How Many Hours a Day Should Players Practice

Key Points

• Be mindful of training volume when players are going through growth spurts
• Stan generally believes in 2 practice sessions per day for 5 days and 1 other half day with 1 day off per week
• If a player's body is breaking down then you may need to reduce training time
• The best players in the world have great defense and the way to improve that is volume of hours on the court