Slappin' Glass Podcast

Apr 04 2025 239 ep. 56 mins 112
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Exploring basketball's best ideas, strategies, and coaches from around the world.

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Niko Medved on Useful Analytics, Defending DHO's, and Evolving as a Coach {Minnesota MBB}

Apr 04 2025 55 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the newly hired Head Coach of Minnesota MBB, Niko Medved! In this replay episode from when Coach Medved was at Colorado St., the trio dive into a ton of interesting and useful topics including: gaining confidence in building a program, staying seamless in half court offense, balancing analytics and gut instincts, and discuss defending DHO's a

Mike Miller on the Art of Being a Great Assistant, Attacking a Box and One, and Building Culture During Down Seasons

Mar 21 2025 63 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NBA, NCAA, and G-League Head Coach, and current Consultant with the Minnesota T'Wolves, Mike Miller. In this great conversation the trio discuss the art of being a great assistant coach, and dive into attacking a Box and One, and building a program through losing season during the always interesting "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coach

Matt Brase on Bench Production and Management, Drag Screen Angles, and Post Game Analysis {Philadelphia 76ers}

Mar 07 2025 73 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down with the Assistant Coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, Matt Brase! Coach Brase has extensive experience as a coach at various levels of basketball, and the trio dive into his thoughts on Bench Production and Management, and discuss Drag Screen Angles and Post Game Analysis during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning st

Brittany Loney on Improving Group Decision Making, Leading Through Volatility, and Attention Allocations

Feb 21 2025 69 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Founder and CEO of Elite Cognition, Brittany Loney. In this highly interesting conversation the trio dive into all things about improving group excellence and decision making, and discusses coaching through volatility and uncertainty, and optimizing the planner during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship

Nick Winkelman on Elite Communication, External vs. Internal Cueing, and Coaching Complex Movements

Feb 07 2025 70 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head of Athletic Performanse and Science for the Irish Rugby Football Union, as well as author of the highly successful book, The Language of Coaching, Nick Winkelman. In this highly detailed discussion the trio dive into Coach Winkelman's thoughts on miscommunication amongst teams, and where things go wrong, internal vs. external cueing,

Bob Levant on Building Emotional IQ, Fear in Coaching, and Responding vs. Reacting

Jan 24 2025 59 mins  
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by author and performance consultant for some of the best coaches in the NBA and NCAA, Bob Levant. In this highly insightful conversation the trio dive into Bob's thoughts on building emotional IQ, the role of fear in coaching and leadership, responding vs. reacting, and discusses "dripping" culture daily to your team and sticking to the process d

Dr. Gio Valiante Returns! Understanding Fear and Anxiety in High Performance, Finding Flow States, and Attributions of Success and Failures

Jan 10 2025 81 mins  
Slappin' Glass sits down this week for a second time on the show with one of the world's most sought after high performance coaches, Dr. Gio Valiante! In Round 2 the trio dive deep into the areas of fear and anxiety in high performance, finding flow states, and attributions of success and failures. To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from ove

Ben McCollum on PNR Pace and Angles, Player Constraints, and Stats that Matter {Drake}

Dec 27 2024 51 mins  
In this December Rewind episode Slappin' Glass sits down with now Drake MBB Head Coach, Ben McCollum. In a highly thought provoking episode the trio explore a wide array of topics including Coach McCollum's thoughts on playing at a slower and more methodical pace, the art of changing PNR screening angles and locations, and talk stats that matter and efficienct 5 v. 5 segments durin

Sundance Wicks on Contagious Culture, Advantages vs. Movement, and "Foxhole" Friends {Wyoming}

Dec 20 2024 74 mins  
In this December Rewind episode Slappin' Glass revisits one of the most inspirational and motivating episodes of all time with now Wyoming MBB Head Coach, Sundance Wicks. Coach Wicks brings a ton of energy and passion to the podcast as the trio dive into the areas of building "scout" specific and base defenses, hiding poor defenders, and the trio talk contagious culture, and advant

Mike D'Antoni on the Evolution of "Pace and Space", Challenging Great Players, and Impossible Tags

Dec 13 2024 60 mins  
Slappin' Glass revisits one of the all-time most popular and interesting episodes on the show with legendary NBA Head Coach, Mike D'Antoni! In this episode the trio dive into the history and evolution of "Pace and Space" offense and discuss challenging great players, impossible tags, and much more during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning