Basketball quickness drills?

[C.W.]

I'm looking to improve my movement and I had a thought - I remember seeing the basketball players in high school doing some drills around cones seems like they were placed about 5 yards in apart in a square and they'd move around them (while facing the same direction) forward, laterally, and backward. Is anyone doing anything like this? What do you think?

Edited July 7, 2011 by C.W.

[Flexmoney]

google for "ladder drills" or "agility drills"

[Derek Wallace]

I would call that a box drill (don't know if that is correct). You run, lateral, back pedal, lateral. I would say it's about two yards a side.

If you really wanna get some acceleration look into plyomeric workouts.

BTW, you think of movement and come up with baseball?!

Edit: Fixing a typo from a phone post.

Edited July 8, 2011 by Derek Wallace

[CZinSC]

If you really wanna get some acceleration look into polymeric workouts.

I believe you mean plyometric workouts.

We did them in high school for football ( during the summer conditioning workouts ), along with jump rope. Increased our 40yd dash times, which is quick burst type movement. If I remember, it's been many years, we jumped side to side over a small cone, jumped back and forth over the cone, jumped two legged in 40 yard intervals, then jumped rope for about 15 minutes. Did a lot for our quickness. I've often thought about doing that again after I drop some more weight. I'm just a wee bit over my playing weight from senior year....(if you consider 75 lbs a wee bit )

[TRUbor9]

Racket ball helps too

[Shawneeboy87]

When I played Ice Hockey, we did plyometrics training three times a week. It definitely makes you quicker and helps increase your core strength.

[Xander]

My basketball skills since grade school up to college days helps a lot with my footwork in shooting