Basketball

Basketball specific training

The following Sports Coach pages provide information specific to the sport of Basketball:

Developing a training programme

You will find the following pages useful in developing your basketball fitness training program.

Planning the training

General strength development

Gym Balls
Gym balls
Wobble Balance Board
Wobble balance board
Wobble Cushion
Wobble Cushion
Medicine Balls
Medicine Balls

Developing elastic strength

General conditioning

Agility training

Some of these pages contain performance evaluation tests but they also make good training sessions.

Agility Ladders
Speed Agility Ladder
Agility Hurdles
Training Hurdles
Medicine Balls
Medicine Balls
Reaction Ball
Training Cones

Speed development

Endurance training - cardiovascular development

Nutrition

Psychology

Vertical Jump

Vertical Explosion Training Program

The Vertical Explosion Training Program will show you how to improve your vertical jump by 10 inches in 10 weeks with:

  • A Multi Faceted approach to Vertical Jump Training
  • A Workout targeting every muscle group involved in jumping
  • A program that ensures that you are training explosion
  • A step by step, daily workout regime for you to follow

Click here for more information on the "Vertical Explosion training program"

Associated Pages

The following Sports Coach pages should be read in conjunction with this page: