Basketball Drill of the Week: Suicides Running Drill
Have bad cardio? Here’s a great conditioning exercise you can do.
Do you have trouble lasting?
(In basketball that is.)
Well, there’s a great exercise you can do and you don’t need any equipment to perform it.
And it’s pretty simple as well.
The exercise is called Suicides (or Lines).
This is a great running exercise that can be done at many places and is one of the most popular cardio exercises for basketball players.
To do the exercise:
Start on the baseline
Run to the free-throw line (or first cone) and bend down to touch the line. Then, run back to the baseline and touch it before running the next suicide line.
Run to the three-point line (or second cone), touch it, and return to the baseline.
Run to the half-court line (or third cone), touch it, and return to the baseline.
Run to the opposite three-point line (or fourth cone), touch it, and run back to the starting baseline.
Run to the opposite free-throw line (or fifth cone), touch it, and return.
Run to the opposite baseline (or sixth cone), touch it, and run back.
That’s one lap. Now repeat it for the number of desired laps.
If you want to basketball-ify this exercise, dribble a basketball while running the suicides and do line dribbling (focusing on your weak hand) or various dribble combos as you run the lines.
You can learn more about suicides (or lines) and how it can improve your game on the blog here.