Speed,quickness,agility

Question
Dear coach,
I'm 14 years old,and i play shooting guard.
I want to improve my speed and quickness during summer. I want to become overall faster,but above all,to be more explosive and to improve my first step. Can you give me some advice and some drills to achieve my goal.
Sorry for spelling errors,i don't speak English so well,I'm from Serbia.
Thanks in advance

Answer
Hi Nikola -
You have the right attitude and you're picking the proper time to improve your speed and agility.

For foot speed I suggest looooong sessions with a jump rope.
To misdirect your opponent I suggest Karate.
For your quick first step I suggest you concentrate on 3 one-on-one moves.  Learn to do them in your sleep; learn to do all 3 with both hands.  Make the 6 moves look exactly the same as you're going into them so your opponent cannot guess which move you're going to throw on him because all 6 look the same as you begin your move.
Later you can pick up other moves one at a time.  However, this summer concentrate on the 3 (6) moves, and get deadly with them.
To get quicker with your hands, learn to juggle (believe it or not juggling will also make your feet quicker - it's a mental thing!)  Also to improve your entire game develop your court vision or peripheral vision.

To get your overall game better go to BasketballShootingCoach (dot) com and study the site.  While you're there download the free book, "Basketball - It's All About The Shot," and study it.
You do these things and you will report to your basketball team a different player next season.

Keep me apprised of your progress and thanks for contacting me,
Coach Jones
BasketballShootingCoach.com