I'm sure like most of us we have tried to save money from time to time without having a goal and not doing the nesecary planning at the beginning. Nine times out of Ten your bound to fail because its easy to just stop when your not breaking any plans. Basketball is no deifferent and your fitness and strength is just as important to your game as saving is to your future. Set your goals, tailor your workouts to meet these goals and track your results. If your workouts are not moving you towards your goals then re-assess your work-ethic and workouts and adjust them accordingly. Never underestimate the power of tracking your progress. It improves the chances of reaching your goals 10 fold. By setting a goal you can see the gains as they happen which will continue to help your motivation which will always results in being the best you can be. So where do I start? Start by sitting down and draw two columns in one write strengths in the other write oppotunities. Remember these arent weaknesses because with a focused goal your going to be putting that part of your game in the strengths colum in no time. Now that you have your your two lists choose an item from the left column and set a 4 week plan with dates to work on this area of your game. Having space to tick off your workouts stops you from cheating and reminds you what you need to do to suceed. A select few sites now offer full tracking and performance graph monitoring. Have a look out there your always bound to find someone else has already put a plan together for you. So stop thinking about it and get out there and start setting some goals. The only thing you have to lose are those pounds. Rod Degenhardt is a qualified personal trainer with 28 years basketball experience. Rod is also an owner and creator of the Triple Double Edge - http://32edge.com an exciting online personal training/Mad Hops Jump program for serious ballers.