BENEFITS OF

BASKETBALL DRILLS
IMPORTANCE
Basketball drills help improve ESSENTIAL DRILLS
hand-eye coordination,
dribbling, passing techniques,
Two-ball dribbling
muscle memory, speed, and Defensive lane
conditioning. The best drills slides
prepare players for in-game The Mikan
situations and challenge them
to take their current skills to Weave drills
the next level. Transition drills

BEST FOR
BONE DENSITY
"Basketball is one of the best sports for
bone density", Lopez says. "As we know,
once we get older, we start losing bone
density. We can help decrease the rate of
loss by loading the bone through jumping,
running and weightlifting, so basketball
hits almost every category". IMPROVE
MOVEMENT SKILLS
"Fundamental movement skills
such as [sprinting], vertical jumping
and overhead throwing are very
basic to physical movement", says
Koco Eaton, MD, orthopaedic
surgeon, founder of Eaton
Orthopaedics and a former
basketball player (including three
PROMOTES SPEED, AGILITY, seasons of professional basketball
in Venezuela).
STRENGTH, POWER AND
ENDURANCE
A 2012 study suggested that mini-
basketball drills—such as ball
handling, chest passes and lay-ups—
can considerably improve
fundamental movement skills in
children 7 to 10 years old (kids
typically develop these skills
between the ages of 3 and 10). GOOD HEART RATE
A 2012 study found that full-court
games did elicit a higher heart-
rate response, but that doesn't
mean you won't get benefits
playing half court. In fact, a 2018
study suggested playing
basketball improves overall
health whether you're playing half
or full court.

Submitted by:
Josephine Manalad
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