All the drills in the NBA Academy of NBA Live 09 are valuable but ultimately they are preparation for the full practices where you can take what you’ve learned and try and refine those skills without having to play a regular game to improve. It is even better when considering all the Academy drills including the practices with your team are available within dynasty mode and it offers a way for those who want to work on refining their team’s playbooks and tailoring it to their players.
I’m not sure why but I was defaulted to controlling the second team instead of the starters. There must be a way to choose which side you control but it didn’t jump out at me. Continue on to check out the 5 on 5 full court, 5 on 5 half court, and 5 on 0 half court practices.