STOP Running For Basketball! | Conditioning Training Guide 

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I don't disagree with you, but most of the conditioning has to be done around shooting the basketball while under fatigue. This is how the sport is played and won. You have to be able to make shots after running sprints.

You are totally right...the time I decrease my Cardio intensity from 80% to 60-65% my Cardio capacity and Endurance on bball games increased 😱 For me jump rope is amazing for conditioning.

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I’ve found the best way to condition for me is to progressively play more pickup in offseason, do slow speed single and double leg squats and air squats for high reps to build tons of strength endurance in the low position, practice your shots and moves a lot at high intensity at intervals just slow enough to say fresh, and do a good general strength and mobility program 2-3 times a week. That takes care of it.

My senior year in high school I was the fastest cross country runner in my school division. I tried out for the basketball team that winter and clocked in a 4:34 mile during conditioning practice. The basketball coaches were super surprised. I made the final roster spot on the basketball team after 3 years of getting cut. I remember my first game after 4 minutes of intense offensive, defense, sprints and stop and go mechanic, I was the only player that was completely tired. I didn't tell no one cause I was assumed by everyone to be the most in shape, and that played a huge factor in me getting the final roster spot. When I emailed my cross country coach and asked him why am I getting so tired on the basketball court when I'm capable of running a 4:34 mile. He mentioned the muscles from long distance cross country and basketball are being used drastically different. I remember waking up from basketball practice and games sore to the point I walked awkwardly. I think for basketball if you can run a fast mile, that's overall a good thing, but it's important to emphasize the stop and go motions and like the video said, doing a max workout in a short period of time.

basketball literally consists of running for 4 quarters. it leads to fatigue, and without running training you’ll have trouble making shots while tired.

Great content man! Really enjoyed this video!

Can you do more video like this please? And workout or program for explosivenes, strength and hipertrophy for upper body?

Love this. Definitely going to be incorporating these into my cardio work. Thanks big dawg!

Believe me coach: You are a beast! Thank you very much for sharing your all knowledges. They've helped me a lot. I' m Football 🏈 & baseball ⚾ coach in México City and love strength and conditioning. Nobody like you.

Awesome man, even in soccer, where players are lighter and run a bunch(which we should), I always felt that we over ran. Then I had a coach late in high school who simply made us train hard in game like situations with the BALL as the focus. In reality, you jog most of a soccer game with sprints coming every few minutes.

A very helpful video, as someone who doesn't enjoy running for long periods of time

This channel is amazing!!!!

would love to see more sports covered like this like for tennis, lacrosse, volleyball, etc

Excellent video!

Great video. Thanks for sharing

THANK YOU!

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Agree with everything. Weighted ropes. I played at UCLA and when I arrived I was introduced to the"Alcindor" rope. 5 lb rope I still use to this day. I played pro until age 43. I use Crossrope as well for the lower weights.

Also how would you go about integrating different sessions, in and around strength training in the off season?

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Great video

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I would love if you could do a volleyball specific video !

Thank you

Great video...great shirt.

Have you considered/would you be open to sharing some strength videos on triathlon training?

Backwards sled pulls are the best for ball players

Will you do one for football/soccer? I assume it must be similar, but at little less power/endurance more endurance/power ? What do you think ? great video thanks

Sir please, 100-200m. workout upload with blok start, traning

Solid shirt there... video is top notch as well.

Awesome

Brother I'm going to give it a try for sure.. I hope this works becuse that row machine is always eyeballing me.. I'm going to attack it tomorrow!

So i ve been thinking about this stuff (mixing lifting and jumping, low with high intensity jumps, etc) for quite some time, i used to kinda believe running was just a mode of getting from a to b faster than walking. Of course, not speaking here about technique, but just the actual boring af mean of training employed by the vast majority of coaches. And adopted, with quiet reservations, by me also, while asking myself "why get myself so tired without the ball?!?". Thanks for the confirmation, we're so late to the game here😅

Do a video about soccer conditioning

I like your shirt! Big big Shoutouts to Vinnie Paz!

Yeahhh, I also kinda like mile runs every other day but, only as a supplement to ball-handling work (probably like 80%) of basketball cardio and skill work (not as much for cardio but, a healthy 5% too)

Can you do a similar video for track sprinters?

Can you make a conditioning video for football?

Swimming is a really good complimentary exercise for basketball training.

Basketball, tennis and soccer players have similar conditioning regimens

For the cyclical conditioning could you put into a higher intensity style work for basketball conditioning aswell not just 60% of max HR, for example 15 minute session, 20 seconds max intensity/ 40 seconds rest, I know this similar to speed endurence but I love the idea of the less impact on the joints from cyclical conditioning, thoughts?

8:19 - STRUGGLE lmao why this edit happened i dont know but it's hilarious

This is not sound advice You have to be able to perform under fatigue and still be effective. Coaches have you run a lot to build up your stamina and so you can last till the 4th qtr. You are worthless if you can't keep up or outpace the other team. A lot of modern basketball is focused on shooting and transition offense, and both require high conditioning.

Great

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Please do a soccer conditioning video 🕺🏽

Sir do you think jumping rope is a good exercise for basketball players? And if it is, what aspects of the game can it help basketball players with?

could rope jumping help with my 12 year old son conditioning for basketball? Thanks.

Word of advice on preventing and fixing knee pain: gain and maintain good ankle mobility.

Kobe did track work in the off season.

Can you please make a vedio for cricketers also

Yes i agree with this to a point. Definitely need the high intestity interval training. For bball though, ever heard of im In shape but not Basketball shape!? All the points he made are valid, but the core of bball is based around cardio period. Thats why you will never see a point guard jacked and 240 at 6 feet. Football all the way.

skip rope is a great conditioning workout also , this workout works for me it increases my reaction time my speed cardio my vertical also i found it effective rather than the other workouts such as running

if you're doing hill sprints, please please please try to find a softer surface to do them. i learned that the hard way

Thank you for including women! Not many coaches do.

this is meant for off season workouts. those weeks you workout without seeing a basketball.

Great video...is there any option to train point 2 without that machine??

As u mentioned bball players are big and tall. I am muscular with 11 per cent body fat but i an 6.5 16yo. I am not allowed to cycle because of my knees. What can i do instead?

I'm a star basketball player and I hate running even though I'm faster than most. But I usually get into basketball shape by playing basketball. After 2 weeks straight of playing I'll have great endurance. I also lift and do cardio anyways, but basketball shape is different than regular shape.

And yet after starting at 130kg and dropping down to 117kg and now running nearly 20km over a weekend I'm able to run constantly for an entire game of basketball without needing to be subbed. I haven't slowed down either.

I just watched your video. At first I thought you were wrong and left a crappy comment but left the video playing and I realized you were taking a while to explain. You are very right. Thanks. Are you sure you have the HR right though? Why 60%? I thought aerobic was 65-74% of maxHR.

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Does conditioning in basketball mean aerobic exercises?

imo the best workouts for me for basketball have been plyometric. as corny as they sound, the plyo workout from P90x and insanity did a lot to help me get my explosive power that translated and the cardio strength came from doing those workouts too

Hi! What is 60% heart rate?

I don't get it

This won't work with players like steph or vanvleat who constantly move whole game

25 years ago, my jv coach ran the SHIT outta us😂

Just simulate what you would do in a game it’s simple

Like telling a soccer player not to run because they run in the games. Running outside the game, is what allows them to run in the games. Just running might not be the focus but there needs to be running. Cardio is not the point, just ONE of the benefits. I love rowers and even swimming but if that's the replacement for running, that team wont be effective.

You definitely have to run

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So basically HIIT

Isn't the title "STOP Running for Basketball"?

No

what do u mean stop running? basketball stop running?bwahahhahahaahhaaha thats very new

One of the biggest mistakes in basketball is to listen to a juicehead. I haven't seen bulky guys dominated BBALL

he wanted us to crawl playing basketball

No sprints are very helpful because it gives you better stamina, you clearly too big for basketball 😂.

Question- if you just did those exercises he suggests and did NOT actually play any basketball would your conditioning improve when you returned ? I would suggest NO! Therefore it’s a shit program for improving bball conditioning.

Look at how this guy is built. Do not listen to him for basketball conditioning advice this is a weightlifter only

Someone send this to Joel Embid so that he doesn't die in the 4th

Fatigue bro

What’s sad is this guy doesn’t play basketball 🏀

Play more basketball.....

You want last in the NBA if you don’t run sprints end of story.

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Wrong

Man in africa they don't have access to these king of machines. Even that your approach is not effectif sorry for the word you talking nonsense....

I won’t watch a video is someone wears that abusive masks... you know very little about anything if think wearing a mask works.

this vid made no sense to me, its so verbose and not keying in on what drills to focus on

Thank you