Basketball Specific Exercises

Program created for Jordan Schoob – Body by Coach Conner

Workout Goals for a rotational sport

  • Improve Cardio
  • Gain Strength
  • Get Ripped
  • Build Mass – request to add muscle mass and weight from 160 – 185 lbs. for Varsity

Basic Warm up

Start the workout with jumping/plyometric-type exercises like Box Jumps, Tuck Jumps or Depth Jumps and perform 2-3 sets of 8-10 repetitions with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets.

Basketball Workout Plan

Chest/Triceps

Legs/Abs

  • Squats – 3×12 (goblet squat and press)
  • Dumbbell Lunge – 3×2
  • Bounding – 3×10
  • *Depth Jumps – 2×12 jump off box then another huge jump forward or onto another box (landing-transition-take-off)
  • Vertical jump 24” to 36” over 10 weeks progression
  • Jump Rope – 5×30-45 seconds
  • Plank – 2×60 seconds
  • Crunches – 2×30
  • Barbell Squats – 2X12
  • Plank knee-heel maintaining core stabilization

*Start the workout with jumping/plyometric-type exercises like Box Jumps, Tuck Jumps or Depth Jumps and perform 2-3 sets of 8-10 repetitions with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets.

Back/Shoulders/Biceps

Legs/Abs