Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Off-season workouts for young basketball players

It is important that young basketball players implement an off-season workout to compliment whatever other basketball activity they participate in. If its AAU, club or travel basketball, a player needs to focus on the individual weaknesses they need to strengthen for next basketball season in their respective school. The player that works daily to strengthen their weaknesses will get better and more confident overall.

Players should spend time daily working on their individual skills. Their is not an average time that should a player should spend but it should be quality time. It is important to maximize your time and work at game speed on all of your drills. Ball handling, shooting, footwork, etc. should all be executed at the highest level possible. Do not be concerned with making mistakes, practice makes perfect.

Do something basketball related daily.

Yours in Basketball,

Coach Stewart