Round Table 68 - How can a coach help their players get the most out of open gym or pickup games prior to the start of official practice? - Episode 986

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Welcome to the 68th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

August’s Round Table question is: How can a coach help their players get the most out of open gym or pickup games prior to the start of official practice?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

• Jake Boyd – Eureka College
• Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
• Erik Buehler – Arapahoe (CO)
• High School
• Joe Harris – Lake Chelan (WA) High School
• Dave Hixon – Amherst College
• Tim Jackson – Author of “Understanding College Athletics Through The Eyes Of College Athletes”
• Kyle Jurgens – Skutt Catholic (NE) High School
• Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
• Joel Lincoln – Game Shots Basketball
• Dave McGreal – Penn State Altoona
• Brooks Miller – Trine University
• Don Showalter - USA Basketball
• John Shulman – University of Central Arkansas

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