All coaches want their players to be big and quick. As a coach I would sometimes give up size for quickness. I would look for quickness in relationship to their position. In performing drills, I would tell my players to be quick but never hurry. Quickness without control is like activity without achievement.

CONDITIONING
1. Physical conditioning is having your body in shape to function to the highest degree of efficiency for the length of the game.
2. I do not believe in conditioning for conditionings sake. My athletes become conditioned through drills. Drills must be devised not only to teach fundamentals but also to condition at the same time.
3. Players should be conditioned according to their position. Guards and forwards should not be conditioned exactly the same.
4. What players do between practices is almost as important as what they do during practice. They must have moderation (eating, sleep, etc.).

Example of what I did my last year at UCLA. 
1. Stretch on their own. Concentrate on the large muscle areas (-2 minutes).            
2. I would yell position. Position to take jumpshot (imaginery ball).            
3. Shot. Looking for proper form. (10 times). 
4. Fake then shoot. Fake with the head. You want to freeze the defense, then take the shot. (10 times). 
5. Fake the shot then drive. Keep the ball close to your side. Use your eyes to unfreeze the defense and then go by them 
close. (10 times).            
6. Offensive rebounding. The most important aspect of offensive rebounding is assuming that every shot will be missed. 
           A. Make sure your hands are above the shoulder. 
           B. The closer you move to the defense the more you minimize their size.            
           C. Take three or four steps and go get the basketball and tip the basketball with one hand. 
           D. You missed it. Go right up and tip it with the other hand. 
           E. You can do the same thing except instead of tipping the ball use the two hand rip. 
           F. Go up get the ball with two hands, bring the ball in close to your chest, make one pump (never more than two) and 
go right back up strong. (Do each one 5 times each).
7. Defensive rebounding. 
           A. Once shot is taken player backs two steps. 
           B. Turn and go get the ball. I believe in beating the offensive player to the basket not blocking out. You should still turn 
the way offense is going. All contact will be made by the offense. 
           C. Defense goes up and gets the ball and brings it to their chest, turns and makes the outlet pass, and hurries back to 
their position (10 times).

You would be surprised what a good conditioning drill this is. We did this at the start of every practice. It takes less than 10 minutes to do all of these drills.

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