When planning your practices be sure to teach skills based on a progression going from easiest and building up to hardest. Take individual defense – the progression would be: First teach your players to Catch & Throw, then Catch & Throw on the Run, then Catch & Throw Making Decisions, and finally Catch & Throw on the Run Making Decisions. Some of your players might never make it to that last stage but nobody should start there. Build your base before adding the top!
