WNBA's Fire train under coach's embrace of Constraints-Led Approach
Players were introduced to a new training concept as the expansion Portland Fire prepared for their first WNBA season.
Fire coach Alex Sarama has written a book on the method, called the Constraints-Led Approach, and the Fire have become something of an incubator for its use in the league.
The method means no more repetitive drills or step-by-step routines.
Players are forced to think and be creative, to problem-solve under duress.
Portland opens the season on Saturday at home against the Chicago Sky.
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