Quick summary
- Watch decisions before highlights.
- Track three repeated habits per game.
- Turn film into one practice focus.
Players often watch film like fans: highlights, mistakes, and emotion. Useful film study is narrower. It studies decisions inside the player's role.
After film, a player should leave with one behavior to repeat and one behavior to remove.
1) Watch possessions, not clips
Start before the touch. Where were you spaced? Did you create an angle? Did your movement help the next action?
2) Tag decisions
Mark good shot, rushed shot, extra pass, missed cutter, late help, no box-out, and strong communication. Patterns matter more than single mistakes.
3) Study your role
A guard studies pace, passing windows, and pressure. A wing studies spacing, cuts, closeouts, and defensive positioning.
4) Convert clips into practice
Film should become a drill target: better corner lift, earlier help, stronger closeout, or cleaner catch-and-shoot footwork.
Need shooting work after film? Read the shooting workout guide.
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