Comments on: Aerobics For Basketball Players? http://dannymclarty.com/2011/10/aerobics-for-basketball-players/ Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: danny http://dannymclarty.com/2011/10/aerobics-for-basketball-players/comment-page-1/#comment-362 danny Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:11:37 +0000 http://dannymclarty.com/?p=3034#comment-362 David, There are many ways to skin a cat, so I wouldn't say what you are doing is necessarily "wrong." But I do think there are definitely better ways. I agree with you that endurance is important in basketball. BUT, how you get that endurance is also VERY important. Slow/medium paced jogs are not specific to how the game of basketball is played. I suggest you no longer incorporate those jogs to start off practice. Instead, focus on sprints, "suicides," etc. with fairly short rest intervals. Plus, don't forget that the most specific kind of conditioning for basketball is actually playing basketball. So, assuming they are going ALL OUT in the drills and in the scrimmages etc, that goes "towards" their conditioning work. Hope this helps and let me know if you have anymore questions. Thanks, Danny David,

There are many ways to skin a cat, so I wouldn’t say what you are doing is necessarily “wrong.” But I do think there are definitely better ways. I agree with you that endurance is important in basketball. BUT, how you get that endurance is also VERY important. Slow/medium paced jogs are not specific to how the game of basketball is played. I suggest you no longer incorporate those jogs to start off practice.

Instead, focus on sprints, “suicides,” etc. with fairly short rest intervals. Plus, don’t forget that the most specific kind of conditioning for basketball is actually playing basketball. So, assuming they are going ALL OUT in the drills and in the scrimmages etc, that goes “towards” their conditioning work.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have anymore questions.

Thanks,

Danny

]]> By: David Duran http://dannymclarty.com/2011/10/aerobics-for-basketball-players/comment-page-1/#comment-361 David Duran Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:49:44 +0000 http://dannymclarty.com/?p=3034#comment-361 hi Danny, I coach middle school basketball. For a warm up I have my kids jog 3 minutes to start and I slowly increase the time until we reach 7 minutes through out the season. The purpose of me doing this is to increase their endurance. I know that in the game of basketball you will never run a mile, but it's important to have good endurance to be able to last longer when it's battle time, or am I doing this wrong? hi Danny, I coach middle school basketball. For a warm up I have my kids jog 3 minutes to start and I slowly increase the time until we reach 7 minutes through out the season. The purpose of me doing this is to increase their endurance. I know that in the game of basketball you will never run a mile, but it’s important to have good endurance to be able to last longer when it’s battle time, or am I doing this wrong?

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