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For D-3 Coaches, how many minutes of practice time you use team? like man to man/motion/fullcourt press.

How long added together?

3/28/2011 7:51 PM
I use 25 until everyone gets to a b iq 25 and 25, try and find guys above avg in class,court. I drop to 20 till they get to A, then dump minutes if I have no fresh,soph. Tried 15 but it takes so long andgetting bbiq up is critical.
3/28/2011 9:19 PM (edited)
Most people I know pick only one offensive set and one defensive set to practice.  They put somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes into each set for team practice and use the rest for individual practice. (so 40-50 minutes for team and the rest for individual)

You can use a combination defense where you play Man/Press or Zone/Press.  This would mean you need to practice 2 defenses (Man and Zone and then Press).

Most coaches say that you do not have enough time available to practice more than your base defense (or 2 with the combo defenses) and your base offense and still grow your recruits.

This means that most teams can not play zone and man-to-man, etc.
3/29/2011 8:48 AM
I tend to use 20 min for both O and D unless I have 8 to 10 Fresh and Soph.  Then I go up to 25 for each until they hit the B level.  Drop down to 20 each after that. 
4/4/2011 1:12 AM

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