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Dallas Mavericks' Small-Sided Games · A Quick Timeout

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SPEAKER_01: Joining me today on the show is Coach Tevin Juwan Brown,
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SPEAKER_01: player development coach for the Texas Legends,
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SPEAKER_01: the G League affiliate with the Dallas Mavericks.
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SPEAKER_01: Really glad this finally worked out.
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SPEAKER_02: Glad to be here.
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SPEAKER_02: I love the things you post on Twitter.
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SPEAKER_02: I learn a lot every time I see you post, so I'm glad to be here today.
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SPEAKER_01: I appreciate that.
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SPEAKER_01: I know part of your job title with Legends is video coordinator.
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SPEAKER_01: How do you guys incorporate film,
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SPEAKER_01: especially with younger guys,
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SPEAKER_01: to improve overall skill and then also the decision-making component?
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SPEAKER_02: For sure.
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SPEAKER_02: It's a big, huge part.
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SPEAKER_02: Huge part.
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I think that's the biggest thing they do,
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like,
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before we start building up to the season.
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SPEAKER_02: Young guys are often, oftentimes they're early.
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SPEAKER_02: So most of their days for,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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the first month or so before training camp is solely spent on
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player development,
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SPEAKER_02: video work,
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SPEAKER_02: whether it's from summer league or just the day-to-day bump sessions,
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SPEAKER_02: which is open run.
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And we're just taking those situations where they're struggling
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in and just place
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SPEAKER_02: them in player development situations.
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and hoping once training camp comes and arrives,
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they're ready to go,
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they're ready to roll.
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Is there anything that you see kind of pop up regularly or kind
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of common things
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SPEAKER_01: that younger guys struggle with?
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for sure.
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SPEAKER_02: I think the number one thing is shooting consistency,
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SPEAKER_02: just being consistent with your form,
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SPEAKER_02: consistent mentally,
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SPEAKER_02: especially how they talk to themselves.
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SPEAKER_02: That's like the biggest thing that I've noticed.
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A lot of the young guys coming into the G League and NBA,
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it's just like that mental self-talk.
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Just constantly being positive to yourself and just constantly
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feeding yourself
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SPEAKER_02: positive feedback.
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SPEAKER_02: Then the second thing would be decision-making.
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SPEAKER_02: Just peer,
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SPEAKER_02: just attacking closeouts,
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SPEAKER_02: reading DHOs,
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SPEAKER_02: and just a simple pass,
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SPEAKER_02: kick,
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SPEAKER_02: drive,
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SPEAKER_02: reads once your feet get in the paint.
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SPEAKER_02: I think those two things are like the two biggest.
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SPEAKER_02: Obviously,
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SPEAKER_02: we talk about defensive stuff as well,
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SPEAKER_02: defensive coverages,
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SPEAKER_02: one-on-one defense and things like that.
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SPEAKER_02: So those three things would jump off my mind right off the bat,
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SPEAKER_02: which are shooting,
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SPEAKER_02: decision-making,
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SPEAKER_02: and understanding defensive schemes and coverages.
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SPEAKER_01: How much do what the Mavericks do influence what you guys do?
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And then how does that influence what you do personally on the
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player development side?
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SPEAKER_02: This past season, it was different.
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SPEAKER_02: Our team was a lot different than the Mavs.
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SPEAKER_02: We had a lot more shooters.
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SPEAKER_02: We spaced the floor with four to five shooters.
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SPEAKER_02: So offensively, it was a big difference.
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SPEAKER_02: Defensively, we kept everything the same.
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SPEAKER_02: So we guarded pick and roll the same.
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SPEAKER_02: We taught transition defense the same.
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SPEAKER_02: We taught all the small details of defense the same.
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SPEAKER_02: But offensively,
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SPEAKER_02: we played a totally different game,
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SPEAKER_02: much faster,
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SPEAKER_02: more open space,
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SPEAKER_02: more utilizing our shooters in space.
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SPEAKER_02: And then we also had a back to the basket five.
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So that was kind of a loop and a learning curve for us as well
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because we have to
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SPEAKER_02: learn how to use a back to the basket five.
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SPEAKER_02: So we was kind of versatile offensively in the G League.
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SPEAKER_02: And player development wise,
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SPEAKER_02: especially with the two A's,
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SPEAKER_02: exhibit 10s,
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we have to be aligned with the Mavs and the goal they want to
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go for those guys.
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SPEAKER_02: It's improving in their shooting, corner shots.
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SPEAKER_02: So most of those guys' workouts will be based off corner decision-making.
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SPEAKER_02: So you're playing off a short or long closeout.
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SPEAKER_02: Those 3-2-1 situations where it's end of shot clock.
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SPEAKER_02: Spend a lot of time on those things.
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We just always want to be aligned with what the big club front
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office is wanting us to do.
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SPEAKER_01: Can you walk me through before we get to specifics?
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And for those that are listening,
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we're going to show some film in just a few moments here.
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SPEAKER_01: But can you walk me through like big picture workouts,
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what that might look like either when you're with one guy or
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with a small group of
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SPEAKER_01: guys?
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SPEAKER_02: When I started, I was a big block training guy.
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SPEAKER_02: Spent a lot of time in block training.
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SPEAKER_02: I think that's still a great benefit in block training.
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SPEAKER_02: So most of the workouts start with fundamental ball handling,
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SPEAKER_02: change of direction,
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SPEAKER_02: change of pace,
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SPEAKER_02: passing while handling pressure,
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SPEAKER_02: and finishing through contact where it's parmator,
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SPEAKER_02: fender,
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SPEAKER_02: low man,
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SPEAKER_02: rotating over at the ramp,
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SPEAKER_02: then obviously combining the two.
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SPEAKER_02: I'm a huge guy that I love stacking drills.
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So you'll see in the video,
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guys coming off a ball screen,
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you might have to make a pass.
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Immediately after that pass,
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you get another ball to make another decision.
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SPEAKER_02: Either draw, shoot it, or pass it again.
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SPEAKER_02: Then we'll build up off that by adding more game-like shots.
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SPEAKER_02: So the games you'll see, the shots you'll see in the game.
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SPEAKER_02: And that's kind of how I build up.
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SPEAKER_02: Then obviously like the last,
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SPEAKER_02: 15 minutes,
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SPEAKER_02: or if it's like a short 30-minute session,
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SPEAKER_02: like the last 15 to 10 minutes,
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SPEAKER_02: just straight decision-making out of those situations we worked on.
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SPEAKER_02: Rather, it's got started in the corner.
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SPEAKER_02: We're just working on like a single-side DHO.
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SPEAKER_02: Early in the workout,
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we repped out the shots just to get the feel and knowledge of
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like how things feel
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SPEAKER_02: for their body.
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SPEAKER_02: In the last 10 minutes,
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SPEAKER_02: we'll place a defender,
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SPEAKER_02: maybe one or two defenders on him,
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SPEAKER_02: and just let him make decisions.
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SPEAKER_02: And we just learn from the film after the workouts.
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SPEAKER_01: All right.
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I'll go ahead and have,
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because I want to give you as much time to show this.
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Coach came prepared and armed with a lot of things that we can
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look at here.
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SPEAKER_01: And I want you to be able to, the coaches love this.
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SPEAKER_01: So we're going to flip over here to some film.
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SPEAKER_01: And coach, I'm going to let you just kind of take it.
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You talk us through whatever here is on the screen and teaching
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points and anything
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SPEAKER_01: else that you might think would be helpful.
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SPEAKER_02: Yes, I'd love to.
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SPEAKER_02: So the first drill I love to use is
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SPEAKER_02: called active hand drill.
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Most of the ball handling drills that I do perform with players
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that we do with our
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SPEAKER_02: team is done with heavy ball.
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Similar to how baseball trains with the heavy bat,
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speed of velocity of the swing.
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SPEAKER_02: Similar to the same thing with ball handling, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So I just call this offhand, active offhand.
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SPEAKER_02: So whenever I reach, they have to explode out by using this offhand
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SPEAKER_02: to get inside the defender's body,
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SPEAKER_02: then now we're just focusing on controlling the driving lane to the rim.
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SPEAKER_02: Similarly, same thing, the combo, they oftentimes can mix it up.
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SPEAKER_02: Every player's different,
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but the overall focus in this one is just completely using your
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offhand whenever I
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SPEAKER_02: get into your body.
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SPEAKER_01: I like how the coach is jumping in to work with.
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I think sometimes we've kind of swung to like everything needs
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to have a live and
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SPEAKER_01: equal defender.
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But just even having a coach standing there that's giving
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something for them to put
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SPEAKER_01: their eyes on,
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SPEAKER_01: for them to feel even.
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I see you stepping into them and kind of giving them a little
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pressure that would
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SPEAKER_01: then hopefully trigger them to...
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SPEAKER_01: I'm supposed to drive right.
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SPEAKER_01: I'm supposed to drive left.
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Even within something as simple as this,
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you have a very basic decision that they have to make.
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SPEAKER_01: It goes along with the skill,
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even though obviously the skill is the biggest thing that
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you're trying to repair.
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SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
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SPEAKER_02: And I think especially for smaller guards,
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SPEAKER_02: guards at our level,
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SPEAKER_02: like being able to play through that first bump.
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on your drive is super important right not to stand up keep
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your shoulders low and
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just take the first initial bump especially when you jump it
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from the college to
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professional level guys are bigger stronger faster so being
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able to just take the
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bump everything isn't going to be pretty but just being able to
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take the bump and
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to continue your drive and keep your eyes up on the basket are
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you talking much
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like finishing moves with these guys or is it this level like
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they have finishing
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SPEAKER_01: packages and you don't really have to talk specifics
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In this draft specifically,
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no,
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I'm more so worried about the first part of it.
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SPEAKER_02: But most guys, we watch based on what they naturally do.
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SPEAKER_02: Maybe he's a two-foot jumper or one-foot jumper.
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SPEAKER_02: Then we find finishes that fit their athletic ability.
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And that creates buy-in for them and things that they can
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actually just add on to their game.
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SPEAKER_02: Then here from the corner, same thing.
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SPEAKER_02: It's just off the bounce.
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And whenever I jump to their body,
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they're using it offhand to control the driving lane.
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SPEAKER_02: to get a good finishing angle at the rim.
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SPEAKER_02: So the first two clips, like you notice they're driving kind of wide.
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SPEAKER_02: He stands up and opens up his inside shoulder,
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SPEAKER_02: which is ultimately going to allow the defender to get into his body,
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SPEAKER_02: right?
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SPEAKER_02: So we talked about it a few reps after.
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SPEAKER_02: The same thing,
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SPEAKER_02: just being low early,
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SPEAKER_02: getting that hand over the top and controlling that driving leg.
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SPEAKER_02: Then next we'll go one bounce finishing.
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SPEAKER_02: We add different constraints.
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SPEAKER_02: Most times we start closer to the block area or around a second hash.
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So the offensive players allow only one bounce to start the
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drill and to finish.
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SPEAKER_02: You have one bounce defense to start inside shoulder, applying pressure.
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Then we build up into adding different constraints of you only
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can finish with your right hand.
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SPEAKER_02: You only can finish with your left hand.
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but players start getting creative and start experimenting with
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different finishing.
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SPEAKER_02: So this one specifically was at the point where you only could,
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you had to find a way to finish with your right hand only after
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your first bounce.
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Then this one we built up to the next progression was you only
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get one bounce and
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SPEAKER_02: you only can finish with your left hand.
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SPEAKER_02: Even on the right side of the rim,
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SPEAKER_02: just being creative,
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SPEAKER_02: never know what situation you might be in in the game.
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SPEAKER_02: So my second favorite is starting at the free throw line.
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SPEAKER_02: One-on-one advantage finishing as well.
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SPEAKER_02: Now it's more live.
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SPEAKER_02: The offensive player is dictating the drill.
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SPEAKER_02: So ball handling-wise in the stationary positioning,
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SPEAKER_02: we're more so worried about the cadence of the bounce,
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SPEAKER_02: right?
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SPEAKER_02: Just being creative with your bounce, disrupting that defender's timing.
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Then the second thing,
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once we begin to drive,
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is just controlling the driving lane to the rim.
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And one thing I really like about this one is you're just
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problem solving in tight spaces.
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SPEAKER_02: So you don't have a lot of balance.
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You don't have a lot of dribbles on the free throw line to make
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a finishing decision.
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SPEAKER_01: Are you telling them when to go?
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SPEAKER_01: No, I'm not.
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SPEAKER_01: To dribble and go?
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, strictly off the offensive player, right?
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SPEAKER_02: Whenever they feel the defender leaning forward or on their body,
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SPEAKER_02: their cue is to attack the straight line,
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SPEAKER_02: then get into their body to control the finish in that angle.
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SPEAKER_01: What kind of feedback are you giving?
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SPEAKER_01: Do you go both sides of the ball, like offense and defense?
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SPEAKER_02: Defensively, this day I just told them no unnecessary fouling.
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Because once we got to the point of adding you only can finish
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with your right
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SPEAKER_02: hand,
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SPEAKER_02: you only can finish with your left,
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SPEAKER_02: it was like a lot of unnecessary fouling.
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SPEAKER_02: But offensively,
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SPEAKER_02: I'm more so talking to the offense,
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giving them feedback on other solutions that were there that
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they didn't see.
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SPEAKER_02: Then another one I like is another 1v1.
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SPEAKER_02: Defender starting his back towards the offensive player.
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SPEAKER_02: And again, in this situation, the defensive player starts to drill.
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SPEAKER_02: So whichever way the –
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SPEAKER_02: Defensive player goes, the offensive player will go opposite.
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SPEAKER_02: There's two cones on the court where both players have to run around.
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SPEAKER_02: So you'll see in this first clip,
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SPEAKER_02: the defensive player goes right,
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SPEAKER_02: triggers the offensive player to make a quick decision to go left.
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SPEAKER_02: So similar closeout situation where a defender jumps to your right.
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SPEAKER_02: You got to read space quickly, attack the angle and get to the rim.
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And I'm assuming you can just adjust kind of the width of those
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cones to create
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SPEAKER_01: what kind of vantage that you want.
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SPEAKER_02: Yes, sir.
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SPEAKER_02: Correct.
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So these were pretty close solely because I just wanted to
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focus on the first two
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SPEAKER_02: or three steps out of it.
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I didn't want them to have overly too many dribbles to just
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make two quick
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SPEAKER_02: decisions off the second bounce and then just play off that.
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SPEAKER_02: Then we go into finishing off cutting, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So this is more like game-like prep.
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SPEAKER_02: This time we had a guy
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SPEAKER_02: that was being pressured heavily by pawn guards.
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So our way to add better finishing is to just put him in
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game-like situations,
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right?
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SPEAKER_02: He wasn't a big ISO guy, but he was a really good cutter, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So we put him in situations where he get in top lock,
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SPEAKER_02: read the top lock,
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SPEAKER_02: then off the catch,
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SPEAKER_02: you immediately get your eyes up and read the low man.
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SPEAKER_02: You gotta finish.
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SPEAKER_02: Then off this, we just added multiple shots, right, all standstill.
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SPEAKER_02: In these situations, you can always change the constraints.
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SPEAKER_02: It can be a contest.
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SPEAKER_02: It can be a different shot from a different spot,
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SPEAKER_02: just using different things to keep the player engaged.
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SPEAKER_02: And also in these situations,
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SPEAKER_02: when you don't see as many bodies on the player,
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SPEAKER_02: sometimes it's based off like our schedule.
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SPEAKER_02: So sometimes we don't want them to use too much energy based off the load
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SPEAKER_02: management we're currently dealing with.
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SPEAKER_01: I love this.
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I think I could be better at incorporating stuff like this that
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creates a,
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SPEAKER_01: you know,
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SPEAKER_01: I do a lot of,
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SPEAKER_01: they have the ball to start and do something with it.
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SPEAKER_01: But,
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SPEAKER_01: you know,
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cutting such a huge part of the game that I think that helps
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with like the off ball
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SPEAKER_01: and reading their defender to get open rather than just the old,
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SPEAKER_01: like if he couldn't start the drill type thing,
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but different using different types of cuts and then finishing
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with the shooting.
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I've,
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you know,
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I haven't thought about that,
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like incorporating that aspect of it.
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SPEAKER_01: So like they have to,
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Maybe they have to – we see how many perfects they can get
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where they can score off
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the cut and then hit three shots in a row or something like
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that just to kind of
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SPEAKER_01: mix things up.
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SPEAKER_01: I like that a lot.
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SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
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SPEAKER_02: And I think especially when you're dealing with high-level shooters,
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just constantly finding ways to challenge them with number
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games or conditioning or
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SPEAKER_02: time shooting is always good to get their competitive edge rolling.
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SPEAKER_02: Now we'll just flow into like the DHO.
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SPEAKER_02: So we started with everything being like in hand.
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We went cutting,
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finishing,
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but now I like to kind of flow into actions,
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right?
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SPEAKER_02: So that's kind of like how I build up.
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SPEAKER_02: Now we flow into like a simple DHO, finishing.
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SPEAKER_02: Everything was going right.
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SPEAKER_02: Everything had to be a right-hand finish.
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SPEAKER_02: Control your driving lane.
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The defensive player is going to start with the ball,
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dribbling over the top of the cone.
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SPEAKER_02: Offensive player is obviously cutting over the top.
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SPEAKER_02: and trying to maintain the advantage by turning the corner with speed.
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SPEAKER_02: And this was just like a simple five,
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SPEAKER_02: seven minute warmup,
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something different outside of what we normally do as far as
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like our basic
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SPEAKER_02: footwork.
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So I knew the guys would be more engaged and find creative ways
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to finish around the room.
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These are great because a lot of us,
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we end up with like two guys at a workout.
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And,
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you know,
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you can't work on Zoom action where it's two dudes that are
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there.
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But just incorporating like the guy just hands it off and then
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playing off a
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SPEAKER_01: handoff so you can work on making clean handoffs,
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SPEAKER_01: receiving clean handoffs.
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But then you can immediately go to one-on-one and make it a
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decision-making drill,
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which I think is how coaches have advanced and also become a
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little bit more
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SPEAKER_01: creative.
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SPEAKER_01: And like,
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how can I maximize my time without feeling like I'm just
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hindered because I only
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SPEAKER_01: have one or two dudes that'll work out?
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SPEAKER_02: I agree.
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SPEAKER_02: That's a great point.
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And I think I have another drill in here where similar
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situation you were just
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SPEAKER_02: talking about of having limited bodies.
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and using reactionary tools to still generate that
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decision-making process and mental state.
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A similar,
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same thing we just worked on the 1v1,
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but now we added a strong side corner read.
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So we added an offensive guy in the corner,
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and we added a defensive guy in the corner as well.
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SPEAKER_02: So now when you turn the corner, you have another read to make, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So based off who we're playing,
15:12
SPEAKER_02: maybe we're playing a team that helps out the strong side corner.
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SPEAKER_02: You already know to make the quick swing.
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Triggers another closeout,
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but also triggers like our offensive concept of respacing.
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SPEAKER_02: Right.
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SPEAKER_02: So we didn't talk about any of this.
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SPEAKER_02: This was completely live.
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SPEAKER_02: They just playing basketball.
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SPEAKER_02: And it naturally happened once they got placed in the situation.
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SPEAKER_02: Also, you'll notice where we have two bigs up there as well.
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SPEAKER_02: One receiving a handoff and one handing the ball off.
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I'm a big component of allowing guys to experiment in different
15:42
areas of the floor
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SPEAKER_02: and in different situations because defensively,
15:46
SPEAKER_02: it makes them better because they understand how everything feels.
15:50
SPEAKER_02: They understand how guards think.
15:52
SPEAKER_02: They understand the reads from the perimeter.
15:54
SPEAKER_02: So now when they guard it,
15:54
they have an understanding of what they're seeing and can make
15:57
a correct defensive
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SPEAKER_02: decision.
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SPEAKER_02: So now we move up to four on four.
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SPEAKER_02: Similar situation.
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SPEAKER_02: Now we have the whole team.
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SPEAKER_02: The coach is going to start with the ball on the wing.
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SPEAKER_02: Here,
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SPEAKER_02: defensive player on the inside hip,
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SPEAKER_02: offensive player starting in the corner,
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then I allowed them to create whatever spacing they wanted on
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the weak side.
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SPEAKER_02: So you can have the dunker field,
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SPEAKER_02: you can have the slot,
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SPEAKER_02: wing,
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SPEAKER_02: corner field,
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SPEAKER_02: but whatever they wanted to do spacing-wise on the weak side,
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SPEAKER_02: it was their decision.
16:26
SPEAKER_02: But right off the bat,
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the first thing we want to talk about is the decision-making of
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the cutter.
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SPEAKER_02: We got it set up.
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SPEAKER_02: It comes off, defenders overplays, automatic backdoor.
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SPEAKER_02: Another situation, similar DHO, same game.
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SPEAKER_02: You come off DHO, defender goes under.
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SPEAKER_02: You have nothing initially, and we automatically play to the second side.
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Then again,
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this was free range for them to work together,
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solve the puzzle.
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SPEAKER_02: We didn't talk to him much about reads.
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SPEAKER_02: I kind of just allowed them to play the game.
16:55
SPEAKER_02: So continue to add on to more drills we just talked about.
16:58
SPEAKER_02: So we talked about the 1v1 advantage finishing drill earlier.
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SPEAKER_02: where the ball was just in their right hand.
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SPEAKER_02: Defender was on the inside hip.
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SPEAKER_02: On this one,
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SPEAKER_02: it's the same game,
17:09
SPEAKER_02: but now the offensive player is starting with like a rhythm bounce,
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SPEAKER_02: right?
17:13
SPEAKER_02: So in this sequence,
17:14
SPEAKER_02: we use like the James Harden setup,
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SPEAKER_02: like the between cross or the machine gun between the legs.
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SPEAKER_02: In the same situation, offensive player dictates when the drill goes.
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SPEAKER_02: So you'll see offensive player name is Darren.
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SPEAKER_02: He's doing like a great job of using his feet.
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SPEAKER_02: He's fading, throwing off the timing of that defender.
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SPEAKER_02: created the advantage, good finish at the rim.
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SPEAKER_02: Then now you'll see I switched Darren's matchup, right?
17:38
SPEAKER_02: So now Darren has a big instead of another guard.
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So that kind of changes your reads and how you want to attack
17:45
based off the size
17:46
SPEAKER_02: and speed of the defender.
17:47
SPEAKER_02: So curve driving angles, right?
17:50
So I got it from,
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I played football growing up as a slot receiver slash corner.
17:57
SPEAKER_02: In office alignment, I always ran around the hula hoops.
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SPEAKER_02: to get to the quarterback.
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SPEAKER_02: You start in like a three-point stance.
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SPEAKER_02: You start low.
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SPEAKER_02: The offensive,
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SPEAKER_02: defensive lineman coach gives you cues of keep your inside shoulder low,
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SPEAKER_02: hand to the ground,
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SPEAKER_02: just different cues.
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So that's kind of why we got the idea from a curved driving
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lane,
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angles,
18:15
right?
18:16
So you start on opposite elbow and you're using a mini circle
18:19
as your line.
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So defensive player should not go inside the line and offensive
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player can't either,
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right?
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SPEAKER_02: So we're just driving along the line.
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SPEAKER_02: Offensive player starts to drill.
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You can start with a live bounce,
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or you can start with the ball in your hand.
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SPEAKER_02: A similar same thing, you're playing one-on-one decision-making.
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So all these things the guys always love,
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find creative,
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and they always love making decisions.
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SPEAKER_01: I've got a lot of youth coaches who follow,
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SPEAKER_01: and I think that kind of thing is important,
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SPEAKER_01: just kids learning to run in angles.
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I know that some coaches may look at that and be like,
18:53
nobody does that in a game.
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SPEAKER_01: Nobody cuts across the top of the circle.
18:56
SPEAKER_01: But I think there is an element,
18:59
SPEAKER_01: again,
18:59
SPEAKER_01: of player development that,
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SPEAKER_01: especially if you're working with younger kids like that,
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SPEAKER_01: you just mentioned these are young men.
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SPEAKER_01: They're men, though, and they're having fun out there.
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SPEAKER_01: This is something that's fun,
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SPEAKER_01: but it's also helping their motor development,
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SPEAKER_01: especially if you're working with the younger kids.
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um as they're learning to and being able to run you know even
19:21
if you had something
19:22
like they ran around the top of it came to a quick stop and
19:25
they had to turn around
19:26
and run back the other direction and then finish back on the
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other like being able
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SPEAKER_01: to change directions quickly and that kind of stuff
19:33
SPEAKER_01: which is a bigger conversation,
19:35
SPEAKER_01: but you just said you played football,
19:36
like the argument for playing multiple sports and your body
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developing and being
19:40
SPEAKER_01: able to adjust for football,
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running the post route or running a slant or something when
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you're running in a
19:45
straight line and then you turn and you run on a diagonal or
19:48
turn and run sideways
19:49
SPEAKER_01: or something like that.
19:50
Like being able to train motor development different ways that
19:54
is also fun is
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SPEAKER_01: applicable even for top levels.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I agree.
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SPEAKER_02: And I got the idea from when I worked with Tyler Ruff.
20:03
SPEAKER_02: We did things like this a lot with little kids.
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SPEAKER_02: Most times we would just start from the corners.
20:09
SPEAKER_02: So like you just said, we have a lot of youth coaches, right?
20:12
SPEAKER_02: We would just start from the corners.
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SPEAKER_02: And Tyler would do a great job of setting cones up from,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: the three-point line to,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: the lane line of,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: in,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: an oval-type shape where it's,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: wide.
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So it's almost forcing their body into that driving angle that
20:28
we're currently working on now.
20:30
SPEAKER_02: So that was one way we did it then.
20:32
SPEAKER_02: And it's been working well ever since.
20:34
SPEAKER_02: So I think it's very productive.
20:37
SPEAKER_02: So we continue to move on to the REM decision.
20:40
SPEAKER_02: So this part of it was reactionary.
20:43
SPEAKER_02: So we start at the elbow.
20:45
SPEAKER_02: So we start off the triple threat, basically just reverse pivot, open up.
20:49
SPEAKER_02: After that,
20:50
SPEAKER_02: They're kind of just doing, they're just reading and playing the game.
20:54
SPEAKER_02: Only thing I emphasized here was aggressive rips and sweeps, right?
20:57
SPEAKER_02: Reading the defender's hands,
20:59
SPEAKER_02: moving the ball aggressively,
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then attacking whenever you feel like you have the advantage or
21:04
you're on balance
21:05
SPEAKER_02: to attack.
21:06
SPEAKER_02: So ball spin out, footwork, he's moving rips.
21:10
SPEAKER_02: The cue for the offensive player is the defender,
21:12
SPEAKER_02: I mean,
21:13
SPEAKER_02: offensive player in the weak side corner hands are being up.
21:16
So ideally with our rim decisions,
21:19
we want this guy's hands to be up at the point of the Euro.
21:23
SPEAKER_02: So as this offensive player begins to go into his Euro,
21:25
SPEAKER_02: it's a little bit early in this situation,
21:28
SPEAKER_02: but we want his hands to go up.
21:30
So just simulating in the game,
21:32
I drive to the rim,
21:33
the low man rotates over,
21:35
SPEAKER_02: Also, maybe they overheld.
21:37
SPEAKER_02: So I don't have that same rim finishing.
21:39
So now I have to kick out to the weak side so they're
21:41
continuing to send the game in sequence.
21:44
SPEAKER_02: So I'm the same thing playing off the Euro.
21:48
SPEAKER_02: So in this situation,
21:49
SPEAKER_02: no hands equals finishing at the rim,
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which means the defense didn't rotate over to force you to make
21:54
that passing
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SPEAKER_02: decision.
21:55
SPEAKER_02: So now we move on to the same situation.
21:58
SPEAKER_02: We kind of move back to the slot.
22:01
SPEAKER_02: So now we are actually making rim decisions.
22:03
SPEAKER_02: We have an offensive player spaced in the corner, right?
22:07
SPEAKER_02: So we plan out the triple threat,
22:09
SPEAKER_02: whatever footwork moves his offensive player wants to make,
22:13
SPEAKER_02: it's up to him,
22:13
SPEAKER_02: right?
22:14
SPEAKER_02: So we have a rim decision.
22:15
SPEAKER_02: The low man is late coming over.
22:18
SPEAKER_02: finish at the rim, right?
22:19
SPEAKER_02: Immediately after that,
22:21
the offensive player that did not receive the ball gets another
22:24
closeout read.
22:25
So the ball now with fire to the corner,
22:28
and now he has his closeout read.
22:30
SPEAKER_02: And we're forcing him to finish at the rim.
22:33
SPEAKER_02: He's finding ways to just be creative around the rim.
22:36
SPEAKER_02: So again, similar situation.
22:38
SPEAKER_02: Now low man rotates over.
22:40
SPEAKER_02: We're saying a guy on the block is sinking to the dunker.
22:42
SPEAKER_02: He's going to open up the corner.
22:45
SPEAKER_02: That's his closeout read, right?
22:47
SPEAKER_02: So catch and shoot, 0.5.
22:48
SPEAKER_02: Once you make the pass to the weak side corner,
22:51
SPEAKER_02: now you also working on the element of re-spacing,
22:54
SPEAKER_02: right?
22:54
SPEAKER_02: I always love the quote of don't let your battery die.
22:58
SPEAKER_02: After you make the pass.
22:59
SPEAKER_02: Right?
23:00
SPEAKER_02: So keep your battery still running.
23:02
SPEAKER_02: Run.
23:03
SPEAKER_02: Get to the next action.
23:04
SPEAKER_02: Create space.
23:05
SPEAKER_02: Now he has his closeout decision.
23:07
SPEAKER_02: Again, we're still finishing at the rim.
23:09
SPEAKER_02: Be creative.
23:10
SPEAKER_02: Find solutions.
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SPEAKER_02: Low man rotates.
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SPEAKER_02: We kick weak side corner.
23:14
SPEAKER_02: Late.
23:14
SPEAKER_02: Great shooter.
23:15
SPEAKER_02: So in this situation,
23:16
SPEAKER_02: just throwing off this offensive player's timing,
23:19
SPEAKER_02: I threw the ball kind of late.
23:21
SPEAKER_02: Just delayed.
23:22
SPEAKER_02: Just threw off his timing to see if he still can read it.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: And again,
23:27
this would be a minus one for the offensive team or player
23:30
because that's the wrong decision.
23:32
You're wide open,
23:32
hands down,
23:34
have your feet and hands ready to shoot the basketball.
23:37
So in these situations,
23:38
when we have a group like this,
23:40
you can play like a numbers game,
23:42
right?
23:42
So if a coach gets a stop,
23:44
get a deflection,
23:45
an offensive player makes the wrong read,
23:47
plus two.
23:49
SPEAKER_02: Any correct read or made basket for the offensive player is plus one.
23:53
SPEAKER_02: Similar to like beat the pro,
23:56
SPEAKER_02: Just to add that competitive nature into it again.
23:59
Always playing like six to ten mostly based off the timing of
24:04
it,
24:04
the time we have.
24:06
But just another way to create that advantage,
24:08
that competitive edge in the drill.
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SPEAKER_02: Run them off.
24:12
SPEAKER_02: Again, find another way to finish at the room.
24:15
SPEAKER_02: Yeah,
24:16
SPEAKER_02: I know a lot of coaches,
24:17
SPEAKER_02: like we just talked about,
24:18
SPEAKER_02: you have mixed groups or two people in a group.
24:22
In this situation here,
24:23
we was working on just breaking down pick and roll.
24:26
So the only block or scripted thing we had in this segment was
24:28
the ball handling
24:29
SPEAKER_02: for the point guard,
24:30
SPEAKER_02: solely because I just wanted him to get a feel.
24:33
SPEAKER_02: I mean,
24:33
SPEAKER_02: he was coming off an injury,
24:34
SPEAKER_02: so he was just trying to get his feel back with the basketball,
24:37
SPEAKER_02: right?
24:37
SPEAKER_02: So we just broke it down in like a pick and roll situation,
24:41
SPEAKER_02: kind of awkward,
24:42
SPEAKER_02: but it's like he snaked it.
24:44
SPEAKER_02: The big now has to redirect his rolling angle.
24:48
SPEAKER_02: All right, so on the snake, now the big has to dive wider.
24:52
SPEAKER_02: You got a pocket pass.
24:54
SPEAKER_02: Now the roller or the big now has a rim decision to finish at the rim.
24:59
SPEAKER_02: He decides to spin versus the low man.
25:01
SPEAKER_02: You got to finish.
25:02
Immediately after you make your pass,
25:04
again,
25:05
you have another decision to make.
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SPEAKER_02: All right, so it's going to be a quick toss.
25:09
SPEAKER_02: You just plan off of it.
25:10
SPEAKER_02: Just get going.
25:12
SPEAKER_02: I'm not really focusing on speed, just more so just intent of your work.
25:16
SPEAKER_02: Again, now we talk about the big is popping.
25:20
SPEAKER_02: So now the guard snakes to pick and roll.
25:22
SPEAKER_02: He has to make a left-hand pass over the shoulder.
25:26
SPEAKER_02: Now we're saying we're attacking a closeout.
25:28
SPEAKER_02: Now you're making another rim finish against the low man.
25:31
Now in this situation,
25:32
the guard has more of a downhill running angle to get downhill.
25:38
SPEAKER_02: Again, you're live.
25:40
SPEAKER_02: Low man is late.
25:42
SPEAKER_02: to get right into the inside hand floater.
25:44
SPEAKER_02: Then again, you can make that competitive as well.
25:47
Most times,
25:48
first one to four to five,
25:50
four to six based off our time and schedule.
25:53
SPEAKER_02: We're just finding different ways to make everything work and make sense.
25:57
SPEAKER_02: Pick and roll with, again, big and a guard, right?
26:00
So the cue for the big in this situation was preparing to play
26:04
a team that's
26:05
SPEAKER_02: playing against the ice.
26:07
So immediately once the big sees the guard's foot flipped,
26:12
his read automatically is to roll.
26:15
SPEAKER_02: You're diving out with speed, force the weak side to pull over.
26:19
SPEAKER_02: Now for the guard has two decisions.
26:21
He can make the early pocket pass or he can throw it over the
26:24
top for the lob.
26:25
So both offensive players are making decisions together and it
26:29
has to flow seamlessly.
26:31
SPEAKER_02: So he decides to make a pocket.
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SPEAKER_02: The reason being,
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SPEAKER_02: The defender's hands are high.
26:37
SPEAKER_02: The window's open.
26:38
SPEAKER_02: We have a rim finish.
26:40
SPEAKER_02: Again, same thing.
26:41
SPEAKER_02: Ice, ice, ice.
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SPEAKER_02: Big dives.
26:44
SPEAKER_02: Now he's rolling behind.
26:46
SPEAKER_02: So in this situation, the guard didn't have an angle to make that pocket.
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SPEAKER_02: He throws it over the top of the lob.
26:53
SPEAKER_02: So now you'll see as we're working versus weak.
26:55
SPEAKER_02: So similarly, same thing.
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SPEAKER_02: Players working together.
26:59
SPEAKER_02: Same thing, rolling behind.
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SPEAKER_02: Working together.
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SPEAKER_02: Build that camaraderie.
27:04
SPEAKER_02: So now we talk about Gortat screens, right?
27:06
SPEAKER_02: So we broke it down to them.
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SPEAKER_02: We're playing against a drop, right?
27:11
SPEAKER_02: So the drop triggers our Gortat, right?
27:16
SPEAKER_02: So that triggers the dribble hole, the hostage dribble for the guard.
27:20
And immediately what we're telling the big right now is to dive
27:22
right at the
27:23
SPEAKER_02: numbers of the big that's in the drop.
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SPEAKER_02: Your thing is to hold.
27:27
Don't continue to move your feet because it's a strong chance
27:29
they may call offense
27:30
SPEAKER_02: a foul or move a screen,
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SPEAKER_02: right?
27:32
SPEAKER_02: So the guard has to be patient.
27:34
SPEAKER_02: He get a rim finish.
27:35
Immediately after that big sets that screen and dives,
27:38
he's sprinting to another screen,
27:41
right?
27:41
SPEAKER_02: So at our level or higher level of basketball,
27:43
the bigs have to be in the habit of setting multiple screens in
27:46
the possession,
27:48
SPEAKER_02: right?
27:48
SPEAKER_02: So that's just a habit we're building.
27:50
SPEAKER_02: In this situation, we're working on like a ghost or a pop, right?
27:54
SPEAKER_02: Off the pop on the catch,
27:56
now this offensive player that popped is getting a closeout
27:59
decision versus the
28:01
SPEAKER_02: closeout big.
28:03
SPEAKER_02: And again, you see he kind of stops there to give himself time to read.
28:08
But again,
28:09
these are the things you want players to try to figure out in
28:11
sessions.
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SPEAKER_02: It's easy to judge when you have film.
28:15
SPEAKER_02: So again, good pace, good Gortat.
28:18
SPEAKER_02: Floor into another ball screen.
28:21
SPEAKER_02: Now, last time he closed inside shoulder.
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SPEAKER_02: Now the big close outside shoulder.
28:26
So now it's just about educating your feet and your mind to not
28:30
travel and to just
28:31
SPEAKER_02: make the clean decision.
28:32
SPEAKER_02: Of course, the last part of it now, we have group pick and roll.
28:36
SPEAKER_02: So this is more so prepared for a game.
28:39
SPEAKER_02: We know a team is going to ice.
28:40
SPEAKER_02: We use the practice players as guided defenders.
28:44
SPEAKER_02: but there was a lot of element in it as well to end the drill, right?
28:47
So this game was prepared to flip,
28:50
flip the angle of it,
28:51
allow the guard to get downhill.
28:54
SPEAKER_02: You have your pocket pass, right?
28:55
SPEAKER_02: Immediately,
28:57
now the weak side can make a decision to either stay or you can
29:00
drift down to the
29:01
SPEAKER_02: corner,
29:02
SPEAKER_02: right?
29:02
SPEAKER_02: The big has to locate where that weak side offensive player is.
29:06
SPEAKER_02: You got to catch a shoot.
29:08
SPEAKER_02: Immediately, another ball fires.
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SPEAKER_02: We're triggering a lob to the big.
29:14
Once the guard makes the final pass,
29:16
the drill finishes with a lob one-on-one.
29:19
SPEAKER_02: So I'll give them, we give them free reign to do.
29:22
SPEAKER_02: You can play off a closeout situation.
29:24
SPEAKER_02: You can pull out ISO.
29:25
SPEAKER_02: You can go into a post.
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But most times we give them like three to five seconds to kind
29:30
of get in their bag
29:31
SPEAKER_02: or to create whatever offense advantage that they would like to create.
29:36
Playing to the weak side,
29:38
ball fires automatically,
29:39
triggers another drive.
29:41
SPEAKER_02: Got a rim finish, relocate, and we're quick until one-on-one.
29:45
SPEAKER_02: We're not really stretching or saying much about shot selection,
29:50
SPEAKER_02: more so them just playing the game.
29:52
SPEAKER_02: So in this one, the post now gets the one-on-one.
29:56
SPEAKER_02: So everybody gets a chance to work on their game,
29:59
SPEAKER_02: be creative,
30:00
SPEAKER_02: and work in like a random environment.
30:02
So now onto the stuff that you mastered,
30:05
Coach,
30:06
the small side of games,
30:07
right?
30:07
SPEAKER_02: So again, that's another buildup of it, right?
30:11
SPEAKER_02: We did our on-air work with Gatti defense.
30:16
We're now putting them in situations where,
30:18
again,
30:19
they're working on their own,
30:20
right?
30:21
SPEAKER_02: So again, it's like seven or eight-second possessions.
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SPEAKER_02: The defense is allowed to do whatever they want to do.
30:27
Offensive team,
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y'all work together to do what y'all want to do offensively,
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right?
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So you'll see some pretty good clips here of guys just seeing
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the coverage and
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SPEAKER_02: automatically just getting to the next action.
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SPEAKER_02: But again, now we start with the side pick and roll.
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SPEAKER_02: Now our second alignment was to step up.
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SPEAKER_02: So now similar, same thing.
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SPEAKER_02: Defense can do whatever they want.
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SPEAKER_02: Offense is free range to do whatever they want.
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SPEAKER_02: Just working together to make a good, sound decision.
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SPEAKER_02: And most times we use...
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I don't allow the players to dribble along on the opposite side
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of the lane line,
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but you can.
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You get one bounce and you can get a finish on the opposite
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side of the rim.
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SPEAKER_02: So in this situation, he caught it.
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SPEAKER_02: He went straight up for a finish.
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SPEAKER_02: I counted.
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SPEAKER_02: And for the bigs, right, still talking about decision making.
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SPEAKER_02: So this one is two on two.
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SPEAKER_02: We have big DH on the big, right?
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SPEAKER_02: We have the nail.
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So the guy on the nail will obviously be guarding somebody on
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the weak side slot or wing area.
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SPEAKER_02: Then we have a low man down near the block.
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SPEAKER_02: And we often spend a weak side corner.
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SPEAKER_02: So you have your step up.
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SPEAKER_02: So now the repeat is, okay, if the nail is there,
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SPEAKER_02: If I don't see his body in front of me, I'm driving.
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SPEAKER_02: I'm putting pressure on the rim, right?
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SPEAKER_02: You take another bounce.
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SPEAKER_02: Now I see the low man, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So we're working on all elements of decision-making.
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SPEAKER_02: You got the nail.
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SPEAKER_02: You got the low man.
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SPEAKER_02: Now we kick to the weak side.
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SPEAKER_02: He has a closeout decision-maker, decision to make, right?
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SPEAKER_02: He's 6'9".
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lay hand shot immediately after your pass again similar to what
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we saw earlier with
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the guard the bigger get a mid mid post catch or it get a
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perimeter corner catch to
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play off a closeout again same thing we got the short roll pass
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fakie leaves rim
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finish if you don't make the pass again the offensive play in
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the corner gets the
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closeout opportunity and all of these all the players must
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finish at the rim so now
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SPEAKER_02: we have
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SPEAKER_02: You're saying a nail or they recovered.
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SPEAKER_02: Now you play to the second side, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So now we have, again, decision-making.
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SPEAKER_02: Decision-making on a weak side.
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SPEAKER_02: He's late.
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SPEAKER_02: Shot.
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SPEAKER_02: Once you handoff, you re-space.
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SPEAKER_02: Another ball fires again for another closeout decision.
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SPEAKER_02: Then again, like I said, we don't really control it.
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SPEAKER_02: Players have freedom to kind of work on their game and play.
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SPEAKER_02: And lastly is the four-on-four decision-making team drill.
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SPEAKER_02: We saw a little bit earlier in the DHO.
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But this one is kind of based off the driving one that we
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talked about earlier with
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SPEAKER_02: the defenders starting a weak side hip.
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SPEAKER_02: Then offensive player starts to drill whenever they want.
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SPEAKER_02: Then the weak side can space however they want.
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If you have a defensive coach that wants to focus on some
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defensive elements and
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SPEAKER_02: triggers certain rotations,
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SPEAKER_02: we've done that as well.
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SPEAKER_02: We've kind of almost used it as a shell drill at times.
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SPEAKER_02: Right.
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SPEAKER_02: So it triggers the low man rotation.
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SPEAKER_02: We have to think the increase of some type of rotation on the backside.
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SPEAKER_02: And again, same thing for for decision making, we're working together.
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SPEAKER_02: So now we changed it.
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Now the defensive player starts with his back towards the
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offensive player,
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SPEAKER_02: similar to what we talked,
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SPEAKER_02: watched earlier.
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SPEAKER_02: Only thing we said in this one was you have to drive to the right.
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SPEAKER_02: Right.
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So sometimes we might say the constraint if only you only can
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make right hand
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SPEAKER_02: passes in this drill.
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SPEAKER_02: or we only can be right-hand finishes, or it only can be threes, right?
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SPEAKER_02: So that also triggers a defensive rotation and understanding as well.
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SPEAKER_02: All right,
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there was a couple times we did it where offensive team only
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could shoot threes,
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SPEAKER_02: so which means late clock with 14 seconds on the shot clock.
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Defense has to scramble around to protect the three,
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the four shots inside the three-point line.
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Again,
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same thing,
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back is turned,
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got middle drive,
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quick decision,
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finish at the rim.
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SPEAKER_02: And so now we moved into the corner,
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SPEAKER_02: which changes some elements of your defensive rotations,
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SPEAKER_02: right,
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SPEAKER_02: in offensive decision-making.
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SPEAKER_02: So we got middle drive.
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SPEAKER_02: On the weak side,
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SPEAKER_02: the offensive player does a great job of finding a window,
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SPEAKER_02: right,
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SPEAKER_02: being an available receiver for the driver.
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SPEAKER_02: We kick, we re-space, we swing, bucket.
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Just quick two shooting drills that I put on here,
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what I call cold shooter.
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where all the shooters that that's on our team with the legends
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or the maps you
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walk in and the first thing you're doing is shooting threes
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right you can add
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contests can add number games different variables to change up
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the drill but this
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SPEAKER_02: is just like the basic form of it um i believe we was coming off like a
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SPEAKER_02: back-to-back so
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SPEAKER_02: We wasn't doing much crazy,
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SPEAKER_02: but this was an easy way to engage them mentally and to get them going.
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SPEAKER_02: So you got to make two in a row from 10 spots.
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SPEAKER_02: So five each spot each time around.
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SPEAKER_02: You make two in a row.
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SPEAKER_02: Ideally, we would time it a minute, minute 30.
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That's another way you can try to add different constraints to
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it as well.
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SPEAKER_02: Just adding the timing to it and also changing how deep they can shoot.
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SPEAKER_02: You'll see the blue line on our court that's like a four-point line.
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SPEAKER_02: So sometimes I have a start at the four-point line.
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SPEAKER_02: Those are your first shots of the day.
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SPEAKER_02: But he'll go around.
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SPEAKER_02: And once you make your two in a row,
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SPEAKER_02: you start back around to come right back around and do the same shots.
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SPEAKER_02: And this would be cold shooting for us.
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SPEAKER_02: Just right off the bench.
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As soon as you walk in the gym,
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our gym be freezing some days,
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so it's even tougher.
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SPEAKER_01: Why do you like them starting at the four-point line sometimes?
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SPEAKER_02: Just because offensively,
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that's what we tell our guys spacing-wise to start behind the
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four-point line,
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SPEAKER_02: just for spacing,
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SPEAKER_02: like I just stated.
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SPEAKER_02: And that also generates a different energy and momentum into your shot.
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SPEAKER_01: So they'll step in one, two into their shots.
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SPEAKER_02: Yeah,
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SPEAKER_02: and sometimes I might have them start,
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SPEAKER_02: which almost,
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SPEAKER_02: I wouldn't say near half court,
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SPEAKER_02: but pretty deep because they're both shooters,
36:28
SPEAKER_02: right?
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So for them to get into the NBA,
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most times those guys aren't going to be ISO guys,
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right?
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SPEAKER_02: So most times when they sub into the game,
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They've been on the bench for like the last 30 minutes and
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you're in transition and
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now you have to shoot a deep three and you haven't shot a ball
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in like the last
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SPEAKER_02: hour,
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SPEAKER_02: right?
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So that's all we're kind of like simulating,
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just changing up like the range of it as well.
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Then within the same workout again with shooters,
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now we put it into like an action,
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right?
36:56
So we're working on like our flat ball screens that we used a
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lot this past season.
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SPEAKER_02: Now we have an offensive player starting in the weak side corner.
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SPEAKER_02: and the offensive player setting the screen at the free throw line,
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SPEAKER_02: or the view line as we call it.
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You just go ghost,
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then immediately now we add like a passing element into it.
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SPEAKER_02: Just a quick swing, rhythm shot, rhythm shot,
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SPEAKER_02: Boom, you shoot it, rotate.
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SPEAKER_02: We'll say make eight as a group,
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or you can make it competitive with the first guy to make three
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in a row without
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SPEAKER_02: missing or some element like similar to that.
37:33
SPEAKER_02: And as we progress,
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SPEAKER_02: like,
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SPEAKER_02: especially in training camp,
37:36
SPEAKER_02: we will have a defender on the court,
37:38
SPEAKER_02: or it'll be another defense player on the court,
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SPEAKER_02: making them actually have to make another decision whether to swing it,
37:44
SPEAKER_02: shoot it,
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SPEAKER_02: or drive it.
37:45
SPEAKER_02: And now we just kind of change an element of it.
37:47
SPEAKER_02: We switch sides.
37:49
SPEAKER_02: Make another pass.
37:50
SPEAKER_02: Now it's swing, swing from the corner to the wing.
37:54
SPEAKER_02: So you're working on both passes you have to make in these situations.
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But you're also working on like the re-spacing element for the
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guy to just set the screen.
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38:28
SPEAKER_01: That was perfect.
38:30
SPEAKER_01: I do have a few questions.
38:31
The first is just simply there's a lot of creativity in the
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stuff that you just showed there.
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SPEAKER_01: Is that something that you come up with, the staff comes up with?
38:41
How is that communicated so that it's something that's helpful
38:44
for the guys rather
38:45
SPEAKER_01: than just a bunch of random things that look cool,
38:48
SPEAKER_01: but they may or may not help the guy?
38:51
SPEAKER_02: Yeah,
38:51
SPEAKER_02: so we've had the luxury of the last two years,
38:53
SPEAKER_02: especially in the G League,
38:54
SPEAKER_02: of having coaches that are player development guys as well.
38:58
SPEAKER_02: So they allow freedom within structure, right?
39:01
SPEAKER_02: So we might be in a meeting and it might come up as,
39:05
SPEAKER_02: hey,
39:05
SPEAKER_02: this guy needs to work more on driving with his right hand,
39:09
SPEAKER_02: reading the low man coming over and skipping it to the weak side.
39:12
SPEAKER_02: And that just might be the guideline.
39:14
SPEAKER_02: Then within that framework,
39:19
SPEAKER_02: that allow the coaches to get creative.
39:21
SPEAKER_02: You work with the player to make it make sense,
39:24
but we've had the freedom and luxury to work with coaches that
39:28
allow us to get
39:29
better as coaches and kind of create the situation that we
39:32
would want the player to
39:33
SPEAKER_02: be in.
39:34
SPEAKER_02: Then building blocks off, I'm sorry, building blocks off of it.
39:38
And similar to that,
39:40
we just continue to find ways where the low man will have to
39:42
rotate over.
39:43
Whether it's pick and roll,
39:44
whether it's driving kick,
39:46
whether it's transition.
39:48
But we'll continue to just find creative ways to trigger that
39:51
and work within that framework.
39:55
SPEAKER_01: A question I'm frequently asked is what percentage,
39:58
SPEAKER_01: just how much of practice looks like what you just showed,
40:02
SPEAKER_01: whether that is smaller stuff,
40:04
SPEAKER_01: which is probably more player development,
40:06
SPEAKER_01: individual workouts,
40:07
but even like the three-on-three stuff and the four-on-four
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stuff versus you guys
40:11
SPEAKER_01: just playing full squad five-on-five.
40:13
SPEAKER_02: Yeah,
40:13
SPEAKER_02: I would say with at least 20 to 30 minutes,
40:17
that's very vital to just understanding your team and them
40:20
building camaraderie
40:21
SPEAKER_02: together,
40:22
SPEAKER_02: just constantly putting them in figuring out situations.
40:25
SPEAKER_02: So, again, in the G League, it's all about player development.
40:28
SPEAKER_02: Here with the team in Canada,
40:29
SPEAKER_02: it's all about player development,
40:31
SPEAKER_02: with a little bit more emphasis on winning games.
40:33
SPEAKER_02: Again,
40:34
SPEAKER_02: like we just stated,
40:35
SPEAKER_02: that players love it,
40:37
SPEAKER_02: so we kind of do what the players love to do,
40:39
SPEAKER_02: similar to what I stated earlier about the shell drill.
40:43
It's been part of the summers in Canada where we turned the
40:46
shell drill into a
40:47
SPEAKER_02: decision-making drill.
40:49
Just based off what we want to see defensively,
40:51
maybe it's like a peel switch or whatever.
40:55
SPEAKER_02: And we might work together to find a way to trigger a peel switch.
40:59
But also,
41:00
offensively,
41:01
what do we need to be looking for to solve that offensively?
41:04
So we've got the defensive coach working with the defensive
41:07
team and offensive
41:08
SPEAKER_02: coach working with the offensive team.
41:10
SPEAKER_02: And it's just a beautiful piece.
41:13
SPEAKER_02: And it's worked well with buying from the guys too.
41:16
And it's different from just like the basic shell drill and
41:19
transition drills that we do.
41:21
I would have to imagine like the purpose of these small sided
41:24
games is for them to
41:25
be able to then build quickly to the five on five and to be
41:28
able to know what's
41:29
SPEAKER_01: going on.
41:29
SPEAKER_01: So I would imagine at your level,
41:31
SPEAKER_01: especially like they're important,
41:32
SPEAKER_01: but they also need the context of playing in the five on five.
41:35
So how,
41:36
how fast can we get to the five on five so that they're using
41:39
the things that you've
41:41
SPEAKER_01: You've developed there.
41:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
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SPEAKER_01: the younger they are and the more teaching that I've had to do,
41:45
SPEAKER_01: I feel like the more small-sided games that I use.
41:49
But obviously the game is played five-on-five and wanting to
41:53
get to that as quickly as possible.
41:54
You mentioned at the very beginning that you used to rely a
41:57
little bit more on block practice.
41:59
And I just am interested to hear in your own words,
42:01
like what have you seen –
42:03
the advantages outside of the obvious of just them being better
42:06
decision makers in the games.
42:08
SPEAKER_01: But,
42:09
SPEAKER_01: you know,
42:09
SPEAKER_01: as far as the overall player,
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what kind of advantages have you seen going more to this type
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of training?
42:15
I think just the transfer over to five on five has been the
42:19
biggest thing.
42:19
I think when you look at all the last two teams where that was
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like our framework
42:25
SPEAKER_02: was like a lot of player development,
42:26
SPEAKER_02: a lot of decision making drills,
42:27
SPEAKER_02: our turnovers have been low.
42:29
SPEAKER_02: We shot the ball better.
42:31
SPEAKER_02: With the legends this past season,
42:33
we was top three all season in turnover rate and catch and
42:38
shoot three percentage,
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SPEAKER_02: similar to Canada.
42:41
So that's been like the biggest takeaway is like the turnover
42:44
rate and guys have
42:45
SPEAKER_02: been shooting the ball better and making better decisions.
42:48
So those were like the two biggest areas that I've seen the
42:51
most growth in.
42:53
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I was talking to a friend of mine.
42:54
SPEAKER_01: He was talking about the Thunder,
42:56
and he said that they've pretty much gone exclusively to this
43:00
type of thing with
43:01
SPEAKER_01: their training with their younger guys,
43:02
SPEAKER_01: and it's shown.
43:03
SPEAKER_01: I mean,
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SPEAKER_01: they were number one team in the West last year,
43:06
SPEAKER_01: and so I think it's becoming commonplace,
43:10
but I also do think that there's still a little pushback at
43:13
different levels based
43:15
off of just whether or not you're a little bit more old school
43:17
or whatever,
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SPEAKER_01: and there's nothing wrong with the old school.
43:20
SPEAKER_01: But we can get to this point faster if we do it this way.
43:24
SPEAKER_01: Watching your, I mean, kind of your stuff.
43:26
SPEAKER_01: We need to talk more.
43:28
SPEAKER_01: I just kind of the freshness of ideas and kind of,
43:31
SPEAKER_01: again,
43:32
I'm always looking for how can I incorporate multiple things
43:35
into and the things
43:37
SPEAKER_01: that I'm incorporating don't have to be a part of whatever I'm doing.
43:40
So I loved how you showed like an action that they do and they
43:44
play one on one out
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SPEAKER_01: of it or one on two out of it.
43:46
SPEAKER_01: But then there's like a relocation at the end.
43:49
SPEAKER_01: where both guys get a shot at the very end.
43:52
SPEAKER_01: And with everything being so much decision-making,
43:56
SPEAKER_01: playing against live,
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SPEAKER_01: finishing,
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SPEAKER_01: and shooting,
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SPEAKER_01: those are like the four things.
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How can I build those in but not do the same drill over and
44:04
over and over?
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SPEAKER_01: Because I can only imagine for you,
44:07
SPEAKER_01: a college coach is long,
44:10
SPEAKER_01: NBA,
44:10
SPEAKER_01: G League,
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SPEAKER_01: that's a long season.
44:13
SPEAKER_01: So keeping those guys engaged over the course of that time frame.
44:17
SPEAKER_01: Probably isn't always easy.
44:19
SPEAKER_01: Before I let you go,
44:20
SPEAKER_01: you're a great follow on social media,
44:22
SPEAKER_01: and I feel like you're posting more and more things all the time.
44:26
Can you direct people to social channels wherever you feel like
44:30
the best place for
44:31
SPEAKER_01: them to connect with you is?
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So Twitter,
44:35
name Tevin Jawan Brown with the at underscore Jawan,
44:40
J-U-W-A-N.
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Then on Instagram,
44:44
it's JawanBrown11,
44:46
underscore J-U-W-A-N,
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Brown,
44:50
B-R-O-W-N,
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11.
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SPEAKER_01: Coach, I appreciate you coming on the show.
44:54
SPEAKER_01: Fantastic stuff.
44:56
SPEAKER_01: And like I said, I need to have you back on at some point here.
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SPEAKER_02: Thank you, Coach.
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SPEAKER_02: I enjoyed it.