Hi guys,

Please tell me if I posted in the wrong section. Anways, I joined the junior basketball team recently.The coach offered me personal training.So, After class.I played pickup games for 2 hours. 5pm to 7pm then continue from 7pm to 10pm.I did alot of jumping and shooting baskets( Almost 1 month). I woke up this morning, My thigh was so painfull.I could not get up,bend nor squat without forcing myself.

Did i overworked or strain my muscles? Is it a good or a bad thing?

* I did warm ups before playing or training*

Thanks in advance

sure u r....but it is not bad thing, after ur muscle + body get used to it, u r iron man

it's not a bad thing if you handle it properly.
talk to your coach about it. you will probably need to rest for a couple of days and your muscle at the thigh area will be strengthened. it's a pretty normal thing.

Pain is Gain; provided its the right kind.

If its your muscles that are aching, and not your joints then you are good. Its simply telling you that it is worked out and needs to recover and grow.

so listen to them, increase your protein intake and let them rest and they will grow stronger.

but dun overwork them...let them have enough rest...god knows when it will snap when u over exert..

Kind of obvious. I'm no athlete but 5 hours of basketball is your answer. Obviously no?

Rest? I see.

For the past couple of weeks, I having the same problem but I continued playing. Basically, If I'm not mistaken the calf muscles is the one that work when jumping? or all the legs mucles work when jumping and running?

I did applied alot of counter-pain, Ate beef and drank few boxes of soya bean. These are the programme that the coach provides me.

week4

Monday to tuesday

100shots from different angle
8 to minutes dribble up and down the court
5 sprints up the hill 1 minute recovery.

Wednesdays to thurdays

Touch the rim x10 2 minutes recovery
Squarts x3 20 10 sec recovery every sets
100 shots different angles
100 meter x2 sprints
8 to 10 minutes dribble

Fridays,saturday and sunday

Rest, swimming or play pickup games

This post has been edited by tesmotes: Jun 22 2010, 03:04 PM

Ow.... anyone experienced in basketball training here? Lol. I'm totally clueless here. Definitely not my forte sorry. But I'll say that recovery from exercise is equally important. Keep yourself hydrated too. Don't forget the carbs.

Carbs? Is it carbohydrates?.

One of my friends said that everytime you exercise. Drink 100plus or any enegry drink but I did some research on the internet. They said that It's not good afte exercise.

Is it ok to drink everytime after exercise?

Everything on the internet isn't necessarily true. Carbs - carbo yeah.

100plus is isotonic drinks, i am pretty sure u should be able to see that word on the label.

Well form 4 biology should learn what is isotonic, hypotonic etc

Read here for more info

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0813.htm


I'd prefer normal fluid

Instead of drinking 100 plus, I'd think that you'd be better off drinking plain water and eating some carbs after your workout.

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Jun 22 2010, 09:39 PM

this looks like a crash course for basketball lol. Im guessing you just started playing and there is a tournament ahead? the whole leg muscles act when jumping, but calves gives the primary force yes. stronger calves = higher jumps, and faster jumps too.

all i can say is, if you can take the workload, then by all means keep going, but DO rest, preferably sleep during your off hours. You're better off training first, and then play pick up games right after your training. 5 hours is really overdoing it, unless its relax type of pick up games lol.

if your pain is sharp, and at the joints, then its bad. if its just muscle aches then just rest and it'll go away in a day or two. remember, resting is equally important to training. if its unbearable just take it easy on the pick up games. best of luck .

p/s: are those 100 shots jump shots? and what position do you play? if you can touch the rim means you're a center or PF o.o

This post has been edited by mikehuan: Jun 23 2010, 12:34 AM

100 jump shots at 45 degrees angle and 90 degrees and bank shots. No I'm not a center or power forward. I'm play shooting guard.


Yea, Maybe i just take a day off.

Crash course? Perhaps you can give me a better workout course lol

nice. well a better workout course would be to play with your teammates as well. Set plays, passing drills, etc etc. Jump shots at 3 point range since you're a shooting guard? Imo if you are doing jump shots inside the 3 point range you're more of a PF rather than SG

Wow, the workout looks quite messy. What is the purpose of the workout? Strength, stamina, or skills?
I hope it works. But volume seems a bit excessive: 5 hours of continuous playing/training!

You need better nutrition and recovery.

from the looks of it its more stamina/skills. anyways this shouldnt be in this section anyways, probably the sports thread can give better advice?

Just let your muscles rest. It happens when you don't exercise for a long time then start again. The first time I did bicep curls after a long time I couldn't straighten my arms for a few days haha

This post has been edited by GreenSamurai: Jun 23 2010, 05:59 PM

He is bryant type SG

Yea and besides, PF usually shoots from short range and sometimes mid range. SG is usually mid range and long range(3 pointer)

This post has been edited by GreenSamurai: Jun 23 2010, 06:12 PM