Chus Mateo on Adapting Strategies, Attacking Drop Coverage, and Coaching Without Ego {Real Madrid}
Slappin’ Glass sits down this week Real Madrid Head Coach, Chus Mateo! Coach Mateo, fresh off a Euroleague Championship season, shares his insights on his decision to switch to a zone defense in the Euroleague playoffs, the in’s and out’s of that same zone, and the trio talk player buy-in and attacking Drop Coverage during […]
Sundance Wicks on Contagious Culture, Advantages vs. Movement, and “Foxhole” Friends {Wisconsin – Green Bay}
Slappin’ Glass sits down this week with the newly hired Head Coach of Wisconsin Green Bay MBB, Sundance Wicks. Coach Wicks brings a ton of energy and passion to the podcast as the trio dive into the areas of building “scout” specific and base defenses, hiding poor defenders, and the trio talk contagious culture, and […]
Wes Miller on Pressure Defense, Daily Station-Work, and Learning to Win {Cincinnati}
Slappin’ Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Cincinnati MBB, Wes Miller. The trio dive into a host of great topics including building a pressure defense, guarding the ball, station work, and talk the baseline runner series and learning how to win during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!” Looking for […]
Meg Griffith on Coaching Energy, Transition Offense “Zones”, and Peel Switch Rotations {Columbia}
Slappin’ Glass sits down today with one of the great young coaches in the game, Columbia WBB Head Coach, Meg Griffith. The trio dive into a wide-ranging conversation about energy as a coach, including how to re-energize mid season, along with playing with an edge, transition offensive concepts, and we talk peer-to-peer communication and peel […]
Joe Gallo “Film Room” Miami Heat’s Zone Defense
Ah, summertime… a chance to enjoy some sun, sand, and pay grossly over-priced …
Titans: The Rise of “Just Play” with Founder Austin Barone
Inside the Episode “There’s going to be things that take time. One of my college coaches, one that actually recruited me to Kansas he said ‘everything that’s good in life happens over a long period of time all at once’, and it’s the idea that you work your ass off, keep your head down, you […]
Owen Eastwood on Decoding Team Dynamics, Alpha Personalities, and Decreasing Performance Anxiety {High-Performance Coach/Author}
Inside the Episode “When there are parts of this organism of a team that’s sick, unhappy, are taking a lot of energy away. It just affects everybody. We are all connected with each other. One of the principles of my work absolutely is that well-being is not a siloed topic we should be thinking about. […]
Walter De Raffaele on the 3-2 Matchup Zone, “Playing Strange”, and Princeton-based Set Designs {Italian Pro Coach}
Inside the Episode It’s also an important part of our job that you need to be able to manage (losing). You need to be able to answer, especially after losing games. But what I think is important, when you come back on the court, is the face that you show to your players after this […]
Johnny Tauer on Intrinsic Motivation, Teaching Split Cuts, and Over Eager Parents {St. Thomas}
Inside the Episode On this week’s show, we revisited one our our most popular conversations from a few years ago with Coach Johnny Tauer, who led one of the most unique transitions in college basketball history—moving St. Thomas directly from Division III to Division I. Coach Tauer brought a masterclass in leadership, team building, teaching […]
Sito Alonso on In-Game Play-Calling, Layering Offensive Actions, and “Goalkeeper” Defense {Murcia}
Slappin’ Glass sits down this week with renown coach of the Spanish Club, Murcia in the ACB, Sito Alonso. The trio dive into a wide ranging conversation covering Coach Alonso’s thoughts on in-game play calling, freedom vs. flow, adding layers to sets, and talk Post Automatics and sources of creativity during the always fun “Start, […]