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Tips for Conducting Successful Training Sessions

  • Assign assistant coaches their roles and responsibilities in accordance to your training plan.
  • When possible, have all equipment and stations prepared before the athletes arrive.
  • Introduce and acknowledge coaches and athletes.
  • Review intended program with everyone. Keep athletes informed of changes in schedule or activities.
  • Alter the plan according to weather and the facility in order to accommodate the needs of the athletes.
  • Change activities before the athletes become bored and lose interest.
  • Keep drills and activities brief so athletes do not get bored. Keep everyone busy with an exercise even if it is rest.
  • Devote the end of the practice to a group activity that can incorporate challenge and fun, always giving them something to look forward to at the end of practice.
  • If an activity is going well, it is often useful to stop the activity while interest is high.
  • Summarize the session and announce arrangements for next session.
  • Keep the fun in fundamentals.

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