Ep 1981 Does Your Practice Have Games In It, Or Just Drills?

The 5 Minute Basketball Coaching Podcast · Aug 31, 2026 · 8m

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Your practice looks beautiful. Everybody is moving, nobody is standing around, the whistle is on time, and the assistant with the clipboard is happy. And then the game starts and your team cannot make a read to save its life. That gap between a clean practice and a confused team is what this episode is about.

Coach Collins breaks down the shift from block drills to games based practice. Not throwing the ball out and letting them play, which is the other extreme and just as lazy. Small sided games with a constraint, a scoring system, and a teaching point baked into the…