Our Great Coach on this episode is Brendan Joyce.

Brendan played for 13 seasons in the Australian National Basketball League. Upon retiring he transitioned into coaching and led the Ballarat Miners to 2 CBA Championships.  

He then went on to coach more than 400 games in the National Basketball League, winning the championship in 2001 with the Wollongong Hawks. He Has coached at 3 Olympics, twice as an Assistant to the Australian men’s team, and once as the Head Coach of the Australian women’s team, with who he also won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships. And has twice been voted the NBL coach of the year. He is presently in Taiwan coaching the Kaohsiung Aquas and won the championship with them in 2022, and was subsequently voted coach of the year.

In this terrific interview some of the key highlights were:

• The way he talks about finding the line when it comes to challenging people to the right level, and how your consistency is a good tool in helping you achieve this.
• The need to develop a high level of confidence and self belief as a coach given the criticism you will experience. But also ensuring this doesn’t spill over into arrogance.
• How he encourage his players to find the balance between being aggressive to score, but also doing what they can to make the extra pass.
• And The link between good team chemistry and clarity on roles.

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