John Mosley on Accountability, Incentives, and the UCLA High Post Offense {ELAC}

Slappin’ Glass sits down with the Head Coach of East Los Angeles Junior College, currently featured on Netflix’s “Last Chance U”, John Mosley. The trio discuss hard coaching, building a culture of accountability, establishing trust, using incentives for motivation, the UCLA High Post Offense, pressure defense, and return to the always fun “Overrated/Underrated?!” segment.

John Mosley: Inside the Episode

If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch the newest season of Netflix’s hit series “Last Chance U”, we highly recommend it. Not only is it a terrific story about hope and redemption, but it also highlights one of the great coaches in our game, and this week’s guest on the podcast, John Mosley.

We had a chance to sit down with Coach Mosley and discuss some important topics about coaching both on and off the floor including:

  • “Hard Coaching”- Balancing “tough love”
  • Building a culture of accountability, trust, and hope
  • Using both incentives and punishment in coaching
  • The UCLA High Post Offense
  • Teaching how/when to “Duck In” as a Post Player
  • The usefulness of Box Scores in evaluating a performance
  • And an always fun “Overrated/Underrated?!”

Want a deeper dive? The themes of “Practice Planning”, “Culture”, and “Offensive Spacing” in Coach Mosley’s podcast episode pairs well with…

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