Basketball Practice Planner
Planning practices has never been easier. Simple Drag & Drop UI, add plays and drills from your library, add rich notes with video and images.
Try it for freeEverything you need to plan better practices
Discover what makes this the #1 practice planner for basketball coaches: a clean, modern UI combined with a drag-and-drop timeline, integrated play library, quick reuse, one-link sharing, and gym-ready printing.
An Optimized Basketball Practice Plan Template
We’ve put a lot of thought into making practice planning both simple and powerful. Just follow the template, add your drills, and your plan is ready in minutes.
Proven template, not a blank page
We give you the outline, you add names, times, and details. No columns, formulas, or second-guessing the format.
Powerful, yet easy to use
The interface is intuitive and straightforward. You’ll learn everything you need in just a few minutes.
Use Animated Plays and Drills from Your Library
Attach drills and plays directly from your library to your practice plan. No more switching between tools or exporting images, everything lives and works together in one app.
No more copy & paste workflows
Create your drills and plays once, then add them straight into your plan. No exporting, no re-uploading, no extra steps.
Interactive, fully animated plays
Attach animated plays powered by our best-in-class play editor.
Add YouTube Videos, Voice Memos, and More
Bring everything into one place. Upload your own content or embed videos from anywhere to build a practice plan your players can follow step by step.
Upload your own videos, images, and voice notes
Add your own drill videos, diagrams, or record quick voice memos. Everything is saved in your library and ready to reuse anytime.
Embed YouTube videos and external resources
Paste a link and instantly embed YouTube drills, warm-ups, or any online resource directly into your practice plan.
Save Time by Reusing Past Practices
Start from a previous practice as a template, or import single time slots from older plans. Keep what worked; tweak what did not.
Duplicate full practices
Copy a practice you liked, then adjust for this week’s focus in minutes.
Import single drills
Pull individual slots from past plans for your team with a few clicks.
Share Your Full Practice Plan with a Single Link
Generate a secure, shareable link to your practice plan—just like in Google Docs. Anyone with the link can view the full session, including timeline and attached drills, without needing an account.
No accounts or logins required
Easily share plans with assistant coaches or players—they can access everything instantly, no app access needed.
Everything included, fully interactive
The shared plan includes the full timeline and all attached exercises, with plays opening in clean, animated views.
Customizable PDF Export
Tune what lands on paper: include or skip attached plays, scale to fit a one-pager, and control how diagrams show on the printout.
Include or exclude plays
Choose whether attached plays appear in the PDF for that night’s handout.
Scale to fit
Shrink or expand so essentials fit—like a tight one-page sheet for the clipboard.
Layout control
Decide how attached plays render on paper so the printout stays readable.
Frequently asked questions
Those tools weren't built for basketball. You end up creating your own structure, copying drills from different places, and managing everything manually. With The Hoops Geek, the structure is already there. You can add drills and plays directly from your library, keep everything connected, and build a complete practice in minutes instead of piecing it together.
Building a basketball practice plan in The Hoops Geek takes about 10 minutes:
- Start from the proven practice plan template, or duplicate a past practice you liked.
- Build your timeline by adding time slots one after another — for example, a 10 minute warmup, 15 minutes of shooting drills, 20 minutes of scrimmage, and so on.
- For each slot, attach drills and animated plays from your library, and optionally enrich it with:
- YouTube videos for warm-ups or drill references
- Your own uploaded videos, images, or voice memos
- Rich text notes and step-by-step instructions
- Drag slots to reorder them or adjust their duration.
- Share a public link with assistants and players, or export a printable PDF for the gym.
The practice planner is built for basketball coaches who want a clear, organized structure for every practice. Coaches use it for two main reasons:
- Preparation. Walk into every practice with a plan your assistants and players can follow, instead of improvising drills on the court.
- Reuse and improvement. Build a library of drills, plays, and past sessions so each practice builds on the last — no starting from scratch every week.
It's especially useful for:
- Youth basketball coaches running their first structured practices
- Middle school and high school head coaches
- Competitive teams at AAU, club, college, and pro levels
- Skill trainers and camp coaches building repeatable sessions
Coaches at every level use it to spend less time planning and more time actually coaching.
No. You can share a secure link to your practice plan, and anyone can open it instantly, no login, no app required. Perfect for quickly sharing plans with your staff or players.
Yes, no credit card required. You can create up to 3 practice plans and 5 plays for free, so you can try all features and see if it fits your workflow before committing.
Most tools focus on either drawing plays or organizing practices. We combine both into one workflow. Your drills, plays, notes, and timeline all live in one place and everything stays interactive, not static screenshots. It's built specifically for basketball coaches, not adapted from a generic planner.
Practice Planner Live feels more like working in a Word document. The Hoops Geek is built as a modern, interactive app, so planning practices is faster, smoother, and actually enjoyable.
You can run everything from your phone or tablet during practice, no paper needed. (And if you want, you can still print or export a PDF anytime.)
Instead of juggling PDFs or static images, everything is connected. Use the Play Creator to add animated plays and drills directly into your practice plan, all in one place.
And beyond practice planning, you get a full coaching toolkit: substitution manager, rotation maker, playbooks, and more, all for a lower price than Practice Planner Live.
Build your first practice plan in 10 minutes.
Free to start, no credit card required. Walk into your next practice with a structure your team can actually follow.
