18 August 2026
Ep 1996 Should the Outcome of a Game Decide What You Practice Next?
Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)
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Every coach has done it. You lose by 12, and Monday's practice becomes a punishment session. You win by 20, and you skip the thing you were supposed to fix. In this episode we dig into the gap between what a game result feels like and what it actually tells you, and how to build a practice plan that survives both a bad night and a good one.
What we cover:
The 24 hour rule, and why your first instinct after a game is almost always the wrong practice plan
Separating process from result: your team can play well and lose, play poorly and win, and the film knows the difference
Three or four things you should track every game that have nothing to do with the final score
When a loss genuinely should change your plan, and how to tell that apart from an emotional overreaction
The danger of the total pivot, throwing out your system because of one bad shooting night
Practicing the thing that beat you versus practicing the thing that will beat you next
How to talk to your team about a game result so they learn from it instead of just absorbing your mood
Building a weekly practice framework flexible enough to absorb one or two adjustments without collapsing
What to do when you win but you know you got away with something
Small in season tweaks that stick versus big changes that never take hold
Coaching takeaway: let the game inform your practice, do not let it dictate it. The teams that improve in February are the ones whose March plan was already in motion in December.
Join the coaching community at teachhoops.com for practice plans, drills, and weekly Q and A with coaches working through the same decisions.
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Every coach has done it. You lose by 12, and Monday's practice becomes a punishment session. You win by 20, and you skip the thing you were supposed to fix. In this episode we dig into the gap between what a game result feels like and what it actually tells you, and how to build a practice plan that survives both a bad night and a good one.
What we cover:
The 24 hour rule, and why your first instinct after a game is almost always the wrong practice plan
Separating process from result: your team can play well and lose, play poorly and win, and the film knows the difference
Three or four things you should track every game that have nothing to do with the final score
When a loss genuinely should change your plan, and how to tell that apart from an emotional overreaction
The danger of the total pivot, throwing out your system because of one bad shooting night
Practicing the thing that beat you versus practicing the thing that will beat you next
How to talk to your team about a game result so they learn from it instead of just absorbing your mood
Building a weekly practice framework flexible enough to absorb one or two adjustments without collapsing
What to do when you win but you know you got away with something
Small in season tweaks that stick versus big changes that never take hold
Coaching takeaway: let the game inform your practice, do not let it dictate it. The teams that improve in February are the ones whose March plan was already in motion in December.
Join the coaching community at teachhoops.com for practice plans, drills, and weekly Q and A with coaches working through the same decisions.
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