This basketball workout is a combination of several other workouts we put together one practice, trying to hit a few targets at the same time. It is a quick circuit that builds fitness levels, ballhandling and passing skills, as well as rebounding and jumping ability.
Playing good basketball requires good fitness. I always remember when I played ball in high school, the team we worried about the most wasn't the best skilled, they were the best in shape (almost the entire team played soccer for their school before basketball season, so they came into basketball season in tremendous shape - skills were only so-so, but they were quick!).
So fitness training helps, especially at the beginning of the pre-season, and particularly if you can weave skills training into it. Which is what this basketball workout does - good fitness, good skills training combined.
Insist that players run the whole drill at full speed - it isn't a long basketball workout, but it will be tiring if they go hard. And enforce good form in the ballhandling and passing - especially important if they are running hard and getting tired. The more they can focus on this in practice, the less likely they will be to slip up in the game.
1. Dribbling
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2. Sprint and Jump
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3. Superman
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4. Outlet and Break
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5. Finish the Fast Break
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Players work hard in this basketball workout - it shouldn't take more than a minute or so for each player to get through, but they should be out of breath by the time they reach the end.
And if you are looking for a more specialized program for your players, the Explosive Speed Training Program is a program designed to increase non-linear speed and explosive quickness. It's a program you can use in the pre-season to improve the speed and quickness of your players, and then incorporate some of the drills into your practices as you move into proper training. It produces good results and makes quicker basketball players.
Regardless of the workout you use, remember to get your players working hard throughout - the more work in practice, the better they'll be in the game.
Good luck!
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
- Vincent T. Lombardi