On Saturday afternoon, the San Antonio Spurs teaching workers held their first ever coaches clinic. Mitch Johnson, Sean Sweeney, and Mike Noyes took turns enlightening tons of of native coaches on the perfect practices they’ve found throughout their careers.
Former Spurs participant Monty Williams — who additionally interned with the Spurs teaching workers throughout their 2005 championship season — introduced his gamers from TMI Episcopal. Willams is in his second yr as the pinnacle coach on the Texas Navy Institute. The Panthers served all through the demonstrations.
Brian Wright, R. C. Buford, and Brett Brown had been all in attendance.
Sean Sweeney, affiliate head coach, was tapped for protection. As Spurs head coach Johnson famous, Sweeney was famend for “staying forward of the sport.”
Sweeney emphasised “workforce targets forward of particular person targets” and referenced two books, Bob Levant’s Discovering Polaris and Madeline Hunter’s Mastery Educating.
The majority of Sweeney’s presentation referred to transition protection, sandwich rebounding, and a defensive development of ball/rim/three-point line, educating gamers the way to prioritize positioning throughout defensive transitions.
Mike Noyes adopted together with his presentation of the 5 Ps- rules, current, observe, play, and progress.
Truthfully, Noyes teaching fashion might simply be tailored right into a TED speak. As a math trainer, I used to be seeing by the lens of pedagogy and every part he mentioned made sense from an academic standpoint.
Each coaches emphasised constructing relationships with gamers. If there aren’t any relationships, the workforce will wrestle. They each underscored simplicity. The methods they launched for NBA gamers had been tailored for the TMI gamers and so they mentioned how they might be used for center faculty and even elementary ranges.
One assertion that caught got here from Noyes: “Time is probably the most precious useful resource.” If the scholars really feel they’re being heard and valued, they are going to reply. And giving them your time mirrors their worth.
All in attendance got tickets to the scrimmage that happened later that night. It was fascinating to see members of the Spurs using the identical drills and methods we’d been proven simply hours earlier than.
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