Ben Chase is an Assistant Coach on the Women's Basketball Staff at Army. In this podcast, Coach Chase discusses how his team departed from a traditional style of basketball practice and embraced small-sided games as their primary focus.

Show Notes:

2:54 - Qualities of student athletes at Army

5:10 - Perspectives from coaching collegiate men's and women's basketball

10:14 - The "why" behind decision making/small sided games (@Noah Laroche)

13:34 - Maximizing participation and development in practice

16:24 - Coaching intent over execution

21:46 - Applying military adaptability to a growth mindset

22:14 - Playing with principles instead of rules

24:00 - Adjusting to small sided games

28:06 - Adding constraints/adjusting scoring values to emphasize shot selection

32:00 - Making practice intentionally sloppy

34:00 - Situations, not drills

36:38 - Getting more "real reps"

Quotes

14:44 - "Fun is probably the most underrated part of the college athletics experience"

27:00 - "We feel good when it looks good..If you're really embracing this mindset and practice framework, every time it starts to look good, you have to make it harder so it looks sloppy again."

33:22 - "We want them operating in the zone of optimum performance"

37:32 - Real rep = a shot that has preparation, execution, and reflection

Books Mentioned:

"Mindset"

"Team of Teams"

Social Media:

Twitter: @ArmyCoachB