Running up and down a 90ft court will not replace your tempo or interval workout but it will simulate some good plyometrics with the sudden jumps and burst after the rock.
Since I'm not doing any hardcore training for races I'm playing basketball and it has kept me in good shape. The tempos are suprisingly faster than before I starting hooping. What's up with that?
worst idea ever. i know so many runners who's careers have ended, or been severly curtailed, on the basketball court.
I am sure this being sarcastic, but my senior year of college I ran districts in XC. I finished as like the 5th or 6th individual (after taking out the guys ahead of me from teams that qualified) and at the time they take the top 3 (or something like that...). I played hoops the following day because I didn't think I made it to nationals. Of course I twist my ankle, and on the following day I find out that I qualified due to them taking extra teams from my districts. My stupidity! I raced horrible at Nats, but that was definitely not the only reason - I was just out classed.
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Running up and down a 90ft court will not replace your tempo or interval workout but it will simulate some good plyometrics with the sudden jumps and burst after the rock.
Since I'm not doing any hardcore training for races I'm playing basketball and it has kept me in good shape. The tempos are suprisingly faster than before I starting hooping. What's up with that?
I'll step in with the first, hoorah! Especially since I don't make any money doing either, I have no problem including old-man league basketball in my winter base training. I find it good for maintaining a little speed, and it's a hell of a lot of fun. So quit chastising so hard...
all i know is that there is an inverse relationship between your obsession with pickup b-ball and your race tiomes. i see it constantly. i know a good runner who f***ed his knee up pretty good 3 months ago and it's still not right.