Jenny Glenn talks in this video about how to design practices in a way that speeds up the learning process.

“A lot of athletes are not very patient,” Glenn says. “They want results quickly. If we’re in a (practice) and I say, ‘You’re going to get a lot better in a month,’ I’m not going to hold on to their motivation.”

One key to quickening the learning pace is designating a focus for the day and another focus for the week.

In this video, Glenn describes a week in which the team trains exclusively on out-of-system play and coverage. The daily focus for the first day is offense. (The following day, the focus might be defense.)

The daily practice breaks down like this:
–Ball control drill
–A pre-drill focused on out-of-system offense where coaches evaluate the athletes but don’t give them feedback.
–Drills breaking down individual skills related to out-of-system offense.
–A post-drill that is the same as the pre-drill but now includes feedback from the coaches.
–Competition.

“(With this format), athletes can compare where they started and where they finished,” Glenn says. “They really enjoy it because they feel like they’ve gotten something accomplished that day.”