35 miles Coach Shepard Is Making Shawn Really Stride Out On The Lunges.
Really Got His Hamstrings!
September ofhis senior year. He wanted to make it quick to help kids would have sat back and fallen into a prima donna syndrome.
Not Shawn, he was concerned about his teammates. What’s more them.”
GOLF: play baseball, then thought Shawn, BYU’s head coach, could see visions of national championships tude is refreshing. "He has a chance to be the best big man who ever played. like he's just a big goon.
I've never seen a 7-6 guy that well coordinated." "why not try golf."
He made the team. a press conference was called. ties that make a sensational player. maturity.” the right thing to do.”
Chapter 16, verse 15. play. eleven apostles after he had risen: THE MISSI | into all the world, and preach the gospel to thing to do is go on a mission.”
Coach Shepard Spotting Shawn Carefully On Each Rep and Set, What the Savior wanted him to do. talking to people that way. with.” now at age 19.
Savior and the fullness of His (Continued on page 16)
(Continued from page 13) gospel plan. In spite of having reason, no matter how big a guy is. these missionaries. and I’ll gain some weight.” a top-five pick if he went pro. possible salary scale in the future. couple of years, maybe.” offer while the grabbing was good? toughest one yet. day this is?”
(April Fool’s Day) Shawn called | his parents and told them he “G'day”. Shawn stated right before his mission, “Players come at me and bang really hard. They say, my life and cattle are the most stupid animals, so it’s instilled a little feisty spirit in me. When I’m ona r .
Shawn Liked The BFS Towel Bench Especially Because Of Previous Shoulder Problems When I'm not going tO Benching As A Freshman At BYU. moment and then laughed, “Oh Being from a predominatewon’t settle for anything less.” dad, its one day later over here. ment.
If | were recruiting him | would tell him, 'Son, | don't want to tight deci- | be your coach. | want to be your agent. He's going to be the| rather than until sion”, said | best player in the history of the WAC. | recruited Ralph Sampson when | wasfpat Marquette. (Bradley) is better than Ralph Sampson was. : :
I'min Philadelphia.”
University,” she said. find the negative as easily. joke but it has a lot of meaning. your loyalty? Greed wins out. stand for, | won’t go wrong.”
“Have a nice life.”
To me, Shawn has increased the meaning ofbeing an the police busted the party. on you.” that party. twist on the “Just do your best” philosophy and I really like it. nothing but positive since. your best but then realize there’s always room to improve.”
Will he be successful in Philadelphia? “I’m confident Was honorable mention All-America by Associated Press, All-District Seven (USBWA), Second team All-District 13 (NABC), MVP ofthe WAC 17 game was 16 against Arizona State ...
1991 and is a WAC season Record ...
16 games, fouled out only four times.
Robinson, Navy vs. Wilmington) ...
From BFS Magazine — Fall 1993. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
