Progressive Strength and Conditioning Warm-ups for Basketball

and with Danny Manning,
University of Colorado Assistant Coach;
University of Louisville Associate Head Coach from 2022 to 2024;
University of Maryland Interim Head Coach in 2022;
University of Maryland Assistant Coach - 2021;
Wake Forest University Head Coach from 2014 to 2020;
2017 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award ;
University of Tulsa Head Coach from 2012 to 2014;
2014 C-USA Champions, C-USA Coach of the Year;
distinguished member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2008);
University of Kansas - Assistant Coach from 2003 to 2012 (2008 NCAA Championship);
played for Kansas (1988 NCAA Champions; was NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player);
NABC Player of the Year (1988);
No. 1 overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft;
2x NBA All Star;
1998 NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Great basketball teams are able to sustain full effort throughout a 40-minute college game. While at Tulsa and Wake Forest, Coach Danny Manning worked closely with Ryan Horn to continuously improve players' strength and agility and minimize the risk of injury. In this on-court demonstration, Horn shares a series of simple exercises that he uses to get the men's basketball team ready for each practice, game and season.

The parameters and guidelines for this workout are simple to follow and do not require extra equipment to implement. Each series focuses on ways to develop the player into a more explosive, agile athlete while also assisting them with learning injury prevention techniques.

In his presentation, Coach Horn breaks the exercises into three stages. The first stage includes preparatory drills. These drills help the players warm up and develop fluidity in their motions. They are also the staging point for the more difficult exercises to come. The pogo hop series helps enhance players' reactive abilities. By using small hops, both laterally and forward and back, these simple movements strengthen and prepare the ankles, shins and legs for more difficult routines. These movements also strengthen the core. Added to the preparatory drills are the straight leg skips and a set of high knees.

The next stage of drills is the "combo agility" series, which help develop posture and range of motion. Players attack the set at 70 to 80 percent full effort. Slides and back pedals simulate more game-like action. This simple set of drills can be done quickly in practice, but the results will be quite meaningful to the team and players' output.

The final stage of the series is the "stop and go" drills. This high intensity set of drills prepares players for the game, and also teaches them how to prevent injuries by correctly decelerating.

This video is athletes of all skill levels. The exercise are simple to teach and can be done in an efficient amount of time. They will help any team get stronger, faster, quicker and also assist with basketball motions as well as help prevent season-ending injuries.

68 minutes. 2014.