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"Ep 2039 How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?" is an episode of Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast). Runtime 9 min. Published October 11, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
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Making Practice Better
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How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?
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Practice quality is a number you can count, and most coaches have never once counted it.
SHOW NOTES
Coaches judge practice on how it felt. Felt sharp, felt flat. Coach Collins makes the case for judging it on something harder and more honest: how many real repetitions each player got, how much of the gym was moving at any moment, and how much of your two hours went to things that were not basketball. Small structural changes here are worth more than any new drill.
What we cover:
Counting touches instead of trusting how practice felt
Where the minutes actually go, and the parts nobody notices losing
Running two things at once instead of everybody watching one
Adding a score to a drill and what it does to effort
Ending practice on something that tells you whether it worked
This week's challenge: Pick one player and count his actual repetitions for a twenty minute stretch of your next practice.
Resources: Practice plans, drills, courses, and on court clinics at https://teachhoops.com/
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