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. 2024 May 30;14(6):709. doi: 10.3390/life14060709

Table 2.

Indicative training unit (13th training unit) of the exercise program.

Total Duration 63 min
Warm-up (18 min) 1st Exercise
In pairs opposite each other on the two sidelines.
  • Control dribbling with bounces (10 dribbles), forward dribbling, chest pass, and returning with backpedaling (2 sets/dribbling hand).

  • Single leg balance and control dribbling, forward dribbling, bounce pass, and returning with defensive slides (2 sets/leg).

2nd Exercise
Dynamic stretching.
  • Upper body static and dynamic stretching exercises during walking.

  • Lower body stretching exercises.

Main part (35 min) 3rd Exercise
Chest, bounce, and overhead passes in pairs (×45 total).
4th Exercise
Foul court routes on cones, ending with jump-shot (2 teams).
  • Reaching each cone, perform 10 control dribbles with high intensity (×2 reps).

  • Reaching each cone, doing some backward dribbling, and moving forward to the next cone (×2 reps).

  • Reaching each cone, perform 2 control dribbles with high intensity and crossover dribble (×2 reps).

  • Performing the same drills with the other hand.

5th Exercise
Competitive game (4 teams), 3 min × 2 sets with 30 s rest with walking.
One team at each corner of the court. The first player performs forward dribbling until the middle of the court and returns to the basket and performs a jump shot. To count the basket, the player should return to the middle of the court and shout the team’s score. The team with the highest score wins.
Recovery (10 min) Walking two courts.
Static stretching of the whole body.