Today I observed the Berry Women's Basketball team practice at 5:20-6:00pm. I did not come for the beginning or end of practice. I saw them stretch in the beginning, then they started with practicing free throws and triangle shooting. There was only about a minute of instruction between the two activities. Then they moved into the locker room for the coach to give about ten minutes of instruction. There was about a minute of waiting for everyone to come back and they immediately started playing against each other in a practice game for about five minutes. Then the coaches called out different drills such as box-in and box-out. I left after those drills, which they were still performing.
I was thoroughly impressed by how smoothly the practice ran. Everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing at different times. Looking at the numbers for the different categories I observed, I believe this basketball practice was very efficient. The majority of the time was spent moving, doing different drills and playing games. These percentages were very appropriate because this is a team, not a class. Everyone knew their different roles and what activities they were told to perform. I don't really see any need for improvement in the area of activity time, because they were active most of the time. Perhaps the only thing I could think of would be the moving from one place to the next could be faster, but it depends on what the coach needs to discuss and where the players should be. However, I was very much impressed with how everything in practice went.
Percentages
total number of lesson time in seconds = 525 seconds
Activity = 71.4%
Instruction = 22.8%
Management = 2.8%
Waiting = 2.8%
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