I dont know a good place to post this, this is the best place I could think of.
I have a 14 year old boy who did not make the basketball team. I felt bad because he took it hard, and he loves basketball. He’s actually a good player but were new in town and at his school, most of the kids he was up against have been playing most of there lives on a team.
I’m in the sport of powerlifting and can train him to do certain things like run fast, jump high, be explosive etc… but I’d like to know about certain drills and other things that will help him. He will try again next year for sure and next year I want him to make it.
Thanks
What are his stats(Height, weight, etc) and his speed/strength numbers at right now? He’s only 14 so he has a lot of developing to do but he should be doing speed/strength work, as well as working on skills every day. Doesn’t have to be hard work every day, but an hour of solid bball work a day will do wonders for his basketball development.
[quote]superboogie44 wrote:
I dont know a good place to post this, this is the best place I could think of.
I have a 14 year old boy who did not make the basketball team. I felt bad because he took it hard, and he loves basketball. He’s actually a good player but were new in town and at his school, most of the kids he was up against have been playing most of there lives on a team.
I’m in the sport of powerlifting and can train him to do certain things like run fast, jump high, be explosive etc… but I’d like to know about certain drills and other things that will help him. He will try again next year for sure and next year I want him to make it.
Thanks [/quote]
dribbling drills
shooting drills
rebound drills
post drills etc…
etc… break it down based on time, get him to play y ball, some of the kids on those teams are actually very good, don’t focus on strength too much, you can get him to jump high without him spending tons of time under a barbell do that and he’ss be set
Make at least 100 shots a day. Work on off hand. Play basketball. Lots of 3 on 3, 2 on 2, work on fakes.
Sprints, and some lifting.
Watch college games and the fundamentals i.e boxing out, swinging the ball, watch Ohio State’s Aaron Craft on how to play man to man defense.
My son is 14, it’s a in between age because some kids have hit puberty and others haven’t hit their growth spurt. He hasn’t. It doesn’t matter until you grow. Just keep playing.
EVERY day make it a priority to shoot at least 1 “game” shot aka your shoes are on/tied, ankle braces are on/laced up and it’s an actual shot. The point is noone is going to go to all that effort and shot just 1 shoot, hopefully they’ll be in the gym for at least 30 minutes working out.
At his age he doesn’t need “training”, he needs the ball in his hands. No offense, he didn’t get cut 'cause of politics, he got cut 'cause he wasn’t good enough. What position does he play? What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How committed is he, and how much time can he devote? Answer these and I can give you some different drills for him.
Try to get him in a church league or something else this year so he’s not missing a year of competition. Make sure he shoots every day he can. Also summer camps are awesome for improving. There also might be a basketball academy where a coach works 1 on 1 helping kids improve.
Agree with the replies above. Basketball demands a lot of skill. Practicing and playing basketball should be a priority. The practice should also be somewhat specific to the position he plays. Is he a guard or a big man? The former will want to work more on ball handling and especially outside shooting while the latter should develop a few solid post moves. All positions should practice FTs a lot.
Get him playing in a league too if possible, and basketball camps in the summer are great idea.
Strength training is probably a good idea, but it can be very simple and should definitely be a lower priority. Something like:
2 sets squats
2 sets RDLs
2 sets Bench
2 sets BB Rows
2-3 times a week.
Really the exercises don’t matter much as long as he’s not neglecting anything. Strength exercises are all general for basketball players so, for instance, he could easily substitute lunges or even leg press for the squats and not miss much. Also, keep the intensity somewhat in check. It shouldn’t be easy or anything, but he shouldn’t be pushing to where is form breaks down. Remember, he’s not training to be a powerlifter.
Jumps, sprints, plyos etc. are probably not necessary as he’ll do a lot of this stuff while playing basketball.
focus on the basics, and the only thing I would add is stay away from the leg press. Teach him the power snatch and pull, anything that mimics jumping and explosion. Also work on lateral movement drills-helps with defense and rebounding. I’ve been their, everybody wants to score. Your kid can stand out by becoming a great rebounder and defender, skill sets that most kids don’t want to learn. I used to play a game called, buckets or 21-it’s a common game. It’s each person for themselves, I played every morning and it’s a game that emphasizes rebounding and defense. It helped me get on the team and be a starter.
I could add value by scoring and not needing the ball passed to me. I still play nearly every morning at the YMCA-and it’s something I still work on. Everybody wants to shoot, you can work on that. But also work on the little things that the coaches see and value. Be the team guy, be the guy who will play Defense and rebound. That will get the coaches attention and then keep working on the fun stuff, like shooting.