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I’m a basketball player. How important is speed training in my workout?
Young high school athletes need two things in their workouts: an element of explosiveness and a component for speed and agility. You want to hit the gym not only for [...]
Flying Low in the Zoom Kobe IV
Who says it’s OK to wear low-top basketball shoes? LA Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, that’s who. And you don’t want to challenge Kobe. Fresh off an MVP season, the [...]
Upper Body Strength For Basketball
Just because you play the game of basketball on your feet doesn’t mean you need to develop tree trunk legs and let your arms become thin as noodles. To avoid [...]
Quick Hops for the Court
When it comes to getting off the ground, Elite Performance professional Shawn Dassie knows how to train for explosive quickness. “I want [athletes] to be able to land and get [...]
Brandon Roy’s Lower Body Work
Leg strength is one of the most important attributes of elite ballers. Travelle Gaines, director of pro athlete development at Elite Athletics, makes building lower body strength a staple of [...]
Basketball Power Transition
Everything you do on the hardwood comes from your legs. If you can’t jump up and extend your arms to grab a rebound or slam one down, you’re not going [...]
Shortcut Stretch from Louisville Basketball
Shortcuts in life: CliffsNotes, texting, microwavable meals. And here, Ray Ganong, the University of Louisville’s basketball strength and conditioning coach, offers one more to add to your list—a “shortcut [...]
Plate Push with Wally Szczerbiak
Most basketball players use weight training to increase upper-body strength in order to dominate in the post. Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Wally Szczerbiak, in contrast, sees weight training as a [...]
Vertical Explosion
If you’re looking to break out of those cement blocks on your feet and start playing your game above the rim, Kory Angelin has the perfect exercise for you. The [...]
Improving Arm Strength for Basketball
Having your pocket picked, then watching your opponent race down the court for an uncontested dunk is a horror story no baller wants to experience. To avoid being embarrassed in [...]