February 22, 2012

Speed & Conditioning Drills

The basketball drills below focus on the improvement of speed, agility, explosiveness, quickness, conditioning and other athletic movements that will not only improve your athleticism but also your overall basketball skills.
 
Members of Hoops U. Insider will find even more basketball speed drills and other performance enhancement drills.

Kids Basketball Drills – Developing Basic Footwork and Fundamentals

Developing Basic Footwork

Article by: Pat Anderson http://www.Online-Basketball-Drills.com One element of basketball that is often overlooked is mastering fundamental movement. Proper stance in starts, stops, and jumps … [Read more...]

Basketball Pickup Drill

Basketball Pickup Drill

Purpose: To improve lateral quickness, agility, conditioning, and reaction. An especially good drill for developing footwork and quickness for inside players. Drill: Two people are needed for … [Read more...]

Bucketball

Bucketball

'Bucketball' is a game I developed as something that could be played with a group or team to work on speed and conditioning without always having to run sprints, line, cone drills, etc. The term … [Read more...]

Ball Drops

ball-drops

This drill is taken from our book, The Complete Basketball Strength & Speed Program Purpose: To improve speed and accleration off the start. Also develops and improves reaction time. Great for … [Read more...]

1-2-3 Skying Drill

1-2-3-sky-jumps

Purpose: To improve and develop explosive leg strength, conditioning, and reaction time. Drill: This drill requires a coach or additional person who can give the verbal commands. Position 1 - is … [Read more...]