Quick Tips For A Productive Practice
Posted on Nov 20, 2007 under Coaching Practice |1. Try to incorporate the four basic components of the player (technical, tactical, physical, and psychological) in each session by defining a practice plan beforehand.
2. Interrupt an exercise when a valid piece of instruction can be provided in a quick, succinct manner.
3. If the exercise is not productive, then quickly change conditions such as a size of field, number of players, or other restrictions.
4. Add conditions to raise the level of performance and intensity. Challenge players to step up their games a level.
5. Use competitive drills to liven up practices and conditioning.
6. Notes or lesson plans are good to have, but do not look at them so frequently during practice that they become a distraction.
7. If the coaches enjoy the training session, then the players will, too!