Episode 103: Jeff Van Gundy, Teaching and Coaching

Episode 103: Jeff Van Gundy, Teaching and Coaching Guest: Jeff Van Gundy, Current NBA Analyst, and Former NBA Head Coach  In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, current NBA analyst, and former NBA head coach, Jeff Van Gundy, join the Basketball Podcast to discuss basketball teaching and coaching. Van Gundy joined ESPN in 2007 and is currently an NBA analyst who has called 12 NBA Finals, the most Finals ever for a TV game analyst. He has also recently undertaken nine different USA Basketball assignments since 2017. He has compiled a 15-2 overall record as a USA head coach for a sterling .882 winning percentage. Van Gundy boasts 18 seasons of NBA coaching experience, including 11 seasons as a head coach for the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, and seven seasons as an assistant. All tallied, as a head coach he compiled an overall record of 430-318 (.575), and led teams to the NBA playoffs in nine of his 10 full seasons and posted a 44-44 all-time playoff record. Breakdown 1:00 - Things Learned from Other Coaches 3:00 - Talking about Coach Nick Nurse 5:00 - Advantages of Having Experience in some Leagues 9:00 - Things that Coaches Don't Get Enough Credit For 11:00 - Improvisation 13:00 - Time in Practice 15:00 - Flop 17:00 - Perception and Repetition of the Game 20:00 - Things that are Challenging is good to the Players 23:00 - Right to the Point 24:00 - Playing 1-on-1 26:30 - Practice Less 28:00 - Organize the 1-on-1 33:00 - Overcoming Cultural and Historical Norms in Basketball 35:30 - Learning from International Coaching 37:30 - Ways to bring team back in a very short time 40:00 - Best Methods in Basketball Today 43:30 - Perspective of Coaching his best players more 45:00 - Receiving Feedback 49:00 - Load Management 51:00 - Early Specialization 53:30 - Words to the Parent 55:00 - Summer League 56:30 - Weight Room 58:00 - Sports Science 1:00:00 - Conclusion Jeff Van Gundy’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy Twitter: https://twitter.com/notorious_j_v_g    Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion Best in the West Video Series Best in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.