what are some good off season basketball drills. Please email them to me at roshell_hill@yahoo.com THANKS!!!!!
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plyometrics and drink milk so you grow
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aukinomatt, is there anything I can help you with? I've been bowling 20+ years, am a junior coach, and have a 185+ average. You're welcome to email me if you like. gojenni714@yahoo.com
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my coaches seem to like endurance drills. they are HOOOOORRRRIBLE but they take up some time and they really are helpful.\nThe one that seems to stick the most: Sprint from first cone 2 the second one (straight line) jog to the next cone (also straight line) Sprint up the hill, then sprint down  (obviously a little distance away) and at the bottom of the hill, do 10 pushups. from there run in for a grounder, throw it back, then sprint back to the first cone. Repeat for 10 minutes, but with younger kids you should adjust the pace and difficulty or the lenghth.\n\nFor drills try 6 on 6 offense defense, put the goalie in goal, have each defender pair up with an offender and start the ball with offense, like a mini scrimage because it starts out pretty close to the crease. its fun and it also teaches cutting skills. Relays are alot of fun too, and keeping one thing in focus, like one day, cradling and ground balls, and another day just throwing, a day of just conditioning etc.\ngood luck!
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If you want to get your coaches attention then do all the dirty work that nobody else wants to do. Like diving on loose balls, rebounding, swinging the ball to the open man, and playing defense. Be the first one to practice and the last player to leave. Show the coach you are willing to do extra work to get your chance. If you are as good as you write then all you need is an opportunity.
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Well get a rope ladder and lay it on the ground, then go down the ladder stepping in and out of the holes. do this up and down 5 times, 3 sets. Lunges will help ur power to the rim and in itself will surprise defenders. dribbling, just dribble around ur block and do one arm dribbling drills like going around each leg with one arm for 5 minutes a piece. these alone should greatly improve ur foot work and agility. shooting, shoot free throws after ur tired, this will better prepare u for free throws during a game. goodluck!
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Josh was right on with the yo-yo exercise.  If you can build up the dexterity and strength in you forearms and hands, you will see improvement not only on your wrister but also with puck handling and face-offs (provided you take them).\n\nWhat I recommend to everyone is to find a private coach.  Look up in your area for a "hockey gym".  Think of it like a pro shop at a country club.  There are professionals (not NHL players) there that, for a modest fee, can give you 1-on-1 lessons.  These places use some high tech gear to analyze your shot.  They can teach you how to lean into it and really torque your body to get the most power and lift.  And sometimes they will do a 2-on-2 lesson with a goalie and his/her coach.\n\nGood Luck\n\n*And I almost forgot... dmt479, what the #!*$ does basketball have to do with a hockey question.  Don't just type some random $*#@ and be on your merry way!  I bet you've tried to ice skate up hill, haven't you.
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I bet you are probably the most over-hyped, over-rated, Least talented player ever on Yahoo Answers.  I have never seen you play but the one thing I know is that you're all talk.  You may talk big, but you have not proven one thing to me.  I have never even seen you make a shot, which brings up the question Are you even able to make a layup?  If not then you can't play ball.  \n\nI mean look at your question.  You made a whole lot of grammatical mistakes:\n\nCapialize all of the i's,\nspace in between 170 and cms,\nspace in between 43 and kgs,\nCapitalize the D in do,\nthe period after basketball should be a question mark,\nyou misspelled good,\nspace between comma and passing,\nand finally you did not end with a period.\n\nAll of these mistakes in your grammer leads me to believe that you did not put a lot of focus into asking the question.  How can I be sure that you have the same lack of focus on the court?  \n\nYou also have not proved to me that you are a team player.  From the question it sounds like it is all about you:\n"I am 170 cms"\n"do you think I can play..."\n"I have..."\n\nYou might just be a totally selfish player who only cares about himself.  \n\nOne more thing, You probably can't even do a 720 dunk.  I've seen a guy who wasn't even in the NBA and he could do a 720 dunk.  \n\nMY final advice:\n\nKid, you got a lot of growing up to do.
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Well you should definitely practice a lot. You also might want to start playing on a summer team. I play defense and I joined a summer team and I feel like I am improving
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my girlfriend has played ball almost all of her life. she said that the biggest thing you should work on is running. you run springts like crazy. and you are timed. most coaches give 10-20 seconds to run full court twice. even if you suck at shooting or anything else, if your fast, coach will at least use you to get the ball down the court. after that comes shooting and layups. you dont have to have perfect handling on the ball because they will prolly keep whateva pt guard they have. just make sure you are a good runner, and can shoot jump shots and layups
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Ryan's explanation is a good one, so I won't repeat what he said.  I'm just including a link that has a diagram of what each player does in the weave:\n\nhttp://www.coachesclipboard.net/3ManPassingDrills.html\n\nIt's one of those drills that can seem dull at times, but it's great for teaching ball movement.
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If you want to develop a sound offensive game, this category is for you. These are drills for the individual player and for the team.\n\nhttp://www.degerstrom.com/basketball/drills/offense/\n\nAnother good site is\n\nhttp://www.coachesclipboard.net/BasketballDrills.html
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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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Point guards are only as good as the players that they have around them. I would put my money on Williams. Strong lasts in the NBA, quickness fades once the pounding you take adds up. The Jazz do a great job of finding talent. It has not taken them long to get back on the map in the post Stockton-Malone era. You never know if Deron will choose to be a Utah lifer or not but is there a better coach for a young player to learn from than Jerry Sloan? He will take that with him wherever he plays. I think that both of these guys will be around for a while, let's just enjoy watching!
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ok, i got larry hughes too. luckily his injury isn't due to his injury that put him out last year. DO NOT pick up jason williams, there are better guards out there .... trust me. TRUST ME. and kirilenko is injury pron, and that's never good for a fantasty league. for example... i have player like Dirk , Yao, and Billups, who get monster minutes and never get hurt.  but i also took a chance with baron davis, and he's doing great. one of the best in the league. if you can keep hughes, do that. he WILL be lebron's scottie pippen. hughes can score any way he can, he lead the league in steals before he got injured last year, and he rebounds.
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I say you go to some bball camps and do some workouts over the summer. Play some pick up games and anything that will improve your basketball ability.
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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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You want simple drills such as dribbling around cones, practicing shooting with your left foot in your spare time, one on ones with your mates, and you need to do some continuous and circuit training to get your general fitness up...as for controlling the ball at high speeds try some fartlek training...this is running at different speeds over different terrain!