In this post, I’m sharing what my 14-year-old daughter Charlotte does on a typical day of basketball workouts. Perhaps there will be something here that you’ll be able to incorporate into your own workouts. I also mean for this to be an example of how I work with players to develop their skills. I mean for this video and post to be a part of a larger conversation about basketball training.

I’m including a video with examples from the workout. I have taken time in the video to explain some of the philosophy about why we do what we do.

When I watch basketball or strength and agility workouts online, I know I often find myself taking notes. I have to take notes, type up notes, and then print out the workout to take into the weight room or on the court. I have created a Google Doc for this Workout and uploaded a PDF for your convenience.

All in a Day’s Work Handout

With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a lot more time on our hands. This has meant that we’ve spent a lot more time working on basketball together. Most days, this work does not feel like a grind but something my daughters and I enjoy doing together. One of the benefits of all of this time we have is that we can space out our workouts during the day. For example, we might do the on-court workout that takes close to 90 minutes, and then we can rest up before we run our hills. On this day there were four sections of the workout:

1. On Court
2. Hill Running
3. In the Weight Room
4. 100 Free Throws. We like to chart for

If you’re interested in learning about shooting technique, I recommend you go to YouTube and search for “Dave Love” and “Manitoba Basketball.” There are two free clinic sessions you can watch and learn a lot about shooting. Dave’s website is here.

Quite a bit of what we do in the weight room comes from two sources:

1. Tim Grover’s book Jump Attack. Tim was famously Michael Jordan’s trainer.
2. An online presentation I heard from Jacob Hiller. Click here to reach his website.