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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.

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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