

Slappin' Glass Podcast
Slappin' Glass
Exploring basketball's best ideas, strategies, and coaches from around the world.
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Jan 20, 2023 • 39min
Taylor Tucker on Attacking the "No Middle" Defense, Effective On-Court Communication, and Developing Young PG's {DMACC}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for Des Moines Area Community College, who also runs the fantastic basketball channel "Tucker and Thorson Basketball", Taylor Tucker. The trio deep dive on the ways to attack a "No Middle" Defense, the benefits of playing a "No Middle" defense, and talk effective on-court communication and developing young PG's during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Jan 13, 2023 • 41min
Xavi Pascual on In-Game Decisions, Playing Small, and Practice Flow {Zenit}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Zenit St. Petersburg, Xavi Pascual! The trio dive into a range of subjects including in-game coaching and strategic decisions, substitution considerations, and talk playing small and practice flow during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Jan 6, 2023 • 45min
Peyton Siva on Managing A Game, Change of Pace, and Team Accountability {Illawarra Hawks}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NCAA National Champion PG with Louisville and current pro with the Australian NBL's Illawarra Hawks, Peyton Siva. The trio dive into managing a game, late-game play calling, change of pace as a player, and discuss team accountability and skill aquisition during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Dec 30, 2022 • 58min
Year-In-Review (Best of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!") 2022
It's been an amazing 2022 and in our 3rd Annual "Year-In-Review" Podcast we go through the best "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" conversations from 10 of the most listened to, shared, and discussed podcasts of the year. See you in 2023!To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Dec 23, 2022 • 1h 8min
Tuomas Iisalo on Playbook Design, Building Advantages, and the Value of Reading {Telekom Bonn} REPLAY
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by one of the best coaches in Europe, Telekom Baskets Bonn Head Coach, Tuomas Iisalo. This is a replay of this episode which originally aired in 2021 and has become one of the most popular episodes to date. In it the trio discuss building and maintaining offensive advantages, designing a playbook, and talk handling pressure and using non-shooters within an offense during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Dec 16, 2022 • 47min
Tom Bialaszewski on PNR Coverage Decisions, Early Offense Analytics, and Critical Conversations {NBA/Euroleague}
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by NBA and Euroleague Assistant, Tom Bialaszewski! The trio dive into a range of interesting subjects including PNR Coverage Decisions, the importance of the 4-man in defensive scouting, and talk early offense analytics and critical conversations with players during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Dec 9, 2022 • 45min
Pat Skerry on Building Individual Defenders, Playing off Staggers, and Involving Role Players {Towson}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Towson University MBB, Pat Skerry! The trio have a great time diving into the areas of individual defense, playing off Stagger Screens, and talk sets for role players and building competitors during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Dec 2, 2022 • 40min
Jukka Toijala on Winning with Less Talent, Practice Tempo, and Channeling Competitiveness {Estonia NT}
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the Head Coach of the Estonian NT, Jukka Toijala! The trio explore the areas of winning with less talent, building a national team youth and top level program, and talk practice tempo and channeling competitiveness during a fun segment of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Nov 25, 2022 • 55min
Dennis Gates on High-Paced Princeton Offense, Practice Constraints, and Seeking Mentors {Missouri}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Missouri MBB, Dennis Gates! The trio dive into a variety of subjects including playing a Princeton-style offense with great pace, seeing mentors, and talk practice constraints and and learning from other sports during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!

Nov 18, 2022 • 34min
Alex Jensen on 5 v. 5, Role Definition, and Drop Coverage {Utah Jazz}
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for the Utah Jazz, as well as Head Coach for Team USA during the 2022 Americup, Alex Jensen! The trio dive into the interesting topics of 5 v. 5, role definition, and talk playing the triangle and 2 with Rick Majerus and "Drop Coverage" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!


