Slappin’ Glass sits down with the Head Coach of Southern Utah MBB, Todd Simon. The trio dive into the areas of PNR Cutting, brining and maintaining great practice energy, teaching life skills, and the value of Paint Touches and Icing Ballscreens during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”
Inside the Episode
“Really it’s about…teaching guys how to communicate; teaching how to share about themselves. It’s amazing when people can talk to one another and you understand the shared experience of what this whole thing is, and what ends up happening is guys find a lot of commonality amongst themselves which ultimately helps you win and build trust.” – Todd Simon
This week we were happy to be joined on the Slappin’ Glass podcast by Southern Utah MBB Head Coach, Todd Simon. Coach Simon led the Thunderbird’s to a Big Sky regular season title last year in 2021 and the program has even higher aspirations entering 21′-22′. Southern Utah has been one of the most efficient offensive teams in the county the past few seasons and we get into the nuts and bolts of what makes them tick including:
- Efficient and Energized Practices: Coach Simon discusses how they want each practice to have “juice” and to be run with great energy and enthusiasm. We go into the details of what those practices look like when it comes to drill design, vocal levels, culture building and habit building activities, and much more.
- Cutting around the PNR: The Thunderbirds have benefited from the use of simple yet effective cutting reads and rules during the PNR. We dive into Coach Simon’s thoughts on role definition and creating randomness with the cuts.
- Two Foot Finishes and Scoring in the Paint: Coach Simon talks about how they teach finishing in the paint, as well as his preference for two-foot finishes in traffic.
- PNR Defense – “Weaking and Dictating Terms” – We go through how Southern Utah tries to dictate terms defensively by forcing PNR’s to the offenses “weak” hand. You can see this conversation put to film HERE.