Episode 145: Sandy Brondello, Coaching Unique Talent

Guest: Sandy Brondello, WNBA Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, WNBA head coach Sandy Brondello joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss defensive coverages and coaching top talent. Coach Brondello is the current head coach and VP of player personnel of the Phoneix Mercury. She took over the helm in 2013 and made an instant impact. During her first season, Brondello coached her team to the best record in the league, won coach of the year honors, and took home the WNBA championship. She has continued to have consistent success taking her team to the playoffs in every season. In just her 7 years with the Mercury, she has become the winningest coach in franchise history and holds an impressive 17-13 record in the postseason. Also, Sandy Brondello has coached and optimized the play of notable WNBA players like Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, and Skylar Diggins. Before Phoneix, Brondello was an assistant with the San Antonio Silver Stars WNBA team from 2005-2009. She then moved on to the Los Angeles Sparks as an assistant and influenced a few of their playoff runs. Sandy is also the current head coach of the Australian Women's National Team. Brondellos has continued to help grow the game and make women's basketball prevalent in Australia. Sandy also had a fantastic playing career where she racked up several accolades across the world. During her 17 year career, she was a WNBA all-star, Australian league MVP, and 2-time European cup MVP. Most notably, Brondello guided her nation to 3 Olympic medals from 1996-2004. Breakdown 1:00 - WNBA vs International Games 3:00 - Ball Movement 5:00 - Two Dominant Bigs that She Handled 7:00 - Size vs Skill Set Advantages at the Rim? 12:00 - Things to Work on Unique Talents 15:00 - Taurasi on Ball Screen 17:00 - Duplicating Unique Talents 20:30 - Conversation on Unique Talents 24:00 - Coaching Guards 27:00 - Biggest Challenge Playing with Dominant Post Player 30:00 - Defensive Philosophies 34:00 - Stopping a Dominant Pick 37:00 - Better Defense on a 3-Point Line 40:00 - Building Defense 43:00 - Scramble Defense 46:00 - Offensive Player's Strength 47:00 - Blocked Handoffs 50:00 - Overhelping 53:00 - Practicing Defense 56:00 - Reinforcing the Value of Defense 59:00 - Australian Sports Development System 1:02:00 - Conclusion Sandy Brondello’s Bio: Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Brondello Twitter: https://twitter.com/sbrondello 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 BetOnline Website: Website: www.betonline.ag 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.