Many coaches are much smarter than I am and maybe don't need notes at practice. However, I have found that I always forget something that I want to do on that day.Below is an example of one of our practice plans:
November 12/ Practice #2
3:05 – 3:08 Thought Of The Day…..get better every day.
3:08 – 3:14 Pre-practice
3:14 – 3:18 Full court dribbling
3:18 – 3:30 Offensive footwork
-Fist shooting…..curls off screen, catch and rip where you came from, catch and go.
-Posts should always be stepping into open areas.
-mix in shots, feeding the post for a shot, and shooter re-locating for a shot
-then perimeter catches, screen away for a shot coming off “double” screen.
3:30 – 3:40 Defensive breakdown
-wall up
-1 on 1 ½ court…keep ball on side….catch and shot fake, make sure you stay down, hands up.
3:40 – 3:45 1 on 1 block out
3:45 – 3:55 Run….2 in: 22
FT/ Drink
3:55 – 4:03 Shadow D
4:03 – 4:08 3 out/ 1 in….2 out of 3 stops.
4:08 – 4:23 Forward Help/Recover
-3 on 3 with person in corner being beaten.
-3 straight stops or run
4:23 – 4:28 100 point shooting
4:28 – 4:43 Break breakdown with Defense
4:43 – 4:58 Guard help/recover
-3 on 3 with person on wing extended being beaten
-3 straight stops or run
4:58 – 5:03 FT
5:03 – 5:08 4 on 3 in the lane
5:08 – 5:18 4 on 3 live
-get 2 stops and you are out.
5:18 – 5:27 5 on 5 shell/ transition
Just the titles of the drills gives me the idea of what I want to do. If I need to, I will write or even type in extra details on a new drill, or an old drill to make sure we hit what we are trying to do.
We usually want to warm up, then work on individual offensive moves or individual defense, then we move it to team offense and defense. We try to make as much of it a competition as possible to get them to compete all practice.
I believe that practice should be hard and short. We will go 2 1/2 hours for the first couple of weeks, but if they practice hard, we go 2 hours only. By 5 o'clock, they are ready to go home and I have seen a decline in effort.
I am planning on having 1 open practice again this fall, everyone and anyone is invited to come watch that one day.
