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Today at a Glance:

🏀 Deep Dive Breakdown: Reggio Emilia - Attacking Tags & Bigs

🎤 Inside the Episode: Dr. Gio Valiante​

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🥇 Best of the Week

🔥 June Roundtable: Rikki Broadmore on June 29th

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Let's dive in...

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Reggio Emilia - Attacking Low Tags

One of our favorite leagues to explore of late is Italy's top professional division, Lega Basket Serie A (LGA). From last week's podcast with Olimpia Milano Head Coach, Ettore Messina (as well as his 2020 Playbook), to our sit down with Coach Iacopo Squarcina from EuroCup Champion, Virtus Bologna, as well as looking at Reyer Venezia's interesting "Zone to Man" defensive action and "Horns Flare to Baseline Pin", and Germani Brescia's "Stagger Away to Iso" set...it's hard to not appreciate the terrific basketball being played in this league.

In this week's breakdown we again travel to Italy to highlight the terrific playbook of the club, Reggio Emilia, explore how they design specific actions to attack the Low Tag and leverage the shooting ability of their 5 men to attack Bigs reluctant to extend out high in the PnR. Each action Reggio Emilia uses has a unique purpose in exploiting a defense's tendencies and/or playing to the strengths of their own abilities.

Let's take a look...

Attacking the Low Tag Man

Within Reggio Emilia's Stagger Away and Turnout Sets two distinct concepts are evident in how they attempt to distort the Low Tag and free up the rim. The first concept we'll look at is Reggio Emilia's clever "High to Low" cutting action after entering a set.

"High to Low" Movement - Stagger to Shallow Cut Action

In this first example flowing out of their Stagger Series, Reggio Emilia's PG clears to the opposite wing via a Shallow Cut while the first stagger screener lifts behind the ballscreen.

"High to Low" Movement - Turnout to PG Corner Cut Action

Reggio Emilia revisits this "High to Low" movement again in their Turnout Entry, this time with the PG clearing all the way to the opposite corner.

The Chase Screen

All the above "High to Low" movement is made all the more successful in Reggio Emilia's offense through the second key element of their offense, the quick "Chase Screen."

To see a deeper dive on these two concepts in action, plus how Reggio Emilia exploits the shooting ability of their bigs through the use of a Toss RIP Screen and the Pistol Side Stack view today's breakdown on SGTV. Available for single purchase or Free to SG Plus Members...

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Inside the Episode

We were happy to be joined this week by one of the world's most successful and sought-after high performance coaches, Dr. Gio Valiante! Dr. Gio is renown for his work with pro golfer, NBA and NFL players and coaches, and some of the top investors on Wall Street. We dove into some interesting and important concepts in the realm of coaching and high performance including:

• An interesting conversation on the role of Humiliation and Losing in coaching
• Mastery vs. Ego Orientations
• The Elements of Proper Goal Setting
• And discuss Understanding Confidence and Building Resilient Teams during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"

Listen to the entire conversation with Dr. Gio here...

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Tactical

📺 BC Lietkabelis - Elbow Scissor Series​

"Lietkabelis scissor cutting off of the elbow entry, moving the defense & utilising the ability of their forwards to shoot."

✚ Pair With: Our Deep Dive Breakdown of BC Lietkabelis' Iverson Loop Elbow Series.

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📺 Gilboa/Galil - Blitzing the 1-4 Flat​

"Sending an aggressive double trap at the late clock isolation. Leaving two defenders to play 2 on either side of the 1-4 flat spacing."

✚ Pair With: Our Deep Dive Breakdown on Dusko Ivanovic's Trapping PnR Defense.

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📺 Zipper Flash - Attacking the Low Tag​

"Off the Zipper Step Up Screen, flash the low man ballside and hold the PG high on the shake side. Pulling the low tag man out of his responsibilities."

✚ Pair With: Our Two Part Deep Dive Breakdown of BC Oostende's Playbook.

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Interesting Reads

📚 One Big Question for Women's Sports​

"Fifty years later, the growth has been staggering. And women’s sports have become more popular, lucrative, and sought-after by investors than anytime in U.S. history. But despite the gains, women’s sports are hardly equal, and experts believe we’ve only tapped into a fraction of growth potential. One of the major questions about how to accomplish this? Whether or not to combine women’s championships on the same stage as their male counterparts."

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📚 Friction: The Hidden Force that Holds You Back​

"When we think of improving our value to an organization, we often think about the skills we need to develop, the jobs we should take, or the growing responsibility we have. In so doing, we miss the most obvious method of all: reducing friction."

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📚 Steph Curry Leaves No Room for Debate About His Legacy​

“'These last two months of the playoffs, these last three years, this last 48 hours—every bit of it has been an emotional roller coaster on and off the floor,' Curry said after the game. 'You’re carrying all of that on a daily basis to try to realize a dream and a goal, like we did tonight. And you get goosebumps just thinking about, you know, all those snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively. And that’s why I said I think this championship hits different. That’s why I have so many emotions, and still will, just because of what it took to get back here.'”

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🚨 Rikki Broadmore - June Roundtable

Mark your calendars for this month's June Roundtable where we are excited to be joined by one of the best player development coaches in Europe...Rikki Broadmore! Coach Broadmore will present on some of his development philosophies and practices followed by a Q&A. This will be terrific.

When: June 29th @ 1 PM (PST) / 10 PM (CEST)

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🎙 Dr. Gio Valiante at the Whiteboard

Dr. Gio Valiante went to his Whiteboard a few times during our podcast conversation. View his graphics & diagrams on Achieving Consistency, Processes vs Results, and Goal Setting.

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Thank you for reading and have a great week coaching,

Dan and Pat

info@slappinglass.com

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