Episode 173: Raoul Korner, Switching Defense, Solving The Resulting Mismatches and Post Automatics

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Episode 173 • 21st July 2021 • The Basketball Podcast • Chris Oliver

Guest: Raoul Korner, Austrian Professional Basketball Coach and Current Head Coach of Medi Bayreuth of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL)

In this week's coaching conversation, Austrian professional basketball coach and current head coach of Medi Bayreuth of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) Raoul Korner joins the podcast to discuss switching defense, solving the resulting mismatches and post automatics.

Raoul Korner is an Austrian Professional basketball Head Coach with experiences in Basket Clubs of Vienna (Austria, 1st div.), Mattersburg 49ers (Austria, 1st div.), Traiskirchen Lions (Austria, 1st div.), Head Coach WBC Wels (Austria, 1st div.), EiffelTowers Den Bosch (NL, 1st div.) , BB Loewen Braunschweig (GER, 1st div.), and currently Head Coaching Medi Bayreuth (GER, 1st div.).

Coach Korner has won multiple League and Cup Championships in Austria & Netherlands whilst also being awarded Coach of the Year honours throughout his career. Raoul has a proven track record of developing top players, building competitive winning teams and promotion to FIBA Champions League Top 16, FIBA EuroCup Final Four which was not played due to COVID19.

Korner is also Austrian Men's National Team Head Coach competing in 2021 EuroBasket qualifiers in Group F with Slovenia, Ukraine and Hungary. Raoul is also a lecturer at University of Bayreuth (GER) about “Leadership” as well at several National and International Coaches Clinics.

Breakdown

1:00 - Development Outside of the Comfort Zone

4:00 - Keys to Overperforming

7:30 - Best Practices with Switching

12:00 - Bigs Forcing the Two Sides

15:00 - Switching

18:00 - Off The Ball Switching

23:30 - Ghost Screens

26:30 - Advantage of Over the Screen

30:30 - Visual Cue Game

32:00 - Early Ball Movement

36:00 - Set Reaction vs Decision