In determining the reception of attention of the players and in the implementation of your ideas the factor that plays the most important role is the practice. For both the experienced and newcomer coaches style of practice is easily the measure stick of his abilities. One more issue is confronted by the newbie coaches.  You will seldom be having a player who has not ever played in any kind of organized basketball, thus making the requirement of keeping things basic.

Three simple but effective ways to have a great practice are as follows:

A. Management of Time

It’s a common complain from majority of the coaches that they do not get enough time for practice. Whatever may be the case, if you are having a ninety minute practice session, then all must have made the best out of these 90 minutes.  Each and every drill should get a pre-defined time limit and along with it time for breaks.   Don’t forget to make sure that you leave behind good bit of time for scrimmages.

B. Keep an Element of Fun

At the preliminary state most of the kids play just to derive fun out of it. It’s like any other interesting piece of game to them. So, keeping a little fun involved in practices can bring out the best from them. The idea of fun while you learn is a no different to practices. Practiced bring in more results if you can properly blend rigorous practice and fun.

C. Keep Things Simple

Keep things to basic level at the beginning of the practice and then go on to have the more difficult ones. Also, make them practice as if they are doing something really interesting and not monotonous or stressful. Also, don’t press the 3^rd gear at the start, just wait for them to get used to your style of practicing.

Following these simple and very important strategies can obviously aid you in making the guys practiced the best.