We believe we should have a format to our practices. It doesn't have to be the same every day. Some coaches like to have the same routine; others try to avoid monotony. Read your team to determine what works best for you.
Before our team practice begins, we have pre-pactice skills development work with selected players. We might work with certain players individually, in small groups, or as an entire group. Daily skill work is important to us.
After pre-practice work, we like to start our practices differently from some other teams. Many coaches prefer to get their guys loose or stretch them out first. We begin each day with a teaching segment before the players get stretched. This segment is simply a talk or walk through of any skill, concept or play set that we want to introduce, review, or improve. In training camp, we use this segment to implement our basic offensive and defensive packages, special situations, and drills.
We've found that if we walk through and teach things slowly at the beginning, practice flows smoothly once we get the players moving. For example, if our side pick and roll defense was poor the night before, we'll walk through our adjustments at the beginning of practice. This way, when we get to the side pick and roll defensive segment of practice, we don't have to stop for review. The players already understand what we need to improve, so we can gi e them a quick reminder and get right into the drill. At one point or another, we talk or walk through everything we'll work on in practice. From new drills to end of game defense to press offense, we teach it at the beginning of practice and drill it once the contact of practice has begun
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