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BASKETBALL
 What
should a basketball player concentrate on
when conducting his or her sport specific
training and conditioning program?
According to The Sports Journal,
2002, 5(1) a publication of the United
States Sports Academy and Chip Sigmon,
former strength and conditioning coach for
the WNBA Charlotte Sting and the NBA
Charlotte Hornets basketball players must
focus on
speed,
agility/balance,
power/plyometrics,
flexibility and
jumping. This type of
complete basketball conditioning strategy
will assist the basketball player in his or
her dream of
playing above the rim.
Athletic Training & Conditioning, Inc.
recommends utilizing
exercise ball routines and
medicine ball routines to assist the
serious basketball player in stabilizing
their
core and
abs. (Click
here to receive a free e-book on ab
workouts – enter “ab e-book” in subject
line.) By stabilizing this area, energy can
be efficiently transferred during the
training of athletic movements such as
jumping.
Basketball players must be able to use their
short-term energy system and their long-term
energy system to be successful. The
combination of serious training, practice
and multiple games in a short amount of time
causes the basketball player to deplete
their energy stores. Eating the recommended
5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily
is the best way to replenish these energy
stores. If the serious basketball player is
falling short of these daily-recommended
values for the proper replenishment of the
essential fatty acids,
protein and
other essential nutrients, the
basketball player’s performance may suffer
dramatically.
Supplements that comply with the NCAA
guidelines should be a consideration for
the serious basketball player.
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