Slappin' Glass Podcast

Slappin' Glass sits down with 4-Time NCAA DII Coach of the Year from Lincoln Memorial, Josh Schertz. In this "Defense-A-Palooza" the trio cover areas of communication, rebounding, guarding split screens, stack screens, and middle PnR's. Things really heat up in the "Overrated/Underrated" segment, where some offensive concepts as well as the "Block/Charge" ru...

In this Special Edition Podcast, Slappin' Glass sits down with the Executive Chef for Team USA basketball, Shawn Loving.  The trio discuss Chef Loving's ascent to becoming the Head Chef for the Detroit Pistons, Team USA, and most recently, The NBA Bubble. Hear topics on pre-game and post-game meal best practices, healthy eating, cooking with salt and sugars, intermittent fasting, and muc...

Slappin' Glass welcomes former Memphis Grizzlies and NY Knicks Head Coach, David Fizdale. The trio discuss an array of topics including hiring practices, the art of screening, transition concepts, "junk" or "Secondary" defenses, and the always fun "Overrated/Underrated". To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 70 diff...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the Icelandic National Team, Craig Pedersen. The trio discuss the details of practice planning, building a playbook, modern post play, screening, and Coach Pedersen brings his own questions to the "Overrated or Underrated" segment.  To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 70 different count...

Slappin' Glass sits down with current NBA skills trainer, and former NBA, G-League, and German BBL coach, David Gale, to discuss how the best coaches watch film, what he learned about the "Open" Offense from Nick Nurse, the art of passing, and indulge in an entertaining and thought provoking segment of "Overrated or Underrated".  To join coaches and championship winning st...

Slappin' Glass sits down with one of basketball's brightest and most insightful offensive minds, Zak Boisvert. The trio discuss a wide-range of the latest offensive trends and topics including ball screen action, "apparition cuts", flex, directional play design, analytics, and much more. The trio also indulge in a fun new segment of the podcast called "Overrated or Underra...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Assistant Coach for the Chemnitz Niners in Germany's top pro league, and one of the best young coaches and basketball minds in Europe, Daniel Sokolovsky. The trio dive into multiple strategic and leadership topics including implementing a defensive system, building habits for teams, players and coaches, establishing trust and credibility in the coaching...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the innovative, unique, and growth oriented coach of Great Britain's U20 National Team and the Reading Rockets, Alan Keane. Among many topics the trio explore the areas of creating high performance environments, effective switching concepts, modern post defense, and much much more.  To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School...

Slappin' Glass sits down for a thought-provoking conversation with Wall Street Journal NBA Reporter, and author of the phenomenal new book "The Hot Hand", Ben Cohen. The trio explore the science and mystery of the "Hot Hand" in basketball, and how it relates to decision-making, human behavior, chance, finding patterns, and much more.  To join coaches and championship winni...

Slappin' Glass hosts one of the world's most renown thinkers, leaders, and champions of the game, Fran Fraschilla. In this deep-dive conversation the trio discuss the best European trends, reverse- engineering offenses, the great practice plans and coaches, the role of the commentator, getting to the "why", and much much more.  To join coaches and championship winning staffs fr...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the Polish National Team, Mike Taylor. The trio explore the coaching/leadership topics of building an offensive system, empowering players through positive coaching, the anatomy of a TimeOut, the best European basketball trends, the toughest National teams to scout, and much more. You can explore this episode and all our daily breakdowns in our...

Memphis Tigers Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Cody Toppert, sits down with Slappin' Glass for an insightful and wide-ranging basketball, coaching, and life conversation. Coach Toppert discusses his stops in the NBA, G-League, NCAA, and Europe, while also deep-diving into player development, special situations, teaching "solutions", staying prepared, earning your keep, Will F...

Ryan Pannone, Head Coach of the G-League's Erie BayHawks sits down with Slappin' Glass to discuss the best international basketball trends he's teaching, gaining "buy-in" in the G-League, the power of adding value, Wedding Crashers, and much more. To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 70 different countries taking advantage o...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of NCAA D2 Academy of Art, Scott Waterman. The trio dive into Coach Waterman's first year experience as a Head Coach. Being a long time assistant at all three NCAA levels before getting his first Head Coaching job, Coach Waterman shares a wealth of knowledge of what it was like behind the scenes during his first season. Topics include: - The f...

An in-depth discussion with one of the premiere coaches of the modern "Motion Offense", Elliot Steinmetz of NCAA DIII Yeshiva University. This is a detailed and technical discussion of the rules, principles, and teachings that Coach Steinmetz uses. Yeshiva was the best offensive team in DIII in 2019-20 and Coach Steinmetz was the National Coach of the Year.  To join coaches and champions...