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The Basketball Podcast: EP260 with Stefan WeissenboeckIn this week's coaching conversation, Brose Bamberg player development coach Stefan Weissenboeck joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on how the work, the trust, the patience drive player development. Since 2008, Stefan Weissenboeck has been doing player development for Brose Bamberg who currently plays in the German top tier Basketball Bundesliga and the FIBA Europe Cup. With the ...
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In this week's coaching conversation, Cairns Taipans head coach Adam Forde joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on game models and tactical periodization. Between 2013 and 2019, Forde was an assistant coach with the Perth Wildcats and won four NBL championships. After a season as an assistant coach with the Sydney Kings in 2019–20, he served as their head coach during the 2020–21 s...
The Basketball Podcast: EP259 with Adam Forde on Game ModelsIn this week's coaching conversation, Archbishop Mitty head coach Sue Phillips joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on building a program and applying performance psychology. Sue Phillips, who is also a math teacher, has coached more than 50 players who went on to play in Division I and has more coaching wins than any girls high school basketball coach in Northern California histor...
The Basketball Podcast: EP254 with Sue Phillips on High School CoachingIn this week's coaching conversation, Hockey development coach and educator Ted Suihkonen joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on developing speed of hand, speed of foot and speed of mind. Ted Suihkonen is the Head of Development for ice hockey club EVZ in Zug, Switzerland. Prior to moving to Switzerland, he was the Head of Development for HC Lokomotiv of the KHL in Yaroslavl, Russ...
The Basketball Podcast: EP253 with Ted Suihkonen on Player DevelopmentIn this week's coaching conversation, college basketball broadcaster Seth Greenberg joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on coaching, college basketball and educating players. Prior to becoming an analyst for ESPN Greenberg was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the head coach at Long Beach State, the University of South Florida, and Virginia Tech...
The Basketball Podcast: EP251 with Seth Greenberg on Better CoachingIn this week's coaching conversation, the founder of Thinking Basketball Ben Taylor joins the Basketball Podcast to challenge and dive deeper into new and old basketball concepts that can help our coaching. Ben Taylor is the founder of the Thinking Basketball YouTube channel, podcast and author of Thinking Basketball the book. In all his platforms, Taylor goes deeper on basketball analysis, ...
The Basketball Podcast: EP249 with Ben Taylor on Thinking BasketballIn this week's coaching conversation, Brose Bamberg player development coach Stefan Weissenboeck joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on how the work, the trust, the patience drive player development. Since 2008, Stefan Weissenboeck has been doing player development for Brose Bamberg who currently plays in the German top tier Basketball Bundesliga and the FIBA Europe Cup. With the ...
The Basketball Podcast: EP260 with Stefan WeissenboeckIn this week's coaching conversation, Illawarra Hawks head coach Jacob Jackomas joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on assistant and head coaching, and the 5-Out spread offense. Jacob Jackomas previously acted as Australia coaching legend Brian Goorjian's assistant coach for more than a decade, his extensive coaching resume includes stints in the NBL, China and the Australian Boom...
The Basketball Podcast: EP258 with Jacob Jackomas on 5 Out and CoachingIn this week's coaching conversation, NBA Staff Editor for The Athletic and author Mike Prada joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on how spacing and the three-point shot changed how we coach. Mike Prada is an NBA analyst, writer and editor who specializes in writing about dense topics like Xs and Os in a way all fans can understand. He currently works for The Athletic after spendi...
The Basketball Podcast: EP257 with Mike Prada on Spacing and Three-Point ShootingIn this week's coaching conversation, Texas Legends associate head coach Nelson Terroba joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on modern functional coaching. Nelson Terroba has filled many roles for the Texas Legends, an NBA G League Affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks, including Defensive Coordinator, player development coach and associate head coach. He has been with the Legends sinc...
The Basketball Podcast: EP256 with Nelson Terroba on Functional CoachingIn this week's coaching conversation, David Hollander, author of How Basketball Can Save the World, joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights how basketball can save the world. Hollander is an assistant dean and clinical professor with the Tisch Institute for Global Sport at New York University and received NYU’s highest faculty honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award. His innovative co...
The Basketball Podcast: EP255 with David Hollander on Saving the WorldIn this week's coaching conversation, Columbia head coach Megan Griffith joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on developing people, creating culture, and building community. Griffith has ushered in a new era of Columbia women's basketball. Her six-year tenure as head coach has combined to be the winningest six-year stretch in the NCAA Division I history of the program. Over that ti...
The Basketball Podcast: EP252 with Megan Griffith on Program and Team DevelopmentIn this week's coaching conversation, Chris and Jen Oliver join the Basketball Podcast to discuss learning, unlearning and relearning and so much more from their experiences coaching, playing and sharing the game. Jen Oliver is an entrepreneur, a mother of two daughters the author of the international bestselling book, The Love FitMama Way: Transforming the Core of Motherhood. Jen is an inte...
The Basketball Podcast: EP250 with Chris and Jen Oliver on Learning and ChangeIn this week's coaching conversation, author and speaker Cody Royle joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on the optimization of the head coach. Cody Royle is an author, international keynote speaker, podcast host and football coach. He is a the former head coach of AFL Team Canada, the men's national program for Australian Rules football. Cody is a standout voice on how pro spor...
The Basketball Podcast: EP207 with Cody Royle on Optimization of the Head CoachIn this week's coaching conversation, Alex Sarama and guests join the Basketball Podcast to share Basketball Immersion insights from around the world in celebration of the 200th episode. Topics include youth coaching, coach education, teaching footwork, being a life long learner and so much more. Andre Desjardins (01:01:22) Topics: Teaching Footwork and Pivoting in Non-Traditional Ways ...
The Basketball Podcast: EP200 Insights from Around the WorldIn this week's coaching conversation, Murray State head coach Matt McMahon joins the Basketball Podcast to share his insights on in game coaching strategies and situations. The 2021-22 season marks the seventh for Coach Matt McMahon to lead the Murray State men’s basketball program. Heading into the season, McMahon is the dean of coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference with six complete season...
The Basketball Podcast: EP199 with Matt McMahon on Game Coaching StrategiesIn this week's coaching conversation, Grand Canyon University head coach Molly Miller joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss full-court pressure and playing uptempo. Miller holds the highest career winning percentage (.892) of any NCAA men's or women's basketball coach at the Division I, II or III levels with at least five years of experience. The two-time Division II Coach of the Year ende...
The Basketball Podcast: EP186 with Molly Miller on Pressing and PaceIn this week's coaching conversation, Georgian National Team head coach Ilias Zouros joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss the strong hand defense he has used to great success for years. Ilias Zouros is a Greek professional basketball coach who currently the head coach of Georgian National Team. Zouros has gone through top-level European benches in addition to being the Greek national tea...
The Basketball Podcast: EP177 Ilias Zouros Strong Hand DefenseIn this week's coaching conversation, Austrian professional basketball coach and current head coach of Medi Bayreuth of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) joins the podcast to discuss switching defense, solving the resulting mismatches and post automatics. Raoul Korner is an Austrian Professional basketball Head Coach with experiences in Basket Clubs of Vienna (Austria, 1st div.), Matter...
The Basketball Podcast: EP173 Raoul Korner on Advanced TacticsIn this week's coaching conversation, Houston Rockets assistant coach Will Weaver joins the Basketball Podcast to interview Basketball Immersion founder and creative director, Chris Oliver, on coaching and coach development. Will Weaver is currently an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets. After a few years as a coaching assistant in the NCAA, Weaver was hired to coach alongside Brett Bro...
The Basketball Podcast: EP171 Will Weaver Interviews with Chris Oliver on Coach DevelopmentIn this week's coaching conversation, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton joins the podcast to share insights on being adaptable in your coaching. Coach Mike Boynton has built the program over his four seasons leading to an outstanding 2020-21 season where the Cowboys advanced to the finals of the Big 12 Championship, earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and ended the year ranked No...
The Basketball Podcast: EP166 with Mike Boynton on Being AdaptableIn this week's coaching conversation, former NBA and EuroLeague player, and current managing director of EuroLeague Players’ Association Bostjan Nachbar joins the podcast to discuss being in service of players. Nachbar is a former NBA and Slovenian national team player who had a 20-year pro basketball career. In 2002 he was the 15th pick in the draft by the Houston Rockets. He played 6 seaso...
The Basketball Podcast: EP165 with Bostjan Nachbar on Serving PlayersIn this week's coaching conversation, University of Minnesota head coach Ben Johnson joins the podcast to discuss transitioning into a head coaching position. Ben Johnson is the new head coach of the University of Minnesota. Johnson, who graduated from Minnesota in 2005, returns to his alma mater after spending three seasons at Xavier as an assistant coach. Johnson previously served as an as...
The Basketball Podcast: EP163 with Ben Johnson on Transitioning to a Head CoachIn this week's coaching conversation, University of New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino joins the podcast to discuss coaching transitions and program building. Richard Pitino is head coach of the University of New Mexico. He has previously been head coach at Minnesota and at Florida International University. Before that he was an assistant under his father Rick Pitino for two seasons at Lou...
The Basketball Podcast: EP162 with Richard Pitino on Coaching Transitions and Program BuildingIn this week's coaching conversation, La Salle University head coach Ashley Howard joins the podcast to discuss coaching offense with concepts instead of plays. Ashley Howard has the storied La Salle University men's basketball program on an upward trajectory heading into his third season as head coach. The Explorers put together their first winning season since the 2016-17 season, and had...
The Basketball Podcast: EP158 Ashley Howard on Conceptual OffenseIn this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Jen Oliver hosts a discussion between Chris Oliver and Alex Sarama who join the Basketball Podcast to geek out on Basketball Immersion concepts. Chris and Alex provide insights on keywords like games approach, constraints, BDT, random practice, zero seconds, and the Basketball Immersion membership community. Chris Oliver Chris is the f...
The Basketball Podcast: EP155 Alex Sarama and Chris Oliver on Basketball Immersion