Making Drills Work Written by Carl McGown. Anyone can be a coach, but the good ones have the ability to analyze their teams' weaknesses and practice skills that have high game transfer. Like with putting to-gether a puzzle, a good coach knows what the pieces should look like, then fits them in place. At the end of the season, all the work will have been worthwhile when the picture presented is a unified whole.
Every team is different and each requires a specific emphasis.
What worked great last year probably won't get the job done this year. Following are some sugges-tions for determining the types of drills that are needed. Review practice and match statistics. They may reveal what is lacking and who is not producing. View match video tapes.