Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

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Ep 2044 What Would Happen If You Cut Your Practice Plan in Half?

Ep 2044 What Would Happen If You Cut Your Practice Plan in Half?16 oct.10 min

Simplicity at Practice

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What Would Happen If You Cut Your Practice Plan in Half?

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Subtraction is the most underrated move in coaching, and almost nobody is willing to try it.

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Every year the plan gets longer. Another drill, another wrinkle, another coverage, and somehow the team looks less sure of itself in February than it did in December. Coach Collins argues for going the other direction: fewer drills, fewer words, one teaching point at a time, and the confidence that comes from a team that knows exactly what it is supposed to do.

What we cover:

Why practice plans grow every season and never shrink

One teaching point per drill, and what happens when you stack three

Cutting your own talking down and coaching more with a whistle