Thread by @AlexJSarama

One of my most important responsibilities is to prepare my players to train effectively when they leave the program. I call this as PLP (Player Led Practice). 10 mins on the clock, players have to take the lead designing a task which is variable, efficient, and with decisions.

@LinusholmstromR is 16 years old in the previous clip, impressive! This is how I describe the task. Imagine you are at college, and need to teach your roommate or student manager about guided defense so you can train effectively when practicing alone.

This is their task, using guided defense to work on Pick & Roll setups. Alternating between off the catch and dribble, changing locations, guided d giving different coverages etc creates good variability. Bursts are applied to create sky high time-on-task.

@Auriiiimas demonstrating good knowledge of aggressive coverage solutions as the handler in PNR. The great thing about PLPs is it allows players to work on things most specific to them and gives an input in the practice. This is something connected to my thread on SDT last month.

We also did some 1 on 0 (shock!). Why? It is likely that on-air training is what a lot of my players will encounter when they leave here. So even though we don’t do on-air, I use very short doses to encourage them to find ways to create variability without defense.

This is an example of a de-brief. We spoke about deception and finding ways to incorporate this in PNR handler set-ups. Biggest thing @LinusholmstromR raised was visualization. If a coach does on-air with them in the future, HAVE to at least visualize the D.

Great visualization here with connections added. Every rep within this 1 on 0 is different. While I would prefer to have some type of constrained or live defender immediately, this at least helps my players understand how to avoid blocked, constant practice in the future.

Challenged them to reject a diff way each time, and then try to reject in one dribble.

We mix this all up with regular bouts of shooting. When we shoot, I play defense with my assistant. For NCAA coaches, great chance to use student managers. Makes an incredible difference to the autopilot mode that players descend into when doing spot shooting.