Stephen Curry might be the best basketball player in the world right now, and he did not arrive at this peak conventionally. Curry’s historic shooting is one aspect of his game that can be pointed to for his ascension, but his real gift is “doing two things at once.”
Curry is trained by Brandon Payne in North Carolina in a small facility that few would believe is where the magic happens for the NBA’s reigning MVP. The lack of space and equipment in the gym forces them to “optimize” the capabilities of what they have, Payne told ESPN. Part of that involves “overloading” Curry’s senses to force him to hone in on the tasks he needs to accomplish.
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"We have to look past," Payne said. "If you see him dribbling a ball and tossing a tennis ball, we don't view that as just ballhandling. We view that as carrying out an assignment while you're dribbling a ball, just as you would do during a play."
Curry said he also works extensively on lateral movement. Because of his uncommon shooting ability, he prefers moving side to side rather than forward, because going forward often ends with a two-point shot.
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"All sorts of band resistance work, contrast stuff so you overload, load up weight and do the same moves I'll do on the court. Then, contrast that, take the weight off, really work on the explosion part of it. It's pretty amazing how much space you can create after you do a couple sets with resistance, train your body to fight through that and then you build that strength,” Curry said.
That’s how Curry, who looks far too slight to compete with the likes of Russell Westbrook at his own position, let alone hold his own during forays to the hoop, is able to dominate the league from 22 feet and beyond.
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