UCLA Conditioning and Fundamentals
Training Film of
Wooden Years
Conclusion Good basketball is nothing more than the ability to properly and quickly excecute the fundamentals of the game for the welfare of the team. Individual technique and maneuvers that have been practiced over and over again must now be second nature. If you are not in good condition, you can not execute the fundamentals properly nor can you execute them quickly for any extended length of time. You must not spend so much time on developing the teamwork athat you forget the individual fundamentals. A team that is sound fundamentally but does not have a strong team offense or defense will still be hard to beat; but a team that has a very difficult offense or defense will be easily beaten if they are not sound fundamentally. The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run. It is a game of fundamentals. Many people have been surprised to find out that at UCLA we work more than half of every practice on our fundamental drills, even the last practice of the season...Coach John Wooden. |