No Time To Practice? Think Again.

Are you a past-your-prime old dude or lady who claims they have no time to improve their game? Are your excuses revolving around having kids, a full-time job etc.? Look no further, this article is for you!

I play a lot of league ball and have played on a lot of amateur teams. If I got a dime for every time someone told me they had no time to practice ball I'd be rich. Actually, not really. I would definitely not be rich but I'd have 5 to 10 dimes. At my age (in my 40's), and the ballers I play with (30's/40's), many people complain about not having time to get better. So in this article I'm going to detail what I do to get better and show you that it doesn't take much.

And before anyone says stuff like, "but I have kids!", so do I, three of them...

So with my three kids and a full time job this is what I do to improve my game.

I do a dribble and shooting practice session once per week for about 1 hour. Thirty minutes of 3pt shots and the rest for dribbling. In 30 minutes, including walking to get my missed shots, I put up about 100 threes. Imagine if you're one of the top 3pt shooters on your squad. In a regular 10-something week amateur league, you might attempt 5 or 6 threes per game. That totals 50 something threes per amateur league season. In my 30 minute shooting session, I put up double an average season total. So imagine doing that on a consistent basis. This might give you an extra one or two made threes per game.

For the other thirty minutes of my one hour session which consists of dribbling practice, lately I do a lot of cross jabs from different starting positions. But obviously you can practice whatever dribbling moves you want.

Besides this one hour practice, at some point during the week I will do a thirty minute practice as well, 15 minutes for shooting and the remaining for dribbling. Doesn't sound like much but in 15 minutes I can work on a lot of dribbling techniques at a high intensity without burning out.

If you follow the above 1.5 hours per week of practice and you spread it out throughout the week, you'll be surprised how much you'll improve. My personal preference is to break up that time into multiple sessions because I think we improve better with many sessions versus one large one but I have no real proof of that, just my personal preference.

As I said prior, I have three kids and a fulltime job and can still fit in 1.5 hours of practice per week. You can too!