Strength is the key and best foundation when it comes to basketball injury prevention. If an athlete wants to take it a step further, improve his physical attribute, be able to jump higher, be able to run faster, become quicker or want to reduce and prevent injuries, strength is one of the vital and major parts of the equation.
In the world of basketball, strength is one of least sought attribute for players for some reason. Maybe it's the old belief that if a basketball player does body building methods to enhance his strength, he will become ineffective and slow. This may affect his way of playing, his mechanics of jumps will become flat out wrong and this is potentially dangerous.
What do star players like Michael Jordan, Steve Nash, Kobe
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What exactly is power? Power is how much force you put into the ground and how fast you can do it, how fast you can use it. Strength allows you to increase your force production and thus making other parts of your training become more effective. A smart and progressive program for strength building can result in an athlete effectively using his strength to improve his performance.
One of the most common things I hear from basketball players, parents and coaches all the time is "I want to do functional training." I do agree that all training should be "functional" but what is the true meaning of a "functional training?" For me a functional training is a "training that makes sense." We just not get stronger at a certain lift that we do but we want the strength we gain to be applicable in playing basketball.
The strength improvement and gains both the athletes and coaches are seeking for should be improvements in relative strength. For example, if you eat as much as you want and do heavy lifting during summers, surely you will get a lot stronger but this probably won't make you be too effective as a basketball player. The goal is to get stronger while staying lean as much as
Willie Mays once said “In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this” In order to succeed it’s required to put everything on the line to survive in the world of sports. Without devoting to sports there is no correct path to success. Nobody will be on the level of competition. Dedication also comes into play where people will need to be better in other areas. Technique is another must have to be involved with sports. If its not possible to do something right then try over and over until it is. Speed is needed to be able to get place to place or to shoot a swift shot. Working out lower body will help with strength which comes back to dedication. Therefore, everything comes back to each other and helps be better, faster, harder, and stronger.
Mike Mancias, the long-time athletic trainer for LeBron James, and now a WHOOP advisor. “In fact, research shows that 30 percent of athletes are overtrained, which can lead to injury and poor performance. It’s only by balancing intensity with recovery that athletes can optimize performance.”
There are different types of muscle because each sport has various needs. “Power endurance is typically characterized by intense, repeated efforts for a relatively short period of time (less than 30 seconds)”(1). Sports such as sprinters, wrestlers, fencers and tennis players need to produce powerful movements and repeat them with several times with little to no rest. This training involves lifting about 15-30 reputations of moderate loads, about 50%-70% 1RM per lift.
... and motivation to prepare athletes for competitive events and gain strength to get back to competing. Many times, they will conduct training camps, skill improvement courses, clinics, preseason workouts and tryouts, and training programs based on teams and individuals in specific sports.
Physiologically there are many benefits to consistent weight training. This includes muscle size, tone, and overall strength. Not only this but lifting weights has also been shown to improve psychological health as well. This is done by increasing self-esteem, conf...
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A basketball player's body weight, whether female or male, "can influence their speed, endurance, and power while their body composition can affect an athlete's strength, agility, and appearance (Rodriguez & DiMarco & Langley, 2009)." Excess adipose tissue acts as dead weight in activities and in our basketball player she is carrying 16 lbs. of dead weight that is keeping her from performing at her optimum performance.
Toughness is just a term that many individuals use to describe they’re ability to believe that their not weak in any way. Playing the game of basketball and being a part of the team is more than just being tough. Basketball is more of being determined, strong, and willing to become a better athlete. When you have the mindset that I am tough and no one can give you pointers to make your game better. Does not make you an athlete nor makes you tough. What makes any ball player tough are the struggles and the process you go through to make you better. We as players have our ups and downs. As soon as we give up, were no longer determined, strong, and willing. As soon as we give up this problem is what makes us weak, and what coach wants a weak player on their team that gives up in any possible way. There are three words that describe the term tough and these words are being determined, being strong , and willing to learn and become an overachiever in the game of basketball.
Basketball is a "transition game. Players continuously switch between defensive and offensive plays throughout the game. The plays include strenuous physical, such as running/sprinting, cutting, feints, jumps, and landings. Rapid turns and proximity during one-on-one situations increase the possibility of physical contact. Thus, frequent intermittent running and sprinting characterize the action of the game. Motion analysis has shown that depending on individual playing-time; basketball players cover a distance between 4.6 and 5.8 km per game, with mean heart rates between 80 and 90% of individual maximum heart rates (European Network for Sports injuries prevention, 2008). Consequently, players need to rid of highly advanced basic...
Strength is an abstract concept with various meanings. Some meanings are more complex than others. Many people when they hear the word strength think of muscular men who can lift cars or comic book heroes that fly around their city saving people. More exists to the concept than just being muscular. Strength is also shown when one goes through something tough but stays positive and pushes through it anyways. Having strength can mean possessing the ability to accomplish hard tasks because of muscles, being firm or solidly planted in something, or withstanding your own and not giving up or giving in to the opposing force.
For example, a basketball player would be able to jump higher, a boxer would be able to punch harder, etc. (Wellness.com).
Power is the ability to produce maximum forceful movement and is a combination of speed and strength. It is essential to have power when doing block starts and sprinting, as it enables acceleration and force. When the athlete takes off from the blocks, he/she needs to power and accelerate their arms and legs and continue this throughout the race. Power involves strong force from both leg and arm muscles to exert high amounts of energy over a short period of time.
The project that I will be carrying out is a study of the science behind banking a shot in a basketball game. I will calculate the best places on the court to bank a shot and compare them to the places where NBA basketball players often decide to ‘go glass’. The angle of the shot on the court, the place of impact on the backboard and the distance of the shot will be the most important variables in my experiment. The areas of physics that my project will explore are branches of classical mechanical physics that include Newton’s Laws of Motion, force, energy and speed. The Laws of Motion will be used to explain how the ball reacts to the impact with the backboard.
Basketball is a extremely hazardous sport that involves rigorous amounts of jumping leaping and running. The basketball goal is often gloried due to the fact that it is the scoring avenue in the game of basketball on the contrary; the hazard that are associated the basketball goal itself can be monumental. The padding that is around the goal post of be a monumental asset to the establishment of safety when play the game of basketball. “Bucyrus High School junior Noah Lear died Wednesday two weeks after he was severely injured while playing basketball. Lear was playing basketball on Feb. 27 with three of his friends when a dunk attempt snapped the support pole causing the pole, backboard and hoop to come crashing down, landing on his head