Basketball tips/equipement?

Question

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are these good knee pads for basket ball ok so in my town there is this thing for basketball in the summer 3 times a week for 2 hours each theres about 20 somthing girls i went last year as a 5th grader and the coach really like me he helped me with my shooting and every thing this year im trying out for travel basketball he said my defense is really amazing but i need to work on my shot and tips on how to get better in like 3 months ps hes the coach of travel so that helps me alot

also wich of these sports bags is better

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1735539&cp=2782299&pg=2&searchSort=TRUE&searchSort=TRUE&sr=1&origkw=duffel+bag&s=A-StorePrice-TSA&parentPage=family

it has to fit a basketball 3 pairs of shoes water gatorade and a and sweats or his one

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/shopbyroom/travel/duffelsportbags/PRD~341749/Nike+Brasilia+Duffel+Bag.jsp

Answer 1

I dont know about the knee pads, they look good.

I have both of those bags..They're both good but the NIKE one would be too big for carrying around.. I'd go with the first one, the Adidas bag.

Answer 2

The knee pads look fine and the Nike bag would for sure be able to fit everything if you don't mind carrying such a big bag around all over the place. I'm sure you could stuff them in the Adidas bag too though.

I have a lot of tips for you to improve your basketball skills. You need to work on all parts of your game, not just your shooting.

Each day you need to pick out a specific part of the game you want to improve and focus almost completely on that skill. If you spend a little time on all aspects of the game, it will be a very slow improvement process.

   Make a schedule of what you want to work on each day of the week ahead of time and a workout schedule of what you want to do during your workout.

EX: Week: Monday: Ball Handling, Tuesday: Shooting, Wednesday: Rebounding, Thurday: Conditioning/Defense, Friday: Strength

EX: Monday- 30 minutes of two ball dribbling (walk, jog, and sprint up and down the court simultaneously dribbling a basketball in each hand at the same time; this improves your awareness and strengthens your weaker hand because you have to work with both hands together. Be sure to incorporate crossing-over, switching hands, and going backwards or sideways with the basketballs to improve all parts of your game and make sure that you keep your eyes up at all time. Making mistakes is a great sign, if you aren't making mistakes you aren't going hard enough.

Tuesday: Do not simply shoot around- make a plan ahead of time. For example, flip the ball out to yourself (or have a passer pass you the ball if your with someone) and shoot 10 shots at a time from the corners, wings, and top of the keys. Make sure you work on shooting from one spot of the floor at a time (repetition is key). Then you may want to work on ball faking (pretending to shoot) and driving to the basketball for a lay up or pulling up for a jump shot off the dribble. Remember shooting is not all set jump shooting you need to be able to shoot of the dribble and off screens as well. To practice shooting off of screens, set cones on the ground and curl off the cones as if they are a screen set for you. Be sure to use proper form when you shoot (square your feet, knees, and chest to the basket, extend your elbow when you shoot and be sure to hold your follow through! That is very important). To make situations more game-like, play a game against your shot, for every shot you make you get a point, for every shot you miss your opponent gets a point (first one to score 21 points wins the game, if you lose give yourself a consequence such as a line drill for conditioning) Keep in mind as you get better your will start making every miss worth 2 or 3 or 4 points for your opponent to challenge yourself.

Wednesday: Rebounding. Ideally it would be best to have someone with you on this day. If you do you want to have some basic drills you want to do (rebounding is important no matter what position you play or how tall you are). Stand at the free throw line facing the hoop with somebody standing behind you, then throw the ball off the backboard and box out the person standing behind you (make sure you let them know that you want them to try to get the ball as hard as they can, it will only make you better). The best way to box someone out is to bend your knees (the lower you are the better) and put your butt right into their knees, it will put them off balance making it easier for you to retrieve the ball. You can do this drill a number of different ways. For starting just try to box your opponent out and retrieve the ball right away. As you get better try keep your opponent boxed out even longer by letting the ball bounce one, two, or three time without letting him touch it before you grab the ball. If you do not have somebody with you it is still important to go through the motions and get a feel for what it would be like. Maybe work on leg strength by doing wall sits or squats, that will help you as well.

Thursday: Conditioning and defense go hand in hand in the game of basketball. They are both very important. You need to be able to play solid defense in game situations without getting tired in order to be a successful player. For defensive workouts, work on foot fires, defensive shuffles up and down the court, ball-you-man position (this is a man to man defense; wherever the ball is you want to be half-way between the man you are guarding and the ball at all times. This way if someone tries to pass your man the ball, you will be in the passing lane to steal the ball for a fast break going the other way. Also, if one opponent somehow gets around your teammate you can slide over and stop your teammates man from scoring. If you are too close to your own man, there will be no help for your teammate and the other team will easily score a basket). Defensive workouts can be very difficult on your body, but stay motivated and don't give up, it is making your better. Conditioning could include a number of things. Line Drills (Sprinting to the free-throw line and back, half court and back, other free throw line and back, and all the way down the floor and back) are very good for conditioning because they involve different intervals of sprints and frequent change of direction often, just like a basketball game. You may also want to do defensive shuffle line drills which are tougher but even better (a defensive shuffle line drill is pretty self-explanatory, you do it just like a line drill but instead of sprinting you are shuffling). A good thing to work on while conditioning is free-throw shooting. It is best to practice free-throws when you are tired to make it a game-like situation. In-between line drills shoot ten free throws or so while you are tired (never shoot more than ten free throws at a time, because you will get comfortable at the line which never happens in a game because the most you will shoot at one time is 2 or 3). You may also put pressure on yourself to make free-throws game-like by giving yourself a margin of error. Maybe you want to be able to consistently shoot 80% at the line. Therefore, shoot ten free-throws, if you make 8 or better then you made your goal. If you made less than 8 then run a down and back for each shot under 8 (for example if you made 6 run two down-and-backs, if you made 3 run 5 down and backs). This helps conditioning, shooting, and putting pressure on yourself for game-like situations.

Friday: Strength. Having ripped muscles is an overrated characteristic in basketball, but it is important to have a strong core and be able to be strong with the ball and not turn it over. To improve your basic core work, do sets of sit-ups, crunches, push-ups, and so on DURING your basketball workouts. In between shooting work outs do some push ups, in between ball handling work outs do some sit-ups, it will all help you with your game and strength. At the end of basketball work-outs do maybe 3 sets of 60 second abs, or do wall sits for 2 minutes, or 5 sets of 30 second bicycle kicks, these will all make you internally stronger (if you do not know what these work-outs are then look them up on the internet, do not skip them). Like I said huge muscles are overrated but it will still help to lift weights maybe 3 or 4 times a week. Get to the weight room and work on bench press, squat, dumbbell lifts and curls. Spend more time on the other basketball strength improvements during your workouts though.

I really hope that I helped you out and good luck, let me know how these work-outs are helping you and if you need help with anything else let me know as well! If anything is confusing ask. I know the game very well and would love to help.

Answer 3

Nike!!!!!!!!!!