{"id":479600,"date":"2026-01-18T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=479600"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:44:09","slug":"jaylen-brown-reveals-his-secret-weapon-salsa-has-helped-me-tremendously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/jaylen-brown-reveals-his-secret-weapon-salsa-has-helped-me-tremendously\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown reveals his secret weapon: \u201cSalsa has helped me tremendously\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1942\"><strong data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1854\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jaylen Brown<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has revealed an unexpected factor behind the strong season he\u2019s having \u2014 salsa dancing.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"2199\">\n<p data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"2199\">\u201cQuietly behind the scenes, I\u2019ve been working on my salsa, and it\u2019s actually like the secret ingredient to why I\u2019m having the year that I\u2019m having,\u201d Brown said.<br data-start=\"2106\" data-end=\"2109\" \/>\u201cI\u2019ve been working on my footwork and my balance, and salsa has helped me tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2201\" data-end=\"2405\">The <strong data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2246\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Boston Celtics<\/span><\/span><\/strong> star explained that he\u2019s already put in multiple sessions over the summer, working closely with his instructor Raul, who traveled to Boston to train with him.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2407\" data-end=\"2547\">\n<p data-start=\"2409\" data-end=\"2547\">\u201cWe\u2019ve already done a couple sessions this summer. Raul came to Boston a couple times. Today is just an extension of what we normally do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2650\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEO53xbLUpY?si=2cUcKt49qBjeVkF0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2650\">Beyond performance, Brown emphasized the mental benefits of dancing \u2014 especially during cold winters:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2928\">\n<p data-start=\"2654\" data-end=\"2928\">\u201cI live in Boston \u2014 it\u2019s cold weather. It\u2019s kinda cold here in L.A. too right now\u2026 but in Boston it\u2019s really cold,\u201d he said.<br data-start=\"2778\" data-end=\"2781\" \/>\u201cOne of the things I like to do to warm up my space is put on some salsa music and dance. It helps with your mental health and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2930\" data-end=\"2965\">He even had a recommendation ready:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2967\" data-end=\"3093\">\n<p data-start=\"2969\" data-end=\"3093\">\u201cIf you\u2019re in Boston, you should try it. Put on some salsa music, some <strong data-start=\"3040\" data-end=\"3081\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hector Lavoe<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"3095\" data-end=\"3170\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">An unconventional routine \u2014 but one that\u2019s clearly paying off on the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtics star credits dancing for improved footwork, balance, and mental health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":479599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-479600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Salsa.jpeg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479600"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=479600"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=479600"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=479600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}