To successfully prepare the team for the season, you must think about the conditioning demands of basketball. Basketball is a series of high intensity short sprints that require numerous changes of direction. Remember, a basketball court is only approximately 30 yards in length. Also important to consider is the fact that the slower teams usually lose. The focus of the training should be on speed, agility and anaerobic conditioning.
The period from the beginning of the school semester to the first practice of the season is approximately five weeks for college and 10 weeks for high school. The objective is to design a sport specific conditioning program that will successfully prepare the team for the season. Hard work and a great effort are expected of every player. Training must be a five day a week effort splitting the time between strength training and conditioning. Agility, flexibility, strength training and conditioning are all addressed to make a complete program.
with Joe Stolzer, Manhattan College Strength and Conditioning Coach and Five-Star Basketball Instructor; 20+ years working with NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB athletes, host of many vertical jump camps across the US
Every basketball player wants to improve his or her vertical jump. Now you can!
Joe Stolzer provides a visual instruction manual to help your players build their explosiveness and blast off. Coach Stolzer reveals and addresses weak links throughout the body that, by themselves, might increase vertical jump without additional training.
Stolzer highlights the three main areas that effect vertical jump.
Feet and Ankles - The vertical jump starts at ground contact. Improve strength, flexibility and the health of your feet and ankles.
Hips - The hips account for 80% of the body's power. With unilateral training, athletes can build twice the power as those who just train with their legs.
Core - Learn core exercises to increase the power of your jump, hang time and balance.
Stolzer provides detailed instruction on correct jumping and landing mechanics. These techniques will both ensure maximum vertical jump and assistance in reducing injuries upon landing.
To bring it all together, Stolzer includes over 20 Blast Off Drills. These drills incorporate scientific and psychological principles to fully enhance the power in your jump. The Blast Off Drills will lend variety to your workouts and will help prevent muscle plateau so your athletes' can continue to improve. Stolzer includes eight unique aquatic drills and his "speed training in disguise" drills.
This program is specifically designed for athletes under 225 lbs. and who are post-adolescent.
Work with your athletes to vastly improve their explosiveness and blast off using this excellent training tool. Create an edge in athleticism and prevent injuries for the players on your team!
Dale Brown's tactical awareness, intense competitive spirit and innovative ideas have made him one of basketball's most successful coaches. Now Dale has brought to the game another innovation: a video coaching tool for high school and college coaches that combines diagramming game action and play book strategy. Dale unveils his most successful plays right from his coach's playbook as you get inside his high powered transition offense! 1992. VHS
Kadour Ziani seems to defy the laws of gravity with his amazing leaping ability and impressive dunks. Everybody wants to know, how is it possible for "Zianimal" to jump so high? Now for the first time, he reveals the secrets of his unique and highly-effective body training program. Among the topics covered are: stretching, stick exercises, footwork drills, hip exercises, table drills, stair exercises, jumping technique drills, balance exercises, walking and running drills, a dunking demonstration and more. The Special Features section includes additional footage of Kadour, courtesy of flying101.org. This DVD will help you to dramatically increase your vertical jump and play the game high above the rim! 49 minutes. 2009.
About Zianimal:
Kadour Ziani was born in France in 1973 from Algerian parents. He grew up in a very poor neighborhood, but he avoided the trouble of the streets by immersing himself into a variety of sports. He played basketball, volleyball, was a professional soccer goalkeeper until 2002, and he still competes in track and field as a high jumper. Since 1997, he has been part of the Slam Nation, a multicultural group of high-flying athletes who travel around the world performing spectacular dunking demonstrations. Kadour has a remarkable 56 inches vertical leap and has become a legend on youtube. His specialty dunks are the 360, 360 cobra and double windmill. He also has the amazing ability to jump up and and kick a ball off from the rim.
Chris Lowery presents six competitive defensive transition drills that emphasize disadvantage situations. In this on-court clinic DVD Coach Lowery teaches the philosophy of jamming the ball to turn the ballhandler into a protector to slow the fast break down and how to compete for each possession no matter what the situation on defense. The drills build from defending 2-on-1 breaks to 5 vs. 4 in transition and finishes with an outstanding progressive drills that brings the entire clinic home. Running Time: 65 Minutes. 2007
In this incredible five-part DVD, Alan Stein shares over 130 professionally-tested drills to improve the speed, agility, and quickness of any athlete on your squad. Stein begins with a warm-up segment that includes drills to put your athletes through every fundamental movement in all three planes of motion. Part 2 is Stein’s Dynamic Flexibility series that engages the athletes in active movement preparation. Part 3 features drills for speed development where Stein focuses on developing speed with starting, stopping, forward movement, back pedaling, shuffling and running laterally. In Part 4, Stein shares agility and quickness drills that train an athlete to start, stop, and change direction as quickly as possible. In the final section, Stein adds a visual component to train and enhance an athlete’s ability to react rather than anticipate. Stein’s drills are simple and easy to implement and require only tennis balls and cones to perform. Train your team to maximize their athletic potential.
Strength and conditioning coach Scott Hettenbach goes into the weight room to demonstrate pre-hab and core building exercises that can be done at the high school or collegiate levels. Hettenbach shows a wide variety of ways for coaches to help their teams get stronger and how to organize their workouts. He finishes on the court with a series of dynamic warm-up exercises that allow players to warm-up properly. Both the warm-ups and weight training are designed to aid players in their strength and to prevent injuries. Running Time: 48 Minutes. 2010
Magic Johnson's Fundamentals of Basketball: Conditioning provides unique exercises and stretching techniques to help you improve your strength, speed, quickness, and vertical leap and includes:
Stretching and warm-up exercises
On-court and in-home drills to improve footwork, speed, quickness, and agility
Exercises and drills to get stronger and jump higher
Magic is joined by world renowned conditioning coach Chuck Williams, Amare Stoudamire, Rip Hamilton, Carmelo Anthony, and Kenny Smith.
with Kelvin Sampson,
Indiana University Head Coach,
former University of Oklahoma Head Coach;
'01-'02 National Coach of the Year; 2002 Final Four
With 5-on-5 breakdowns, Kelvin Sampson teaches effective methods for stopping a team's offensive transition on every possession. Coach Sampson supplies step-by-step instructions on how to design and deploy an effective transition defense. He includes competitive drills such as Transition Defense Drill, Circle Transition Drill, Toughness and Transition Drill, Single Bubble Drill, NBA Shuttle Drill and Defending the Screen & Roll. The toughest teams are the teams that find a way to win. This video will help your team build mental toughness, physical toughness, and the ability to communicate, and will help you to create a competitive practice environment. Sampson stresses the significance of having the best player be a leader for his teammates and be excited about practice everyday. Eliminate easy baskets with these all-inclusive drills provided by Coach Sampson. These drills will build your athletes' commitment to team defense. With these drills, techniques, and competitive fire, Sampson will demonstrate how to change your practice and your players into a stifling defensive unit at any level of play. The results will be evident on the court and in how your team handles every kind of defensive situation.
with Mike Krzyzewski,
Duke University Head Men's Basketball Coach;
NABC "Coach of the Decade," 12X NABC "Coach of the Year," Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2001), 3X NCAA National Championships ('91, '92,'01)
The drills on this DVD will instill the discipline and mental toughness needed to make that critical defensive stop when you need it the most! Coach Krzyzewski has coached six National "Defensive Player of the Year" award winners and has coached some of the most successful and respected defensive-minded teams in basketball history. His defensive "system" has won over 700 games and has reached 10 NCAA "Final Fours" (to date). In this excellent video, Coach K takes the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium and teaches over 20 innovative drills and strategies designed to optimize your defensive tactics. These drills will teach your athletes how to force bad shots and turnovers by controlling the movement of the ball handler, guarding the passing lanes and challenging shooters. Your players will sharpen all of their defensive skills while challenging themselves mentally and physically. These vital drills will get your team in great physical shape and in position to handle any game - home or away. These techniques will help with transition defense, shutting down perimeter and post players, increasing ball pressure and building weak-side defense awareness. Coach Krzyzewski focuses on keeping the drills competitive and enthusiastic, which in turn gets athletes to concentrate and builds team camaraderie. Furthermore, Coach K will help you learn how to accentuate these excellent drills to simulate and rehearse what will happen at the defensive end of the court. All of these drills can be used throughout the season to maintain proper defensive stance and intensity. This outstanding video is a must for any age and competitive level of play. Coach K will help you accomplish your goals!
with Debbie Ryan,
University of Virginia Women's Basketball Head Coach,
1991 National Coach of the Year
Coach Ryan uses on-court demonstration to clearly illustrate her effective transition drills and options. Coach Ryan has designed a four-step "magical formula" for a successful transition offense. Ryan presents her successful system of putting continuous pressure on the defense, getting the ball up the court, and scoring quickly off made and missed baskets by simulating a variety of fast break situations. Ryan outlines each player's responsibility in transition and the 9 options that are built into the secondary break. She covers every aspect of her philosophy of why to run and how to implement it into your practice, by using the clock for all drills, promoting communication, and having a great team spirit, along with a unique way of looking at turnovers. Coach Ryan will help you understand how your team can consistently gain an advantage in transition, by getting the ball up the court in the right position, and by recognizing opportunities. This video is going to put you and your team in the best situation to win games at any level!
with Kelvin Sampson,
University of Oklahoma Head Coach, '01-'02 National Coach of the Year
Coach Sampson demonstrates a series of plays designed to capitalize on defensive lapses in transition. Sampson teaches eight set plays with numerous options for easy scoring opportunities. He shows how your team can consistently gain the advantage in transition by quickly moving to the right position, recognizing opportunities, and aggressively taking advantage of turnovers. Sampson's attention to detail gives you a unique perspective on teaching points such as screening, receiving hand, turnover differential, and the execution of the offensive sets. This video is going to put you and your team in the best situation to score and win basketball games!
Coach Kent talks about what it takes to develop a great transition team at any level. Kent begins with five variations of a drill to condition your players as they master the Oregon transition offense. Kent then breaks down the Oregon Secondary Break called "Warrior," which allows any player on your team to score from anywhere on the court. He walks you through "Warrior" from the beginning and then provides a glimpse into the Ducks' playbook by demonstrating a few different variations of the Secondary Break. This is the same offensive system that has produced three NCAA tournament appearances, two NIT Final 4 appearances, a PAC-10 Championship, a PAC-10 Tournament title and three NBA First Round Draft Picks. Kent finishes by showing how to use the Secondary Break against a 2-3 zone.
with Gail Goestenkors, Duke University Head Coach, 2X NCAA Runner-Up;
5X National "Coach of the Year," 2004 US Olympic Basketball Assistant (Gold Medal)
In this dvd, Gail Goestenkors takes you through the finer points of the fastbreak and shares some of the best quick hitters in the game today. She starts with the basic Carolina Break and goes through six different variations. In addition, Goestenkors shows you how to use each of the different fastbreak options as quick hitters out of an offensive set. She also gives you 11 other quick hitters for a total of 17 quick hitters! Goestenkors demonstrates six of her favorite fastbreak options to use out of the Carolina Break and, as a bonus, shares six different side- and under-the-basket out-of-bounds plays. Learn the attributes that have made her system so effective!
