Episode 96: Larry Shyatt, Basketball Coaching and Life

 Larry Shyatt, Basketball Coaching and Life Guest: Larry Shyatt, Former Assistant Coach of Dallas Mavericks   In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Larry Shyatt joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss all things coaching including best teaching concepts, transition defense, free throw practice, the NBA and NCAA, changes in the game, culture and so much more. Larry Shyatt has been a highly respected and successful coach at the collegiate level for decades. Shyatt is currently on a hiatus from coaching after having spent the last few years with Rick Carlisle’s staff with the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. In 2015 Shyatt led the Wyoming program to just its second appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 1988, the same year also winning the Mountain West Conference tournament for the first time since 1988. Prior to his five-season stint at Wyoming, he was an assistant coach under Billy Donovan at the University of Florida from 2004-11. During that time, Florida won back-to-back national championships with a team featuring, among other players, Al Horford, Joakim Noah, and former Maverick Corey Brewer. Hailed for his defensive mind, Shyatt built one of the country’s best defenses during the 2014-15 season at Wyoming. Led by Larry Nance Jr., now playing with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cowboys allowed just 56.4 points per game, seventh-best in the nation that season, according to Sports-Reference.com. Nance would become Wyoming’s first player selected in the NBA Draft since Theo Ratliff in 1995. Shyatt finished with a 117-78 (.600) record with the Cowboys. Before that, he was the head coach at Clemson from 1998-2003 — finishing runner-up in the NIT in 1999 — and assisted at Cleveland State, New Mexico, and Providence.   Breakdown 1:00 - Introduction  3:00 - Are you a Giver or a Taker? 5:00 - Supportive Family All The Way 8:00 - Past and the Present Coaching 11:00 - Playing Differently and Strengths of His Team 13:00 - Changes by the use of the cell phone 15:00 - The Power of the Negative Thinking 18:00 - What a Loser Looks Like  21:00 - Aggressive, Discipline and Selfishness 23:30 - Be The Culture 29:00 - Blending of Things from NBA to NCAA 34:00 - Being Successful in Preparation and Teaching 38:30 - Connecting the Parts 45:00 - Defeating Top Teams in the League 50:00 - Numbers and Analytics 56:00 - Beginning and the End of the Game 59:00 - Best Drills for Transitioning Defensive Concepts 1:01:00 - Loads 1:03:30 - 6-7-8 and Pressure Free Throws 1:08:00 - Free Throw Percentage 1:10:00 - The Psychology of Shooting a Free Throw 1:13:30 - Valuing The Game in the Past 1:18:00 - Love of the Game or the Salary  1:20:00 - Loving the Game of Life 1:22:00 - Conclusion   Larey Shyatt’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shyatt    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.