Basketball Strength Training

For years and years basketball was considered a finesse, or “non-contact” sport. This in spite of the great battles among the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, two behemoths who set the standard, offensively and defensively, for what big men in basketball should be. Years after those two had retired, a new breed of big man arrived. Shorter but stronger, this big man was built in the mold of the Knicks’ Willis Reed or Washington’s Wes Unseld. Since they were shorter, most amateur observers immediately felt they’d be at a disadvantage since basketball is in larger part built around height. But what they lacked in height they made up for in strength, and the concept of basketball strength training was born.