October 24, 2010 by: coach

FREE: Youth Basketball Practice Plan

Below is an excerpt from Michael O’Halloran’s 30 Youth Basketball Practice Plans. Each practice plan includes an agenda for a 10-minute, pre-court time meeting with players and a minute-by-minute breakout for a 90 minute practice.

When coaches come prepared with a practice plan, players learn more, coaches can focus on teaching in the moment vs. thinking what they’re going to do next, and the whole team benefits. Below is one sample practice plan.

Find out more about 30 Youth Basketball Practice Plans.

Coaches use basketball practice plans, soccer practice plans, baseball practice plans and softball practice plans for many reasons including:

- It's hard to wing it and come up with the best preparation on the spot. By having someone spend some time to carefully think thru what's to be taught and when to teach it gives you a distinct advantage.

- It saves time.

- Players get better quicker.

- The system works. Why create an approach from scratch when there's a proven winner?

- Practices are what makes or breaks the success of your team. It makes sense to think through the very best approach.

“Your basketball practice plans are fantastic! Many youth coaches are pressed for time and these organized practice plans help me to run an efficient practice with little preparation time needed. Not only are the plans efficient for coaches, but the drills have paid dividends for our players. I really appreciate the work put into these.”

Mike Kobbervig
Coach, Casselton, North Dakota

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“I coach 5th and 6th grade basketball and after winning only 3 games the previous 2 years combined, I began using your structured practice plans each week and now we are now one game away from the league championship!”

Mike Jadach
JV Coach Assumption School, Ansonia, CT

"All the successful teams I’ve ever seen have three characteristics: They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard."
- Larry Brown

"Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits."
- Mike Krzyzewski

“How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate?"
- Brad Stevens

"Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat."
- Dean Smith

"Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute."
- Bill Russell

“You have a choice to make when you’re not playing. Either you’re invested and a great teammate, or your not."
- Brad Stevens

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