The Perception & Action Podcast 489 – Interview with Alex Sarama, Transforming Basketball
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Apr 23, 2024 Guest Alex Sarama, founder of Transforming Basketball, discusses transitioning to game-based coaching in basketball, emphasizing ecological dynamics, individual player needs, and principles of play. The podcast explores enhancing player performance through active engagement, scout reports, deliberate practice, and focus variability in training.
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Early Basketball Journey
- Alex Sarama, from the UK, developed a passion for basketball despite its limited popularity there.
- He started coaching at 15 and founded his own club at 16, initially using a games-based approach.
Games-Based vs. CLA
- While games-based approaches share similarities with the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA), they differ fundamentally.
- CLA emphasizes understanding the "why" behind constraint manipulation, principles of play, and identifying rate limiters.
Youth Basketball Plays
- Rob Gray shares an anecdote about his son's basketball coach trying to implement set plays with young children.
- The kids struggled because they didn't understand the reasoning or affordances in a no-defense environment.