U12/U14 Basketball Conditioning
Drills & Workouts for the Individual Athlete Wanting to Get in Great Shape

As a basketball player, there are certain things you don’t have much control over. You don’t control what your teammates do, you don’t control your coaches, and you certainly don’t control the officials.

However, you can control how much work you put into your game and your basketball conditioning. You can put in the time practicing free throws, dribbling drills, and improving your conditioning. Many players don’t want to put in the extra work it takes to be great, especially if this means working on running and basketball conditioning drills. You can set yourself apart by showing up to practice in great shape. Learn about some basketball conditioning drills you can do on your own.

What Does Basketball Conditioning Mean?
Being in shape is essential to be able to perform well in sports, but being in cross-country shape isn’t the same thing as being in basketball shape. To be in basketball shape, you need to have endurance and repeat short bursts of speed running or shuffling down the floor. This is very different from running three miles in cross country.

A CBL basketball game is 40 minutes long, NBL even longer (with clock stoppage), so you must be prepared to be running and defending for an extended period of time. At the end of the game, you still want to have the legs and the wind to be able to handle the ball, score, and play tough defense. The final minutes of the game often decides who wins or loses, and you don’t want to be too tired to get the win.

You can check out several different drills to work on your basketball conditioning to make sure you are in great shape for your next game. Shooting clinic, skills improvement and FAST FORWARD development!!!

BRING YOUR OWN BALL to training session if you have one or buy one at your earliest convenience. Basketball should be practiced more than once a week, ball should be handled as much as possible.

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