Principles of Play w/ George Vaz

🏀📥 Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast⁠⁠⁠ newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠---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.---EPISODE BREAKDOWN1:20 - What are Principles of Play (POP)?4:05 - How is the POP presented to players?6:05 - Identifying micro principles in your POP8:35 - Building a POP based on Personnel10:40 - How constraints tie into POP11:45 - The role of Intent in building Small-Sided Games15:40 - Keeping the focus the focus in SSGs17:25 - What to do when things go wrong with a constraint20:30 - Common constraints that don’t typically have an impact23:25 - Building SSGs that fit your team’s needs27:05  - Timeline for adoption in nonlinear learning32:05 - Narrowing down the focus during practice