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7 Basketball Defensive Drills to Add to Your Workouts
Here are seven great basketball defensive drills which can help both players and teams improve their ability to shut down opponents and win more games!
3 Phase Basketball Warm-Up
If you’ve ever started a practice or game cold, complaining of tightness, or muscle stiffness. It’s more than likely due to not warming up sufficiently before commencing high-impact drills. If you’re looking to have a positive impact in games or at practices try the basketball warm-up below.
How to Reduce Post-Workout Muscle Soreness
Muscle soreness or delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), can be associated with a couple of things. The general soreness of stress on muscle fibres and connective tissues which are repaired during recovery. Or it could be the "over-the-top" type of soreness which...
Increase Your Vertical…Jump Higher
The advantage of height is not a natural gift given to all basketball players. It’s what “at-first-glance” separates taller players from the pack, which leaves smaller players at a physical disadvantage.
Your Core is Your Powerhouse
This week I've included 8 simple exercises to develop and maintain a strong core. Maintaining a strong core is essential when involved with physical activities regardless of the sport you're in. A strong core assists with body control, balance, strength, power, and...
Teaching Players vs Teaching Set Plays
In youth basketball, the question of when to start teaching plays to young players is a topic that's continuously debated amongst coaches at different levels. Is it more beneficial for teams or for players to start learning plays in the early stages of the game of...
10-Minute Workout Drill to Becoming a Great Point Guard
This 10-minute basketball development workout will challenge your ability, and improve your point guard skills in the areas needed to become a better all-round guard. Every minute you put into developing your game is the extra that’ll place you ahead of your competition.
A Daily Basketball Training Circuit For A Better Season
If basketball is the game you wish to commit to long-term. Here’s a simple ball handling circuit that if applied daily will improve the level of your dribbling skills for the upcoming season.
In Todays Game. Are Your Handles Up To Par?
Whether you play a one or a five position for your team, in today’s game of basketball it’s essential for every player to be skilled in the art of dribbling in order to be a major player on the court, and improving your handles will take you to the next level and ahead of the game.
She’s A Triple Threat, But Then Again So Is He
We should all be a “Triple Threat” when we’re on the court. The 3T is the primary position every offensive player should be in when the ball is live and they haven’t wasted their offensive options… These three options being to shoot, pass, or dribble drive.
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