I posted this article yesterday on my FB page titled ” Why are torn ACLs happening so frequently to Dallas-area girls basketball players? A look at an epidemic with no easy answers.” Here is the article – click here It sparked a really good conversation that I wanted to share with you and my thoughts… [Read More]
Why Playing Multiple Sports is so Important
Play Multiple Sports I saw this article this morning and wanted to share it with you, ” Patrick Mahomes’ high school coach says he shows why to play multiple sports ” You can read the article HERE With our conversations the last few days about the ACL epidemic, I think playing multiple sports at a… [Read More]
How to Reduce Ankle Sprains in Girl Basketball Players
Let’s talk ankles Jamming or breaking a finger is part of the game and so is ankle sprains and rolls But we can try and reduce ankle sprains and ankle rolls with these 3 exercises: The 3 Band Exercises are: 1. Dorsi Flexion and Plantar Flexion 2. Circles 3. Inversion and Eversion Your basketball warm… [Read More]
The 2 Missing Ingredients in Girl Basketball Players
The 2 Missing Ingredients in Girl Basketball Players: Recovery Let’s group this is 3 categories 1. Sleep – are you getting 7-9 hours a sleep a night?Do you have a night time routine? 2. HydrationAre you drinking water?Gatorade and sports drinks don’t count A good rule of thumb is to drink half your bodyweight in… [Read More]
Is Your Coach in the Trenches Everyday?
Is Your Coach in the Trenches Everyday? Is the coach designing your programs a sports performance coach? Working with female athletes every day? Working specifically with girl basketball players? I work with over 60 athletes a week, I am at the high school 3 days a week I know what these athletes are going through,… [Read More]
The Game of Basketball is so Physical, You Better Be…
The game of basketball is so physical, you better be STRENGTH TRAINING It always surprises me how many female basketball players, and female athletes that don’t strength train consistency Yet you spend hours upon hours for practice and skill play trying to make you a better player and gain a competitive advantage but you don’t… [Read More]
Happy 2020!
Happy 2020! Did you set any intentions, resolutions or new habits for this year? I would love to know what you are planning Coach Jen
6 Tips to Start Your Training Plan for Girl Basketball Players
6 Tips to Start Your Training Plan for Girl Basketball Players Can you believe 2020 is on Wednesday? A new year, means making new intentions, and new habits While everyone else is adding “working out” to their new intentions in 2020, all basketball players/ female athletes should have already been strength training If not,… [Read More]
Happy Holidays!
I wanted to wish you a happy holiday season Thank you for being a member of the women’s basketball performance and Jen Brickey community I will be taking some time off this week to rest, recharge and enjoy my friends and family I will be back next week with new programs for athletes and coaches… [Read More]
4 Recovery Tips for Girl Basketball Players
4 Recovery Tips for Girl Basketball Players Basketball is getting into full swing Colleges will start conference play come January (this is brutal and physical basketball because you know each team so well and what they like to do) High schools will consistently have 2 games a week after winter break and… [Read More]
6 Questions to Ask Your Players
6 Questions to Ask Your Players I hope you had a great weekend This is very stressful time of year for our student athletes Seniors are waiting to hear from colleges, games are in full swing and some have finals, so before every training session I always ask my athletes these 6 questions: The 6… [Read More]
Stop Doing Crunches, Do This Instead
Today’s post might ruffle some feathers, but let me explain why I say: Stop Doing Crunches, Do This Instead…. For the love of god, can we stop having our athletes perform ab crunches to “strengthen” their core The job of the core is to stabilize the spine, but more importantly these athletes are in constant… [Read More]
My Favorite Core Exercise for Girl Basketball Players
I hope you had a nice weekend! Today, I wanted to share with you my favorite core exercise for girl basketball players Hollow Body Holds The hollow body teaches our players how to create tension and release it I put together a minute video breaking down the hollow body hold and give you 3 variations… [Read More]
Cyber Monday – 20% Discounts and Free Coaching
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family! As you all know today is Cyber Monday and I am sure you are getting bombarded with so many emails, so I will make this short and sweet I will be setting up offer #1 today (training app, FB Group), so if you… [Read More]
Train for the Month of December for Free!
Before I get into how you can train for the month of December for free, I wanted to share why the actual day (Black Friday) is so important to me For the last 11 years, my mom and I go out on Black Friday at 4am and shop for 2 kids we adopt for ChristmasNot… [Read More]
4 Conditioning Drills for Girl Basketball Players
The conditioning workout I gave you on Monday was a big hit, so I wanted to give you 4 more conditioning drills Basketball Metabolic Jump Rope – 100Mikan Drill, 30 secondsTraveling Ice Skaters to half court, walking lunges backSprint to half court and back10 Push Ups2 foul shots Basketball Metabolic #2 Grab a jump rope… [Read More]
Basketball Conditioning Workout
I posted this to my FB page on Saturday and some players thought this was a lot of work Here’s the workout: Saturday Metabolic Grab a jump rope and head to the basketball court200 jumps 20 squats Walking lunges to half court and back 1 Sprint baseline to baselineShoot 2 foul shots Rest 3 minutes… [Read More]
You Only Need Minimal Equipment to Add Strength Training into Practices
A lot of coaches have reached out to me interested in adding strength training into their practices but have little to no equipment Look, would having resistance bands and access to a weight room be awesome, yes! But you only need minimal equipment to add in strength training and conditioning Body weight exercises go a… [Read More]
2 Conditioning Drills for Girl Basketball Players
I shared yesterday why conditioning is so important and variations of drills you can do If you missed it, you can check out the blog HERE! There were a few questions about what a few of them were, so I wanted to give you 2 drills 1. 5-10-5 Drill – Click Here 2. T- Drill… [Read More]
Are You Conditioning?
For those of you who are still in pre-season, what type of conditioning are you doing? I always have found the best way to get in “basketball shape” is to play basketball 🙂 But there are a lot of ways to lay the ground work to a solid conditioning foundation You need this foundation so… [Read More]
Why We All Need Recovery Days
Recovery Days Make sure during the pre-season and season you take a day of rest and recovery Recovery is part of the equation for a well round sports performance, strength and conditioning program All colleges are required by NCAA to give an “off day” The body needs to recover so you can push to new… [Read More]
5 Resistance Band Exercises to get Girl Basketball Players Stronger and Game Ready
For those of you that just started your season, send me an email and let me know how the first week or two is going If you haven’t started yet, let me know what you are doing this pre-season to get stronger and game ready Today, I wanted to share 5 resistance band exercises you… [Read More]
3 Resistance Band Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
Happy Monday! Basketball season is starting with games starting this week, I am so so excited For middle school and high school we don’t start until the Monday after Thanksgiving, while others are starting this week Either way, I wanted to share with you 3 resistance band exercises that you can use right on the… [Read More]
Do you want to train with me in person in November?
Do you want to train with me in-person? Basketball season “officially” starts in Massachusetts right after Thanksgiving, so for the month of November, I will be training in person Monday, Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings Why strength and conditioning is so important before and during the season: Get Stronger and develop a solid base, foundation… [Read More]
All Girls Basketball Players Should Be Able To…
Happy Monday! All girl basketball player should be able to…. LandSkipCrawlJumpSprintThrowPush PullSquatHinge Change DirectionPunch All these movements should be included in your training program, are they? If you are not training, let’s start, reply back and let’s get started! Have a great week, Coach Jen PS: If I can help add strength training in with… [Read More]
Why Girl Basketball Players Need to Be Verse in the Weight Room
Did you know if you play basketball in college, at any level you will be spending a lot of time in the weight room? Your strength coach assigned to your team will work with at least 2 to 3 other teams and you will have a bunch of teams in the weight room all at… [Read More]
5 Observations of a High School Weight Room
5 Observations of a High School Weight Room! So after spending 3 hours in the weight room yesterday with high school athletes Here are some observations… 1. Bicep and Tricep are not going to improve your performance, please use lifts that willSquats, DL’s, bench, etc 2. Can we train the abs, core the right way… [Read More]
Strength Challenge for 7 Days
I hope you had a nice weekend! I am running a strength challenge for the next 7 days Are you in? Basketball season all over the country for middle school and high school start at different times, but we can all agree on how important it is to strength training and get ready for the… [Read More]
🏀Pre-Season Basketball Happenings🏀
Basketball started on the 15th for D2 and D3 programs and pre-season basketball is heating up as we are 20 days away from college basketball season With that in mind, we have a lot of events and trainings happening that I think can help you prepare for basketball season whether you are a player or… [Read More]
Free Basketball Workouts
I was updating workout sessions in my online programming for my athletes and teams and I wanted to share with you one session I put together when pressed for time and have minimal equipment Protocol – 30 seconds of work, rest 30 seconds Complete all 10 rounds then rest 2-3 minutes 1. Squats2. Low Plank3…. [Read More]
Why is In-Season Training so Important
I had a few athletes home for the holiday weekend and another few athletes come in as they had no school and wanted to get their workouts in As for my college athletes, they’re are doing great. Everything we did this summer was to prepare them for pre-season and to be verse in their strength… [Read More]
3 Lesson from Game 3 of the WNBA Finals
How was your weekend? Yesterday, I was at Mohegan Sun watching game 3 of the WNBA finals, the Connecticut Sun vs the Washington Mystics I love watching basketball “live”, especially the WNBA and college basketball, not so much with the NBA 🙂 Watching the game yesterday, I had a few observations.. 1. Attend these games… [Read More]
How to Prevent Getting Smacked in the Face
💪How to Prevent Getting Smacked in the Face💪 Let me explain… We are 1 month into school and workouts with the kids Yesterday, I noticed how most of my freshman have no energy, some with little to no effort during our training sessions, they’re just going through the motions And it got me thinking, change… [Read More]
5 Lessons Learned from The Women’s Basketball Summit
The Women’s Basketball Summit kicks off at 9am EST this morning Did you register yet? You must register through this link to get all the interview links- Click Here I started the behind the scenes, all the interviews about 2 months ago and enjoyed talking to all 12 speakers Here is what I learned as… [Read More]
My 5 Go To Kettlebell Exercises for Girl Basketball Players
When I start training my athletes, I have 5 exercises with the kettlebell I want them to be able to So here are my 5 go to kettlebell exercises for basketball players, honestly this could be for any female athletes, regardless of sport 1. Kettlebell Deadlift Every athlete needs to learn the hip hinge and… [Read More]
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