Episode 41: Alan Keane, Rethinking Traditional Basketball Ideas

Alan Keane, Rethinking Traditional Basketball Ideas Guest: Alan Keane, Great Britain Under 19 National Head Coach, and current Reading Rockets NBL D1 Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Great Britain Under 19 National Head Coach, and current Reading Rockets NBL D1 Head Coach, Alan Keane joins the podcast to help us rethink some traditional coaching ideas. Ideas like the pre-game, half-time, timeout interactions and interventions coaches traditionally use are discussed, along with methods for better empowering players in the coaching process. Keane is currently the JMA Basketball Academy Head Coach (Performance pathway for players & coaches), the Reading Rockets NBL D1 Head Coach (Second division pro league) and the Great Britain & England U18 Head Coach.   Breakdown: 1:00 - Introduction 3:00 - Value of Pre-Game, Halftime and Timeout 6:00 - Discussion During Half Time and Timeout 10:30 - Filling on the Gaps and Moving Forward 11:40 - How do Handle Conflicts during Half Time? 13:00 - The Rule of 3 14:00 - Benefit of Athlete-Centered Approach 17:00 - Example of the Approach 18:00 - Being Best as an Assistant Coach 21:00 - Permissions and Agreements and Facilitating Players 23:30 - Whatsapp Groups and the Right Environment 26:30 - Handling Timeouts 30:30 - Queuing Players About the Right Conversation 34:00 - Freedom of Players 36:00 - Reviewing Terms and Phrases During Practice 38:00 - "Bring it to Life and then Discuss it Later" 40:00 - Analyzing of Player's Strengths and Weaknesses 44:00 - Train Hard to Find Easy 45:30 - Process on Applying Scouting Reports to Players 46:40 - Feelings 50:00 - Reimagining Scouting Reports 53:00 - Improving Themselves 54:00 - Drill and Skill Transfers 58:00 - Isolation 59:00 - Conclusion   Alan Keane’s Bio Bio: https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/talent/commonwealth-games/men/coaches/assistant-coach-alan-keane/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachKeane14   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.