EP13: A Deep Dive Into the Constraints-Led-Approach (Live Clinic)

In this episode, Alex takes you behind the scenes with some sounds of a recent coaches clinic. You will hear Alex debriefing and conversing with players and coaches on all things practical application of the CLA in basketball. From players generating constraints to the when and how of using 1v1 in a conceptual offense, this episode is jam packed with useful information coaches and players can implement as soon as they hear it.

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Key Takeaways:

04:38 - "Number one, how alive were those drills?"

09:19 - "What did you notice when Liam added that task constraint of only gold medals?"

16:17 - "But the real magic to this is if you can design your own and critically do it in response to what the players need."

20:49 - "How do we use the CLA with beginners? For me the answer is to simplify the task instead of decomposing it?"

26:26 - "Now we want to amplify this option, to make it more enticing for them to be deceptive."

30:53 - "What opportunities for action made it difficult for them to convert dominos?"

38:40 - "We don't want one on one unless it's a mismatch. Always an advantage."

40:24 - "When you're playing defense, now you've got to try and wall up and be straight like a skyscraper."

45:13 - "Even in our warmups, we're doing small, sided games."

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