Basketball Drill of the Week: Burpees
Here’s a great conditioning exercise that can be done at home.
Do you feel out of shape for basketball?
It’s probably because you are. But don’t fret -here’s an easy exercise you can do to build your cardio and stamina.
It’s called burpees and I’m pretty sure you’ve done them before (or at least have heard of them).
Burpees are great for basketball because they’re simple full-body, bodyweight movements that can -like the Med Ball 200- be done in conjunction with on-court work.
Additionally, burpees will strengthen your upper and lower body while working your cardio.
Here’s how to do burpees:
Get into a squat position
Kick your legs out behind you (or step out) into the plank position
Do a push-up
Hop (or step) back into the squat position
Stand (or jump) up with your hands above your head
Get back into the squat position and repeat
I recommend that you start with 3 sets of 12 reps and add more reps (or sets) as you get stronger and your cardio improves.
It may sound easy right now, but they will push you to your limit if you do enough of them.
However, I will add that playing basketball is the best way -especially for average Joes and Janes- to improve your basketball conditioning.
Read why on this blog post here.
But if you’re short on time or are just a busy bee and can’t play basketball often, burpees will do the job.