Basketball Warm-Up Specific Speed Drills

It is crucial that every youth athletes understand that incorporating specific speed drills after their warm up that can help to facilitate success in their game and minimize the risk of injury. Often times athletes skip their most important part of the training session which is the warm up. The warm up creates an opportunity to start introducing movement specific sports skills that required for their sports and also to blood circulation by improving core temperature that leads to better focus, enhance movement qualities and other forms of physical and neurological qualities.

A general warm up has been taught to the youth athletes by simply incorporating general jog approximately 5 to 8 minutes and followed by some dynamic warm up movements drills. However, this shouldn't be the end of the warm up session. It is recommended to incorporate speed specific warm up drills to stimulate their nervous system and neuromuscular system. The key is to get athletes to move fast prior their actual training session.

The below are some examples of warm specific speed drills that can be use prior to actual training/game practice session. Pick 2 to 3 exercises if you are in a hurry and you are ready to go.

1) Moving A Skips (3x10yrd)

2) Falling Forward Sprint (3x10yrd)

3) 3 Point Start Sprint (3x10yrd)