If all we ever do in training is work on the stuff that happens all the time, will our players be able to handle unusual…

A coach wants to know how to promote better and faster decision-making in matches. That's actually pretty easily done.

Here is a practice I ran with a college team that shifted a recent mainly technical focus to a mainly game competition one.

How much time should we give to standard 6v6 games (start with a serve, no extra balls, normal rotations) in our practices?

Every practice and training session you run should be part of a developmental plan you've laid out for your team.

Keep working on something in practice, but not seeing results in games? You're likely missing what really matters when it comes to the game.

When is your team's passing good enough that you should turn your focus to other parts of their play where bigger gains are possible?

If players are at such a level of fatigue that they are simply going through the motions, there is no training value.

It's important to understand that player- vs. coach-centric isn't what determines whether something is game-like or not.

When planning and running practices, how can you judge the intensity of the activities or the session overall? Here's a guide.