Are you looking for other ways? I don't know the best anything but here are thoughts on pregame warmup, better timeouts, and postgame conversations.
Pregame warmup. Does our team start fast? One caveat...deep in the State Tournament, games run late (or overtime)...warmups decline to almost nothing. Same for both teams...I get it. Here are a few drills I favor:
Lithuania layups. Lots of touches quickly.
Speed layups for warm-up via the Lithuania team at the #JonesCup. I like it because most of warm-up IMO is about getting shots as we shoot more than we get layups in games...the other part is a short burst of energy & enthusiasm so this would take care of that. pic.twitter.com/UQXy7w1Ozg
— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) July 29, 2018
Rollouts. Offense. Closeouts. Team play. Simulates game play. I think I got this on vacation in Turks from an Indiana high school coaching couple.
Organizing timeouts.
- Sprint to the timeout.
- Have an ordered seating arrangement, 1 thru 5 left to right
- Have one or two main points to get across.
- Verify we're on the same page.
- I want three timeouts for close and late ATOs/instructions
Postgame conversation.
- Be brief. The Gettysburg Address was under 275 words.
- Don't undermine players. Don't lose a game and the team.
- In case of emergency, "how we play is how we live."
Lagniappe. One coach's suggestions for pre-game warmup.