Talking Split is a podcast developed by Basketball Victoria, aimed at coaches who want to learn more about the game, as well as develop their skills as coaches and leaders.
Headed by Basketball Victoria Coach Development Officer Rob Coulter, he is joined by Basketball Victoria’s High Performance Coaches and specials guests each and every week to dissect the world of coaching.
S8 Ep29: The 12 Things to do over Christmas
Dec 15, 2023
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Last episode of the year, last episode in the Gaze Room, and first appearance of Gary the dog! It’s time for the small window that coaches get to have some downtime, and reacquaint themselves with family and friends, but on the off chance that you can’t help yourself, we have some options for you to keep yourself occupied over the break! Big thanks to all the listeners throughout the year, and we will be back next year!
S8 Ep28: Playbooks, Kind of
Dec 08, 2023
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The topic was supposed to be Playbooks, we started off talking about Playbooks, and how to set them up, best programs for them and then diverted slightly throughout the podcast to talking about systems and styles of play. So, there is some playbook talk in there, it’s just taken a bit of a back seat!
S8 Ep27: The Sports Parent Solution
Dec 01, 2023
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We are very much in the 4th quarter of the year, and it’s a great time for a guest on the podcast! This week we have J.P. Nerburn on the pod, the author of The Sports Parent Solution, which is a great resource for junior coaches especially. He talks about how we as coaches can work in better with parents, for a better experience for everyone involved using his real life experience as both a player and a coach. If you’re interested in getting a copy, or hearing more from J.P. you can contact him on his website https://www.tocculture.com/tocculture
S8 Ep26: Timeouts
Nov 24, 2023
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You wish you had more of them, and you try and use them to your advantage when you have them. Not lights out shooters, but timeouts! The team unpack how to be more efficient in your timeouts, when to use them, how you can avoid using them, and what is good timeout etiquette whilst coaching.
S8 Ep25: Age group coaching
Nov 17, 2023
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Once of the most frequently asked questions by junior coaches, is what should they focus on teaching in their age groups? We unpack a few of the different skills and concepts and the teaching points to give a bit of a guide for all coaches out there.
S8 Ep24: Mitsakes We've Made Part 2
Nov 10, 2023
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That one’s a deliberate typo before the spelling police come for us to point it out, but it grabbed your attention, didn’t it? So now that we have your attention, how about you have a listen to some more of the mistakes that we have made as coaches. There have been enough, that we have had to come back for Round 2 in fact, and eventually, I’m sure we will end up with a Round 3!
S8 Ep23: Mistakes We've Made, Part 1
Nov 03, 2023
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Mistakes, we all make them, and coaches aren’t immune either! In a humbling bit of self-reflection, we go through only some of the mistakes we have all made in our coaching days, in the hope that it helps some coaches recognise their own areas for improvement. Over an hour, and only Part 1? Turns there are a few more mistakes than we had hoped for, and we will be back with a Part 2!
S8 Ep22: Overrated or Underrated?
Oct 27, 2023
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It’s high time we got a new voice on the podcast, and making her Talking Split debut is none other than the High Performance coach for the Vic Metro Women – Jenna O’Hea! Jenna joins Zoe and Rob as they discuss what is overrated, what is underrated, and what is correctly rated in the world of coaching. Do you disagree? Leave your thoughts in the comments, or defensive slide into the DM’s. If there are any other topics you’d like to throw up there, also let us know!
S8 Ep21: Coaching Cues
Oct 20, 2023
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We are visiting the teaching points and cues that coaches use for various skills involved with basketball this week. How do our players learn, how can we get them to retain and implement information, and do we as coaches make it easy enough for them? The Luka Doncic link that Coops was talking about can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFUREK_eW0
S8 Ep20: The Top 10 Most Asked Questions
Oct 13, 2023
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The Talking Split podcast is back and bringing the energy from the tip off! This week we discuss the 10 most asked questions at coaching courses that we hear and try and provide some answers or perspectives on them all. If you’ve got any questions you would like the team to answer, you can email them in, or defensive slide into the Talking Split DM’s on X or Instagram. The YouTube link that Coops was talking about can be found here: https://youtu.be/UeEEf8iVngU?si=wMqi2WN3frDwCvsM
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