coachvargas
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Re:Is your team in good shape? - 2006/10/04 20:22
Few comments...
1. I'm sure you've all seen this, but here's Brian's article on pre-season conditioning:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/12870/preseason_basketball_conditioning.html?page=3
I'm putting it there because after pursuit of 2 certs, reviewing countless texts, reading countless aticles, and asking a ridiculous number of questions, basically Brian had it spelled out in sync with the research and in consensus with the leaders in the field. And - it's very effective in addressing the lack of time/equipment you have to deal w/ at the HS level. I could have saved myself a lot of work by reading this first =)
2. I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but based on the first post - I think it's important to remember that if you're running full-out pre-season practices, that these can likely be considered running/sprint days (or at least with some minor drill adjustments they can be..no better anaerobic exercise to train for basketball than basketball).
So if you're getting a good run in twice a week, doing just one sprint-day may be adequate, and the time would allow you to work core and strength training in twice a week. You can also add a plyo day and workouts for speed/agility/quickness/balance on other days. (I include plyos into one of our S/A/Q/B Days)
The "no-legs" symptom you describe could be related to overtraining, poor hydration/nutrition, or just an adjustment from a typical aerobic workload to an anaerobic workload.
FWIW, here's what our pre-season looks like. (I'm happy to e-mail the entire thing to anyone interested, just e-mail me at dvargas@digitalevents.tv)
S: Fall League (yoga - see below)
M: Strength/Core Training; S/A/Q/B
T: Open-run (30mins skills on your own, 45 mins small sided, 15 mins full-court small sided)
W: Strenth/Core Training
Th: S/A/Q/B; Sprints
Fri: Off
Sat: Open-run (30 mins small-sided)
The other thing I'm trying for the first time ever this year (which may be a tough sell for your HS boys) will be a group yoga class on Sunday AM's which will run from pre-season through early part of the season.
I'll post more on that as another topic.
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