Basketball

Basketball specific training

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

• The Basketball Triangle Offensive
• The Amoeba Defence
• Simplifying the Triangle Offensive - for the High School Basketball Coach
• Training Program - 40 yard Dash
• Find a Coach

Developing a training programme

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

Planning the training

• How to prepare your training program
• Example training program
• Performance Profiling - how to identify weaknesses in your skills

General strength development

• Circuit Training - develops strength and endurance
• Weight Training program using dumbbells
• Weight Training program using free weights and machines
• Weight Training program for sprinters - uses Olympic lifts

Gym Balls	Wobble Balance Board	Wobble Cushion	Medicine Balls
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Developing elastic strength

• Plyometrics
• Plyometric Exercises - Arms
• Plyometric Exercises - Legs
• Plyometrics High Intensity Exercises - Legs
• Complex Training - using weights and plyometrics exercises

General conditioning

• Developing your Core Stability - Abdominals and lower back
• Conditioning exercises for the legs
• Conditioning exercises for the lower legs
• Conditioning exercises for the upper body

Agility training

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

• 'T' Drill Test
• Agility Ladder Exercises
• 505 Agility Test
• Illinois Agility Run Test
• Zig-Zag Test

Agility Ladders	Agility Hurdles	Medicine Balls	Reaction Ball
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Speed development

• Speed Training
• Speed Reaction Drills
• Running Economy

Endurance training - cardiovascular development

• Developing your VO2max
• Interval and continuous training
• Hill training
• Training with a heart rate monitor - Training Zones

Nutrition

• Nutrition - determining your daily requirements
• What to eat when training and competing
• Nutritional tips
• Sports Drinks

Psychology

• Sports psychology
• Relaxation techniques
• Overview of mental imagery
• Mental imagery - developing the skill

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Associated Pages

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

• Basketball
• The Amoeba Defense
• The Basketball Triangle Offensive
• Simplifying the Triangle Offensive
• Speed Training Program
• Planning the Training - 6 stages of development
• Find a Coach
• Sport/Event specific articles

Associated Books

The following books provide more information related to this topic:

• Strength and Conditioning for Games Players, C. Brewer, ISBN 1 902523 85 7
• Advanced Studies in Physical Education and Sport, P Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 4482345
• Physical Education and the Study of Sport, B. Davis et al., ISBN 0 7234 31752
• Essentials of Exercise Physiology, W.D. McArdle et al., ISBN 0 683 30507 7
• Physical Education and Sport Studies, D. Roscoe et al., ISBN 1 901424 20 0
• The World of Sport Examined, P. Beashel et al., ISBN 0 17 438719 9
• Advanced PE for Edexcel, F. Galligan et al., ISBN 0 435 50643 9
• Examining Physical Education, K. Bizley, ISBN 0 435 50660 9
• Sport and PE, K Wesson et al., ISBN 0 340 683821
• PE for you, J. Honeybourne, ISBN 0 7487 3277 2