Slappin’ Glass sits down with the Head Coach of Lake Oswego High School in Oregon, U.S.A, Marshall Cho. The trio dive into the areas of Mental Health in High School Athletes and Coaches, implementing a simple and yet adaptive offensive and defensive system, and during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!” we discuss shot selection, the triple threat, and coaching in seizing coaching opportunities.
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Inside the Episode
We were excited to be joined on the podcast this week by the Head Coach of Lake Oswego High School just south of Portland, Oregon, Marshall Cho. Coach Cho has done a tremendous job in his tenure building and progressing a terrific high school program in the Pacific Northwest (alma mater of Kevin Love), and has an interesting and inspiring background before taking over the reigns seven years ago. In the podcast we dive into a number of relevant topics including:
- Handling Stress and Mental Health of Youth Athletes: Coach Cho walks through the day to day process of checking in and being mindful of the mental health of kids in the Lake Oswego program. Coach Cho discusses ways he and his staff check in with athletes, the balance of both pushing and loving your players, working with parents, and much more. A great segment from Coach Cho.
- Building a Simple yet Fundamentally Sound Offensive and Defensive System: We walk through Coach Cho’s thoughts on building his offense and defense from simplistic yet highly effective point of view. Coach Cho discusses the types of actions he tries to teach at the High School level and how kids learn to play through “gray areas.”
- And during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!” segment we dive into the areas of Shot Selection, saving the Triple Threat from extinction, and visit Coach Cho’s impactful coaching experiences in Africa, Harlem, and DeMatha Catholic.