{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F09d82a3e-d432-4103-bc4a-71a85bd58cb1","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 110: Dustin Kerns, Actional Practice and Culture Building Ideas","description":"Episode 110: Dustin Kerns, Actional Practice and Culture Building Ideas\n\nGuest: Dustin Kerns, Appalachian State Head Coach\n\n\n\n\nIn this week\u2019s basketball coaching conversation, Appalachian State head coach Dustin Kerns joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss actional practice and culture building ideas.\n\n\n\n\nIn his first season at the helm of the Mountaineers, Kerns led App State to its best season in a decade. The Black and Gold posted its most wins (18) since 2009-10 and most Sun Belt wins (11) ever. Kern's 18 victories in his first season at App State were the most by a first year head coach for the Mountaineers since 1942. In addition, the Black and Gold posted a +7 win turnaround, which ranked as the third highest in the nation.\n\n\n\n\nKerns came to Appalachian State from Presbyterian, where he served as head coach for two seasons. He inherited a Presbyterian program that had yet to achieve a winning record in 12 seasons at the Division I level and was coming off a five-win campaign in 2016-17.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\nHe immediately led the Blue Hose to a six-win improvement in his first year before breaking through in 2018-19. Kerns guided the Blue Hose to their first winning record (20-16) and first postseason appearance (CIT) as a Division I program in just his second year on the job. Kerns guided the Blue Hose to their first winning record (20-16) and first postseason appearance (CIT) as a Division I program in just his second year on the job.\n\n\n\n\nA 2002 graduate of Clemson, Kerns climbed the coaching ranks on staff with Buzz Peterson at Tennessee, Mike Young at Wofford and Kerry Keating at Santa Clara.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - How to Flip Programs so Quick\n\n6:00 - Every Drill has 90 Minutes on the clock\n\n9:00 - Learn to Pace Themselves\n\n10:00 - Shorter, More Intense Practices\n\n12:00 - Things to do to bring out Competition\n\n17:00 - Difference between a Contested and Effective Shot\n\n20:00 - Positive Two\n\n23:30 - Player playing Outstanding Defense\n\n25:00 - Picking music in practice\n\n27:00 - Fun games they done on the road\n\n31:00 - Small Group Things\n\n36:00 - Practice Sessions\n\n37:30 - Lifting Around this season\n\n39:00 - Separate entities for players\n\n41:00 - Done in the Off-Season\n\n43:00 - Struck Pick-up in the Off-Season\n\n47:00 - Valuing Player's Time\n\n50:30 - Team Motto for this Year\n\n53:00 - Conclusion\n\n\n\n\nDustin Kerns\u2019s Bio\n\nBio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Kerns\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/CoachDKerns\n\n\u00a0\u00a0\n\nBasketball Immersion\n\nWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion\n\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion\n\n\n\n\nBest in the West Video Series\n\nBest in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/23411f76-7d22-44a7-8a56-5d924280fb0c/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}