Free basketball practice plan builder

Enter practice length, players, baskets and court for a runnable session built from drills a Ball Coach staff coach approved. Print it, or download for Word or Excel.

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Tell it your time, players, baskets and court, and get a runnable practice session to print or download, built only from drills a Ball Coach staff coach has approved.

Result

6 blocks in 90 of 90 minutes for 12 players, 2 baskets, full court.

Tuesday practice

90 minutes · 12 players · 2 baskets · full court · 2 coaches · a balanced session

Time	Block	Min	Coaching points
0:00–0:10	Ball-handling movement prep Warm-up · 1–18 players · 1 basket · quarter court Needs: one basketball per player, cones	10	Pair dynamic movement with retreat dribbles, crossovers, and pace changes. Eyes up and shoulders over the ball on every stop.
0:11–0:24	Change-of-pace gates Skill · 4–18 players · 2 baskets · half court Needs: basketballs, cones, station markers	13	Attack cone gates using hesitation, hang, burst, and stop-start footwork. The speed change must move an imaginary defender before the finish.
0:25–0:36	Closeout footwork foundation Skill · 3–12 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, pinnies, cones	11	Sprint early, shorten the final steps, and arrive able to guard the drive. Match the hand to the ball, keep the chest behind the toes, and do not fly past the receiver.
0:37–0:58	Advantage-start offense Team · 10–15 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, two colors of pinnies, scoreboard or score sheet	21	Begin 5-on-5 with a forced closeout or tilted defense. Offense must preserve the advantage; defense must scramble back to neutral.
0:59–1:14	Back-screen rim and pop reads Team · 5–15 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, cones, pinnies	15	Threaten the rim first, then punish the help. The cutter sets up the back screen, the screener makes legal contact and pops only after the cutter clears the lane.
1:15–1:30	Baseline inbound versus pressure Situation · 8–18 players · 2 baskets · full court Needs: basketballs, pinnies, scoreboard or clock	15	Inbound from the backcourt against denial with a five-second count. Screen to free the primary receiver, maintain a deep release, and preserve timeout awareness.

85 minutes of drills + 5 minutes of transitions = 90 of 90 minutes.

Equipment for the session: basketballs, cones, one basketball per player, pinnies, scoreboard or clock, scoreboard or score sheet, station markers, two colors of pinnies.

10 approved drills were left out because they don't fit your players, baskets, court or coaches.

Built from drills a Ball Coach staff coach approved for use. A planning aid, not a tested program and not medical or safety advice: you decide what suits your players. Ball Coach AI

Tuesday practice

90 minutes · 12 players · 2 baskets · full court · 2 coaches · a balanced session

Time	Block	Min	Coaching points
0:00–0:10	Ball-handling movement prep Warm-up · 1–18 players · 1 basket · quarter court Needs: one basketball per player, cones	10	Pair dynamic movement with retreat dribbles, crossovers, and pace changes. Eyes up and shoulders over the ball on every stop.
0:11–0:24	Change-of-pace gates Skill · 4–18 players · 2 baskets · half court Needs: basketballs, cones, station markers	13	Attack cone gates using hesitation, hang, burst, and stop-start footwork. The speed change must move an imaginary defender before the finish.
0:25–0:36	Closeout footwork foundation Skill · 3–12 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, pinnies, cones	11	Sprint early, shorten the final steps, and arrive able to guard the drive. Match the hand to the ball, keep the chest behind the toes, and do not fly past the receiver.
0:37–0:58	Advantage-start offense Team · 10–15 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, two colors of pinnies, scoreboard or score sheet	21	Begin 5-on-5 with a forced closeout or tilted defense. Offense must preserve the advantage; defense must scramble back to neutral.
0:59–1:14	Back-screen rim and pop reads Team · 5–15 players · 1 basket · half court Needs: basketballs, cones, pinnies	15	Threaten the rim first, then punish the help. The cutter sets up the back screen, the screener makes legal contact and pops only after the cutter clears the lane.
1:15–1:30	Baseline inbound versus pressure Situation · 8–18 players · 2 baskets · full court Needs: basketballs, pinnies, scoreboard or clock	15	Inbound from the backcourt against denial with a five-second count. Screen to free the primary receiver, maintain a deep release, and preserve timeout awareness.

85 minutes of drills + 5 minutes of transitions = 90 of 90 minutes.

Equipment for the session: basketballs, cones, one basketball per player, pinnies, scoreboard or clock, scoreboard or score sheet, station markers, two colors of pinnies.

10 approved drills were left out because they don't fit your players, baskets, court or coaches.

Built from drills a Ball Coach staff coach approved for use. A planning aid, not a tested program and not medical or safety advice: you decide what suits your players. Ball Coach AI

How this works

It picks warm-up, skill, team and (with time) situation drills from the Ball Coach drill bank, but only ones a staff coach reviewed and approved for use. A drill is used as written when it fits your players, baskets, court and coaches. It is used with its own adjustment (for example, one basket or fewer than eight players) only when that adjustment covers exactly what you're short; a general 'make it easier' note doesn't count, so those drills are left out. Block minutes and the transitions between them add up to your practice length exactly, with each block within about 60% to 160% of its drill's usual time; if the drills that fit can't fill the time, the open minutes are shown instead of stretching a drill. The sheet shows each drill's title, time, needs, equipment and coaching points. It is a planning aid built from a fixed set of drills, not a tested program, and not medical or safety advice.

30–180 minute practices, 1–30 players, 1–8 baskets, 1–8 coaches
Only staff-approved drills are used (not the whole drill bank); with few players or one basket, fewer drills fit
A group larger than a drill's maximum uses that drill only if its own adjustment says how
Prints on one page for a typical session; a very long one continues on a second page. The full setup and instructions for each drill are not part of this sheet

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