EP172: NBA and WNBA Skills Coach Chris Palmer Designing Rich Learning Environments

In this episode, George is joined by Chris Palmer, NBA and WNBA skills development coach and founder of Pure Performance Basketball, to discuss how coaches can design practice environments that truly transfer to games. Chris explains how he uses film, data, and representative learning design to create individualized training sessions that develop better decision-makers, not just better technicians.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction to Chris Palmer and Pure Performance Basketball
01:00 – Using Film and Data to Guide Player Development
02:00 – Designing Representative Learning Environments
03:30 – Creating Randomness Through Constraints and Decision-Making
05:30 – Building Variability Into Practice Design
06:00 – Adjusting Constraints for NBA vs. Youth Players
09:00 – Teaching Better Shot Selection and Breaking Bad Habits
10:00 – Why Player Development Coaches Must Understand Team Basketball
12:00 – Converting Offensive Advantages More Effectively
14:30 – Teaching Decision-Making in Individual Workouts
16:30 – Coaching Through Mistakes and Eliminating Black-and-White Thinking
19:00 – Individualizing Constraints for Different Players
22:00 – Helping Players Discover Multiple Finishing Solutions
24:00 – Encouraging Exploration Instead of Repetition
25:00 – Transformative Tip

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