Tuesday, September 30, 2008

On the Playing Field ~ SB5 ~ page 164

For Basketball, my coach came up with a conditioning program. We did stretches and drills to help with our basketball skills and with our overall fitness. Some stretches we did were:
  • Crunches - to improve strength in our abdomen
  • Pull-ups - to strengthen our abdomen and our arms
  • Wall sits - to strengthen our legs
  • Bear crawl -to help strengthen our legs and arms
  • Running (sprints, jogging, and horse laps) - to increase our stamina and strength in our legs
We did this program for half an hour after school three days a week for a month. Before we started, I was a slow runner and not in very good physical condition. During the program, I was very tired at first and wanted to give up and not do the exercises, then near the end, I started getting better at the program. In the end, I was stronger and felt like I could handle longer periods of exercising. I was also a faster runner and better at all of the stretches.

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