{"id":349,"date":"2014-11-12T08:41:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/?p=349"},"modified":"2014-11-12T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:41:08","slug":"do-your-players-waste-time-before-practice-give-them-a-routine-to-improve-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/do-your-players-waste-time-before-practice-give-them-a-routine-to-improve-skills","title":{"rendered":"Do Your Players Waste Time Before Practice? Give Them a Routine to Improve Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tricks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Do your players tend to take circus shots and mess around before practice? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Typically, I find that 80% of our\u00a0players talk and mess around…. while one or two players are doing something productive like practicing their form shooting.<\/p>\n

To solve the problem, I gave our\u00a0team a routine to go through if they get to practice early. \u00a0It has worked wonderfully.<\/p>\n

Here’s the routine for our youth players:<\/p>\n

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  1. 20 pound dribbles with right hand<\/li>\n
  2. 20 pound dribbles with left hand<\/li>\n
  3. 20 baby cross overs<\/li>\n
  4. 20 form shots with right hand<\/li>\n
  5. 20 form shot with left hand<\/li>\n
  6. 20 lay ups (from different spots on perimeter)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    By sticking with the “20 reps” theme, it’s easy for players to remember. \u00a0I only had to show our 4th graders the routine once. \u00a0And they got it.<\/p>\n

    I am happy to report that when players get to practice early, they all start the routine on their own. \u00a0Now the beginning of our\u00a0practices\u00a0are more organized, less chaotic, and players are getting better. \u00a0While I’m setting up the first drill, our players are practicing skills on their own.<\/p>\n

    I have also found players are more “locked in” and less rambunctious at\u00a0the beginning of practice. \u00a0Sometimes when they are messing around with their friends before practice, they have trouble changing gears into practice mode. \u00a0This routine has helped with that.<\/p>\n

    Since they all start the routine at different times,\u00a0I usually stop a few players in the middle of their routine to officially start practice.<\/p>\n

    Try it out. Give your players a “pre-practice routine” and see if it helps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Do your players tend to take circus shots and mess around before practice? \u00a0 Typically, I find that 80% of our\u00a0players talk and mess around…. while one or two players are doing something productive like practicing their form shooting. To solve the problem, I gave our\u00a0team a routine to go through if they get to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-practice-strategy","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}