Posts Tagged ‘Basketball’
Post 14 – Better Basketball Defensive Drill Sergeants
Drill sergeant is a classic basketball camp/clinic drill. It’s not a bad one, but the way it’s typically done is missing out on a huge opportunity to get kids better at defense! Usually, it’s all about working hard and getting kids tired. While conditioning is an important aspect of basketball performance, we can increase the…
Read MorePost 13 – Basketball Speed Myths
I’ll admit it. I’ve been involved in basketball as a player, a coach, a camp director, a parent, and strength coach for over 30 years, yet I too have been a victim of a number of widespread basketball speed myths. I’ve been taught incorrect, unnatural, sub-optimal techniques by my coaches, who learned from their coaches. …
Read MorePost 12 – Lessons Learned from My Rehab
Make Your Rehab Your Prehab I didn’t follow my own advice! I always tell athletes that if you have been injured you have to “make your rehab your prehab”. Often, when an athlete gets injured, if they are even disciplined enough to do the rehab program, they often completely drop every rehab exercise once they…
Read MorePost 11 – Coaches – Here’s How You Can Help your Athletes Develop a More Balanced Body
10,000 Reps on ONE Leg. ZERO on the other!!! Basketball Coaches! Did you know that there’s something you’re doing in your practices that may be causing some of your athletes to get 10,000+ reps on ONE Leg and NONE on the other. Almost all coaches make their athletes run line drills for some reason at…
Read MorePost 9 – Top Dumbbell Strength Exercises for Basketball Players
We’ve already shared our “top” overall strength exercises for basketball players, and given you options for how to best replace those exercises if you have absolutely no equipment at all. But what if you have ONLY dumbbells? Well, first off, if you only had dumbbells you would have WAY more options than if you were…
Read MorePost 8 – Top Bodyweight Strength Exercises for Basketball Players
OK, we’ve already shared our “top: overall strength exercises for basketball players. See: https://progressiveperformance.ca/top-strength-exercises-for-basketball-players/ But, that really works if you have access to essentially all equipment a high-end training studio would have. Obviously that’s not a reality for many basketball players – some of you may have access to a fully equipped gym when you…
Read MorePost 7 – Top Strength Exercises for Basketball Players
For more advanced basketball players that have been strength training for a while, these are GENERALLY the top lifts you want to progress to and really get stronger at. Like any of these “top exercises” lists, you really need to be aware that while this is generally true for most athletes, NOTHING is true all…
Read MorePost 4 – Beginner Strength Exercises – Part 2
Beginner Strength Exercises – Part 2 Alright…You are on your way! You are a young hooper, you started your strength training journey, and you used our previous post to get started with the right exercises. Good start! But, after making some progress with those basic exercises, it’s time to keep those exercises in your training,…
Read MorePost 3 – Beginner Strength Exercises – Part 1
OK, so you are a serious hooper with goals of taking it to the next level. You want to start “training”. You read our last post and believe that the place to start is strength. You also saw we said to focus on “push-pull-squat-hinge-core”, but you have no clue what that means and where to…
Read MorePost 2 – Start with Strength!
What’s up hoopers? OK, so you are serious about the game and you have goals of playing at the next level – high school, prep, university/college/pro. You know you have to “workout” but you have no clue where to start. Let me help you with that! What should I work on in the weight room? …
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