tips for improving posture and balanced positioning?

[Junker]

I had to work on slouching early on myself. I never had any back pain as a result, so I'd hate to comment on that part. To fix my posture, I just concentrated on keeping my shoulders back while I ran. I agree with the other post that tournaments where you work 3 games or more in a day are a great time to work on this stuff. I find that when working a ton of games in a day, it helps build the habits. I often tell my partner or partners what little thing I'm working on and ask them to keep a bit of an eye out for it. Then during dead ball situations I'd ask if they've seen improvement. This worked will with my posture and my facial expressions (I'm a teacher and have a tendancy to look a little grumpy out there). This summer I'm working on calling violations and fouls with my courtside hand.