6 Simple Ideas to Reduce Your Team's Turnovers
1 - Track and "Report Back" Turnover Stats for Games, Scrimmages, and Practices
If you're serious about reducing turnovers, you'll want to track these stats for more than just games -- you'll want to track them for scrimmages and practices too.
And above all, be sure to "report back" the turnover stats to your players after each game/practice so they know it's important to you and they get the feedback they need to improve...
If players see they did poorly, then they can focus and think about how they can improve. If players did well, they can think about why they did well and learn from it.
Players need that feedback to improve!
In addition to the "number of turnovers", what percentage of your possessions are turnovers? Or even better... what is your turnover differential? This can be a better statistic because a percentage gives you a truer number based on the pace of the game.
2 - Show Players Their Turnovers on Film
Edit film of your recent game(s) and show players their turnovers in a team setting. If players can "see" themselves on video, it can be a great learning tool.
When players see the mistake on video it makes a much greater impact on them. It becomes especially effective when players see themselves making the same mistake over and over again.
3 - Evaluate Where Turnovers Come From
Take a look at your game film and chart where the turnovers come from. Who made the turnover? What kind of turnover (travel, post feed, forced pass, leaving feet, missed catch, etc)? Who made the turnover?
By breaking down the turnovers you'll get a better indication of what you need to work on and also let your team know how and why they are turning it over.
4 - Use Passing Drills With Fast Moving Targets
Instead using of the common stationary passing drills, use drills that require players to pass to someone moving (preferably at fast speeds). Not only does this overload the player making the drill more difficult (so it seems easy in games), it also better simulates what happens in a game. Players are generally moving so passers need to learn how to lead a player and hit the moving target.
Danny Miles has won over 900 games at the college level and consistently has teams with the fewest turnovers in that nation. They run drills like this every day and it shows. One example is the 3 Lane Rush drill that they run every day in practice.
5 - Practice Footwork Every Day
Most turnovers stem from poor footwork resulting in a travel or an out-of-control pass. You can reduce these kind of turnovers by practicing jump stops, facing the basket on every catch, front pivots, reverse pivots, step-throughs, sweeps, and drop steps.
Every day this footwork and mentality should be drilled. Use drills that get players in the habit of catching and facing the basket in triple threat over and over. Use footwork drills that require them to pivot in various situations. This will certainly help reduce turnovers and also improve their offensive scoring abilities.
6 - Emphasize the SIMPLE Pass
Quite often, players just need to learn to make the "simple" pass instead of trying to thread the needle or make the spectacular pass. They don't realize that the simple pass to an open player (which results in the next pass that turns into an assist) is just as valuable as the assist.
Emphasize the SIMPLE pass every day and you'll see improvement.
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