Slappin' Glass Podcast

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Coach Peter Lonergan, who is the Head of High Performance Coaching Development for Basketball Australia. Coach Lonergan brings a wealth of knowledge to the game and speaks deeply on the topics of developing young and talented coaches, "flight path" coaching, the power of 3, and weighs options about improving 1 v. 1 drills and teaching creativi...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of the 4x Champion of WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, as well as the newly hired Head Coach of Team USZ WBB, Cheryl Reeve! The trio dive into the areas of building toughness, empowering players, and talk teaching what you know and cutting reads during an entertaining segment of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by Coaches Drew Dunlop and Jake Grossmann, Co-Founders of one of the best basketball and performance training facilities, The Pro Lane. The group dive into the interesting areas of growth environments, mid-season drill tweaks, and talk dealing with failure and myths of shooting during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and champi...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the newly hired Head Coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, Stephanie White! Coach White has had success as both a player and a coach and we discuss relevant topics including late-game philosophy and preparation, how to practice for end of game scenarios, and we talk PNR screening angles and obtaining player buy-in during an entertaining "Start, S...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Australian Professional Coach with over 12 years of experience on both the men and women's side of the game, Mark Alabakov! The trio explore Coach Alabakov's thoughts on running a Modern Shuffle Offense, finishing around the rim, and talk 2 for 1 situations and developing a coaching philosophy during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!&q...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the former Head Coach of Real Madrid, Pablo Laso. Coach Laso has long been considered one of top coaches in the game and we had a blast diving into: managing talent and deep rosters, offensive spacing, and talk "Floppy Action" and attacking shot blocking bigs during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championsh...

Slappin' Glass is joined for the second time on the show by former NBA Head Coach and current ESPN Analyst, Jeff Van Gundy! Coach Van Gundy shares his insights on a number of valuable coaching topics including attacking a box and one defense, getting through rough patches during the middle of the season, shortening rotations, and much more along with the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!&...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with legendary NBA Head Coach, Mike D'Antoni! In this highly entertaining conversation the trio dive into the areas of pace and space, Coach D'Antoni's philosophy and history or offense, analytics, and talk honest conversations and challenging great players during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Orange Coast Community College WBB, Sammy Doucette! Coach Doucette has turned the OCC program into one of the best in the state of California this year and the trio dive into the areas of intentional leadership, managing a program, and discuss empty side ballscreens, efficient practices, and game planning principles during the always f...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for Des Moines Area Community College, who also runs the fantastic basketball channel "Tucker and Thorson Basketball", Taylor Tucker. The trio deep dive on the ways to attack a "No Middle" Defense, the benefits of playing a "No Middle" defense, and talk effective on-court communication and developing you...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Zenit St. Petersburg, Xavi Pascual! The trio dive into a range of subjects including in-game coaching and strategic decisions, substitution considerations, and talk playing small and practice flow during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NCAA National Champion PG with Louisville and current pro with the Australian NBL's Illawarra Hawks, Peyton Siva. The trio dive into managing a game, late-game play calling, change of pace as a player, and discuss team accountability and skill aquisition during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship...

It's been an amazing 2022 and in our 3rd Annual "Year-In-Review" Podcast we go through the best "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" conversations from 10 of the most listened to, shared, and discussed podcasts of the year. See you in 2023! To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 70 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membersh...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by one of the best coaches in Europe, Telekom Baskets Bonn Head Coach, Tuomas Iisalo. This is a replay of this episode which originally aired in 2021 and has become one of the most popular episodes to date. In it the trio discuss building and maintaining offensive advantages, designing a playbook, and talk handling pressure and using non-shooters within an o...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by NBA and Euroleague Assistant, Tom Bialaszewski! The trio dive into a range of interesting subjects including PNR Coverage Decisions, the importance of the 4-man in defensive scouting, and talk early offense analytics and critical conversations with players during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staf...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Towson University MBB, Pat Skerry! The trio have a great time diving into the areas of individual defense, playing off Stagger Screens, and talk sets for role players and building competitors during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 70 d...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the Head Coach of the Estonian NT, Jukka Toijala! The trio explore the areas of winning with less talent, building a national team youth and top level program, and talk practice tempo and channeling competitiveness during a fun segment of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!"  To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from ove...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Missouri MBB, Dennis Gates! The trio dive into a variety of subjects including playing a Princeton-style offense with great pace, seeing mentors, and talk practice constraints and and learning from other sports during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High Sc...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for the Utah Jazz, as well as Head Coach for Team USA during the 2022 Americup, Alex Jensen! The trio dive into the interesting topics of 5 v. 5, role definition, and talk playing the triangle and 2 with Rick Majerus and "Drop Coverage" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of the Spanish National Team and Virtus Bologna, Sergio Scariolo! The trio dive into a range of interesting topics including Coach Scariolo's use of alternative defenses, including the philosophy, teaching points, and practice habits behind them, and talk guarding Flare Screens and poise under pressure during the always fun "Sta...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the 4x DII National Champion Head Coach of NW Missouri St., Ben McCollum. The trio explore a wide array of topics including Coach McCollum's thoughts on playing at a slower and more methodical pace, the art of changing PNR screening angles and locations, and talk stats that matter and efficienct 5 v. 5 segments during the always fun "Start, Sub,...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, Taylor Jenkins! Coach Jenkins shares a ton of knowledge and thoughts on organization and efficiency throughout a program, building better decision makers, and dives into adjusted plus/minus, mismatch hunting, and manipulating tags during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and champion...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Wyoming MBB, Jeff Linder! Widely regarded as one of the best offensive minds in the game, the trio dive into the areas of manipulating space, PnR areas, DHO's, and talk "Barkley Drives", and attacking switching during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with South Dakota St. MBB Head Coach, Eric Henderson! Coach Henderson is coming off a season where he led South Dakota St. to a 30 win season and an NCAA Tournament bid, and the trio dive into his thoughts on high efficiency three point shooting, empowering staff, and talk pain points of forcing left and bench substitution decisions during the always fun &qu...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the terrific Head Coach of ALBA Berlin, Israel Gonzalez! The trio discuss a number of interesting topics including Coach Gonzalez' thoughts on offensive building blocks, re-triggers within an offensive, player development, and talk skill acquisition and "Next" Defense during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" segment. Join NB...