As you all know, I am a huge advocate of the fundamentals of basketball and a firm believer that with a solid foundation a basketball player can reach new heights. It is for that reason that we spend a portion of each and every Elite Basketball Training workout on fundamental drills.
Fundamental Post Drills (Video)
Five in a Row Drill (Video)
The madness is set to return tonight and I am psyched because I get to see my Carolina Tarheels live tomorrow night at the Prudential Center. That other game between Kentucky and Ohio State should be decent as well…I’m joking of course. It will be awesome!
In the meantime, I wanted to get you a quick post on a drill that I like to use at the end of a workout.
Fundamental Ballhandling Drill (Video)
At Elite Basketball Training we are always looking for new ways to improve our basketball skills training. Basketball skill development encompasses many aspects of the game of basketball and there is such a great variety of drills out there to choose from. This drill today is a drill that I use as part of a stationary ballhandling warmup.
Sage Wisdom From an Interesting Source
Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the basketball game that saw Rutgers shock then number 10 in the country, Villanova. I was invited to the game by Dallas Ouano who is a walk on at Villanova and trains with me in his off months from basketball. It was really exciting to attend a high level Big East basketball game, especially one that ended like this game did (sorry Dallas).
Late Game Free Throw Shooting
The other night my basketball team was down by six points with a little under a minute to play in a rivalry game with a team that we had beaten by two points earlier in the season. After a furious rally, we actually trailed by two points with about 14 seconds to play. We rebounded our opponents missed free throw and took off in our traditional fast break with my teams’ leading scorer handling the ball in the center of the court. He hit one of his teammates streaking to the basket on the left side of the court who ended up getting fouled in the act of shooting. So there we were, down two and at the free throw line shooting two in order to tie the game.
