What should I do to practice before basketball tryouts?

Basketball tryouts for my school are in a week... I havent played in 2 years, but a lot of people want me to because of my height. What are some things that I could practice at home to get ready for tryouts?|||A lot of practice and relaxed masturbation|||If you've only got a week before tryouts, then you should get a head start on running. Go to your local or school track and run(jog) about 4 laps each day. Then after you've properly recovered, run some 100 yard sprints as fast as you can, then walk until you've recovered, and do another. Do this for about 4 laps.





Then take a basketball and jog around the track for 4 laps and you're done. The reason I'm telling you to focus on running is because you've only got a week before tryouts and if you can run without getting tired, the coach will surely be impressed. You'll also have all the endurance you need to hustle and play great defense. Trust me.





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Over the weekend, you could find a goal somewhere and just shoot as many jump shots as you can, until you're tired. Do this Saturday, not Sunday, because you'll need a full day to recover.|||Hi!





What you should do depends on your position and many, many other things. Sounds like you are tall so you are probably a post player or a big guard. You only have a week to prepare so I am sorry, but it is going to be difficult for you to get in great shape in such a short amount of time. It usually takes about 3 weeks for that. Anyways, you need to what we call "tighten up your game."





You're not going to make any drastic improvements in a week, sorry. But you can definetly prepare yourself so you can make the team.





First off, I would condition (run) every morning. You want to train for basketball and do the things that are going to be asked of you to do during tryouts. For example, suicides (also called line drill). This is where you run from the baseline to the free throw line and back, then to half court and back, then to the other free throw line and back, then full court and back. Run 3 of these. Each in a 65 seconds with 65 second rest in between.





The next thing they will have you run in tryouts are full court sprints. Baseline to baseline. You should run about 10 of these a day. Each should take you 10 seconds.





You do not want to run too much long distance because this in not what the game of basketball is comprised of. It is a game of short sprints. You rarely are running at jogging speed.





As far as your skill development...you should be working on post move (layups), and mid-range jump shots, but most importantly FREE THROWS. If you are a PF or C and you knock down FREE THROWS you will make the team, I guarentee it.





If you have any questions or want any more advice please email me.


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Augie Johnston


http://www.thejump-manual.com|||I think you should practice you shot first because that can be quite difficult if you haven't played for a while. secondly you should practice dribbling because this is also one of the things people struggle with when playing basketball.