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Tip by Greg Smith of Spokane, WA. 

Do NOT practice to perfection!

Used timed drills instead of outcome based drills (10 perfect passes). Avoid, "we will keep doing this until you get it right!!"

Post-Game Meetings:

After the game when I have my post game meetings, or during practice when I call a quick team meeting to work on skills or issues, I’ve trained my teams to give me their undivided attention. When season starts I explain to them that when we have a meeting I want eye contact with all of them for the entire meeting....

Tip by Jaimie Tiblier from Biloxi HS in Biloxi, MS.

Organization at Practice:

I create a practice plan and post it for our players. This plan helps with smooth transitions from drill to drill because our players know what to expect. Also, I post jobs daily for specific players, so there is never a question about setting up or picking up equipment. These simple tasks help maintain the tempo at our practices.

Tip by Coach Lottie from Kentucky.

Warm up drill:

Start with 3 players on the court in zone 1,6, & 5, with the coach in the zone 3.  Coach tosses the ball to any of the 3 players...

Team building exercise:

In the first few days of fall practice it is kind of a fun thing to explain how important it is to be a team. A fun way to do it is to buy a bundle of pencils, chopsticks, craft dowels, 10 inch long sticks, etc