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Routine: Stephen Curry's Basketball Workout During The Off-Season

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Routine: Stephen Curry's Basketball During The Off-Season is a curated workout routine with 15 ordered actions and 15 timestamped video clips. Start with Two-Ball Read and One-Ball Read. Review the available targets, sets, coaching cues and rest for each action. Selected clips total 21 min 20 sec; rest is listed per action.

Clip time: 21 min 20 sec15 actionsSingle training session

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Two-Ball Read

Sets: 1Count: 1Duration: 30 secRest: 20 secEst. duration: 31 sec

Steph does two-ball dribbling while assistant flashes numbers that dictate moves: zero=behind back, even=between legs, odd=crossover. He must react, not follow patterns.

Key points

  • React to flashed numbers to execute dribble moves.
  • Use odds/evens/zero pattern: behind back, between legs, crossover.
  • Do not rely on set patterns.
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One-Ball Read

Sets: 1Duration: 30 secCount: 1Rest: 20 secEst. duration: 35 sec

Steph does one-ball dribbling while assistant flashes two numbers total that dictate moves: zero=behind back, even=between legs, odd=crossover. He must react, not follow patterns.

Key points

  • React to flashed numbers to execute dribble moves.
  • Use odds/evens/zero pattern: behind back, between legs, crossover.
  • Do not rely on set patterns.
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Pickup Shooting

Sets: 1Duration: 1 min 11 secRest: 20 secEst. duration: 1 min 11 sec

Hard dribble into shot off the ground. Focus on core engagement, balance, and smooth pickup in a straight line.

Key points

  • Get grounded and balanced, core engaged.
  • Pickup: hard dribble into shot, smooth and in a straight line.
  • Misses indicate adjustments needed in base and core.
  • Free-throw line to three-point line
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Leverage Release

Sets: 1Duration: 2 min 34 secRest: 20 secEst. duration: 2 min 34 sec

Coach provides leverage for side-step shots. Contrasts leverage release with no leverage. Includes anti-rotation correction and work on three-point line extension.

Key points

  • Push against coach's leverage and release balanced shot.
  • Contrast with no leverage to feel difference.
  • Use anti-rotation exercises to correct rotation.
  • Keep line from nose to belly button pointing at rim.

Common mistakes

Rotating too much; use anti-rotation to correct.

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Straight Release

Sets: 1Duration: 1 min 31 secRest: 20 secEst. duration: 1 min 31 sec

Leverage release straight back away from defender. Coach provides front leverage. Cue: ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips.

Key points

  • Space straight back from defender while maintaining balance.
  • Keep ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips.
  • Do not let chest get ahead of toes.

Common mistakes

Overcorrecting when chest gets ahead of toes, causing long shots.

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Curl Shooting

Sets: 1Duration: 2 min 14 secRest: 1 minEst. duration: 2 min 14 sec

Drill with full curl, half curl (right foot stops halfway), and full rotation (no step, jump rotate). Works on body control and shooting from odd angles.

Key points

  • Perform full curl (full turn), half curl (right foot stops halfway), and full rotation (no step, jump rotate).
  • Work on body control and shooting from odd angles.
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Spin Control

Sets: 1Duration: 1 min 4 secRest: 1 minEst. duration: 1 min 4 sec

Drill working on spinning movements to improve body control and balanced shooting off dynamic moves.

Key points

  • Focus is body control, not rehearsing moves.
  • Putting him in dynamic situations to control center of mass and get shot off balanced.

Common mistakes

Some players and fans make the mistake of thinking we are rehearsing moves for game; actually working on body control.

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Variable Shooting

Sets: 1Duration: 2 min 4 secRest: 1 minEst. duration: 2 min 4 sec

1 Variable Shooting drill with changes in angles, directions, and three-point range ladder. Includes mirrored footwork. 2 Three range variable ladder with deep mid, three and deeper three.

Key points

  • Aim small, miss small - pick a specific spot on rim.
  • Change on every shot to increase difficulty.
  • Work in wing slot area without putting miles on body.
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Star Pattern

Sets: 1Hits: 5 hitsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 24 sec

Get one in a row from each 5 spot.

Key points

  • Right bottom corner, left 45 degrees, right 45 degrees, left bottom corner, arc apex
  • Variable are high.
  • Not stopping moving.
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Consecutive Makes

Sets: 1Hits: 15 hitsRest: 3 minEst. duration: 44 sec

Drill requiring three or four consecutive makes at each spot, followed by the 21 game between rounds.

Key points

  • The misses give information to make adjustments.
  • Consecutive makes requirement increases pressure and mimics game situations.
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21 Game Drill

Sets: 1Duration: 5 min 7 secCount: 1Rest: 3 minEst. duration: 5 min 7 sec

Combined drill: 21 game (3pt, 2pt, 1pt scoring) and consecutive makes at spots, performed under fatigue with elevated heart rate.

Key points

  • Run to half court, shoot pull-up three (3pts), elbow two (2pts), layup (1pt) – repeat until 21 points.
  • Between rounds of consecutive makes, play 21 game.
  • Elevated heart rate important for game translation.
  • Use deceleration moves for balanced transition shots.
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13

Free Throw 60

Sets: 1Hits: 6 hitsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 1 min 10 sec

Game called '60': make six consecutive free throws, none touching the rim. Used as finisher before dunk and free time.

Key points

  • Six consecutive free throws required.
  • None can touch the rim.
  • Performed after the main conditioning drill.
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5 Spot Makes

Sets: 1Hits: 5 hitsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 33 sec

After dunk, Steph chooses to do 3–4 different spots of five consecutive makes each. Informal finisher.

Key points

  • Shoot five consecutive makes at each chosen spot.
  • Emphasis on clean makes, not lucky shots.

Common mistakes

Not all makes are valuable; some are 'misses just went in'. Aim for quality makes.

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Make-All Trans

Sets: 1Rest: 1 minEst. duration: 1 min 4 sec

Transition shooting drill where player must make all shots; if misses, restart. Focus on quality under fatigue.

Key points

  • Shoot in transition after movement
  • Must make all shots, start over if miss
  • Finish workout with high quality mechanics

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