Mike Weaving — A Quick Basketball Training Guide for Young Athletes
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English - July 13, 2023 11:50 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsSports Health & Fitness Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mike Weaving is the Head Coach for the Sickles High School Men’s Basketball Program in Tampa, Florida. Mike has over 13 years of coaching basketball at the Middle and High School Levels and is currently in his Fourth season with the Men’s high school team. Mike received a BS in exercise science and an MS in coaching.
In this episode, Mike gives his yearly plan to help condition highschool athletes for game time and offers his strategy to prevent injuries to the best of his ability during these intense games. He shares how he measures progress and how he educates new students coming into the basketball team for the very first time.
Key Takeaways:
[1:55] Mike got hit with a lot of injuries last year. It’s part of the game, but here’s how you can prevent it as much as you can.
[4:15] How does Mike measure progress?
[5:25] What is MIke’s overall yearly plan and schedule?
[6:25] What is Mike’s postseason plan and training schedule?
[8:55] What other considerations does Mike think about when he’s training his athletes?
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Tweetables:
“In September, we do an assessment week where we do a shuttle run, agility test, vertical tax, max squat, and max bench press."
"After October, we do the same physical tests to see where those same elements are."