{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F5916440c-8c86-49bf-be11-1a43c7bcb700","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 132: Dale Wellman, Playing Fast and Free with the Princeton Offense","description":"Guest: Dale Wellman, Nebraska Wesleyan University Head Coach\n\n\n\n\nIn this week\u2019s basketball coaching conversation, Nebraska Wesleyan University head coach Dale Wellman joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss playing fast and free in the Princeton offense. Coach Wellman\u2019s system took the program to 22 wins in 2015-16 (their most in 18 years), and then, amazingly to a Division III title in year four in 2018.\n\n\n\n\nDale Wellman, the 2018 NABC/NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, enters his fifth season as head men\u2019s basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2018-19. He led the Prairie Wolves to the program\u2019s first-ever national championship in 2018 as NWU finished the season with a school-record 30 victories and only three losses.\n\n\n\n\nWellman received National Coach of the Year honors from three different organizations for the 2017-18 season. He was also the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year for a second straight season and received West Region Coach of the Year honors. In each of his four seasons, Wellman has received coach-of-the-year recognition.\n\n\n\n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - Fast Freedom in Princeton Offense\n\n3:00 - Playing Fast\n\n6:30 - Loyola Marymount Influence\n\n9:00 - Makes and Misses\n\n12:30 - Post ups\n\n15:00 - Defining Shot Selections\n\n18:30 - Reads and Decision Making\n\n21:30 - Sympathy and Empathy\n\n26:00 - Running Full Speed\n\n28:00 - Play Defense in Practice\n\n30:00 - Enjoying the Experience of Playing\n\n33:00 - Multiple Ball Reversals\n\n37:00 - Tweaking to Personnel\n\n39:00 - Keeping Score in Practice\n\n45:00 - Teaching Points Between Passer and Cutter\n\n47:00 - Transition Phases of Princeton Offense\n\n52:00 - Botox\n\n54:00 - Zone and Toughest Defensive Strategy\n\n57:00 - Complexity of Princeton Offense\n\n1:00:00 - Conclusion\n\n\n\n\nDale Wellman\u2019s Bio:\n\nBio: https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/campus-directory/dale-wellman\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/wellmand21\n\n\n\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\nBetOnline Website:\n\nWebsite: www.betonline.ag\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/c8a480e8-9f4c-4d49-803a-13bb8b0a3814/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}