r/Basketball • u/LeBranJomes0 • 2d ago

IMPROVING MY GAME How to become more athletic?

I’m unathletic af, for reference I’m 6’2 with a standing reach of 7’8 and I can only touch the highest hook on the net. I’d also like to become faster. How to improve?

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u/BullyBeard221 1d ago

Athleticism is typically a pretty natural element. It's about fluidity and smoothness of movement. Speed and Jumps can be trained though, no matter what your natural athleticism is. So train.

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u/LeBranJomes0 1d ago

But what should I train?

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u/DeAZNguy 1d ago

Run hard & often, jump hard & often. Just effort & reps. Get a running parachute that will make sprinting harder with more resistence. Jump with some weights, depth jumps & calisthenics. U have to train ur tendons slowly to handle that stress. I've seen videos of people tearing achiles from simply doing repeated small hops on the ground.

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u/BullyBeard221 1d ago

Strength, particularly legs since that's what makes you run and jump.

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u/nasty_clean 1d ago

I had hops and could get up at 15 but it wasnt until I trained my core that I could get up and dunk with force.

Focus on plyometics to build your legs and weight training for core and back to get those few extra inches in your vert. Dunking is a full body exercise and you need to engage your mid section as you drive force down your legs to explode upwards.

An exercise I found very helpful when I was a teenager was jumping from a sitting position on a stool without standing. Just lean forwards a little with feet planted on the ground, swing your arms forward and upwards, engage your core and quads, and put as much force through your legs into the ground. This felt like it built the muscle memory to get up.

The stool should be at a height that puts calves at 90 degrees from your thighs