203: Groundhog Day Part 1
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Why does the episode open with a Groundhog Day analogy and what does it represent for coaches?
Rita. I'm reliving the same day over and over. Groundhog. Today.
Coaches, welcome back to the Talking Split Podcast. I am Rob Coulter, joined this week by the High Performance Coach of the Victoria Country Men, Brenton O'Brien. Welcome, Brenton. Thanks for having me, Rob. Good to have you back and good to have you back in the country. Zoe Carr, the high performance coach of the Victoria Country Women. It's been a busy month.
It has, but it's good to be back.
It is fantastic to have you here. We'll unpack all that probably on another podcast. We'll try and get you through this one without falling asleep if we possibly can. Uh over the course. A reminder to all the listeners out there about rating, reviewing and subscribing. Uh if you've got any coach shout-outs, you are more than welcome to send those through as well. We haven't had one of those for ages now. So if you have any coaches you would want to give a little bit of love to, by all means send those through. You can do that at coaching at basketball victoria dot com dot AU or via the talking. Split Instagram channel. Uh, I've now worked out again that we've had a whole bunch of messages sitting in there that I wasn't aware of.
So apologies to those people that you didn't get a reply. I didn't know they existed, but we'll we will keep a more diligent eye on that one. As the the soundbite at the very start of the pod alluded to, Grandhog Day, sometimes it feels like we just go through the same thing over and over again, and the needle never really moves in the direction we want it to go through. So We're gonna go through just a few of the things that we feel like we can we keep teaching, uh why it doesn't change and what we can potentially do to make a change in a game in particular. So uh I'll gotta list obviously Brenton and Zoe, you can chime in with yours uh along the way as we go through this. I'm sure we'll go off on various tangents throughout this because what's a podcast without a tangent at this stage?
The one uh that is front of mine at the moment that I feel like every Every training session this gets addressed. Every game this gets addressed. Uh every film review this gets addressed. Helping off the strong side corner with a shooter. Um okay, Zoe's obviously pointed a phone, which I would suggest means that she had that written down as well. Number one one B. It's probably fair. Um Zoe, we are coming off a career trip, it'd be fair to say, which again we'll unpack at a different time. Once D P gets back, we'll talk all things international trips and all that sort of stuff, 'cause obviously you've got your under seventeen worlds to discuss, career and and D P's over in China at the moment, uh with an odd
select team. So helping off the strong side corner. I feel like happens in every single game, every single possession, it almost feels like as we go through this. So I think it comes from a good place uh with someone trying to switch on to dribble penetration from the corner. It's like, oh, do the right thing and I'll go and help my player out that has been beaten. But it just leaves a very, very open three-point shot. And I think if you're in a defensive system where you might be peeling, or switching or something like that, well there might be times and places where you do that, where you would help off a strong side corner. But by and large We aren't peel switching. I would suggest the majority of of coaches out there would be play it straight up rather than a peel switch.
So helping off the strong side corner. Brenton, I'll let you tip into this one because I can feel the rage slowly burning in Zoe at the moment. I'm gonna try and let her just calm down a little bit before we we fire off over to that direction. So uh I'm assuming it's something you see a fair bit when you're taking training sessions and games and the like.
Yeah, I think it's something that like We see in the boys a lot. Like I know when we went to nationals, it happened a lot on both sixteens and eighteens and I think The lack of shooting is sometimes something that hides it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does the episode open with a Groundhog Day analogy and what does it represent for coaches?
0:09–8:26
2
What are the most common repeatable mistakes coaches see in helping off the strong‑side corner?
8:26–16:42
3
How does the discussion define and break down the concept of “re‑penetration” in basketball?
16:42–24:41
4
Why do players repeatedly run to the sideline under pressure and how can coaches address it?
24:41–32:49
5
What role does communication (on‑court and off‑court) play in preventing repeated coaching issues?
32:49–39:15
6
How can coaches create a learning environment that balances discipline with player creativity?
39:15–46:29
7
What practical drills and teaching methods are suggested for improving boxing‑out and rebounding fundamentals?
46:29–54:17
8
What key actions should coaches take before Part 2 to break the Groundhog Day cycle in their programs?
54:17–1:00:35