Slappin’ Glass sits down with the lead assistant coach for the Shimane Susanoo Magic in Japan’s top professional league, Zico Coronel. The trio dive headfirst into the areas of player motivation, managing under-performers, selecting a tactical strategy, and talk defending Ghost Screens and teaching post footwork during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”
Inside the Episode
We headed to Japan in this week’s newest Slappin’ Glass podcast as we sat down with the the assistant coach for the Shimane Susanoo Magic, Zico Coronel. Coach Coronel joined the Magic in Japan after winning the the NZNBL Title as the Head Coach of the Wellington Saints in New Zealand. Coach Coronel brought his championship pedigree to the podcast as we talked about a variety of subjects including:
- Coaching and Motivating Underperforming Players: A discussion about coaching players who are not meeting expectations for whatever reason, and the types of approaches coaches can use to get them performing at a higher level.
- Choosing a Tactical Approach to a Season: We talk about the how Coach Coronel thinks about choosing a certain tactical strategy from season to season. We work through questions about personnel, style of play, and much more.
- Defending Ghost Screens: A part of our “Start, Sub, or Sit?!” segment included a discussion on how to defend the ever popular “Ghost Screen”. Coach Coronel talks about how important it is to dislodge the screener before the action ever takes place, as well as other thoughts on defending “grey area” situations.
- Attacking the Switch: In this video breakdown, Coach Coronel details why he prefered to play through the 2nd side before attacking the mismatches generated by the initial PnR switch. Finding success in generating a post duck in against the smaller defender…
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And much much more…