Practice Planning ModelsA practice can be planned or organized in many ways. I like using a variety of approaches over the course of a season.
Teach, Develop, Play
See pages 6 and 7 (Quick Overview: How to Use the Cards) for more information. Each card is coded according to main purpose of teach, develop, or compete which can help you plan your practice.
Basketball 1-2-3-ez-H
See pages 8 and 9 for an overview. Each coaching card is coded with a 1, 2, 3, ez, and/or © for easy reference.
Basic Progressions
Practice starts with simple concepts then progresses to more difficult activities. The warm up is used to introduce concept, the main activities add more movement, space limitations (boundaries) and defenders. The final stage has players performing skills in game-like conditions and scrimmages.
Station Training
Players are divided into groups. Each group performs a different game or drill. After 5-10 minutes each group rotates to a new station. Each Coaching Card can be it's own station. Have assistant coaches help out with stations. (Use Coaching Cards to help educate assistants on the set up and purpose of the station). Consider the order of the stations: some should be high intensity, others should be low intensity.
Skill Builder (Skill-Drill-Game-Skill-Drill-Game)
Players perform a skill drill with lots of repetitions then play a fun game in which the skill is practiced/used. Competitive variation coding on the cards (cards with a ©) fit this type of planning well.
Practice Planning
Whole-Part-Whole
After warm up players play a regular scrimmage (whole). Coach recognizes a break down and has players perform a drill that focuses on the specific weakness (part). Players return to game (whole). Process is repeated 3 or 4 times in practice. You can plan this type of practice ahead of time with known weaknesses of the team. The idea of the "whole" is for players to recognize the situations or the break-down. The coach can show why the team is doing such and such a drill or activity (part).
Assistant Coaches
Use the Coaching Cards to help organize and "educate" assistants. Assistants can help you run a more productive practice by allowing you to focus on smaller groups. Each coach can work with one group of players at a "station." Each station is a different drill or activity. After a given period, the groups rotate stations. If you want help from parents, pass around a sign-up sheet with dates and times. Assure the volunteers that you will clearly explain what their roles will be. Assistants can be particularly helpful in training goalkeepers and dealing with discipline problems.
Plan Ahead!
Whatever model you decided write down a plan in advance. What is the objective of the practice? How will players be grouped? What equipment is necessary? How many baskets or courts do you need?
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