Slappin' Glass Podcast

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Pacific Lutheran University and the 2022 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, Chad Murray. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including working with a personal and team sports psychologist, the benefits of team breathing exercises, Packline defensive principles, tagging from the 2-Man side on PNR's, and discuss...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Associate Head Coach for Virginia Tech MBB, Mike Jones. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including late-season surges, learning from legendary DeMatha High School coach, Morgan Wooten, being the "hunted", and talk unique PNR locations and elite guardplay during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join the SG Plus com...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NBA Player/Coach, and current Head Coach of Camden High School, Rick Brunson. Coach Brunson discusses coaching talented youth, lessons learned from his years in the NBA, teaching helpside defense, motivation, and talk bus rides and isolation locations during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Join coaches from around the world who&ap...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former NBA Head Coach and current Consultant for the Brooklyn Nets, Steve Clifford. The trio dive into the areas of conducting a post season analysis, the difference between a good vs. productive practice, and during "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" explore elite defensive fundamentals, pressing during post season play, and much more. To join coaches from over 20...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of Paris Basketball, JC Prat. The trio dive into the areas of making a gameplan, scout, and data analysis for upcoming games, minimizing mismatches in the PNR, and have fun discussing toughness, execution, and guarding flare screens during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches from over 20 countries who're enjoying Sl...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Australian Pro Coach and NBA Consultant, Liam Flynn. This is a repost of the conversation from 2021 to pair with the release of Coach Flynn's "Advanced Defensive Concepts" video out on SGTV. In this conversation the trio dive into critical communication, playing "high in the gaps" on defense, teaching split cuts, and have fun in the first...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with one of the best players and passers in the Euroleague, ALBA Berlin's, Luke Sikma. The trio dive into the areas of role clarification and development, the art of post passing and handling double teams, and discuss flipping screens and late-game timeouts during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" For those looking to join coaches from ove...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former Euroleague and G-League Head Coach, Martin Schiller. The trio dive into the interesting areas of substitution patterns and rotation sizes, the art of the closeout, and during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" discuss efficient practices, defending BLOB's, and learning by doing. To join coaches and staffs from around the world w...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NBA, WNBA, and NCAA Head Coach, the"Guru of Go", Paul Westhead. The trio dive headfirst into "The System", including the philosophy, teaching points, competitive advantages, and weak spots of the style of play. Along with the deep-dive into the system the subjects of "Flex Offense", coaching interviews, and learning...

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...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former NBA and NCAA Head Coach, and current ESPN Analyst, PJ Carlesimo. Coach Carlesimo offers his thoughts on a variety of subjects including career windows, EOG Inbounds philosophy and execution, the value of experience, and explores the areas of post passing and stopping a run during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Looking to join a like-minded...

Slappin' Glass is joined by the Head Coach of Medi Bayreuth in Germany's BBL, Raoul Korner. The trio dive into the areas of peer leadership, the in's and out's of Hedging the PNR, maintain midseason focus, and talk stopping a run, post passing and much more during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and staffs from over 20 countries who're benef...

Slappin' Glass sits down former NBA Assistant Coach under Jerry Sloan during the Stockton/Malone era, Gordie Chiesa. The trio dive into the areas of half-court execution, "real-world" coaching conversations, and we talk scorers off the bench, shots that kill your offense, and the best "Chieisms" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". To join the hundreds o...

Slappin' Glass kicks off 2022 with a fun and insightful episode with Australian Men's National Team and Illawarra Head Coach, Brian Goorjian. The all-time winningest coach in Australian's NBL dives into the areas of building culture, gaining trust and buy-in, transition defense, aggressive PNR coverages, and during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?" discuss "Pistol...

In the 2nd Annual "Year-In-Review" Podcast we countdown the Top 10 "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" segments of the year from the most listened episodes of 2021. Hear great conversations from the likes of Geno Auriemma, Brad Stevens, Jeff and Stan Van Gundy, Sue Bird, Andrea Trinchieri, and much more. Thank you to all who've listened to and supported the show this year, we'll s...

This is a re-release of the very first Slappin' Glass podcast ever recorded with Yeshiva MBB Head Coach, Elliot Steinmetz. The trio dive deep into the details of Yeshiva's terrific motion offense including the reads, principles, and philosophies behind it. At the time of re-release Coach Steinmetz has Yeshiva ranked #1 in D3 MBB once again. A great listen for insight into the intricacies...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the father/son coaching duo for the WNBA's Washington Mystics, Mike and Eric Thibault. The group dives into the areas of season "resets", attaching switches and post doubles, defending special situations, and explore the areas of overrated stats and best trapping areas during a special edition of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". For much more on t...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Coach Stefan Grassegger, current Austrian NT Assistant and former Euroleague Assistant. The trio dive into Coach Grassegger's doctoral studies on mental health in athletes and coaches, building a defensive shell, backside defensive rotations, guarding great PNR passers, limiting turnovers, and much more. To join the ever growing community of coache...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former NCAA All American and current forward for Baskonia in the Euroleague, Alec Peters. The trio discuss a variety of topics including what makes for a competitive and productive practice, the in's and out's of the Pick and Pop action, shooting mechanics, as well as tough actions to guard and efficient game prep during the always fun segment, "St...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Pro Scout for the Boston Celtics, Brandon Bailey. The trio dive into avoiding burnout as a coach, building elite decision makers on defense, icing ballscreens, and talk gap pressure and guarding cutters during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" segment. Join coaches and staffs from around the world who've become members of SG Plus this year HERE...

Slappin' Glass is joined by the Head Coach or Oral Roberts MBB, Paul Mills. The trio have a lot to talk about after Coach Mills led ORU to the Sweet 16 in the 2021 March Madness Tournament. They discuss maintaining mid-season energy, limiting turnovers, playing with pace AND taking good shots, studying the international game, and much more! Looking for more? Join coaches from over 15 differen...

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?!" For thousand of hours of curated and topical X&O and Leadership content, visit HERE to lea...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the lead assistant coach for the Shimane Susanoo Magic in Japan's top professional league, Zico Coronel. The trio dive headfirst into the areas of player motivation, managing under-performers, selecting a tactical strategy, and talk defending Ghost Screens and teaching post footwork during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Coaches looking to bo...

Slappin' Glass sits down with legendary NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach, Bill Parcells to discuss the fundamental elements of team turnarounds, the importance of damage control, getting teams to play hard, and have fun talking late-game decision making and Coach Parcells' jump shot during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". Coaches looking for thousands of hours of curated and t...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of Telekom Baskets Bonn in Germany's BBL, Tuomas Iisalo. The trio discuss playbook design, how to build and maintain advantages, and talk handling pressure and unconventional leaders during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners looking to both support the podcast, and learn/connect with coaches from around the world can do...