Mike Krzyzewski Practice Planning

These basketball notes describe Mike Krzyzewski practice planning, how to begin practice planning, his first practices, three things to include in practice, and his goals in practice.

Practice Planning:

I Preparing for practice

A. Dealing with players

1. Every player has a race & every team has a race . . . make sure you are concerned with BOTH!
2. Address players/coaches eye to eye. 3. No lies, be honest

B. Video

1. Must review game/practice tape 2. “Every coach should be able to do something with a VCR & tape”

II Beginning practice plans

A. Who are you coaching

1. Veterans who know you & your system (more mental, less team practice everyday)
2. Young players with short attention span (will practice forever for you; intimidated)
3. Level of intelligence 4. Communication is 2 way street
B. Doesn’t run the exact same thing with every team 1. Has a core curriculum (everybody is the same at that point) 2. Fundamentals are the same (defense; footwork; etc) 3. Extras can change from team to team (press; trap; etc)

III 3 Things included in every practice

A. Concentration

– Players must be alert and focused on the details B. Work Hard

– Physical effort and hustle are expected in every drill C. Talk

– Requires all players to talk during the entire practice

– Especially during the defensive drills; sets the tone for defense *Uses white board on the court and will write up a word

– Sends the word home after practice with a list of the words that were written. (definitions are listed also)

– Visualize doing something good

Click on the pdf link to download the basketball coaching clinic notes:

Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes  | Mike Krzyzewski  Nike Clinic on Practice Planning by Mark Chapman

Read the second part of this article on coach Mike Krzyzewski Practice Plan Organization., and start organizing your practice the same way coach K does it.