Basketball Specific Exercises

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Time to get that core in shape and start kicking sand on people at the beach, strutting in your sungaaaaaa!!!! Start with the most basic and move your way to the more difficult planks. When performing these exercises remember proper alignment: Side Plank; core tight, elbow under shoulder, top shoulder back making a straight line to your top ankle, glutes …

The Push Press and the Jerk are both great exercises!!! The Push Press is an exercise that focuses on the shoulders but, also engages your core, legs and back. Knees slightly bent, elbows under bar, core engaged, scaps engaged, you then simply “Dip and Drive” pressing the weight overhead. It is important when doing the push press and the jerk …

Abdominal Rollouts are a great core exercise and can be very tough for beginners so, be careful. As the Rollout becomes easier try these progressions. The MB rollout is courtesy of TrainerJosh.com and is a great exercise for those looking for more difficult core exercises. Create a great day!!!! -Coach T

Three powerful shoulder exercises that are basketball specific. Remember to tighten that core like someone is going to punch you in the stomach when performing all of these exercises, keep that chest out, back straight, and really try to get after it with each rep. When doing the first exercise DB Shoulder Press, make sure you’re butt is just tapping …

Vince Lombardi once said, “fatigue makes a coward out of us all”. Whether you coach, are an athlete, or just a go getter in the business world, you know this quote holds true! This past weekend we had a tournament in Vacaville, we played 4 games in 5 hours with only 9 players. Knowing this was going to be a …

Throwing the bosu ball in your leg workout will mix it up, get your proprioceptors firing!!!! The more muscles firing the better the metabolic expenditure of the exercise and the better shape you will become. You can couple these exercises with power moves ie; Squats, Deadlifts, etc. or you can do them by themselves on a less intense training day. …

As a Coach I feel it is important for us to evaluate the game, skill sets, etc. all the while being able to break down the movements that are performed in the sport and transfer those movement patterns to the weight room. I feel we as coaches in the past have been too two foot dominated ie; squats, deadlifts, cleans, …

This is a great exercise to work your legs, add a M.B. and it becomes more Basketball specific. Remember to really sit in each rep, your heel should be touching the box (not lifted) activate those glutes and try to explode from one side to the other. Create a great day- Coach T

Here are two exercises that will increase your vertical jump. Make sure before you attempt these that you are familiar with plyometrics, and are strong enough to perform these exercises. We start off with Hand MB Depth Jump which when landing off of the box overloads your body eventually helping you to gain more power in your vertical jump. The …