Coaching Girls Basketball – Practice Plan Tips

This idea on coaching girls basketball comes courtesy of my subscribers. These tips are a creative way to get as much as possible in an hour practice time frame.  Give it a try!

From Stephen…
I’m a basketball coach in an small intramural league for 10 -12 year old girls with my younger daughter.  Then I couch another girls team of 12 – 14 year olds for my older daughter. I love it, have a blast!

We normally have basketball practice once a week for 1 hour. I’m sure you can tell, it’s tough to get much practice time outside of the basic skills.  What I normally try to do is combine 2 or 3 all like basketball drills. I briefly go over the 2 or 3 drills…then make one basketball drill that takes all three of the smaller drills and make one drill out of the 2 or 3 smaller drills (gives the girls more ball handling time). I only do this for the smaller less complicated drills. This solidifies everything before the end of the hour. Then of course try and finish with a quick 15 min scrimmage.

It’s a challenge to fit everything in. In our basketball league I have to rotate though to make sure all 9 or 10 girls get the same playing time–so everyone plays each position.