Building a Competitive Practice with High-Intensity Drills

with Rob Krimmel,
Saint Francis University Head Coach;
2025 NEC Tournament Champions;
2021 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Guardians of the Game Award for Service;
2019 NEC Coach of the Year;
2019 NABC District 18 Coach of the Year

In this video featuring 2019 NEC Coach of the Year Rob Krimmel you'll see how to raise the intensity and competitive nature of every practice. The content packed into this video is applicable to all coaches and can easily be tailored to the level of your players.

Skill Work

Starting with unique warm-up drills that emphasize passing and communication, Krimmel illustrates how to fully utilize practice time and space. As he continues to build on a variety of basketball fundamentals, you'll learn how to incorporate key decision-making aspects for your players. Key drills include LeBron Passing, USA Passing, Frankie Shooting, Florida Flyout, and more.

Competitive Drills

Coach Krimmel will help you improve your player development by demonstrating drills that give offensive players read & react opportunities, showing you how to tailor drills to raise defensive intensity to a whole new level, and giving you multiple options to make sure your players get game shots under game conditions. In addition to his drills targeted at improving defense and overall team competitiveness, Krimmel shows how to rapidly improve your team's free throw shooting at practice.

This video is a must for coaches who want to utilize practice time more efficiently and help speed up the development of both the team and individual players. Krimmel's demonstrations are concise and clear so you can start using the techniques he describes right away.

If your team has ever struggled with scoring or lacked intensity, this video is for you. Krimmel provides a comprehensive video packed with coaching tips and insights from beginning to end. You'll find it invaluable in helping raise the competitive level of your team to more effectively compete at any level.

46 minutes. 2020.