Getting Ready for Elite high school basketball

[Jxgator33]

Gonna be a freshman this up-coming year. I play 2-guard mostly. I'm tall for my position but also a little slow and can't jump too high. Luckily, I'm smarterr than most of the guys who cover me. I have lots of work to do, but I have D-1 potential if I work hard enough. I have done very little weight-lifting (started last week), but I have a good genetics with lower body strength. I'll be following our team's weight lifting program.

Here are my current stats:
Age: 14
Height: 6'0
Weight: 158 lbs.
Squat: Haven't maxed out, but my last workout I did 165x4
Power Clean: 105x2
Bench: Pretty weak upper body, I did 115x2

Strengths: 3 Point Shooting, Fundamentals, Basketball IQ, Passing, Toughness

Weaknesses: Quickness, Vertical, Aggressiveness on Offense

I'll try to keep everybody updated.

[Jxgator33]

Saturday, June 26.

I spent most of today at a basketball team camp watching the varsity team play (I didn't get to dress out). Was pretty motivating, I got to see the defending state champions play and one of my friends was playing with them. They won by 30ish.

When I got home, I spent an hour working on my footwork and shooting. I did about 30 minutes of plyometrics. Now I have some stretching to do.

Not a wasted day, but I didn't really do much.

[PCFootball24]

Are you expecting to be on varsity as a freshman?

[Jxgator33]

Are you expecting to be on varsity as a freshman?

nah, our varsity is pretty deep and has a lot returning from a final 8 team that beat a team with 3 division 1 players.

[Jxgator33]

Monday, June 28

Spent all morning helping out at the basketball camp for our high school. My little brother was there, he did really well.

Then we had upper body weight lifting.

BENCH PRESS- Weak I know...
80x10
85x8
90x6
100X4
110x2

Incline Bench-
65 pounds, burnout.
16 reps, then 10 second break, then 9 reps 10 second break, then 5 reps.

Upright Rows-
10x45
10x55
10x65

Military press-
10x45
8x55
6x65

Plate Circuit (holy sh*t)
Hardest thing we do, kind of hard to describe though.

Will do some shooting and dribbling later.

Decent day of work.

[Jxgator33]

Forgot to update it this week. Had a good week of workouts and we won our game by 12 against the team that will be our best competition most likely.

I'll try to keep updating this from now on.

[Jxgator33]

Tuesday, July 6th

Legs Weight Lifting Day.

Squats:
135x10
150x8
165x6
180x4
190x2 *NEW PR, not saying much since I just started*

Power Cleans
85x4
95x3
100x2
11x1

Step-Ups
25X10Per Leg (Weight Against Chest)
25x10 Per Leg (Weight above head)
25x10 Per Leg (Weight behind head)

Lateral Bench Jumps
20 JumpsX3 Sets

Squat Jumps
35lbsX15 JumpsX3 Sets

After weightlifting, I got to practice with the varsity team. Everybody was really sore.
After the practice, we played clutch, a three point shooting game. I got 2nd out of 12 the first time (against the varsity guys) and 3rd out of 13 the second time. Was pretty cool.

Really good workout for me. My Squat is starting to get up there, next legs day I'm gonna get 200 lbs. I felt really explosive on my bench jumps, even after the lifting. My legs are really stiff right now.

[Jxgator33]

Wednesday, July 7th.

Upper Body Lifting

Bench Press
75x10
85x8
90x6
100x4
105x2

Incline Bench Press
55x10
65x8
70x6

Military Press
50x10x3

Tricept Extensions
30x10x3

Average workout, not too strong in my upper body right now. I guess that's why I'm working haha.