Slappin’ Glass sits down this week with Coach Stefan Grassegger, current Austrian NT Assistant and former Euroleague Assistant. The trio dive into Coach Grassegger’s doctoral studies on mental health in athletes and coaches, building a defensive shell, backside defensive rotations, guarding great PNR passers, limiting turnovers, and much more.
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Inside the Episode
We were excited to be joined this week on the podcast by Austrian National Team Assistant, and former Euroleague Assistant, Stefan Grassegger! Coach Grassegger brought a wealth of knowledge to the show from his time coaching at a variety of levels in Europe as we dove into:
- Mental Health in Athletes and Coaching: Coach Grassegger dives into the important area of Mental Health in Sports, sharing his learnings from his doctoral work on the subject. We discuss the role that perfectionism, striving, sleep, and much more play in the mental health of athletes and coaches. Coach Grassegger also talks about the ways coaches can assist struggling players and resources for getting help. For further reading on this subject, here are Coach Grassegger’s full paper and presentation on Depression Among Athletes.
- Defensive Rotations and Building Your “Shell”: Rotations, rotations, rotations… we discussed why NOT to get into rotations, but also how best to recover when you are. Coach Grassegger shares his thoughts on how to build the fundamentals of you “shell” defense behind a PNR, as well as the role that ball and lane pressure plays in an overall defensive coverage.
- Defending the Pin Down Screen: Among the several topics discussed during our “Start, Sub, or Sit?” segment, Coach Grassegger addressed defending shooters off pin down screens. Detailing a few of the disadvantages, shown below, of helping off the big or providing a stunt from the passer. In both cases, with proper spacing and a willing passer the offense can punish the coverage. With the Top Lock being his start because of its ability to cancel the screen and at the very least prevent the shooter from coming off at a proper angle to catch and shoot immediately.
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