Before your team can begin to work on basketball plays, you must help them to master the concept of basketball drills, and while this might sound (and be) incredibly boring, it is also an incredibly important part of coaching basketball. Drills will not only serve as a great introduction to basketball plays, they will also serve to build discipline and get your players a bit more comfortable with moving around the court with the ball.

Basketball drills are like a boot camp for the players. It's the basic training they need to get started, and it will serve as the foundation for the rest of their career. A basic drill to do is to make your players line sprint. The players line up at the base line, and when the signal is given will sprint to the half court or free throw line. By doing this they will develop both speed and agility, and be able to burst into a fast run more easily. In the game of basketball these skills are extremely handy. It might even end up winning you the game or saving you some points when you actually face your rivals.

Control over the ball while running and dribbling is also essential to the game, and you must do drill to help the players with that. After all, no basketball playbook is complete if your players cannot dribble. Full court dribbles will instill within the players the instinct they need to handle and command the ball properly. Have the players dribble all the way up the court and back down, and repeat over and over daily. Alternate between hands, first using the right, then the left, then a combination and so on, however you like. As time goes on they will get better at this and it will begin to show in their game. Repeat, repeat, repeat, and you will eventually see the progress in your team.

If you really want your team to succeed, then you will need to put a huge amount of work in. You will need to make sure that your team is skilled, and most importantly they need to know how to accept defeat. Does this mean that you should plan for defeat? Absolutely not! It does however mean that you should expect defeat! Part of winning is being able to accept a loss simply because leading your team to believe they will win every single time could be downright harmful if the event does not occur. That being said, now would be a great time to get started on your coaching, and make sure you're ready for anything that might come your way. Your team might look great on the court right now, but you never know what they'll look like when facing off against a rival team. All you can really do is train and hope for the best.