Pre-Season Basketball Conditioning

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Ask the coach if he wants his players jogging or sprinting up and down the

court repeatedly as fast as possible. Test how you want the players

conditioned. Side to side repeats (x4) in 17 seconds (called 17's) are a

better test of basketball fitness...one of Pat Riley's favorites. As far as

not being a " fan " of weight training...this is the year 2000...educated him

about all the successful programs, collegiate and pro that make weight

training a priority.

Josh Katz

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M. BURKHARDT<emburkha@...> wrote:

>You should inform the coach that there are much better indicators of

basketball fitness than a 1 mile run.

XYZ...@... wrote:

> I appreciate the dialogue and information on this site. I have been

> placed in a situation where I must develop a preseason conditioning

> program for a Junior College basketball program. The catch is that

> conditioning class meets Monday - Thursday for one hour. The coach

> wants the team members to only run (all must run sub 6 minute miles)

> and he is not a fan of weight training, even though the college has a

> newly " restocked " weight facility with Nautilus and free weights. I

> thank you in advance for any suggestions for programs or potentiel

> resources.

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>As far as not being a " fan " of weight training...this is the year

2000...educate him about all the successful programs, collegiate and

pro that make weight training a priority.

There are a lot of variables that contribute to the success of a

collegiate or sports program. For example, the most successful pro

and college teams usually attract the best talent with favorable

salaries or non-monetary incentives; the most successful college

teams usually have the best recruiting systems for discovering the

best talent; the most successful pro and college teams usually have

the best coaching in terms of skills, tactics, strategies, and

perhaps most important, motivation.

Considering the number of other variables that contribute to the

success of a college or pro sports program, and the relative

magnitudes of their influence, I'm not at all confident that one can

say weight training makes a significant contribution to the success

of such a program (other than PL or OL).

If anyone knows of any peer-reviewed studies that show a correlation

between weight training and measurable and statistically significant

improvements in performance of skilled movements, sprint, or

endurance activities in trained athletes (as opposed to novices or

sedentary subjects), I would appreciate it if you'd post the

citations.