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Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

Ep 2039 How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast) · Oct 11, 2026 · 9:37

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Making Practice Better

https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/

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How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?

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Practice quality is a number you can count, and most coaches have never once counted it.

SHOW NOTES

Coaches judge practice on how it felt. Felt sharp, felt flat. Coach Collins makes the case for judging it on something harder and more honest: how many real repetitions each player got, how much of the gym was moving at any moment, and how much of your two hours went to things that were not basketball. Small structural changes here are worth more than any new drill.

What we cover:


Counting touches instead of trusting how practice felt

Where the minutes actually go, and the parts nobody notices losing

Running two things at once instead of everybody watching one

Adding a score to a drill and what it does to effort

Ending practice on something that tells you whether it worked


This week's challenge: Pick one player and count his actual repetitions for a twenty minute stretch of your next practice.

Resources: Practice plans, drills, courses, and on court clinics at https://teachhoops.com/

https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/
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