Post Basketball Workouts -

I received this basketball workout from Coach Steve Smiley formerly Head Coach at Sheridan College, an Assistant at Weber State, and currently Associate Head Coach at Northern Colorado.

Click the link below to see the perimeter player workout:

Perimeter Skill Development Workout

Here is his post workout:

POST WARM-UP (Approximately one minute on each of these, SIT INTO YOUR GAME)

Two Ball Dribbling Sequence + Shelton Drills

Dribbling and Juggling

Take Infield with tennis ball (Low and wide, toes to the outside, SIT INTO YOUR GAME)

Imaginary Defense (Talk your defense, yell it out)

Moving without the ball (Work independently or work in pairs with another post or perimeter)

Break Package Sprints (To the rim for crunch)

Crab Dribbles

Shooting Progression

Groove your go to hooks

Mikan Sequence at one basket or Full Court Mikans

REMEMBER

Keep it straight, Aim for the BACK HALF OF THE BASKET

Get it up. Top of the shot; top of the board (WE WANT A CONSISTENT ARC ON EACH SHOT)

Hold a one second high follow through

Land six inches closer on your shot

Use a feeder, tossback, spin yourself a pass, or flip yourself a pass.
Chin all receptions. Slow down, hold your seal, vary your rhythm. Be quick without hurrying.
The pass will lead you to a shot if you have angles. If played behind, quarter turn on passes to your shoulder.
If played behind and the pass is at your face, chin the ball and look to the middle for diver or double team
GET YOUR EYES ON THE TARGET
Be low and wide on catch, be lower and WIDER on your move. Heel to toe on your move.
Try to get to the front of the rim on your middle move.

GUIDELINES

All lay-ups must be clean to be a make
Put back all misses but they do not count as makes.
Use free throw swish rules in counting your free throws.

Swish = +1 Make Hitting Rim = 0 Miss = -1

4. If you have trouble with a move, break it down and spend extra time on just that move e.g. REPETITIONS TO AD NAUSEAM
5. BE A SKILL PLAYER NOT A DRILL PLAYER.
6. The technique and proper and quick execution at games speeds is what we care about.
7. Periodically check your heart rate with a ten second count and multiply by six.

220 – Age = Maximum Heart Rate Get to 90% of maximum heart rate e.g. 180+

HUTCH’S POST WORKOUT

This should take 30 minutes and you have to MAKE ALL THE SHOTS before going to the next sequence.
You should do this workout every day and shorten it for game warm-ups.
PROPER AND QUICK REPETITION OF EACH MOVE GOING 100% IS THE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS.
MOST SHOTS ARE TAKEN FROM YOUR FAVORITE SIDE OF THE BASKET.
If you want to work from your non-favorite side, that is fine, but you MUST WORK from your favorite side.

1. Four baseline power moves from your favorite side
2. Four jump hooks to middle of the lane from your favorite side
3. Four turnaround jump shots, pivoting on your baseline foot, from your favorite side
4. Four turnaround jump shots with a shot fake, go to hook to the middle of the floor from your favorite side

FREE THROW SWISH +2/-2

If you lose (-2), do push-ups or a down and back sprint
If you win (+2), shoot a string of made free throws. If you miss, a swish lets you continue on.

5. Four flash to the free throw line for a jump shot from your favorite side
6. Four flash to the free throw line for a jump shot from your non-favorite side
7. Four step out to the short corner for a jump shot from your favorite side
8. Four step out to the short corner for a jump shot from your non-favorite side

FREE THROW SWISH +2/-2

If you lose (-2), do push-ups or a down and back sprint
If you win (+2), shoot a string of made free throws. If you miss, a swish lets you continue on.

9. Four flash to the free throw line for a SHOT FAKE to a jump shot from your favorite side
10. Four flash to the free throw line for a SHOT FAKE to a jump shot from your non-favorite side
11. Four step out to the short corner for a SHOT FAKE to a jump shot from your favorite side
12. Four step out to the short corner for a SHOT FAKE to a jump shot from your non-favorite side

FREE THROW SWISH +2/-2

If you lose (-2), do push-ups or a down and back sprint
If you win (+2), shoot a string of made free throws. If you miss, a swish lets you continue on.

13. Four flash to the free throw line for a SHOT FAKE to a power shot or dunk from your favorite side
14. Four flash to the free throw line for a SHOT FAKE to a power shot or dunk from your non-favorite side
15. Four step out to the short corner for a SHOT FAKE to a power shot or dunk from your favorite side
16. Four step out to the short corner for a SHOT FAKE to a power shot or dunk from your non-favorite side

FREE THROW SWISH +2/-2

If you lose (-2), do push-ups or a down and back sprint
If you win (+2), shoot a string of made free throws. If you miss, a swish lets you continue on.

IF YOU FEEL THAT A SEGMENT OR A MOVE IS NOT UP TO YOUR STANDARDS, ISOLATE THAT MOVE WITH MANY REPETITIONS SO YOU CAN PROPERLY EXECUTE AND FEEL THE MOVE.

YOU WILL WANT TO DO EXTRA WORK ON YOUR GO TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF HUTCH’S WORKOUT

MAKE FIVE IN A ROW; PUTBACKS COUNT

Player will shoot five jump shots from the free throw line or either of the baseline step out areas.
If he makes the shot the ball can hit the floor, but if he misses it he must rebound the ball before it hits the floor.
The putback must be clean to count as a make.
If you miss and the ball hits the floor the player must start over from the beginning.
Do this workout from all three areas once a day. Add the shot fake if you want extra work or just mix it in randomly.

ENDING WORK-OUT

You can choose to end with two five pound weight plates and do one minute segments of

a. Imaginary defense
b. Moving without the ball
c. Break package sprints

YOU CAN’T DO ALL THE DRILLS EACH DAY BUT YOU CAN DO ALL THE SKILLS

BE A PRACTICE PLAYER FIRST. PROPERLY AND QUICKLY EXECUTE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TEAM
PRACTICE AND PLAY WITH THE INTENSITY AND POISE OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

MAKE SURE YOU STRETCH AFTER YOUR WORKOUT IS COMPLETED

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