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Sample Practice Schedules
Basketball Week-4 Practices
Suggest Two Practices Minimum (repeating and reinforcing concepts for both)
| 20 minutes |
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Warm-up: Jogging (forward then backward; side to side [defensive sliding])
Dribbling, passing and moving to ball (in pairs and moving sideline to sideline)
Playing Dribble Tag for 6 minutes: Divide athletes into four groups — two groups lower ability, two groups higher ability; lower teams play in one half court; higher teams play in other half court; play in 3-minute time blocks; winning teams have more players left on the court at end of time.
Stretching: Calves, hamstrings, quads, groin and arms |
| 25 minutes |
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Skill Work (one or two coaches per basketball; stations 5 minutes each; jogging to next station; athletes are ability-grouped to match strength and size for safety) |
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 Rebounding: Go to the Ball from rolling ball, bouncing, tossing and shooting. Coach shoots from corner as last week; add more pressure with coach and/or athlete behind trying to steal ball and providing physical contact with athlete.
- Shooting: Receive ball in proper shooting position (shooting hand on top; guide hand at side); progress to receive pass, shoot and follow for rebound; then short shots: Set up station with coach now at foul line, with pass coming at different angle.
- Three-on-the-coach: Three offenders work on passing, moving, rebounding and scoring against one coach-defender who offers increasing levels of pressure; add that athletes must make at least two passes before shooting.
- Three-on-three: Continue focus on defense (step to ball; belly to ball; close the door on drive). Focus is on defense, reacting and moving to stop ball; stepping to ball and belly facing ball, then "closing the door" when offender drives gap; continue when defense gets ball, pass back to coach with teams switching from offense to defense.
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| 35 minutes |
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Team Concept for Five-on-five Teams |
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- Continue review of "Go" offense and two-three defense with no opponent; run to positions from half court and then from defense; proceed into offense.
- Scrimmage in 5- to 7-minute blocks of time.
- Continue jump ball, sideline out-of-bounds play and shooting free throw; add end-line out-of-bounds play to score under own basket.
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Individual Skills Work with ISC Athletes: 10m Dribble; Target Pass; Spot Shot
- Conduct ISC and score; record efforts.
- Then play low-organized fun games using skills (two-on-two coach-athlete teams).
| 10 minutes |
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Bring team together for cool-down stretching and reward efforts; go over plans for competition this week (uniforms; travel logistics; parent and coach responsibilities). |
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