Shooting Routines For Guards

These are some great routines and games to help guards work on all aspects of shooting and prepare for the pressure of real-game situations from Coach Vicky McKenzie of Texas Tech Basketball.

Two Person Partner Shooting

Start with two people with one ball. One person shoots and follows shot. Shooter rebounds shot and passes to partner who is spotting up for a shot. Second person shoots the ball and goes to rebound and passes to partner who is spotting up for the shot. This is a continuous shooting drill. It works best if there are only two or three pairs at each basket

Spot Shooting

One shooter with two balls and two rebounders. (Designate spots ahead of time e.g. 3pt line point, wing, baseline, elbow, etc.) Shooter stays in one spot and shoots for 30 seconds at each spot getting in as many shots as possible during the 30 seconds. Rotate spots so that everyone shoots from each designated spot.

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45-Minute Basketball Workout

Offseason conditioning is a key element in being a successful Division I athlete. At Mississippi State, the coaching staff leads their team through a series of fundamental workouts with and without the basketball.

Within the spring and summer the team spends up to four hours a week in the gym and four hours in the weight room improving their physical strength. The following 45-minute basketball workout should be preformed three days a week. Developing confidence, coordination, strength, timing, and stamina is the athlete's main focus throughout the workout.

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Quick Stance

Players should have good habits in applying any basketball movement to perform faster movements . Quick stance requires a level of muscular strength and endurance in the abdominal area and lower back . Teach a quick stance for offense and defense is a very challenging task , and patience is needed because usually novice players do not have the muscle strength and endurance to remain in this position for a long time .

The most important part of the quick and the stance is to maintain the position of the knee and the elbow bent . All joints should be bent and always getting ready for explosive movements . Always play as low as possible to the floor . The more players move lower , the higher the player can jump , the more explosive movements , can perform a faster defense , and players can better protect the ball from opponents guard . So the concept of " play low and stay low" is very important for all the players .

Keeping this basic position requires hard work because the players would be uncomfortable and awkward in a position that is not natural . Tests are good for quick stance is to imagine that a player sitting in a chair with his back to the head position of the knee as shown . Quick stance becomes very tiring but if you can do really well , then we can be a very good player in defense and offense 

Building a Defense Team

Defense is one of the most important parts in the game of basketball. Basketball team that has a good standard, would have a good defense and orderly. One thing that is important in playing defense is that the concept of team defense. Team defense is a concept in which we collaborate in conducting the defense team. Every individual must realize the importance of understanding the defense team. In order to do effective defense, the coach must be systematic / sequential teaches philosophy at the players on defense that includes some of these things: 

• Defense should always be aggressive. 
• Each player in the team must be responsible. 
• In every game should have a defensive purpose. 
• Defense it is a combination of a team game in team defense. 
• Defense it must use a heart full of determination. 

Forming a defense system takes time, patience, discipline, and commitment from every player on the team. Coaches are responsible to explain to the players about the benefits of an effective defense system. One more important thing is terusnya hard work done each player will make the defense that will be used increasingly become an incredible weapon to dampen the strength of the opponent in a match