NEW EPISODE!

(EP#92)

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"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 ready?

26:40 ProBallers.com

30:41 Approach in Preparation

35:30 Learning curve

38:40 Mentorship & Discussions

44:00 Recovery after hard losses

49:00 Winning the "Quadruple"
52:00 Culture & Leadership

55:30 Long-distance family life

58:00 ATOs

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