When designing trainings, exercises and drills, consider the strengths and weaknesses of each athlete and your team as a whole. Choose activities that allow your athletes to improve.
Make trainings fun. Design trainings that hold the athletes' attention. Use exercises and drills that your athletes enjoy. Use these exercises to lighten the load of hard work and to establish positive team attitude. When practicing drills, do enough to improve technique, yet not so much as to bore your athletes.
Keep your talking to a minimum. Short, concise instructions are better than long explanations.
Be willing to create or adapt drills to meet unique needs of your team. Skilled athletes master drills fairly quickly, so add some new twists to challenge these athletes.
As you introduce new skills and techniques, you also need to review fundamental ones. Drills are a good way to improve your athletes' skills.
Introduce new skills early in the training session, when athletes are fresh and attentive. Practice new skills for several sessions before incorporating them into more complex drills and game scenarios.
Use drills and scrimmages that encourage communication and teamwork among athletes.
