Will Weaver, Modern Coaching Ideas Guest: Will Weaver, Sydney Kings Basketball Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, newly named Sydney Kings head coach Will Weaver joins the podcast to discuss modern coaching ideas. Methods to intervene and to observe what is going on are discussed, along with lessons from mentors like Sam Hinkie, Brett Brown, Kenny Atkinson, Andrej Lemanis and Rick Barnes. Last season, Coach Weaver was named the 2018-19 NBA G League Coach of the Year as the Long Island Nets head coach. Weaver joined the Brooklyn Nets as a special assistant to head coach Kenny Atkinson in 2016, and, in July of 2018, he was named the head coach of the Long Island Nets. In his first season with Long Island, Weaver led the team to a 34-16 record in the regular season, which tied for the best record in the NBA G League. The team also led the Eastern Conference, won the Atlantic Division and clinched a playoff berth for the first time in franchise history.   Breakdown 1:00 - Balancing as a Father and as a Coach 2:40 - Modeling Parenting As a Coach 5:00 - Having a Supportive Partner 7:00 - How to Coach in a Modern Way 9:00 - Hire the Right People 11:00 - Humans 13:00 - Intervention 16:00 - Modelling Behavior 19:00 - Adding Good Days can Built Trust 23:00 - Using the Best Talents of our Coaching Staffs 27:00 - Reviewing Game Decisions with Coach Atkinson 29:40 - Games are Important 33:00 - Innovating Traditional Based Learning 35:00 - Applying Intervention 38:30 - Using the Time Constraints 42:30 - Factors in Deciding His Style of Play 46:00 - Takeaways From Sam Hinkie and Rick Barnes 48:00 - Takeaways From Brett Brown 50:00 - Takeaways From Kenny Atkinson 54:00 - Organization on Individual Development 56:00 - Takeaways from Andrej Lemanis 59:30 - What did you learn from Will Weaver? 1:01:40 - Conclusion   Will Weaver’s Bio Bio: http://nbl.com.au/news/article/will-weaver-on-the-nbls-elite-coaching-ranks   Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.