Posts Tagged ‘defense’

Being able to catch the basketball with quick reflexes is a vital skill. In a good offence, the basketball should be passed around the court with speed, since faster passes make the defence work harder and create more shot opportunities. These basketball workouts will improve your hand skills and reflexes. The following two are similar workouts that involve moving your arms at lightning quick pace to catch a dropped ball. 1. Start by holding the basketball between your legs. One arm holds the ball at the front, the other arm holds the ball at the back (one arm through each […] Read More →

This famous basketball workout is used by coaches around the world to increase fitness and technique in playing defence. It’s an excellent tool that can be used at the start of basketball practice sessions to increase the energy in the team, or can be done solo or in a one-on-one coaching situation. The workout is designed to get players to react to movements of their player. At all times during the drill, players must be stutter stepping on the spot: keeping their feet moving up and down ready to move. The coach then points one way or the other and […] Read More →

The best sorts of basketball workouts are those that are functional, meaning that they not only improve your strength and endurance; they improve your technique. For playing defense, staying down in stance is hard work. Defense can see you reacting quickly to changes in direction when guarding the basketball, sprinting the length of the court, getting your hand out in the lane to deny a pass and then quickly changing direction to stop a backdoor cut, and standing ready in the lane to close out to your player. And this all happens nearly every possession!   This workout can be […] Read More →