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How Many Hours A Day Should You Train For Basketball? Q&A #6
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here with another episode of the fifth
quarter now you already know how this
works I'm going to put 10 minutes on the
clock and I'm going to answer as many
basketball training related questions
that you have whether it's basketball
training in front of the jump training
related strength training or anything to
do with basketball I'm here for you um
and yeah I'm going to answer the
question so without further ado let's
put ten minutes on that clock let's get
it alright on the moon should I practice
one thing a day for basketball like
shooting one day and dribbling the next
or should I practice multiple things
each day so this is a very good question
now how how I recommend doing it is each
day you want to base workout that you do
and then you want to take time out to
focus on a specific skill so for
instance you don't want a whole day
where you're just practicing like
floaters or you don't want a whole day
where you're just practicing shooting
because in reality that's not going to
be very game related because in a game
you're doing everything I want and the
whole point of training is to get you
ready for that game situation so how I
do with my players um is we start off
with a base so let's say let me just
formulate a training a sample workout
for you so we warm up we do some ball
handling I'm to warm up and then we get
into some shooting so those are the base
things um you know we do a few drills
for ball handling get those hands warm
get our handles warm but also train our
handles pretty lightly um and then we're
going to get into shooting light
shooting stationary shooting things like
that um get that shot warm starting
closed-form shooting work our way out do
spot shooting a lot of different things
to improve um you know the basic
techniques of shooting and then from
there we'll start to move into more life
things whether it's you know dribbling
and shooting together so it'll be like
pulled up jump shots or drove
move jump shots will kind of move our
way into you know gametime action and
then once we're really warm then that's
when I'll take a segment maybe it's ten
minutes maybe it's 15 minutes depending
on the player depending on your need
depending on whatever weakness they have
and how much time you need to focus on
it but I'll take a certain segment of
the training and I'll say okay here
you're going to work on floaters but
still with those floaters I would still
have in like start at the top and make
it like game situational where you're
coming off of a pick doing a crossover
move getting in a lane and then hitting
the floater unless it's something like
hey they need to practice their shooting
off the catch so then we wouldn't really
do much besides kind of setting maybe
setting up a pick setting up a screen
running off it and then hitting the shot
off the screen or off the pick so um
that's how I would do it I wouldn't
schedule a whole like I went spend an
hour working on one thing because then
you're neglecting all the other skills
that you need to be a great player and
in basketball you need multiple skills
to be a great player so we're going to
focus again like I said we're going to
start off focusing on the main things
when the main qualities of players
should have whether it's on ball
handling shooting you know whatever that
may be we're going to start off with
that and then as the workout goes on
we'll branch off into more player
specific things um whether its position
specific or really player specific where
we work on their weaknesses so yeah try
that out next time he goes to the gym
next question are the next question we
have what can I do to improve finishing
around the rim alright so the first
thing I'm going to do is check out some
of the videos on this channel um you can
just go to the search on the channel and
put in finish around the rim I've done a
few videos on different things to help
you become a better finish around the
rim but to kind of just talk about it a
little bit things that you should do is
work on using floaters I know this isn't
necessarily finishing around the rim but
short of short pull up jump shots are
going to be your best friend and the
short floaters are going to be your best
friend when it comes to finishing around
the rim especially the higher up you go
because in high school or maybe if
you're a middle school right
our high school right now even you might
not be facing like guys that are that
much taller than you but once you start
getting to you know high quality
competition in high school or college
you're going to be facing guys in the
paint that are going to be six nine six
ten you know around that height and
you're not going to be able to just
finish over them getting all the way to
the rim of trying to finish with layups
you're going to get blocked so the best
thing to do there would be to hit
floaters um before you get to the guy in
high arcing floaters so I have to get
over his hand a block or like I said the
short pull-up jump shots where you beat
the first line of defense so you don't
want to attack the second line so you
pull up and that's going to be the best
way to actually one guarantee that you
get the shot off without getting it
blocked and those are going to be you
know they might not be fully uncontested
but they're going to be much more
uncontested than those layups unless you
take all the way to the rim so yeah just
remember that and also when you're going
to finish around the rim just focus on
high arcing layups to getting it high
off the glass if you watch in college or
in college they teach this a lot the
coaches do a great job getting their
guards especially the smaller ones to
finish high off the backboard so I know
when you're growing up they teach you
layups off the square when you get to
the higher level you need sometimes your
layouts have to get over that squared um
you just have to practice that practice
the right amount of spin practice the
touch that you're going to need to hit
the ball to hit the ball high off the
backboard so you can't get it pin
because now many players can pin the
ball above the square you know so um
just work on those different things when
it comes to finishing around the rim
next question so the next question we
have is how many hours a day should I
practice
um this is another good question um it
it varies I would say now the main thing
you want to focus on is having it
doesn't always have to be a super high
intense workout but it has to be
efficient so whether it's very intense
or not which especially in the offseason
I like to have high intense workouts for
my players um because they're not
getting as much gametime reps or
practice now when it's in season this is
their
because you're practicing a lot you're
doing a lot of stuff with your team so
when you get the gem by yourself you
don't want to kill yourself with crazy
high intense workouts you want to be a
little less intense but you still want
to focus on fundamentals and techniques
and things like that now in regards to
how long your workouts should be again
it depends on which part of the season
you're in if you're in the offseason
with my players we have anywhere from an
hour from 60 to 90 minute workout
sessions keep in mind we also do
strength training and we do conditioning
um so the skill sessions aren't
necessarily always going to be super
long sometimes our 45 minutes it just
really depends the day on the type of
energy the way the players performing
you know we'll go hard until I start to
see them kind of fall off and then I
don't want them picking up any bad
habits oh well you know finish that
final drill and then I'll say all right
we're done let's hit the weights
or something like that but in the
offseason I mean we're working out you
know anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes on
the court and then maybe 30 to 45
minutes lifting weights and then maybe
another twenty to thirty minutes doing
conditioning depending on the day we
don't do conditioning every day we don't
strength train every day we don't do
skill training every day so it's a
really broad spectrum um you have to
work with but in the offseason I would
say skill work 45 minutes to 90 minutes
high intense now when you come to end
season um I would say anywhere from like
30 to 60 minutes on the course skill
work but not as intense because when
you're practically me when you're
practicing practice is going to be crazy
intense you need all your energy for
that but you still have to get into
extra reps so you know you don't want to
make the mistake of not practicing extra
reps because when you get in the team
setting it's very hard to continue to
improve your skills if you're not
getting extra work because coaches have
to spend their whole time getting the
team um getting the team to know the
offenses getting building that team
chemistry you don't have as much time to
work on your your
from your skills so you would have to
take out time whether it's 30 minutes to
an hour of light intense ball handling
shooting all those types of things to
continue to get better so that's how
long I would work out if you're in
season maybe 30 to 60 minutes light
intense if you're out of season
45 to 90 minutes high intense and that's
not counting in either one of those
that's not counting strength training
not counting conditioning you'll have to
kind of figure out how much of those
things you need so I'll just keep it in
terms of skill work right now so hope
that helps next question all right so
the next question we have is what is the
most important thing for guard alright
so when it comes to being a guard one it
depends which guard you are if you're
the primary point guard or if you're the
shooting guard but nowadays you know
everybody is playing on guards just
playing all the positions as a guard so
I'm trying to keep this generic and
broad so that it can help any guard
because especially in high school you're
not unless you're like a primary ball
handler you'll probably be running the
one the two every now and then
especially now because a lot of teams
have their best players are you know
they have two or three guards that are
the best players so the best way to go
about this is the main skills for guard
you need first one shooting like if you
can shoot the basketball I think it's
the most important skill in basketball
so guards you have to be able to shoot
the basketball second handle the
basketball you have to be able to handle
the basketball as a guard um those are
the main two things I would say you need
of course now you need you know to be
able to play defense you need to be able
to be in shape and the best thing about
those things are anybody can do it like
you can get in shape and um you can play
defense without having any skills
alright so anybody can do those two
things when it comes to ball handling
and shooting a lot of work has to be put
into reach of those high skill levels
but you need you need those to be an
elite guard now things like passing and
all that that's going to come the more
you play on your vision is going to get
better your understanding
the game is going to get better the
better hands you have the better you'll
be able to pass the ball because you
won't um you won't be bothered with
pressure and stuff as much because
you'll be able to handle the ball and
always be able to get the ball to your
teammates when they need it just because
you can handle the ball now shooting if
you can't shoot the basketball unless
you're like a freak athlete it's going
to be hard for you to score the
basketball
because I mean that's how you put the
ball in the basket is being able to
shoot well and like I said if you're a
small guard then you're not going to be
able to finish over defenders you're not
gonna be able to get in the lane as easy
so you're gonna have to be able to have
a you know a good shot so doesn't main
things I would say for a guard um we're
just talking about guard in general you
have to be able to shoot the ball have
to be able to dribble the ball those are
the two main skills that you're going to
need then you got to you know be able to
play defense and be in shape and those
last two things other two things I
mentioned defense and being shape
anybody can do it just takes work you
know you just got to be able to you just
got to want to put in the work to get in
good shape and to play defense other
than that um those are the two main
things as a guard now I could bring it
downward point guard you'll need more
Venice and shooting guard you'll need
more than that like I said we're just
going to keep it broad and keep it
general um with this question because he
just asked about guards um as a whole so
we'll keep it like that I hope you
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