Strength is one of the most important biomotor abilities for most sports, as well as basketball. Strength is the foundation for both generating maximal power and maintaining repetitive muscular contractions, in other words, muscular endurance. A periodized strength training regime can be an excellent tool for maximizing performance outcomes. The physiological adaptations to the neuromuscular system that resistance training can bring about are very specific to the training program that the basketball athlete uses. Athletic performance can be maximized only if the training regime provides appropriate variation. Many methods for inducing training variation are available, and many of them can result in very specific physiological adaptations. Finally, to truly maximize the effectiveness of a strength training regime, it must be integrated into the comprehensive periodized training plan developed for the basketball team. Simply adding strength training to basketball athlete’s training plan without considering the other training activities will not maximize performance outcomes.