Mike coaching a team
Whiteboard or floor
Mike's pick · facing right
Build It With The Gym
You Have.
Not The One You Want.
Most coaches don't have the time, the money, or the equipment to do everything they want with their athletes. Neither does Mike. Everything here is built for that reality.
Three questions. About sixty seconds. It'll tell you where to start.
Sixty Seconds. Then You'll Know
If This Is For You.
Vimeo embed · ~60 sec
Every Program Assumes
A Gym You Don't Have.
Open most basketball strength and conditioning material and it assumes a full rack room, a force plate, a staff of four, and athletes who show up year-round. That's not most programs. That's barely any programs.
Mike owned his own gym for eighteen years and has coached for twenty-six. He'll be the first to tell you he doesn't have every tool and resource he'd like either. Limited budgets and limited equipment aren't an excuse to work around — they're the actual design constraint.
So everything on this page is grounded in that: what you can run with what's already in your building, on the calendar you've actually got.
Twenty-Six Years.
Every Level Of The Game.
Mike Robertson has coached NBA All-Stars and middle schoolers, often in the same week. He built and ran IFAST for eighteen years, so he has run a facility on a real budget — not a theoretical one.
Four Decisions That Matter
More Than Your Equipment.
Budget and gear set your ceiling far less than people think. These four calls do more for your athletes than another rack ever will.
What You Actually Assess
You cannot program for what you have not looked at. A movement screen you can run in ten minutes with no equipment tells you more than a vertical test.
What Order It Goes In
Sequencing beats selection. The same four exercises in a different order produce a different athlete.
What It Costs Them
Every session takes something out of your players that the court also needs. Practice, travel and games are part of the program whether you plan for them or not.
What Happens In Season
Most programs are built for the off-season and abandoned in November. The in-season plan is the one that decides who is still available in March.
Peers, Not Testimonials.
TESTIMONIAL TO PULL — Adam Loiacono is in Mike’s doc, 3–4 paragraphs. Trim to 2–3 sentences. Peer-coach, industry-credibility angle.
TESTIMONIAL NEEDED — a high-school or college coach who runs this with limited equipment. Short is fine.
TESTIMONIAL NEEDED — an S&C coach who inherited basketball and needed a model. Short is fine.
Let's Be Straight About
Who This Helps.
- You are the strength and conditioning coach for a basketball program
- You are a basketball coach who inherited the strength work and wants to do right by your guys
- You have limited equipment, limited time, or both
- You would rather know why something works than be handed a template
- You have unlimited budget, staff and facility time
- You want a plug-and-play template with no thinking attached
- You are looking for the newest drill rather than a model
- You are not willing to change how your calendar is built
The Questions Coaches Ask.
What if I only have dumbbells and bands?
How much time per week does this actually take?
Can I run this with a whole roster at once?
What do I do with athletes at completely different levels?
How does this change in season?
Do I need to test anything before I start?
Can I talk to Mike about my specific program?
Stop Working Around
Your Constraints.
Take the short quiz. It'll help you figure out the best path so we can get you moving in the right direction.
Three questions. About sixty seconds.
