(Part 2 of a 3 part interview with Sean Tyson)
Who are some popular players you have trained in the past?
Paul Davis, Chris Grimm, Goran Suton, Jermaine Jackson, Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Javelle McGhee, Alan Anderson, Ben Wallace, James White, Jonathan Roberts, Kelvin Tolbert, and many others.
Is there a level (HS, College, Pro) that you would rather/prefer to work with?
Any level where the work is needed and I can get to a gym.
Do you have any experience with observing/training players on the international level? If so, what makes their ways different than ways here in America?
Yes. I live in Canada where FIBA is the governing body for basketball. One of the first things I notice is how less dependent clubs are on leading scorers and more dependent on players that can make the right plays.
There is a free flowing feeling you get watching international competitions. We set things up through a numerical system that starts and ends “1 goes here” “2 goes there” and 3, etc. Looking to get it to our best scoring options. In FIBA the players seem to just flow into the offense and everybody is looking for everybody and anybody to beat you two ways to hell !
Most international players display a innate passion for doing things for the love and honor of it. What some people in the USA don’t realize is that many of these guys are coming from real world atrocities. Things that by birth they are committed to. Think about 6’10″ 16 year old Serbian and 16 year old 6’10″ Croatian. At one time it was a chance that both are going to war before they even know they are top rated prospects in our country… who would only see a war on Tom Izzo boards lol…!
Do American players work hard on their game or are the pundits right in saying Americans don’t work?
Americans still work hard on the game. Europeans do as well. In America we have a reason for working. We set our goals on the benefits of accomplishing certain levels of the basketball. We tend to have a arrogance about it because we are good at it. We depend less on learning anything from anybody that does not connect to the NBA or the higher NCAA circles. What Europeans work hard at is developing the communication that allows them a chance not to miss something we may come up with. They don’t want to play like our best players. They want to know why we think the player is good. They don’t want to own the Mercedes that depreciates. They want to send money back home to the club that has several sports and 140 years of operation in their town.
-Coach Finamore
Hoops135@hotmail.com
PLAY THE RIGHT WAY!
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