What is the best way to build speed and stamina in a youth bball player?
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Try Taichi and meditation.  It will bring focus and balance aiding both stamina and endurance.  Seek Chinese taichi Master (Sifu/Teacher).
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SHOOTING\n\nPractice shots that you'd take in a game. Stand still, catch and shoot. Stand still, catch, dribble and shoot. Catch while on the move and shoot. Catch while on the move and fake or just go right into the dribble and then shoot. And, creating off of fakes (while a pivot foot is planted). Make sure you square up to the basket when shooting. Both feet should be pointing at the basket, and your body should square up to it. Make sure your power is coming from your legs, not your arms. Remember to follow-through on your shot. Practice like crazy. And be intense. Don't be lazy, work hard. If you half-heartedly practice getting shots off, they won't be very effective when a tough defender is near you in a real game.\n\nPASSING\n\nBe alert. Fire quick passes that peole can handle. If someone cuts, and you fire a pass at them, make sure you're leading them to where they're running with the pass, so they don't have to slow down to catch it. After you pass, keep moving, so you're of some use in the play. If it makes sense, cut hard to the basket after you pass, in the hope that your teammate can fire a quick return pass that results in a layup because your defender relaxed for a second after you got rid of the ball. And when your teammates have the ball, create passing lanes, so they can hit you with a pass. Use your hands to create targets. If you cut, have a hand up so the passer can hit it.\n\nDRIBBLING\n\nDribble with your head up. If you have to look down while dribbling, it means you haven't practiced enough. Dribble all over town until you get used to it. Watch good point guards - they're looking forward and around while dribbling, not down. Get down low if you have to. but make sure you're seeing the floor while dribbling, or else unless you create something for yourself and score, you probably aren't helping the team. Learn to dribble with both hands. Obviously one hand will be stronger than the other, but make sure you can at least pull off basic moves with your weak hand (like driving and finishing a layup or passing with it). Watch good players and what they're actually doing with the ball and their bodies while they're dribbling the basketball.\n\nREBOUNDING\n\nYou need to box out. Most players don't know how, or just don't do it. If the shot goes up and you don't box out, the other team has just a good a chance of grabbing the board as you do. Boxing out is absolutely essential when you're on defense, or else you're going to give up lots of offensive boards. Great rebounders always box out. You should know where your opponents are while playing defense, and when a shot goes up you should instinctively face the basket while boxing the closest opponent out. Boxing out also makes it easier for your teammates to grab the rebound in case you can't. It always helps.
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Play as much as you can, pick up games, 21, any type of competition. Start with defense and rebounding, your shot will come later, the team needs boards and D. Practice free throws and develop your shot, watch basketball and get into shape.
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First of all, it's great that you're out there playing every day after school... you'll never get better by sitting at home playing NBA 2K6 or whatever the latest version is.\n\nThis might not be easy (but few things that are worthwhile ARE), but ask the coach to show you some drills you can practice to improve the weaker aspects of your game... \n\nBelieve me, it is in the coach's best interest to help you improve, since you'll eventually be playing for him (we hope!).\n\nIf you're an exceptional rebounder, that's great! There are way too many players out there who don't play a good all around game because shooting is THEIR only skill. And they're a dime-a-dozen. \n\nCoaches consider good rebounders to be worth their weight in GOLD!  Forget Dennis Rodman, ever hear of a guy named Bill Russell?\n\nIf shooting is the weakest part of your game, then practice your shooting...\n\nBut don't worry about practicing 20 foot shots... if you're going to be a center, you need to be a proficient offensive player around the basket. Ask the coach to show you the proper way to shoot turn around jump shots in the low post position. \n\nAlso, work on being able to shoot with EITHER hand. If you can shoot with either hand while you're in close to the basket, it'll be a HUGE advantage for you in game situations. This way, you'll be able to shoot no matter where you are in relation to the basket (sometimes, you'll find that the only way to get a shot off is by shooting with your "off" hand, especially under the basket, in traffic). This will also enable you to get a lot of shots off without having them blocked.\n\nBut as I said, don't worry about outside shots, you can practice those once you get proficient around the basket (and they'll come easier once you develop a bit of a touch).\nBut DO practice free throw shooting. If you become a good offensive player around the basket, you'll find yourself at the free throw line more than you think. Especially if you're a good offensive rebounder!\n\nAsk the JV coach to work out with you one time after school...he'll be able to tell what your strong and weak points are, and then give you some exercises to improve your weak points. \n\nThe earlier post was also correct about upper-body strength. You will NEED this big time as a center.... the coach can put you on a weight workout routine (probably every OTHER day, not every day), but make sure you stick to what he tells you, and don't cheat, because you'll (all together now, kids) ONLY BE HURTING YOURSELF .... very good, kids.\n\nAlso, DO run a lot... but rather than running a mile every day (not that there's anything wrong with that), work on sprints.  \n\nBasketball is not a marathon, it's a game of starting and stopping. And it's the starting and stopping that tends to wear you out, especially if you're a big guy. \n\nIn practice, basketball teams run what they call 'suicide' drills... in this drill, which is a running drill, the players line up along one of the end lines... they then do the following:\n\n1) run and touch the nearest foul line (or a spot on the floor even with the foul line, this way the players can be spread out more)\n\n2) Run back and touch the starting line (end line)\n\n3) Run and touch the mid-court line\n\n4) Run back and touch the starting line\n\n5) Run and touch the foul line at the other half of the court\n\n6) Run back to and touch the starting line\n\n7) Run to the far baseline on the other end of the court\n\n8) Run back and cross the starting line.\n\nIf you don't have an actual court available, you can do this in your yard, or in the street (make sure there's not too much traffic of course!).\n\nThe distances to these points are: 15 feet to the nearest foul line, 47 feet to the mid-court line, 79 feet to the foul line furthest from the starting line, and 94 feet to the other end line.  And if
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focus on executing simple fundamentals - these are the only things you can consistently control in a game.  See yourself in the flow of the game starting from \n1. rebounding or stealing the ball to gain possession - anticipate and screen out. \n2. offense - ball handling, passing, shooting\n3. defense - moving your feet, seeing man and ball, communicate, anticipate, help and recover. \n\nthe cycle repeats over and over so see yourself doing it like an olympic skier sees the course before skiing down it.
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dribble a ball down the right side and do a lay up \nthen rebound and run down the left side and get the rebound and keep doing that (u need a full court gym tho!)
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practice one skill at a time, with a lot of repetition.  make sure you are doing it correctly first.  also play a lot of street basketball to get used to the game.
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Get running!  Get your stamina up.  Start running a few miles on a tread mill or outside and start doing sprinting drills.  One good drill is called a suicide: Go to your school's gym or a park and use 5 small items (cones, balls, rocks) and space them evenly across the gym or park.  Pick a starting point about 10 feet away from the first object and sprint to it.  Without stopping, sprint back to your starting point, without stopping go to the second object, and back to the start until you have sprinted to the furthest (5th) object and you have sprinted all the way back to the start.  The goal of this exercise is to push yourself as hard as you can.  \nCoaches look for players who work hard and are in shape.  If you can push yourself with running until you feel like you are going to die, you will be sure to impress your coach.  If you are in better shape with running and have high stamina, it will be easier for you to perform well with the ball where others who are not in shape will get tired and start making mistakes.
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work hard always move at full speed never give up. stay in front of your man on defense keep your eye on his midsection instead of his head stay on the balls of your feet when on defense. always have your hands out on defense. when pushing the ball up court always have your head up. Dont dribble so much and make strong passes shoot when your open dont wait. Be aware on the court look for mismatches smaller guy defending bigger guy or slower guy gaurding faster guy. If a guy is shooting good that day try to give him the ball until he starts missing then start driving to the hoop.
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Use ankle weights to let your legs moves faster. To get quicker, run backwards and set up cones and try to weave through them as fast as you can without hiting them, with a basketball. Last, you jog around a park or track to build up stamina.
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There are a million drills you can do but you can try to practice by dribbling very "low" 8's between your legs, bouncing the ball maybe about 2 to 3 inches off the floor, with both hands.  You can also try to dribble two basketballs at once, with both your left and your right hand simultaneously around the court.  Vary speeds too.\n\nPractice behind the back dribbling.  Try dribbling around obstacles if you don't have friends who will want to be a "defender".\n\nLastly I think you can work on maybe holding the ball maybe a quarter to a half second longer in your palm, than you normally would--you would be surprised how much easier it is to juke someone.\n\nI am sure others will have other opinions too that will be better than mine.
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First of all, you need the talent and the body. If you don't have that, you're almost screwed. Next comes the work ethic. If you have time, go practice dribble moves, shots (not just jump shots, but catch and shoot too), cuts, etc (all the fundamentals for basketball). If you don't have the time, find time. Then play against people who are better than you. Ask them for help too.
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if u get recognized by college scouts and take your college game to a new level. Get on the air alert program and your skills will get much better i been using it 5 weeks and added 5 inches to my jump and am faster. practice practice practice... tell steve nash he cant make it cuz he short and white
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According to the topic guidelines, you are talking about soccer.  If so, depending on the area involved, I would say that dribbling in circles--inside of the foot, then outside of the foot--change feet, go the other way.  Then work up to doing it with your eyes closed.(Good basketball players don't look at their hands).\nJuggling-keep the ball close to you, no more than 2 ft in the air 10 to 20 times each foot, and each thigh, then the head.  This improves your touch, and helps you when you progress to more difficult skills,  such as taking a ball on the fly, touching it to your feet, lifting it over an opponent, and changing direction immediately , even before it reaches the ground.\nIf you ever saw the movie "the karate kid", you know what "wax on, wax off" means.  Work the small fundamentals until they are second nature, and the difficult skills are easier to master.\nOther moves to practice are step-overs, with a change of direction, roll-overs(where you roll the ball left or right with either foot by passing the foot over the top of the ball) with a change of direction, and pull-backs, where you move the ball forward, then pull it back by putting your foot on the top of the ball and pulling it back, followed by a quick change of direction.\nThere are lots of instructional materials out there, and a good skills coach is always a good source, but my experience\nleads me to say: learn 3 good moves--perfect them--and use them to the best of your ability.  Add others AFTER you have these down perfectly.Good luck.
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frst get 2 a gud coach & get ur shootin action ryte\nnext start from da near shots & get ur free throws perfect   (u knoe witout jump)\nthen start practicn\n\n\nall this wil take at least a month if ur a starter\nanyway u gotta perfect ur shootn action b4 startn 2 practice
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You want to be able to control the ball well so practice that and other than that just build up ur endurance by doing long runs and ontinuous sprinting, strength always helps, no matter what sport ur playing
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The best thing that i have seen to do and done to improve FG % is to have a goal at home, even a portable one for 150 from wal-mart works, work on just shooting, if you don't make the shot run to the ball and shoot as fast as u can,dont think about it let it begin to come naturally without thinking just shooting