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ICYMI: Last week in Part I of our "Year-in-Review" series, we highlighted our most viewed Offensive, Defensive & Film Room videos. Get caught up HERE.

Today at a Glance:

📺 Year in Review Part 2: The Best of.... "Start, Sub or Sit!?" & Coaches Clinics

🎤 Slappin' Glass Podcast: Year-in-Review (Best of "Start, Sub or Sit?") 2022​

Seasons Greeting: As we close out the year we are using the Newsletter to look back on 2022 by revisiting some of our most popular Offensive & Defensive Video Breakdowns, Coaches Clinics & Podcasts, culminating in our End of the Year Best of "Start, Sub, or Sit?" Podcast!

Let's dive in..

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Happy New Year!

We hope you all have had a happy holiday season. As we close out the year we would like to thank you all for your continued support. As our community of coaches grows it has been a pleasure to share and converse with several of you about this great game. Basketball has so many diverse ideas of thoughts and strategy, we have enjoyed every opportunity to not only share great content we come across but learn from you all as well. We look forward to furthering these discussions and relationships, helping us all grow as coaches in 2023. We wish you a Happy New Year and success with your respective teams and/or clubs.

Dan and Pat

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Year in Review

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📺 Cody Toppert - "Thoughts on Player Development" & "The Play after the Play"​

"LSU Coach Cody Toppert shares his thoughts & drills on Player Development, playing random basketball & CHESSketball"

✚ Deeper Learning: 🎙 Our podcast with Coach Toppert.

📺 Jimmie Oakman - PnR & 5 Out Delay Actions to Attack the Switch​

"Coach Oakman details a variety of PnR and 5 Out Delay concepts teams across the NBA are using against a switching defense. Detailing Spacing Concepts, Slip Screens, Advanced Passing Concepts, Flare Screens and more."

✚ Deeper Learning: Our Breakdown on Joventut Badalona's 5 Out Delay Offense.

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📺 Liam Flynn - Cancelling Screens​

"Coach Flynn's clinic on "Cancelling Screens" detailing the importance of simple language, wide drives vs line drives, moving the screener, effective switching & more."

✚ Deeper Learning: 🎙 Our podcast with Coach Flynn discussing more of these defensive concepts.

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📺 Ryan Pannone - Oded Kattash 3-2 PnR Motion Offense​

"Coach Pannone's clinic on running a modern PnR Offense with two non shooting bigs."

✚ Deeper Learning: Coach Pannone's Clinic on Attacking Drop Coverage​

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📺 Gonzalo Rodriguez - "Next" & "Hot" PnR Coverage​

"Coach Rodriguez explains the importance of the direction of the ballscreen in determining their aggression on the ball & communication. Later detailing how and when they rotate from the "Next" defender."

✚ Deeper Learning: Our breakdown on "Next" or Wall PnR Coverage.

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Honorable Mention

📺 Luka Bassin - Implementing a "Box & 1"​

"Discussing the Rules, Roles & Responsibilities within the Defense, as well as the When & Why to play it."

✚ Deeper Learning: 🎙 Our podcast with Sergio Scariolo on using the Box & 1 with the Spanish NT.

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Slappin' Glass Podcast

It was another fantastic year on the podcast and we thank you all for your support of the show. In 2022 we had the privilege of sitting down with coaches and players from across the globe and we hope you learned as much from their insights as we did. In our 3rd annual "Year-In-Review" we go back through ten of the most listened to episodes of the year and pull out a favorite "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" conversation from each.

In this wide-ranging episode you'll hear about some of our favorite topics of the year like "forcing left", "Transition Drag Screens", staying calm under pressure, and more from the likes of Rick Pitino, Ettore Messina, Steve Clifford, Ben McCollum, Sergio Scariolo, and many more.

Thank you again for the support and we'll see you in 2023!

Listen to the entire Year-In-Review episode here...

Listen Now!

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Interesting Reads

📚 Knicks’ Derrick Rose Continuing to Mentor Miles McBride Despite Role Reversal​

“He listens. That’s half the battle right there. I always say that — no ego, no nothing. Professional, comes in to do his job.”

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📚 Jim Harbaugh: Same Coach, New Approach has Michigan Riding CFP Wave​

“During his improbable two-year run, Harbaugh and his staff have recruited the right mix of high-level recruits, developed under-the-radar prospects and implemented a scheme, on both sides of the ball, that fit their skillsets. All while talking them up publicly (you rarely hear a negative word said about anyone, ever) and coaching them up behind the scenes.”

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📚 Life is Motion — Take Action (No Matter How Small) For Momentum​

"We can’t wait for the perfect time or opportunity; we must make them. This philosophy is about taking control of our lives and actively pursuing our goals. It’s about getting creative, being courageous, and having faith in ourselves. It’s also about recognising the power of our own actions and use them to create the future we desire."

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Thank you for reading and have a great week coaching,

Dan and Pat

info@slappinglass.com

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