A player on several teams stacks the sessions and games of each one, but every coach only sees their own part. To avoid overload, add up their whole week, compare it with the benchmarks for their age and organise coordination between coaches.
A common blind spot
Take a 16-year-old playing up an age group. They practise three times with the U16s, twice with the U18s, and play one game with each team at the weekend. Each coach sees a reasonable week. In total, the player does five practices and two games: more than the 3 to 4 practices a week recommended by the NBA and USA Basketball for their age.
What to add up
- the number of sessions and games in the week, across all teams;
- minutes played and trained;
- the load of each session (duration × perceived effort);
- the change from one week to the next, to spot a sudden jump.
Who decides?
The most effective approach is to name one person with the full picture: a technical director, a youth coordinator or the player's main coach. A few club rules help too: which team takes priority, a shared rest day, and letting the other coach know after a very hard session.
How Bilybyn helps
In Bilybyn, you simply add the player to each of their teams. Their load adds up across teams: each of their coaches sees their full week, not just their own sessions. Alert thresholds (sessions, minutes, load) are set by the club, to flag in time a player doing too much, or one short of playing time who could strengthen another team.
Read more: how many practices per week by age and how much rest after overtraining.
The benchmarks quoted apply to young players. Each club remains free to set its own thresholds.