Organizing Basketball Practice with a Generic Example

Everyone 'runs' practice differently. There's no Holy Grail, although there are principles.

• Warmup
• Fundamentals
• Teaching Segments
• Team offense
• Team defense
• Applying and managing pressure
• Conditioning
• Scrimmaging
• Special situations

Goals:

• Maximize efficiency
• Competition 
• Involve everyone 
• Coaching without overcoaching 
• Solve current problems
• Implementation of offense/defense/specials
• Simplification

Young coaches can benefit from having examples while they identify what works for their program. As LA Rams Coach Sean McVay says, "Everyone benefits from coaching." 

Spreadsheet of Possible considerations

Sample practice spreadsheet (conditioning in yellow)

Free throws are mixed into water breaks

Speed layups: 

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

Racehorse: We called this Racehorse and ran it harder

SuperWoman lay-ups. 1-min a round. 7 makes a round for faster players. So if 6 players=42 makes for group per round. 2nd group is the passers. Players go continuous for an entire minute. If someone is slowing them down can pass them w/ the dribble. We alternate & do R & L side. pic.twitter.com/KRo65sD4NS

— Marsha Frese (@CoachFrese) October 6, 2022

Get 50

Warmup - Warm up your shot early in practice. The Jay Wright, "Get 50" approach does that. 

3 x 3 x 3 Shooting

Condition within drills. Full court, full press scrimmaging, transition drills, "Argentina Passing," and others keep players running and practicing with a ball. 3 x 3 x 3 shooting gets both high volumes of shots and running.