Coaching Basketball Conditioning Drills Guide

The Basketball Conditioning Guide. Fundamental Aspect Before You Start

Be ensure to engage into somoe aerobic exercise on your own like running, hiking, brief walking, swimming or even join the cross country team. Once you have build your strength but don't becoming too bulky. Stretching also is an important part of complete conditioning.

Eating healthy, balanced diet with plenty of fruits & vegetables is also important. Emphasis that in your daily habit. Finally give yourself the proper amount of rest & recovery between conditioning workouts to avoid injury and build strength.

During The Basketball Conditioning Drills

Start with stretches & laps. It is important for a coach to instill a commitment to conditioning in his or her players. Every practice should begin with this basic. Warming up is to give the idea to the body to boost up energy. Basketball is not a leisurely game, and due to its demanding physical nature the team that is better conditioned is going to have an advantage just about every time. When you place an emphasis on conditioning, you separate those who really want to play from those who are unwilling to do what it takes, and your team bonds through a shared commitment to excellence.

Ladders
Either full or half-court (go twice for half-court). Line up the players across the starting line (an out-of-bounds line...). On go or sound of the whistle, the players will sprint to the first line they come to, bend down and touch it with their hand, sprint back to the start line and touch it and then sprint to the second line they come to, touch it and run back to the starting line. This will continue until they have touched the opposite out-of-bounds line and run back. Winner gets to count out jumping jacks/push-ups/whatever for the rest of the team. We usually run this at the beginning of practice to make sure they are worn out enough to listen or at the end to see how much they have left in the tank.

Dribble Ladders
This drill is exactly the same as the "Ladders" drill listed above - just done while dribbling a ball. The players still have to touch each line they come to, but now they also have to change the hand that they are dribbling with at each line they come to. Most players will hate having to switch to their non-dominate hand, but it will force them to get better. We always stress control over speed with this drill - sometimes going as far as making someone who loses control of the ball to start over.

Fast-Break Lay-Ups
At the beginning of the season, I will start this from half-court and then progress to full court by the end of the season. Evenly split the team up placing one group under the left side of one goal and the other under the left side of the opposite goal. Each side has a ball and on "go" or the whistle, the first person in each line dribbles the ball to the opposite goal as fast as they can, ending with a lay-up on the right side of the goal. When the ball-handler begins their lay-up, the next person in line comes onto the court to get the rebound. Once the ball is secure, they then sprint back to the opposite goal to repeat the process. This will work running, ball-handling, fast-break lay-ups and rebounding in one drill.