Conditioning

Basketball requires all around conditioning; stamina, strength, speed, jumping ability and more. These drills show you how to improve in all those areas.

There are 144 basketball drills in this category, and the newest ones are listed first.

Burpees

This is not a drill, it is one of the hardest no weights workouts.

3/11 2004

Killers

Run down the court to the baseline and back 6 times in 45 seconds. If you don’t get it by then, do 25 pushups and repeat with 10 more seconds of leighway.

31/10 2004

1-7-1

Sprints, being timed, 1-7-1…good to push urself to improve.

28/10 2004

Pyramids

Killer drill for conditioning and short sprint work.

19/10 2004

Jumper

Increase your vertical jump.

28/9 2004

1 mile run

This drill is great for keeping players in shape. It will make them play harder and last longer each game increasing your playing time.

28/8 2004

7-5-3-1

Makes you shoot a lot better when you are tired.

8/8 2004

Taps

This drill helps you get coditioning in.

16/7 2004

Gutbusters

You run from one end of the court to the other and back. The first time you do this you run with 25% of your quickness then second 50% then third 75% of quickness and then finaly 4th with 100% (sprint) of quickness to the other side and back. After you’re done with it you will understand why I call them gutbuster.

7/6 2004

More hops

Go to the stairs in your house start at the first stair and put ur right leg on it then jump and put ur left leg on before u land. After a while move on to the second stair.

5/6 2004

Suicides (harder than regular kind)

Start on the base line. Run to the foul line and run back. But on your way back, run backwards instead of forward. Then run to the halfcourt line and run back to the baseline backwards. Repeat this for the oppisite foul line and other baseline.

2/6 2004

6 minute run

Jog for 15 sec.
Run for 15 sec.
Jump for 15 sec.
Walk for 15 sec.

Repeat until you have gone for 6 minutes

19/4 2004

John

A very good weight training program specifically for basketball players.

24/3 2004

Suicide

Running drill to work your resperatory system and leg strenght.

1/3 2004

10-1

Have players line up along the baseline. When whistle goes, the players run the length of the gym, and do 10 wall taps (with both hands) against the wall, and then sprint to the other end and do 9 wall taps. Then sprint to opposite end and do 8 wall taps… Until the players get down to 1 wall tap. After one tap, they do one last sprint.

8/2 2004

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