Building a Practice Plan, Step by Step

Building a Practice Plan, Step by Step

Here's how to build a practice plan from start to finish. Most plans take just a few minutes.

Step 1 — Start a New Plan

Go to Plans → New Plan.

Plans menu with New Plan highlighted

Step 2 — Fill in the Plan Details

Only Title, Date, Time and Length are required. Everything else is optional.


Create Practice Plan page with title, date, time, length, focus, group and level filled in

Fields will be pre-filled if you've set up Plan Defaults. Set them once and every new plan starts with your usual group, level, template and logo.

Step 3 — Pick a Template

The template controls how your plan looks when you print it or save it as a PDF. Click a template to select it, then click it again to see a full preview. You can switch templates at any time.

Template preview gallery with Template #3 selected

Step 4 — Folders, Tags, Notes & Logo (Optional)


Folders, tags and plan notes section of the plan details form

Click Continue to Plan Builder when you're ready. Save Draft saves your plan so you can come back to it later.

Logo selection and the Save Draft, Add Sharing and Continue to Plan Builder buttons

Step 5 — Add Drills

Click any drill in the left sidebar to add it to your plan. You can also drag drills into the drop zone.


Practice Plan Builder with drill library sidebar and five drills added

The summary bar at the top shows Total Time and Avg RPE as you build. Use Total Time to check you're filling the practice length you set.

Step 6 — Set Time, Category & Order

For each drill:


Include descriptions prints each drill's description from your library. Turn it off for a shorter plan.

Step 7 — Add Notes & RPE to a Drill

Click the + in the Note column to add coaching points for that drill. You can also set a Difficulty / RPE (1–10). RPE only applies to this plan. It doesn't change the drill's saved rating.

Edit Drill Notes and RPE window with a coaching note and RPE set to 7

Step 8 — Quick Add a Drill

Need something that isn't in your library? Think scrimmage, conditioning or a water break. Use Quick Add Drill at the bottom. Enter a name, minutes and an optional category, then click +.

Quick Add Drill row and the Finish and View Plan button

Step 9 — Finish

Your changes save automatically as you work ("All changes saved" in the top right). When you're done, click Finish & View Plan.

From the plan page you can Edit, Email, Print, PDF, Send to User or Share your plan.

Finished practice plan with Edit, Email, Print, PDF, Send to User and Share buttons

Tips

 Set up Plan Defaults (Plans → Plan Defaults) first. It saves time on every plan.

  • Go back to any plan from Plans → My Plans and click Edit to make changes.
  • Lines & Games and Sharing are covered in separate articles.


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