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The Transforming Basketball Podcast · July 22 · 9 min

EP173: Functional Perception Action Coupling with Adam Omiecinski

In this episode, George is joined by Adam Omiecinski for a deep dive into one of the most common practice design mistakes coaches make: creating defensive environments that are too predictable. Chapters: 00:00 – Adam Omiecinski Returns 01:00 – Functional Perception-Action Coupling Explained 02:00 – When Skill Drills Accidentally Become Capacity Drills 03:30 – Why Predictable Defenders Limit Decision-Making 04:30 – Creating Representative Driving Situations 05:00 – Adding Variability to Defensive Intentions 06:00 – Using Guided Defense to Improve Skill Transfer 07:00 – Every Drill Builds Something—But Is It the Right Thing? 08:00 – Why Players Must Read the Environment Instead of Pre-Planned Movements 08:45 – Scaling Complexity to Match Player Ability 09:00 – The Biggest Red Flag in Practice Design 09:30 – Transformative Tip Level up your coaching with our Amazon Best Selling Book: https://amzn.to/3vO1Tc7 Access tons more of evidence-based coaching resources: https://transformingbball.com/products/ Links: Website: http://transformingbball.app/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/transformbball Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformingbasketball/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@transformingbasketball Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transformingbasketball/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transforming.basketball

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In this episode, George is joined by Adam Omiecinski for a deep dive into one of the most common practice design mistakes coaches make: creating defensive environments that are too predictable.

Chapters: 00:00 – Adam Omiecinski Returns

01:00 – Functional Perception-Action Coupling Explained

02:00 – When Skill Drills Accidentally Become Capacity Drills

03:30 – Why Predictable Defenders Limit Decision-Making

04:30 – Creating Representative Driving Situations

05:00 – Adding Variability to Defensive Intentions

06:00 – Using Guided Defense to Improve Skill Transfer

07:00 – Every Drill Builds Something—But Is It the Right Thing?

08:00 – Why Players Must Read the Environment Instead of Pre-Planned Movements

08:45 – Scaling Complexity to Match Player Ability

09:00 – The Biggest Red Flag in Practice Design

09:30 – Transformative Tip

Level up your coaching with our Amazon Best Selling Book:

https://amzn.to/3vO1Tc7

Access tons more of evidence-based coaching resources:

https://transformingbball.com/products/

Links:

Website: http://transformingbball.app/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/transformbball

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformingbasketball/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@transformingbasketball

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transformingbasketball/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transforming.basketball

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