Why do players love to scrimmage?
Because they want to move. They want to play.
The last thing that you want your basketball practices to be is "coach centered."
Here are some examples of what a "coach centered" basketball practice looks like:
(a coach centered practice is where all decisions are made solely by the coach)
- Players standing, staring, waiting for their turn to jump in.
- Players standing, staring, listening to the coach talk for extended lengths of time.
Alternatively, here are some examples of "player centered" basketball practices.
(Note: The more autonomy that players are given in practices to make decisions, the more equipped they are to make in game decisions).
- Putting players up against a specific defense that you will face (ie., a press or a zone) without interjecting or stopping to teach for the first 5-10 minutes allows players to take initiative, experience some success on their own, and play through their failures.
- Allowing players to choose a specific game or skill for 5-10 minutes - such as "11-Man" or a shooting drill to start a practice can greatly influence the positive energy throughout the entire practice.
If you want to know how to coach basketball and have your players always thinking:
'I never want to miss practice. I would miss way too much!'
Then you have to begin to conduct more 'player centered practices.'
Skill Development Coach practice plans and programming.
The way that you can get your kids energized and feeling like,
"I love going to basketball practice because the practices are awesome!"
Here are a few examples of how to coach basketball with more engaging team practices.
- Minimize stoppages
- Mix up the "teams" often.
- Always condition with a basketball.
- Conduct team drills early on in practice.
- Have players do most of the communicating.
One of our primary objectives of SDC is helping coaches conduct more "player centered" basketball practices year round.
We have had over 30 high school programs go on to win state championships after using SDC for as little as 20-30 minutes per day throughout the season.
Our in-season practice plans present a phenomenal resource for coaches to be able to implement awesome basketball skill development circuits and team practice drills that align with your objectives.
Skill based and engaging for the players -- with comprehensive team practice skills --SDC keeps players super motivated and gives you the ability to improve your practice design during the regular season and throughout the off-season.
Specifically designed to serve as the solution for the biggest problem all coaches face:
NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME FOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON!
For off-season basketball coaching and player development, our platform allows you to create, assign and deliver skill specific and position specific programming directly to your players smartphones.
You can assign the "skill homework" throughout the off-season.
