Guides

How to run the parts of the job nobody teaches you.

Practice plans, tryouts, scouting, and system breakdowns — written for coaches running real programs on real budgets.

  1. Preseason conditioning that buys you something

    A preseason conditioning guide with seven drills that teach something, not just run players into the ground.

  2. Running basketball tryouts: a plan and an evaluation sheet

    A two session tryout plan, an evaluation sheet with no 1 to 5 grid, and how to make the last calls and tell the players who didn't make it.

  3. The first day of practice, hour by hour

    A two hour plan for day one. What to install, what to leave alone, and why the first practice is about how you work rather than what you run.

  4. Ten questions to answer before your first practice

    The decisions that actually change what you do in the gym. Pace, identity, roles, and the ones most coaches answer by accident.