Pace & Spacing Principles w/ Matt Fletcher

About this episode

Matt Fletcher discusses pace and spacing principles in basketball coaching.

Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast⁠ newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- We are fortunate to have Matt Fletcher on this episode. Fletcher is the head coach at Concordia St. Paul in Minnesota. The Golden Bears are coming off one of the most successful seasons in the school’s season, finishing with a 22-9 record, a first-ever conference title and a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament. --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN 1:30 - Enjoying the growth of a program 3:15 - Coaching the program you have 4:50 - Recruiting locally 5:55 - Factors of adopting an uptempo style 7:50 - Playing quickly, but not rushed 9:35 - Shot selection as a team 11:20 - Recruiting decision making 12:10 - When teams try to slow down 13:50 - Creating & maintaining good spacing 15:20 - Perimeter spacing concepts 16:50 - Using SSGs for teaching spacing 18:00 - Developing practice plans & activities 19:50 - Using your best player as a spacer 21:50 - The big in early offense 23:35 - Flow after the initial trigger 25:15 - Replicating neutral situations after actions 27:30 - Communication in a conceptual offense 29:35 - Teaching the pace of actions 31:40 - Adopting NBA concepts 34:15 - Rebounding as a weapon

People in this episode

Host: Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast

Guest: Matt Fletcher

Topics covered

• pace
• spacing
• coaching
• recruiting
• offensive strategy
• basketball principles

Keywords

• basketball
• coaching
• spacing concepts
• recruiting
• offensive pace
• NCAA
• practice plans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Concordia St. Paul, NCAA Division II

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