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In-Season Planning Use skills assessments to identify each athlete's skill level and to record each athlete's progress throughout the season. Assess the team's abilities: How many athletes can play one-on-one? How many athletes can work with teammates (two-on-two)? How many athletes can run the floor and control the ball (fast break)? How many athletes can offer pressure defense: half court, full court? Design an eight-week training program, such as the one suggested for a beginning program that follows. Plan and modify each session according to what needs to be accomplished. Design or use drills based on your needs: Directly relate drills to your offensive and defensive systems. Keep everyone busy. Be simple and specific. Reinforce proper technique. Keep drills short and intense (no shorter than 30 seconds, no longer than 10 minutes). Add progressions and demands to familiar drills as skills increase. Contribute to more than one aspect of the game when possible. Emphasize conditioning as skill is learned. Involve offense and defense (one area may be emphasized, but not at expense of other). Develop skills by progressively increasing difficulty. Perform the skill. Perform the skill a certain number of times. Count the number of times the skill is done in a prescribed time. Require the skill to be done a minimum number of times in a prescribed amount of time. Add an opponent and play, but emphasize the skill and enforce the rules. Play and reach a prescribed goal (time or frequency). Add more players (encourage competition and cooperation). Add conditions that must be met within the play. Introduce game concepts according to readiness level and development; modify the implementation schedule as needed.

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