Episode 24: Liam Flynn, Philosophy and Coaching the Coaches

Liam Flynn, Philosophy and Coaching the Coaches Guest: Liam Flynn, Assistant Coach with the Sichuan Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, professional basketball coach and consultant, Liam Flynn joins the podcast. Flynn is currently an assistant coach with the Sichuan Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. Coach Flynn has seen the world in his twenty-six years of coaching experience. He has coached in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and China. Five Years Coaching experience in German BBL & 2.BBL – s.Oliver Wuerzburg, Dresden Titans, Walter Tigers Tübingen and Gießen 46ers. ProA Champions, 2 Play Off Appearances. Three Years Head Coaching experience in New Zealand 1st League – Nelson Giants. 2 Playoff Appearances, 1 Grand Final Five Years Head Coaching experience in Australian 2nd League. – Townsville Heat (Queensland), Sturt Basketball Club (South Australia). 4 Playoff Appearances, 1 Grand Final. Six years experience as Assistant Coach in Australian National Basketball League (1st league) - Townsville Crocodiles, Adelaide 36ers. 3 Playoff Appearances.   Breakdown:   1:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Coaching from 2 Different Countries 3:00 - Similar Philosophy with his same Coach 4:00 - China Influenced by the US Basketball? 5:00 - How he Develop his Coaching Philosophy? 6:00 - Core Values from his Philosophy 7:00 - "Attack with a Pass" 9:00 - Creating an Advantage on the Pick&Roll 10:00 - Mix of Phase and Style of Offense 12:30 - Adaptability of his Personnel 14:00 - Experiences of Coaching 15:00 - Verbal cues and words that he used 18:00 - How he called Plays? 20:00 - Open Questioning in his Coaching Style 22:20 - Involved Players in the Decision Making 24:00 - "Mid Pick&Roll" 25:00 - Spacing before Creating an Advantage 27:00 - Trick to teach students how to be successful in Ball Screen 29:00 - Other Concepts from the Mid Pick&Roll 30:30 - Cutting Off the Ball 32:00 - Full Court Defense 33:00 - Pressure on the Ball 35:00 - Disrupting and making Offense Feel Uncomfortable 36:30 - "If the ball is in the back court and your men is in the backcourt, you are in the backcourt" 38:30 - NBA Summer League Learnings 41:00 - Mike Longabardi’s Teachings to stimulate Coaching 43:00 - Translate to other Levels because of the Spacing 44:30 -  How can coaches get his Videos? and Continuing to Share Coaching Ideas 45:30 - Closing Remarks   Liam Flynn’s Bio Bio: https://www.coachliamflynn.com/player-development/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachliamflynn Website: https://www.coachliamflynn.com/   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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.