Episode 35: Joerik Michiels, The Elite Athletes Skill Development Way

Joerik Michiels, The Elite Athletes Skill Development Way Guest: Joerik Michiels, Professional Skills Trainer In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, professional basketball skills trainer Joerik Michiels joins the podcast. Michiels, and Chris Oliver, have a conversation about progressive and modern basketball training methods. Michiels is from Belgium, and is the owner of Elite Athletes and Elite Academy.   Breakdown: 1:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Elite Athlete Concept 3:00 - Beginning of Elite Athlete Program 6:00 - Long Term Development Focus and Success 7:00 - Winning Games is an Outcome 8:00 - Teaching Mindset 10:00 - Leading to the Kaizen Mindset 11:00 - Struggle Points 13:00 - Basic Amazing! 14:00 - Meaning of Basic Amazing and Fundamentals 15:10 - Block Practice and Adding Decision Making 18:30 - Teaching Young People on Shooting 20:00 - 24/7 Concept and Mamba Mentality 21:00 - Good Coaching Perspective at his Academy 23:00 - Stepping Away from the Traditional Programs 24:00 - Mindset of the Position as Basketball 26:00 - Things to do to Foster Creativity to an Athlete 28:30 - Getting Great Ideas from Soccer 30:00 - Using 1-on-1 Approaches in the Practice 31:20 - Using the "Watch Films" Approach to Athletes 31:20 - Using the "Watch Films" Approach to Athletes 33:20 - Homework Traffic Light System 36:00 - Don't be a Playstation Coach 38:00 - The Mindset of the Player 40:00 - Being Uncomfortable is Okay 41:00 - Pro Players is Less Creative 43:00 - Final Thoughts on Coach Development   Joerik Michiels’ Bio Bio: http://www.eliteathletes.be/team/joerik-michiels Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joerik/ Website: http://www.eliteathletes.be   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.