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“Shaq calls me ‘Flash.' But I wasn't simply born with great quickness; it's something that I've developed—along with a lot of strength, power, and agility—through my career. The NBA conditioning coaches are the best in the world at getting an athlete's body in the best possible shape to excel in this game. Use their book and DVD, and you'll see what I mean.”
Dwyane Wade
Miami Heat
”I've added 25 lbs. of muscle since the start of my NBA career—not just to get big, but to get stronger and more powerful while staying quick and agile. If you train the right way, like they say in Complete Conditioning for Basketball, you'll build your body and your game, too."
Dwight Howard
Orlando Magic
"I work on conditioning as much as I work on my game. Stamina is especially important for performing at a high level through a long season. Prepare to play your very best every time you step on the court with the great information in this book and DVD."
Dirk Nowitzki
Dallas Mavericks
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Complete Conditioning for Basketball presents the ultimate in training for the sport from the National Basketball Conditioning Coaches Association, the experts who work daily to maximize the performance potential of the game's top stars.
Build your strength and power to be a beast on the boards. Improve your quickness and agility to be a defensive stopper. Increase your vertical jump to rise over defenders for uncontested shots. With over 200 exercises, drills, performance tests, and workouts, plus a 60-minute instructional DVD, Complete Conditioning for Basketball is the most comprehensive training resource for men and women at all levels of competition.
Get the most out of your workouts and add new dimensions to your game. Complete Conditioning for Basketball will help you to fulfill your potential and make the most of every opportunity on the court.
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As you are probably interested of the benefitial side of the book, you may ask the question: "Does the book help myself beeing a better coach/player? Is it possible to include the provided information into my practices?"
As i read the whole book and worked some stuff out of it, i can recommend it as a must for all ambitious coaches at all levels (Youth, Pros), though keep in mind that it is always great to have different sources on the same topic on your book shelve, so you can make up your mind and create youre own style of conditioning methods.
BUT: As you have developed your style, this book may be the one you put on your everyday usage shelve.
As i recommend this great source there are some restrictions for the usage.
First, a little part of the strenght excercises do not seem to be healthy especially for youth players with weak back muscles. (Don't be irritated, the books excercises are made by specialists)
Second, there are some facility limitations. To get the best out of this book, well you need access of a basketball court including a seperate gym for the strength/power exercising. Some excercises indlude agility leaders, swiss balls etc. Be aware that the very useful drills include this facility inventory.
Third, for basketball coaches be aware that conditioning is at best when it starts at preseason. So the time factor is a great deal, if you have a stable team and good organization you can get more out of this book than with youth teams, who meet themselves and start practicing 2 weeks in front of the first game.
Hope this quick feedback helps you out there to evaluate the use of this book for yourself!
Take care,
Alexander Wermuth
I found everything I needed in this book. There are exercises and schedules for every aspect of conditioning:
- Basic conditioning,
- Agility exercises,
- Speed training
- Plyometrics for power (super !)
- and weight lifting
In addition to this there is a table with results of basic basketball tests for different ages and skill levels (high school, college, and NBA basketball). It gives you huge motivation boost to see what other people can do. These tests are 3/4 court sprints, vertical jump, lane agility test and others.
I'm very glad I bought this book. It helped us tremendously.
For basketball coaches, who are not strength coaches, this is a great resource. My only reservation about this book is that a lot of the material suggested, and again this is my non-expert opinion, works best for athletes who are already at a reasonably advanced level of conditioning, juniors and seniors in high school who have been through a conditioning program for several years, college players and professional players.
Still, it is a book on my coaching book shelf and it has been really worth having.
Kevin Sivils - author of Game Strategies and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success
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