As a basketball player and collegiate men’s basketball strength and conditioning coach, one of the most common questions I get asked is how players can increase their vertical jump. However, perhaps the most over-rated test of athletic ability in basketball, if not all sports, is the vertical jump test. The test is primarily used to [...]
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Reconsidering the Vertical Jump Test: Part 1
Posted: 4th May 2012 by Charlie in Basketball, Jump Training, Tony CatesTags: basketball, nfl combine, Self Made, Tony Cates, vertical jump test
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Superman Drill (1/27/12)
Posted: 28th January 2012 by Charlie in Basketball, Training ChallengesTags: basketball, Charlie Cates, Chris Shalvoy, dunking, dunking drills, Self Made, Superman Drill
Superman Drill: As many continuous dunks as possible going from block to block. Get big or die tryin’.
Superman Drill (1/6/12)
Posted: 6th January 2012 by Charlie in Basketball, Training ChallengesTags: basketball, Charlie Cates, Chris Shalvoy, dunking, dunking drills, Self Made, Superman Drill
Superman Drill: As many continuous dunks as possible going from block to block. I had a couple slips of the ball but decided to keep going, anyways. Get big or die tryin’.
Programs That Work
Posted: 20th December 2011 by Charlie in Basketball, Bodybuilding, Conditioning, Deadlifting, Fat Burning, Grip Training, Life, Mental Training, Motivation, Nutrition, Pressing, Pulling, Recovery, Squatting, Youth TrainingTags: Charlie Cates, Dave Tate, EliteFTS.com, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Off-Season Basketball Conditioning, Programs That Work, Self Made
I am honored to have one my articles featured in the 2011 Make-A-Wish Foundation “Programs That Work” e-book by EliteFTS.com. To download your copy of this manual, which contains over 30 PR-breaking training programs, click here. All articles are voluntarily written and all proceeds from the purchases are donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, [...]
Increasing Your Vert: The Warm-up
Posted: 6th December 2011 by Charlie in Basketball, Jump Training, Warm-UpTags: Charlie Cates, how to dunk, jump higher, jump rope, Self Made, vertical jumping
A lot of questions I get from people revolve around ways to increase their vertical jump. There are many training techniques I use to improve this for both myself and others, but one of the simplest things I have found is something I have implemented into my warm-up over the last few months. After I [...]
The Bioenergetics of Strength Training for Basketball
Posted: 25th May 2011 by Charlie in BasketballTags: basketball training, bioenergetics, Charlei Cates, glycolysis, isometrics, phosphagen system, Self Made
When bioenergetics is discussed for sport-specific training, most of the discussion revolves around movement training, such as plyometrics; conditioning; and skill work performed on the field or court. However, very rarely do these streams of thought cross over into the strength-training realm. More often than not, strength-training programs are designed with specific strength goals in [...]
Strength Training Components of a National Title Contender
Posted: 6th April 2011 by Charlie in BasketballTags: basketball conditioning, basketball training, Brad Stevens, Butler Bulldogs, Charlie Cates, Connecticut Huskies, Jim Calhoun, Kemba Walker, Matt Howard, Mid-major, Ross Bowler, Self Made, University of Connecticut
If you have been coherent for the past three weeks you have had to come across the Butler Bulldogs at one time or another. An undersized mid-major program, they played in their second consecutive national championship game this past Monday. Here is an article by one of their assistant strength and conditioning coaches, Ross Bowsher, [...]
Re-thinking Basketball Training
Posted: 31st August 2010 by Charlie in BasketballTags: basketball, basketball training, Charlie Cates, Jeff King, plyometric training for basketball players, Self Made
It is very common for the fitness industry and sports performance industry to follow trends for long periods of time. There is nothing wrong with relying on tried and true methods, so long as these methods are actually the best way to go about achieving the desired goals. One thing that is incredibly common today [...]