Expanding the Zone

By Shayne Combs

Discussing the real issues that affect high school sports and the role that coaches play in dealing with those challenges.... more

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The podcast currently has 82 episodes available.

Expanding the Zone episodes:

June 27, 2025 Episode 72: A Not So Summer Break
Shayne and Matt discuss the high school sports "off season" or summer break. On the heels of a Kentucky High School Athletic Association decision to implement a mandatory no contact period in the summer, we discuss whether or not that's a good idea for Ohio and/or individual school districts. The discussion also goes into what should parents, players, and coaches expect out of the off season.
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54min
March 12, 2024 Episode 71: Roundball Recap (Season 6 Finale)
Matt and Shayne wrap up season 6 with recapping a lot of what they've seen this basketball season. Some of the discussion comes full circle with talk of rule changes, physicality, positionless basketball, etc...
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53min
February 22, 2024 Episode 70-(Playback) Episode 49-One Shining Moment
Shayne and Matt revisit episode 49 where they discussed what it takes to make a deep tournament run. In this episode they share clips from episode 49 and then comment on each clip, going a bit deeper into some of the characteristics that teams have to have to make deep runs.
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1h 7min
February 16, 2024 Episode 69: All League Selection
Matt and Shayne discuss their opinions on the process of selecting All League players. They discuss how different leagues have different selection processes. They also debate what should be the main focusses of coaches when participating in the process of voting for all conference players.
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1h 19min
February 09, 2024 Episode 68-Listener topics....You've asked, we try to answer.
Shayne and Matt tackle a few different topics that have been suggested or asked about by listeners. They talk about defense and offensive problems, in game adjustments, fan behavior, shot clock and more.
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1h 14min
February 01, 2024 Episode 67-Confidence
Shayne and Matt discuss what makes for a confident player. Is confidence natural or developed? What makes an entire team play with confident? The guys tackle these topics and more.
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55min
January 23, 2024 Basketball IQ-Are today's players students of the game?
Shayne and Matt discuss the mental side of basketball and explore the question...Do today's players really study and understand the game?
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1h 3min
January 12, 2024 Episode 65-Positionless Basketball
Matt and Shayne discuss positionless basketball, specifically the evolution of the point guard and post positions.
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1h 6min
December 27, 2023 Episode 64: Assistant Coaches
Shayne and Matt discuss the role of assistant coaches. They talk about what goes into a head coaches process of selecting his/her assistant coaches and then the process of delegating responsiblity and assigning roles to those assistant coaches.
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50min
December 19, 2023 Episode 63: The "mercy" rule
Shayne and Matt discuss the pros and cons of the running clock rule in high school basketball when a team is ahead by 35 or more in the second half. They also react to another podcasts discussion regarding the Maxpreps ranking system and the news that the OHSAA is considering adding more divisions in high school basketball.
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1h 12min

FAQs about Expanding the Zone:

How many episodes does Expanding the Zone have?

The podcast currently has 82 episodes available.