Basketball Champions League decided to ”mic-up” time-outs

2017-11-29T13:17:01+00:00 2017-11-29T13:17:01+00:00.

Evaggelos Papadimitriou

29/Nov/17 13:17

Eurohoops.net

This season, the Basketball Champions League has taken the decision to ”mic-up” the dialogue between coaches and players during time-outs, offering fans, aspiring coaches and hoop nerds a fascinating window into the inner workings of elite basketball.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

According to legendary coach, Red Auerbach on the art of coaching, “It’s not what you tell them, it’s what they hear.” By the time a coach has reached the level of coaching in an elite competition like the Basketball Champions League, they have probably forgotten more about basketball than most of us will ever know.

For a coach however, knowledge alone is futile. The real skill of coaching is communicating that knowledge in a way that enables the players to understand and apply that knowledge in a game situation.

Coaches don’t win basketball matches, players do. What a skilled coach can certainly do, is help players win matches with meticulous preparation and game-management, that puts players in the best position to be successful.

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