If you’re looking for an exercise to strengthen your legs and build more stamina, squats are fantastic (and simple). So, here’s how to squat for basketball. A few articles ago, I said that if you could only do one exercise, it should be the kettlebell swing. Well, I lied (kind of). You shouldn’t do just…
Ever wondered how to play Pressure? Well, this basketball game is great for practicing 3-point shooting and shooting under pressure. Do your nerves get in the way when you try to make crucial 3s? Or are you just bored of shooting around with your friends and need a game to play? If you answered “yes”…
Basketball is a game of constant movement. And the best way to encourage activity is with cutting. So, here’s how to cut in basketball and how adding this to your game will improve your offence. We can all agree that ball movement is one of the most important aspects of basketball (isolation plays can only…
Tony Parker is one of the best at shooting the tear-drop. He made a career out of it. So, here’s how to shoot the floater like him. Tony Parker is one of the smaller point guards in the NBA. But his lack of size didn’t stop him from attacking the rim. Matter of fact, because…
American 21 is a fun basketball game that teaches many important, fundamental basketball skills. This article shows you how to play it. It was a regular day in 1996 and my friends and I were extremely bored. School had just ended and we didn’t know what to do. So, one of my friends suggested that…
Kettlebell swings are one of the most popular exercises. They’re efficient and effective and are great for beginners. If you could only do one conditioning exercise for basketball, it should be the kettlebell swing. The kettlebell, if you don’t know, is a weight that has an odd-looking design. It’s a cast-iron ball with a handle…
Andre Miller was one of the most respected point guards in the NBA. But his game didn’t have much flash to it. So how did he become a fan favourite? “Athletic” is not a description you would use for Andre Miller. Miller was never the fastest nor the most explosive nor the quickest player on…
The lines running drill is one the best basketball conditioning workouts you can do, especially when you basketball-ify it. I was in middle school when I first learned what lines (or suicides) were. My gym teacher (or basketball coach, I don’t quite remember) made us do them as a warm-up in this one class. At…
Are you looking for a new drill to improve your shooting so you can score like the best of them? If so, try the Dirk Nowitzki shooting drill. He does this in the offseason for his basketball workout and if you want to score better, you have to give it try. Dirk Nowitzki is often…
In the case of Nikola Jokic, his old man game and his mastery of the fundamentals are the reasons he’s been able to dominate. But how did he develop this style and what more can he do to improve? The first time I saw Nikola Jokic, I didn’t think much of him. He didn’t look…
