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24forlife · #1 (**permalink**) 08-25-2007, 10:50 PM

he wants me to run cross country and i wanna focus on explosiveness, strength, dunking... o yea im in florida, and its like 100 degrees, and they run outside,

after school just walking to the car i start sweating, its way tooooo hot~
\anyways he said that i can train for both endurance and strength,
but i didnt wanna argue but i think hes wrong!!!!
am i right?

cuz as soon as i can dunk wit ease ima start condtioning

PS. i run about 30 min a day, and ball everyday!

a.j.ing · #2 (**permalink**) 08-25-2007, 10:58 PM

u can get better at both but u have to train both. gains will probably come slower but u will get them. if u only train one of them then the other will decrase quicker.

24forlife · #3 (**permalink**) 08-25-2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by a.j.ing

u can get better at both but u have to train both. gains will probably come slower but u will get them. if u only train one of them then the other will decrase quicker.

huh???????????????????????????????????

rangerid · #4 (**permalink**) 08-25-2007, 11:28 PM

hes wrong. sry but im not usin a comp now & take like 5 sec to type a letter. i xpln l8er

a.j.ing · #5 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 01:16 AM

sorry, what i wrote was a bit confusing but i basically said u can get better at both

ryano3 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 03:02 AM

u would b better focusing on one,targeting one alone willl get u best gains but wont necesarily decrease the other.ya vert training which is ya explosiveness and power training should work as ya endurance training to.depending on how conditioned u r,how hard ya bball training is 4 u and how much ya vert training takes outta u,you should b gud doin just ya vert stuff,as ya conditioning to.

redsoxfan15 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 06:53 AM

guys try not to do plyos and cross country, at the same time, but you may do weightlifting and cross country at the same time.

VLC15 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 09:11 AM

Plyos and cross country don't mix IMO. When you run cross country, it's just training your slow twitch fibers. If you need proof, the average vert of a long distance runner is 12, yes 12 inches. Plus it would be really hard to focus on both since you would be so worn out and probably overtrain yourself.

youngtricker · #9 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by VLC15

Plyos and cross country don't mix IMO. When you run cross country, it's just training your slow twitch fibers. If you need proof, the average vert of a long distance runner is 12, yes 12 inches. Plus it would be really hard to focus on both since you would be so worn out and probably overtrain yourself.

The fact that the average long distance runner's VJ is only 12 inches means nothing in this case besides that long distance running is not the best way to train your jump, which is pretty much common knowledge.
The coach is not saying that cross country will help your jump, he is saying that conditioning like that is a good thing that will help you in basketball games. Those long distance runners do long distance running. I'm pretty sure that they don't care about vertical jump, because that isn't what they do.

redsoxfan15 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 10:01 AM

dont do cross country for basketball conditioning. what you really should do is suicides. cross country wont condition you for basketball it will make you worse, it will make you run slower and jump lower. and in a basketball game does your coach want you to go the same speed as you do in cross country as on the basketball court.