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Episode 83: Jota Cuspinera, Spanish Basketball Development
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 01:04:06
Publish Date: 2019-11-20 05:00:00
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Jota Cuspinera, Spanish Basketball Development 

Guest: Jota Cuspinera, Fuenlabrada Basketball Head Coach

 

In this week’s coaching conversation, Fuenlabrada head coach Jota Cuspinera joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss Spanish Basketball Development. Best teaching practices and things that we used to teach and don't anymore are presented throughout the podcast.

 

This is Cuspinera's second stint as head coach of Fuenlabrada. In 2015, he arrived at Fuenlabrada as an assistant coach to Zan Tabak. After Tabak's departure to Maccabi, Cuspinera started his first head coaching position in the ACB. He has also served as head coach of Basket Zaragoza 2002.

 

Jota has been an assistant coach for nine seasons with ACB teams including Estudiantes, Real Madrid, and Baskonia. He has been a part of titles as a champion of the Copa del Rey and Supercopa and runner-up of the ACB and Euroleague. He also has extensive Spanish national team coaching experience. He was a part of cadet gold in 2006, cadet silver in 2007 and junior bronze in 2013.

 

Breakdown

1:00 - Why Spanish Basketball is so Successful

4:30 - The Importance of Players in Coaching

7:00 - Using the Chest Pass in Terms of Coaching

9:00 - Good Defense

11:00 - Shoot Layups on the Top of the Head

13:00 - Shooting Feet Must Point To The Basket

17:00 - Discussion about Footwork

19:30 - Things Defensively That We Don't Think About

21:00 - Overemphasize Being Low

24:00 - teaching Closeouts

26:00 - Traditional Teaching of the his Concepts

28:00 - Slow Learning 5-on-5

31:00 - Small Sided Games

33:00 - Teaching Kids Something New

36:00 - The Concept of Imitating

39:00 - The Concept of the Floater

42:30 - Allowing Mistakes and Finding Solutions

47:00 - Skills Equals Confidence

49:00 - Practice Offense vs Defense

54:00 - Traditional Methods

55:30 - Mentorships His Done

1:00:00 - Immersing

1:01:00 - Conclusion

 

Jota Cuspinera’s Bio

Bio: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ram%C3%B3n_Cuspinera

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jotacuspi

  

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

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