Basketball is a game of quickness and balance. If you can cut quicker, you’ll create more opportunities to score on offense and become a better defender.
The good news is that every athlete can improve their quickness with basketball agility drills.
If you want to improve your ball-handling, do ball-handling drills. Want to become a better shooter? Simply get in the gym and shoot. And if you want to move better on the court, all you have to do is consistently train using basketball agility drills.
While there are plenty of great agility drills to improve quickness, you’ll want to choose exercises that are specific to the movements you make on the court.
Basketball players need to run and shuffle in all directions. If you’re a guard, your agility drills should include running around screens and full-court shuffling. If you’re a post, you should work on locating the ball over both shoulders on the break and shuffling with your hands above your shoulders.
Keep reading to find out how to make the basketball agility drills you perform in the weight room transfer onto the court.
Want To Cut QUICKER? Include Reaction In Your Basketball Agility Drills!
One of the best way to make your basketball agility drills more specific to the game is by adding a reaction component.
Basketball players can’t pre-determine their movements. They have to react to their opponents and teammates to take advantage of even the smallest gaps.
Even on a pre-set play, offensive players need to asses the situation and make adjustments. Since we’re constantly reacting on the court, we must also do this with our basketball agility drills.
Here’s a video of one of my all-time favorite basketball players, David Stockton, showing us how to cut QUICKER. Click HERE to visit my YouTube page to see more basketball agility drills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZnTwBFFWb0
Here are some tips to make your basketball agility drills more effective:
– Add reaction into your drills with tennis balls. Mark balls with “R’s” and “L’s”.
– Think quick, be quick. Start each drill with the right mindset.
– Get enough rest between reps. Don’t confuse quickness with conditioning.
– Practice moving quick with a basketball to help transfer your gains onto the court.
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