If you are tall there are probably 2 things you need to work on:
As a general rule tall people may find they can’t handle as much weight in squats because of the increased moments but usuaully love deadlifts. In this case work on deadlift form initially and deadlift to shrug transitions (as if you were going to perform cleans/snatch) but be careful not to fatigue yourself too much (these transitions are explained on the Speed and Strength DVD). Once you have mastered this you can use high pulls from blocks or a hang as your major power exercise (no real need to do the catch if you find your height makes this difficult).
If you have no coaching help on the Olympic lifts (and don’t want to injure yourself) try and keep the deadlifts but use med ball work for power. Once you have enough strength to get that ball moving fast you will be able to display serious power! Try overhead med ball tosses, straight up tosses (like you are cleaning the med ball from between your legs) and the acceleration med ball drills on the GPP DVD.
Remember first strength then power. If you don’t think your power is increasing go back to strength work for a few weeks and come back to the power and retest your improvement.
TC
p.s. I’d be interested to hear from those coaches with experience conditioning Basketball players on thier experiences with taller athletes.
Thanks for the reply.
What exercises do you think I should use for torso strength?
Also, somebody told me not to sprint when I was training low intensity, higher volume (8-10rep). I accelerated curiously and felt my hamstring pull. Why did my hamstring pull?
Weight training 5 years. Mix of bodybuilding & powerlifting.
6ft3, current weight near 190lbs, will go up again with bulking. :eek:
I don’t like to mention career goals on forum. I’m not 100% on what I want to do yet (suddenly qutting/switching sports would make people think I’m a ‘‘troll’’). Although, I still follow Charlie’s advice because it’s applicable to everything.