How to Build a Player Development Plan You Can Use at Practice
A practical way to build a basketball player development plan: find one rate limiter with the player, keep the plan small, and bring it into a small-sided game at practice.
George is joined by João Pacheco, a coach from Portugal who has been living and coaching in Germany for nearly 14 years.

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In this episode, George is joined by João Pacheco, a coach from Portugal who has been living and coaching in Germany for nearly 14 years. João shares his biggest takeaways from his first year at the Roseto coaching camp, including lessons on the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA), Differential Learning (DL), question-led coaching, and creating more engaging practice environments. He also discusses how small-sided games, low-post actions, guided defense, and creative constraints can help young players develop better movement solutions and learn through doing.
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