Basketball drills for technique strength strength / power

• Team of two with ball, sitting opposite each other on the mat
• Person A holds ball above head with both hands and moves to supine position while tapping the ground with ball backwards with outstretched arms
• Person A moves to sitting position and hands the ball to person B
• Person B goes to the supine position and taps the ground with the ball backwards
• and so on

May also be with bended knees

• In prone position throw ball to partner
• Partner rolls the ball back over the ground
  
  

• The player sits with his back against the wall and his legs in a 90 degree angle.
• Keep this up for as long as possible.

• Jump as far as you can from a standing position with your feet next to each other.
• Measure the distance from the line of touch to the heel.

Bridge

Starting position

• Lie on your back.
• Bend your knees to 90 degrees and place both feet flat on the floor.
• Your arms are along your body with the palms facing down.

Action

• Tighten your buttocks and stomach.
• Lift your buttocks off the ground to form a straight line with your knees, hips and shoulders.

Difficulty

• To make this exercise more difficult: alternately extend your right and left leg, keeping your hips in position.

• Basket 1: 4-6 players
• Passer.
  • Post up in the bucket with defender.
• Offense stays offense until offense gets 5 baskets.
• One try per post-up.
  • If miss, pass ball to the passer. Till 5.
• Than other team.
  • Then switch defender/offender.
• Each player twice in offense and twice in defense.

• Basket 1: Centers/power forwards.
• Passer (Guard). Post up in the bucket with defender.
• Offense stays offense until offense gets 5 baskets.
• One try per post-up. If miss, pass ball to the passer. Till 5.
• Then other team. Then switch defender/offender.
• Each player twice in offense and twice in defense.

• 30 sec jumping jacks
• 30 sec sit ups
• 30se squats
• 30 sec push up and turn arm up
• 30 sec high knee running in place
• 30 sec lunges
• 30 sec plank

• The worker moves about 4 metres in front of the declarer in a defensive position, i.e. slightly through the knees.
• The worker catches and throws the ball with one hand, then 'slides' in the opposite direction.
• The thrower catches and throws the ball with the other hand and moves back.
• The exercise is always performed in a defensive position and therefore puts a lot of strain on the upper leg muscles.
• Pay attention to good catching and throwing while 'hurting'.

• The worker walks at about 5 meters distance to the left and right of the declarer,
• The handler throws with two hands when the worker is at the turning point.
• Make sure the ball is thrown in front of the worker and that the body is turned in before the ball is caught.
• The turning point can be marked, with experienced players this is not necessary.
• Experienced players should keep running until the ball is thrown, the declarer has the task of estimating distances.

• As exercise throw and catch, but pass the ball a little higher, not so high that you have to jump, so just above the head.
• Pay special attention to the catching and the position of the thumbs, a little closer together than in exercise 1.