1-on-1 with Chris Oliver and Mark Jablonski Guest: Mark Jabo Jablonski In this week's basketball coaching conversation, Coach Mark Jablonski discusses Basketball Decision Training with the creative mind behind Basketball Immersion, Chris Oliver. Mark Jablonski is a former Division 1 collegiate basketball player from the University of Pennsylvania and was part of Penn's run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. He also holds a Certificate in Basketball Analytics from Sports Management Worldwide and has established a successful basketball player development practice based in New York City, working extensively with Coach Oliver at Breakthrough Basketball camps around North America. Breakdown: 1:00 - Introduction 2:00 - How to Apply BDT 3:00 - Teaching Basketball Decision Training 5:00 - It all Starts from the Feet 6:00 - Building the Enjoyment 9:00 - Applying BDT to the Different Skill Levels 11:00 - Evaluating Skill 12:30 - Applying BDT to the NBA 15:00 - Example of application of BDT for NBA Players 16:45 - “I think it’s a Method of Practice...” 17:40 - Simulating the Game 19:00 - Add a Defender 20:00 - Making Decision in a Game 21:45 - Ball Pick-Up Concepts 23:39 - Maximizing Time on Tasks 25:00 - Access to Information 27:00 - Your Players are the Model for What the Teach 29:00 - Applying BDT for Individual Player Development 31:00 - Youth Basketball Coach 32:00 - Defining Effort to Players 33:30 - General Feedback is a Big Problem 34:31 - Finishing Moves 36:00 - Decision Making 38:00 - Giving Templates 40:20 - Giving Freedom 41:00 - Unstructured Moments 42:00 - 3 F’s of Basketball - Fun, Freedom and Focus 43:00 - Valuing FUN 44:00 - Defining Freedom in Shot Selection 47:00 - Giving Permission 47:40 - Negative Mentality 50:00 - Short and Long Term Focus 53:00 - Decision Before the Skill   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.