Principles of Play w/ George Vaz

About this episode

George Vaz discusses the Principles of Play in basketball coaching and their application in training.

🏀📥 Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast⁠⁠⁠ newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- We are fortunate to have George Vaz on this episode. Vaz is a basketball coach based in Brazil. He’s also coached in Portugal and the England. If his voice sounds familiar, it’s because Vaz is the current host of the Transforming Basketball podcast. He is also a clinician for Transforming Basketball. --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN 1:20 - What are Principles of Play (POP)? 4:05 - How is the POP presented to players? 6:05 - Identifying micro principles in your POP 8:35 - Building a POP based on Personnel 10:40 - How constraints tie into POP 11:45 - The role of Intent in building Small-Sided Games 15:40 - Keeping the focus the focus in SSGs 17:25 - What to do when things go wrong with a constraint 20:30 - Common constraints that don’t typically have an impact 23:25 - Building SSGs that fit your team’s needs 27:05 - Timeline for adoption in nonlinear learning 32:05 - Narrowing down the focus during practice

People in this episode

Guest: George Vaz

Topics covered

• Principles of Play
• basketball coaching
• small-sided games
• nonlinear learning
• player development

Keywords

• Principles of Play
• basketball
• coaching
• small-sided games
• constraints
• player focus
• nonlinear learning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Transforming Basketball

Places: Brazil, Portugal, England

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