Free PDF · Youth coaches of all age groups
Practice planning cheat sheets
Build a practice around the needs of your group. These cheat sheets give you a time budget, a reusable planning page and a short checklist for before, during and after the session.
45 / 60 / 90-minute frameworks · 5 pages · 99 KB · A4 PDF
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Inside the pack
- Practice frameworks totalling 45, 60 and 90 minutes
- A printable blank practice planning template
- Examples of simple constraints and what to observe
- A checklist for setup, explanations and reflection
- Links to beginner activities, opposed games and the app
Preview the 5-page PDFHow to use this pack
Choose one useful focus, decide how everyone will stay involved, and adjust one constraint at a time. The guide shows how changes to space, scoring or time can create a different problem for players to solve.
Print a copy for courtside use, or keep it on your phone and tap a drill link for the full instructions. Use the blank planning sheet for your next session, then record one useful change after practice.
Two examples from the guide
Using the pack with your group
Is this a fixed practice plan?
No. It provides time budgets and a blank planning sheet so you can choose activities for your group. The separate mini and youth packs offer worked 45-minute and 60-minute sessions.
How do the 45, 60 and 90-minute frameworks work?
Each column totals its stated duration across movement, ball control, passing, finishing and shooting, small-sided games, water and resets, and review. Spread breaks through the session and adjust the time allocated to each focus.
Can I use it across a club?
Yes. Print the planning sheet or share this download page with your coaches. For a shared digital drill library, session templates and club-wide Pro access, explore the app’s Club plan.
From the free pack to your own playbook
Create animated drills. Share ideas across your club.
The PDFs give you a starting point. In Swish Planner, you can build and run a timed practice from your phone, then add the tools that fit how you coach.
- Pro: draw drills that move
- Create and edit animated diagrams with players, passes and movement. Play through your own drill or set step by step.
- Pro: reuse your best sessions
- Save session templates, plan a season and print practice plans so your ideas are ready for next time.
- Club: keep your coaches connected
- Share a private drill library and, when enabled, view and copy club team sessions. Club includes Pro for up to 25 coaches and your logo on printed plans.
New accounts get a 14-day Pro trial. No card needed. The core planning tools remain free.
Watch: 1v1 Through the Gate
Playback is free. Pro adds creating your own animated diagrams.
Open the full drillKeep a copy for your next practice
Free to download, print and use with your coaching staff.
More free coaching packs
- Team play basics pack — Youth coaches · U11–U16
- Constraints-led basketball coaching pack — Youth coaches · U9–U17
- Mini basketball practice pack — Ages 6–10
- Youth basketball practice pack — Ages 11–14
Prefer a web example? Read the original 60-minute practice plan.