Conceptual Coaching w/ James Anderson & Adam DeGroot

We are fortunate to have 2 guests for this episode. 

The first guest is James Anderson, who has appeared on two episodes of the podcast. Anderson is the head boys coach at Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Our second guest is new to the podcast. Adam DeGroot is the head coach at Joliet Catholic in Joliet, Illinois.

Both coaches run conceptual offense, and in many ways, run conceptual defense. The episode is a mid-summer check-in to discuss what we've learned.

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3:15 - Developing a long-term plan for program building

5:00 - Reasons for leaning toward conceptual play

7:20 - The role of the “Connector” position

10:30 - Developing the “Connector” in practice

13:20 - Second-year development of offense

15:40 - Distribution of triggers and shots

18:40 - Stacking triggers together

21:55 - Introducing Conceptual Offense to younger players

27:45 - Summer surprises - good & bad

31:45 - Describing a conceputal defense

36:50 - How players have picked up the conceptual defense 

39:35 - Getting your coaching staff up to speed