Episode 104: Don Showalter, Teaching Skills

Episode 104: Don Showalter, Teaching Skills Guest: Don Showalter, USA Basketball National Director for Coach Development and 10x Gold Medalist  In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, USA Basketball National Director for Coach Development and 10x Gold Medalist Don Showalter joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss teaching skills.  Don Showalter is a 10-time USA Basketball gold medalist head coach while serving as head coach of USA men’s U16 and U17 national teams from 2009-2018. In May 2016, he was hired as a coach director, USA Basketball youth and sport development division. A high school coach for 42 years, Showalter’s 2018 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year recognition was his 10th-straight such honor. He owns a perfect 62-0 record at the helm of USA Basketball U16 and U17 teams since the inaugural U16 competition in 2009. Showalter compiled a 601-346 overall record (.635 winning percentage) during his 42 seasons as a high school head coach, including 16 district titles and six state tournament appearances. Showalter earned the 2004 National Association of Basketball Coaches Advocacy Award. In 2009, he was honored by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association as the National Coach of the Year, and he was an Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year 10 times (1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2016). Breakdown 1:00 - FIBA Rules changed him 3:30 - Shot Clock 5:00 - Players enjoyed FIBA Rules 6:30 - Taking Control 9:00 - Enjoying the Experience 11:30 - Complacency 16:00 - Pressing Philosophy 19:30 - USA Basketball influence his philosophies 20:30 - Teaching in soundbites 26:30 - Start, Load and Challenge 30:00 - Line Pivots 32:00 - Speaking in Short Verse 35:00 - Conversation 39:00 - Sociogram and Team Surveys 44:30 - Youth Player Development 47:00 - Why he Started coaching 51:00 - Gold Standards 54:00 - The Concept of Zone 58:00 - Final Thoughts Don Showalter’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Showalter_(basketball) Twitter: https://twitter.com/dshow23    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 Best in the West Video Series Best in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.