Girls Basketball Trainer Blog

Hello Friends of the Internet Capital of Girls Basketball.

I’ve decided to start writing about my experiences as a girls basketball trainer. Hopefully through my writings, you will learn more about me, my love of basketball, new basketball drills, basketball tips and more.

Today I really don’t have much to write about. I’m actually a little disappointed. I did not get to train or host my mini-camp last Saturday because their was an activity at the facility I train at. Then this Monday, I received a phone call that I will not get to train this upcoming Saturday because their is another activity.

So instead of having the players go through 2 weeks of no activity, I decided to create a workout for them to do on their own.

Here’s the workout:

Ball Handling:
Wrap ball around waist 20x
Change directions and wrap another 20x
Wrap Ball around head 20x
Change directions and wrap another 20x
Wrap Ball around knees 20x
Change direction and wrap another 20x

Dribbling
Left hand dribbling at knee level 25x
Break – count to 10
Right hand dribbling at knee level 25x
Break – count to 10
Left hand dribbling at waist level 25x
Break – count to 10
Right hand dribbling at waistlevel 25x
Break – count to 10
Left hand dribbling at shoulder level 25x
Break – count to 10
Right hand dribbling at shoulder level 25x
Break – count to 10

Shooting (popo25):
Start inside the paint and with a bank shot. If you make the shot, take a step back. If not, attempt to make another shot in the same spot. Work your way out and around the basket until you make 25 shots.

Free throws:
Make 10

Layups:
Work on the techniques of left and right hand layups.
Use left hand on left side and Right hand on right side.

Also, I recently added a Pre-Season Workout to the GirlsBasketballResources.com site. The emphasis is on conditioning through ball handling, defense and shooting drills. Get more information here.

Here are some drills for the coaches looking for variety during Pre-Season conditioning. Alan Stein, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for DeMatha Catholic High School boys basketball program, offers a competitive way to condition your players.

Alan Stein’s notes about the drills in the video:

The first 3 drills were done at 50-60% of maximum effort as part of our warm-up. Everything after that was 100% and competitive! Races included: triangle agility with full court sprint, sprint vs. backpedal, center circle chase, inside-out full court gauntlet, and 3 cone lane drill.

The entire workout only lasted 30 minutes. When it comes to competing, we want to stress quality over quantity.

Amar’e Stoudemire is one of the most exciting Big Men in the NBA. This summer he held his Nike Skills Academy camp for high school and college centers.

There are some great drills in this video for centers or post players looking to add a move or two to your game.

Here is footage from the 2010 NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp for boys. This camp regularly features the nation’s top high school players and gives them insight in to what it takes to play in the NBA (both on and off the court). The camp is staffed by over two dozen former NBA players as well as current high school coaches.

Boys just seem to have all the fun and access to top camps learning new skills and drills. Don’t worry girls—I plan to change all that..

This video has some really great drills to help you with ball handling and some great post moves. I can’t wait to get back in the gym.

Check out these highlights from the 3rd Annual Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp. There is so much emphasis placed on ball handling, individual moves, and intense defense!

As a basketball trainer, watching this video gives me chills because I love to generate knew ideas to pass to the young ladies that I train.. I can’t wait to hit the gym for Saturday’s training session.

I hosted my very first Speed & Agility Camp. It was a success. Thank you to all the participants that came out to learn how to be more powerful, explosive, and agile basketball players. By attending the camp, the young ladies also put themselves a step ahead of the competition in girls basketball.

Rob Weatherly of Velocity Sports Performance did an excellent job showing the young ladies the different ways to warm up and stretch, drills to increase agility and quickness and how it applies to basketball. And you know I could not let the young ladies come to a girls basketball camp and not go over basketball skills. I had the young ladies go through stations of shooting, dribbling, passing and free throw shooting.

Check out the highlights.