Alan Stein's Elite Athlete Training

with Alan Stein,
Professional Basketball Strength Coach and owner of Stronger Team
Strength & Conditioning Coach, Montrose Christian (MD) High School

Basketball conditioning expert Alan Stein stresses that being fit and being in basketball shape are two completely different concepts. Since the game of basketball is fast paced, intense and provides very few rest breaks - your team's conditioning workouts should reflect this. Additionally, basketball is very movement-specific, so it is important to have players' include sprinting, back pedaling, defensive sliding and jumping in their workouts. To keep the workouts fresh, innovative and on the cutting edge, Coach Stein incorporates a variety of audio and visual cues that help improve a player's ability to read and react. The drills shared in this DVD are fun, interactive and competitive. In addition, each of these drills can be done for a desired time or a certain number of reps, and many of the drills can be done just about anywhere, which is of great value for coaches with limited court availability. Many of these drills are basketball-specific and will help your team improve moving without the ball, defensive positioning and rebounding. Each of these drills will help your players become tougher, increase their competitiveness and drastically improve your team's chemistry - traits that will carry over onto the court and will help win games! Stein believes that your team's off-season and pre-season conditioning workouts set the tone and build the foundation for your practices and games. A championship season is built year round!

30 minutes. 2006.

with Alan Stein,
Professional Basketball Strength Coach and owner of Stronger Team
Strength & Conditioning Coach, Montrose Christian (MD) High School

Alan Stein has dedicated his career to developing and improving basketball players on a year-round basis. This DVD is a look at his impressive training program, while providing coaches with a plan to help players improve. Strength and power training has become a standard in the basketball world, and Coach Stein is on the cutting edge of this development. His workout begins with some traditional exercises, but quickly transitions into new, innovative exercises. Several of the exercises are done from a standing position to help strengthen the lower back muscles and core. Further, many of the lower body exercises are done using one leg a time to ensure muscular balance. By becoming stronger, players are able to run faster, jump higher and box-out harder. Programs must be safe, balanced among all muscle groups, consistent year-round and progressive in nature. In addition to strength training, a well designed plyometric program can also enhance a player's performance. Stein shares several unique drills on the basketball floor designed to increase quickness and help players become more explosive. This DVD also introduces manual resistance exercises, which can be done anytime, anywhere. Programs with no accessibility to equipment can use these exercises and still gain excellent strength. Whether on the road, in the locker room or in the hallway, a combination of the exercises presented in this DVD can be used to greatly increase your team's strength and toughness.

29 minutes. 2006.

with Alan Stein,
Professional Basketball Strength Coach and owner of Stronger Team
Strength & Conditioning Coach, Montrose Christian (MD) High School

Alan Stein has dedicated his career to developing and improving basketball players on a year-round basis. This DVD provides coaches with a plan to do the same. The warm-up process is an extremely important yet often neglected part of preparation for basketball players. The goal of a warm-up is to make the muscles more elastic and get the joints of the body ready to play. In addition to physical preparation, this warm-up prepares players mentally as well. Each warm-up drill incorporates the movements used in basketball and creates consistency prior to each workout, practice and game. Once players are warmed-up, it is time to improve their flexibility. Dynamic flexibility movements increase the range of motion in the Achilles, calves, hamstrings, quadriceps, hip flexors and lower back. For coaches that work with limited space, Coach Stein introduces several stationary warm-up options. The core is the center of all movement and plays a large role in a player's ability to move quickly and jump higher. Stein has developed an innovative core routine that requires nothing more than a basketball. These drills include static holds in a plank position to improve lower back strength, crunch-type movements for the abs, twisting motions for the obliques, as well as a push-up variation for the chest and shoulders. By using Stein's program, players will increase flexibility, core strength and confidence. Build a championship program by following the teaching of Alan Stein today!

35 minutes. 2006.

See all the items in this series!

• Alan Stein's Explosive Conditioning for Basketball Players
• Alan Stein's Strength & Power Training for Basketball Players
• Alan Stein's Active Warm-up and Core Training for Basketball Players