Posts Tagged ‘Strength’
Post 18 – “I want my young athlete to strength train, but no weights, please.” — Why Bodyweight-Only Training is Shortchanging Your Child
Introduction Your young basketball player is progressing, excelling in their skills, and competing at a high level. However, to keep advancing and competing as they move up in age groups and intensity, you recognize a critical need: they must become stronger, faster, more explosive, and more resilient. So, you contact a strength coach to…
Read MorePost 10 – Don’t Stop Training when you have an injured limb!
Shout-out to this amazing young athlete who worked with us to develop a safe plan to keep training and making gains while he rehabs from a wrist injury. Training Through Injury Many athletes completely stop training when they have an injured limb. But that can set you back by weeks or months. Continue training! If…
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 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…
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