Molly Miller: Running a High Energy, Efficient Practice from Start to Finish

with Molly Miller,
Arizona State University Head Coach;
Grand Canyon University Head Women's Basketball Coach from 2020 to 2025;
2025 WAC Regular Season Champions;
2025 WAC Tournament Champions;
2023 & 2025 WAC Coach of the Year;
Drury University Head Coach from 2014 to 2020;
2019 NCAA Division II Final Four;
5x Great Lakes Valley Conference Regular Season Champions;
5x Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Champions;
2x WBCA Division II Coach of the Year (2019, 2020);
Undefeated season (32-0) in 2020

Discover how to run a high-energy, efficient practice from start to finish with Coach Molly Miller, one of the most innovative and respected coaches in basketball. This video walks you step-by-step through her complete practice structure, demonstrating drills, concepts, and coaching cues that consistently produce results.

The session begins with pre-practice warm-ups and load management drills designed to maximize skill work while reinforcing team standards. Coach Miller shows how she uses simple accountability tools, such as sticky notes, to check culture, communication, and effort while keeping practices competitive and engaging.

You'll then move into her signature transition drills, including Long to Short and Pitch and Fire, which are built to sharpen finishing, communication, and court spacing at game speed.

Coach Miller demonstrates both full-court and half-court shooting drills that increase shot volume, improve accuracy, and demand focus under pressure, helping players translate practice reps directly into game performance.

On the defensive side, she breaks down her Zig-Zag progression and Run and Shell drills, teaching players how to guard the ball, make quick decisions, maintain spacing, and apply consistent pressure within a team defensive framework.

Throughout the video, Coach Miller emphasizes tempo, clarity, and competitive habits, showing how to blend fundamentals with game-like intensity to fully prepare athletes to compete.

This video delivers practical, high-energy coaching techniques that can be applied immediately. By following Coach Molly Miller's proven practice framework from start to finish, coaches will build better habits, a stronger culture and more consistent on-court results.

78 minutes. 2026.