Basketball Conditioning: Mikan Drill

Series Summary

Basketball, b-ball, hoops—these are all names for one of the most popular games in America. Whether it’s professional play in the NBA, college games, the local high school team, a friendly one-on-one game, or outdoor at the playground, basketball is exciting and fast-paced, pitting player against player and skill against skill. Having strong fundamentals like dribbling, passing, and shooting is the key to the success of any aspiring player or team. Though flashy dunks, trick shots, and showy dribbling are fun to watch and have their place, they often create a “superstar” mentality that ultimately hurts the team if not put in check. What makes basketball great is the combination of individual talent and team strategy, ultimately producing a match that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

In this free sports video series, learn how to do conditioning drills for basketball. You will receive coaching in some of ever-important exercises specifically designed to improve your game while getting you in shape. Get tips on how to use the jump rope in a number of variations. Learn how to do drills such as the Mikan layup, burners, suicides and seventeens. Use the techniques in these videos and improve your game today, whatever you’re level of play on the basketball court.

Video Transcript

"Hi there this is Curtis Carter and welcome to Pro Conditioning drills. Today what we are going to do are drills like the Michon Drill, we are going to do some jump rope work, a drill called Burners, and half court layup along with some other things. Once again, conditioning your muscle memory to do and perform at a high level. Coordination; hand, feet, eye. All those things help as a professional basketball player. So here I go, slow doing the Michon Drill. So what you want to do is you want to shoot like a semi-hook shot at close range. So you go, you take a step, you come up like this, into the basket. Catch the ball before it hits the floor, same thing. You just want to kind of keep your hands, okay, get a rhythm. There you go. You just get a rhythm okay. Like that. So that is the Michon Drill. You want to try to do, I don't know, maybe thirty seconds, maybe? It's ike eighteen, twenty, twenty two shots. Try not to miss, if you miss one just gather yourself, put it back in. The objective is to develop the coordination and timing. Okay, little short hook shots. Michon Drill again, here we go. Now you get in to it. And up. The Michon Drill."