How to Get in Shape for Basketball

Video Transcript

"One important thing about playing the game of basketball, is being and staying in shape. Hi, I'm Travis, and this is how you stay in shape, for the game of basketball. First of all, what you want to do, is you want to consult with your doctor, to make sure you're physically able to do, any type of activity, and how much exactly you're able to do. Once you do that, and he gives you the ok, you want to first start, with maybe not even using a basketball. You want to do conditioning, what we call conditioning, and one of the conditioning exercises that a lot of basketball programs do, is Suicides. Now, Suicides is very rigorous, so again I stress, check with your doctor, make sure you can do everything, but Suicides, the way Suicide starts is, you start from the baseline. You go from the baseline. You run and touch the free throw line, and then you go back, touch the baseline again, and do the same thing, all the way down to the half court line, and back. Then, go all the way down to the next free throw line, and back. Then, touch the other baseline, and come back, and do all that, full speed in thirty seconds. That's what we used to do, and that determined, whether we were in shape or not. If you can do that, the next step, then once again, that starts your conditioning. Then, you can start to work on other things, like ball handling, we talked about earlier. Getting your shot together, and some other things like that, because that will have your game. You'll have the total package, but conditioning is step number one, because if you don't have conditioning, you won't have the legs to do anything else, so some of the drills that you might want to do when you're warming up, before you start. You might want to do some high knees, which is where you just come up, and do high knees, all the way down from the baseline, to the half court line, then do it back. Another drill you might want to do, is called Karaoke. Step over. If you look at my feet, step over. One, two, step over, and do it full speed, all the way down, and then try it all the way back,crossing over, back and forth, so once you get some of those drills down, and you stretch, then you can get into some of your running, your Suicides. Picking up the ball, and working on ball handling, full speed, down and back. You get that together, get up a good sweat, then you're starting to work on your game, and get your conditioning together, and then you're becoming a basketball player, that's in shape. There you have it, getting in shape for the game of basketball."