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The document outlines a 12-week basketball training program divided into 3 blocks. The first block focuses on building muscle, power, and conditioning. Workouts include strength, plyometrics, and conditioning circuits. The second block incorporates more power exercises and advanced agility drills. The third block peaks strength and power while applying speed and agility drills with and without a basketball. Each block provides progression tables for increasing weight, repetitions, sets and decreasing rest periods over the 4-week period.

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Block 1

The document outlines a 12-week basketball training program divided into 3 blocks. The first block focuses on building muscle, power, and conditioning. Workouts include strength, plyometrics, and conditioning circuits. The second block incorporates more power exercises and advanced agility drills. The third block peaks strength and power while applying speed and agility drills with and without a basketball. Each block provides progression tables for increasing weight, repetitions, sets and decreasing rest periods over the 4-week period.

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Block 1

The four weeks in this block of training are meant to lay the foundation for future success. These
four weeks are meant to add muscle mass, teach you how to be fast and explosive, and to begin
the process of getting you in basketball shape. Below we're going to show you how the weeks
break down, then we'll have a table to show you how to progress in terms of sets, reps, and
percentages.

Monday
Strength training:

 Back squats
 Lunges
 Romanian deadlifts
 Hyperextensions
 Calves

Power:

 Squat jumps
 Standing long jumps

Speed/Agility:

 Falling starts: 3x20 meters


 Bounds: 3x20 meters
 Shuffle right/left: 3x10 meters each side
 Backpedal: 3x10 meters

Tuesday:
Strength training:

 Bench press
 Dips
 Pull-ups
 Bent-over rows
 Triset: Front raises, side raises, bent-over lateral raises

Power:

 Medicine ball chest pass


 Medicine ball overhead throw

Wednesday:
Conditioning (circuit-style, 30 seconds on, minimal rest between exercises):

 Jump rope
 Burpees
 Plank
 Jump rope
 Squats
 Side plank (do each side)
 Jump rope
 Inchworms
 Bear crawls
 Jump rope
 Lunges
 Push-ups

Thursday:
Strength training:

 Deadlifts
 Split squats
 Good mornings
 Supermans
 Calves

Power:

 Counter-movement jump
 Standing triple jump

Speed/agility:

 Stride length drills: 3x20 meters


 Falling starts: 3x40 meters
 505 drill, 3x

Friday:
Strength training:

 Incline press
 Dumbbell bench press
 One-arm dumbbell rows
 Kettlebell rows
 Superset: Biceps/triceps (3x12-15 each)

Power:

 Clapping push-ups
 Behind back overhead medicine ball throw

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4


Strength 3x12- 3x12- 3x8-12@80% 3x15-
training 15@70% 15@75% 20@60%
Plyometrics 10 jumps or 15 jumps or 20 jumps or 20 jumps or
throws throws throws throws
Conditioning 1 time 2 times 3 times 3 times
through through, rest through, rest through, rest
1 minute 1 minute 45 seconds
between between between
circuits circuits circuits
Table One: Progressions for the first block of training. Note that not all strength training exercises
will be trained at a percentage of maximum. For those exercises you should train them at a
repetition maximum (i.e., pick a weight that allows you to lift it for the specified number of
repetitions).

Block 2
This block builds on the first one. It is a little heavier than the previous block of training,
incorporates more power exercises, more conditioning workouts, and begins to incorporate a
wider variety of agility exercises. Note that the agility exercises are taken from this STACK article.

Monday:
Strength training:

 Back squats
 Romanian deadlifts
 Bench press
 Bent-over rows
 Standing military press

Speed/agility training:

 Bounds: 3x20 meters


 Resisted sprints: 3x5 meters
 Standing starts: 3x20 meters
 Figure 8 drills: 3-5x without the ball
 4 cone drill: 3-5x without the ball

Tuesday:
Conditioning:

 360 Drill: Set up a cone every 5 yards for 40 yards. Run to the first cone, touch the ground,
run back to the start line, touch the start line. Run to the second cone, touch the ground,
run back to the start line, touch the start line. Repeat this until you have run to the 40-yard
line and run back.

Wednesday:
Strength/power training:

 Power clean, hang, above the knee


 Clean pulls, hang, above the knee
 Squat jumps (barbell)
 Box jump

Thursday:
Conditioning:
Circuit, perform each exercise for 45 seconds with minimal rest between each exercise:

 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Burpees
 Push-ups
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Squats
 Bear crawls
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Lunges
 Seated dips
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Inchworms
 Plank

Friday:
Strength training:

 Superset: Front squats and Pull-ups


 Superset: Lunges and Dumbbell bench press
 Superset: Good mornings and Seated dumbbell shoulder press
 Superset: Hyperextensions and Triceps
 Superset: Calves and Biceps

Speed/Agility:

 Stride length drills: 3x20 meters


 Standing starts: 3x60 meters
 Resisted sprints: 3x60 meters
 Weave and shoot drill, simulate having the ball: 5x

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4


Strength 3x8-12@80% 3x6-10@85% 3x4-8@90% 3x12-
training 15@70%
(Monday)
Strength 3x4-6@60% 3x3-5@65% 3x3-5@70% 3x-4-6@60%
training
(Wednesday)
Strength 3x12-15 3x10-12 3x8-12 3x15-20
training
(Friday)
Plyometrics 20 jumps or 25 jumps or 30 jumps or 20 jumps or
throws throws throws throws
Conditioning 1 time 2 times 3 times 3 times
through through, rest through, rest through, rest
1 minute 1 minute 45 seconds
between between between
circuits circuits circuits
Table Two: Progressions for the second block of training.

Block 3
This block of training is meant to peak your strength and power while applying speed and agility
to basketball. At this point, you need to be back in the gym working on your basketball skills.

Monday:
Strength and power training:

 Clean grip deadlift + Power clean, hang, knee height


 Back squats + Box jumps
 Romanian deadlifts + Standing long jumps
 Bench press + Clapping push-ups
 Bent-over rows + Forward medicine ball toss

Speed/Agility training:

 Bounds: 3x10 meters


 Resisted sprints: 3x10 meters
 Jump and run drill: 3x without ball, 3x with ball
 Box and run drill: 3x without ball, 3x with ball
 Weave and shoot drill: 5x with ball

Note: Jump and run drill and box and run drills are taken from this article on STACK.

Tuesday:
Conditioning:

 360 Drill: Set up a cone every 5 yards for 40 yards. Run to the first cone, touch the ground,
run back to the start line, touch the start line. Run to the second cone, touch the ground,
run back to the start line, touch the start line. Repeat this until you have run to the 40-yard
line and run back.

Wednesday:

 Off

Thursday:
Strength and power training:

 Clean pull + Power clean, hang, knee height + Front squat


 Lunges + Split jumps
 Good mornings + Hurdle hops
 Incline press + Medicine ball chest pass
 Pull-ups + Forward medicine ball toss

Speed/agility training:

 Stride length drills: 3x20 meters


 Resisted sprints: 3x40 meters
 Offensive drill: 3x without ball, 3x with ball
 Figure 8 drill: 5x with ball
 4 cone drill: 5x with ball

Friday:
Conditioning:
Circuit, perform each exercise for 45 seconds with minimal rest between each exercise:

 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Burpees
 Push-ups
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Squats
 Bear crawls
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Lunges
 Seated dips
 Jump rope
 Kettlebell swings
 Inchworms
 Plank

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4


Strength 3x4-8@90% 3x2-6@95% 3x2-6@95@ 3x8-12@80%
training
(Monday)
Strength 3x6-10@85% 3x4-8@90% 3x2-6@95% 3x8-12@80%
training
(Thursday)
Plyometrics 25 jumps or 30 jumps or 35 jumps or 20 jumps or
throws throws throws throws
Conditioning 1 time 2 times 3 times 3 times
through through, rest through, rest through, rest
1 minute 45 minute 30 seconds
between between between
circuits circuits circuits
Table Three: Progressions for the third block of training

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