IOWABCA

John Pigatti - Maximize Your Practice Time

by Iowa Basketball Coaches Association
John Pigatti - Maximize Your Practice Time

Description

If you’re a high school or college coach fighting for gym time, sharing courts with other teams, or stuck with only 90 minutes a day, this course is built for you. John Pigatti breaks down exactly how to structure practice so every drill does double or triple duty, covering ball handling, transition offense and defense, shot selection, and conditioning all at once, instead of running isolated drills that waste your limited time.

Pigatti opens with the stats that shape his entire practice philosophy, teams with the fewest turnovers win 69% of the time, and 72% of those turnovers are unforced errors. Teams that win the rebounding battle win 63% of the time. From there, he walks through his complete daily practice flow and the specific drills behind it, the Olympic Passing Drill to build ball security and conditioning in five minutes, the Five-Man Weave into 3-on-2, 2-on-1, and 1-on-1 Regressive drill that builds transition offense and defense with every player involved, and 5-on-4 Shell with Transition and 5-on-5 Switch and Change, two drills that disguise conditioning and defensive rotation work inside live, competitive basketball instead of punishment sprints.

This is a complete, time-tested blueprint for coaches who need to accomplish everything the game demands without the luxury of unlimited practice time.

Enroll now to get the full clinic with John Pigatti and start running drills that build multiple skills at once, every single day.

Lessons

The Coach

John Pigatti is the head men’s basketball coach at Spring Arbor University, hired in August 2026 after 20 seasons as head coach at South Suburban College (SSC) in South Holland, Illinois. He brings 38 years of collegiate coaching experience, with stops as an assistant at Creighton, Texas A&M, Western Michigan and Saint Francis (PA) before taking over at SSC in 2006.

At SSC, Pigatti built one of the most successful junior college programs in the country, compiling a 572-111 record (.837) with a 315-22 mark at home. His 2021-22 team went 33-0 and won the NJCAA Division II National Championship. He also won 14 NJCAA Region IV titles and coached 21 All-Americans and six national Players of the Year. His final SSC team went 27-8, won the Region IV title and advanced to the national tournament. His H.O.O.P.S. program (“Highly Organized and Outstandingly Prepared Student-Athletes”) helped more than 90% of his players earn four-year degrees, and 109 players moved on to four-year schools.

His honors include NABC Two-Year College Coach of the Year (2022) and induction into the NJCAA Region IV Hall of Fame (2023). He is also known for practice design, using short five and ten minute drill segments that combine passing, transition defense, shell rules and conditioning for programs with limited court time.

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24 hours on-demand video
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Caterory: Basketball/Practice Planning
Duration:
Videos: 19