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Basketball Training Skill

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A basketball workout program is important for getting you ready to be successful this season. Basketball is a sport that requires size, strength, speed, agility, power, and lots of endurance. In addition, it requires a lot of skill – so much so that’s it difficult to take time away from practicing those skills.

Monday

Strength training:

  • Back squats
  • Lunges
  • Romanian deadlifts

Power:

  • Squat jumps

Speed/Agility:

  • Falling starts: 3×20 meters
  • Bounds: 3×20 meters
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Tuesday:

Strength training:

  • Bench press
  • Dips
  • Pull-ups

Power:

  • Medicine ball chest pass
  • Medicine ball overhead throw

Wednesday:

Conditioning (circuit-style, 30 seconds on, minimal rest between exercises):

  • Jump rope
  • Burpees
  • Plank
  • Jump rope
  • Squats
  • Side plank (do each side)
  • Jump rope
  • Inchworms
  • Bear crawls
  • Jump rope
  • Lunges
  • Push-ups

Thursday:

Strength training:

  • Deadlifts
  • Split squats
  • Good mornings
  • Supermans
  • Calves

Power:

  • Counter-movement jump
  • Standing triple jump

Speed/agility:

  • Stride length drills: 3×20 meters
  • Falling starts: 3×40 meters
  • 505 drill, 3x

Friday:

Strength training:

  • Incline press
  • Dumbbell bench press
  • One-arm dumbbell rows
  • Kettlebell rows
  • Superset: Biceps/triceps (3×12-15 each)

Power:

  • Clapping push-ups
  • Behind back overhead medicine ball throw
  • Medicine ball chest pass
  • Medicine ball overhead throw