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 Ep9: Don't Call It A Comeback, She's Never Leaving
May 05, 2023
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Only big-time people get 2 runs on the podcast, and Kelsey Griffin is about as big time as they come! Kelsey returns to the podcast to talk through her career as a player, where she has enjoyed countless levels of success. Kelsey talks about how she likes to be coached, what she looks for in coaches, and Zoe puts her under the pump about getting involved with a Country Vic State team! Apologies to everyone, and especially Kelsey for the audio quality on this one, will be fixed on the next podcast we promise!
S8 Ep8: Coaching Coordinators
Mar 31, 2023
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Some people love doing it, some try their best to avoid the role, but the role of a Director of Coaching or Coaching Coordinator is one that a good deal of people don’t know much about until they have to do it themselves! We explore how to do the role whilst potentially juggling a job, how to find coaches, having consistency throughout a program and the balance of on court and admin work.
S8 Ep7: Assistant Coaches
Mar 23, 2023
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Where would we be without the trusty assistant coaches? We explore how to find a good one, how to work with your assistants, roles and tasks for games and training, and who is responsible for getting the chair at the break!
S8 Ep6: The U16 State Combine
Mar 17, 2023
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It woudn’t be a long weekend without basketball, and the Labour Day long weekend is home to the U16 Combine, with nearly 100 of the best athletes from around the state vying for a position in the Country and Metro teams. We check in with Dom Linossier (U16 Metro Men) and Mat Holmes (U16 Country Women) to talk through the difficulty in selecting a team, what they’re looking for, how they get everyone’s opinion, and their mindset coming into a big weekend of basketball!
S8 Ep5: S8 E5 - Would You Rather?
Mar 09, 2023
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Everyone’s favourite podcast segment is back with 2 new contestants – Would You Rather? We throw a range of questions at the newly returned Jenni and Coops and discuss Jenni’s alter ego chess master skills, and Coops love for the move Father of the Bride. It took some weird turns this week.
S8 Ep4: All State Camps- getting prepared
Mar 03, 2023
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It was the All State Camp in Bendigo last weekend, where our HP coaches added “photographer” to their PD with 300 plus kids to coach and take photos of! We talk to Zoe and Darren about what the content was, why it was in there, how it went, and what coaches at Club & Association level can be doing to give themselves and the players the best chance of success!
S8 Ep3: Tournament Coaching
Feb 24, 2023
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On the back of the U20 Championships and the Country Championships, we look through some of the things that coaches will need to consider for tournaments. There’s things like rest and recovery, knowing your fixture, what tech gear you need to have, and of course, how are you going to defend those pesky onball screens?
S8 Ep2: Will Weaver
Feb 16, 2023
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The Head Coach of Paris Basketball – Will Weaver joins us on the podcast this week, to talk all things coaching. We cover what pathways look like around the world, how you coach in a different country, assembling a team in the middle of a COVID pandemic, and what it’s like to travel the world as a professional basketball coach, whilst also balancing a family on the side. Will was incredibly generous with his time, and made us very welcome in a foreign country, and we can’t thank him enough for Talking Split with us!
S8 Ep1: What happened to January
Feb 10, 2023
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And just like that, we are into February. But what happened to January? As it turns out, quite a lot. With East Coast Challenge (ECC), Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup (ACJBC) and Southern Cross Challenge (SCC) all running we have a look at how the teams and coaches went, and what the areas of focus are coming out of the tournaments. We also discuss the National Performance Camp (NPC) and what the key takeaways were from what the coaches saw.
S7 Ep16: The Mail is Here (Part 2)
Dec 09, 2022
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Final episode for the season is upon us! We dive back into the listener mailbag and discuss how to impact defence without zoning in junior basketball, how to deal with a difficult opposition coach, how long to stick with an offence or defence before changing, balancing teaching and intervening in drills and some of the things we think could potentially improve the basketball experience for everyone! The information about Bio Banding is here for those interested: https://youtu.be/odcP9Grw6h0 A huge thanks to everyone who’s listened to the podcast over the years. It’s no lie to say we didn’t expect this sort of uptake when it first started, and we’ve just managed to tick over the 100k listens for the podcast, which is amazing support from the basketball community. We will be back in the New Year with season 8, until then, please leave a rating, review, like, share, retweet and subscribe…
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