EP#92 | Tautvydas Sabonis: Inside a Rookie Head Coach's Mind

About this episode

Tautvydas Sabonis discusses his experiences and challenges as a rookie head coach with the London Lions.

NEW EPISODE! (EP#92) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Tutis": Tuti grew up playing basketball in a basketball family and eventually transitioned to coaching. He accepted an assistant coach position within the Zalgiris junior program before eventually transitioning to the pro team and working under four different Head Coaches, most notably Andrea Trinchieri his last season. This season (25/26) Tuti took his first head coaching job with the London Lions and won 4 trophies his first year! Today, we talked about his early season challenges as a first time Head Coach and how to recover from heartbreaking losses and steering his team towards new heights to win trophy after trophy his first year. Tuti also shared his experience of being an Assistant coach, what leadership and culture mean to him, preparation, how he balanced his long-distance family-life and much more! Topics: 00:00 Intro 1:30 Language fluidity 4:50 Son of "Sabas" 9:00 Young Assistant Coach 12:45 Collecting Database 15:50 Epiphany as an Assistant 19:30 Being a filter 25:39 When do you feel…

People in this episode

Host: Benas Matkevicius

Guest: Tautvydas Sabonis

Topics covered

• rookie head coach
• basketball coaching
• leadership
• team culture
• overcoming losses
• family balance
• trophy success

Keywords

• Tautvydas Sabonis
• rookie head coach
• basketball
• leadership
• Zalgiris
• London Lions
• ProBallers
• coaching challenges
• family life
• trophies

Sponsors

ProBallers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zalgiris, London Lions

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