"Defence On A string" creator Coach Jennifer Sepieli comes on the pod to talk about her experience coaching the game of basketball, her role as coach, and her new product Defence On A String. The best way to improve a team's defensive rotations and communication.
IMG Academy Basketball's Technical Director Mike Gillian comes on the pod to talk about his work on the administrative side of IMG Academy, the challenges faced organizing the program during the Covid-19 pandemic, the future of IMG, and his time at the Longwood Lancer's - where he has the most D1 wins of any coach and the most wins in a single D1 season in program history
IMG Academy National Varsity assistant, and former Memphis Tiger Trey Draper comes on the pod to talk about his experience with winning, his time as a walk-on and eventual captain at Memphis and as an assistant on the IMG academy national varsity team
IMG Academy national varsity assistant and junior national varsity head coach Abel Varnadore comes to talk to us about coaching top level talent
IMG National Varsity's Anthony Gilkes comes on the pod to talk about his experience at IMG and his goals for the future
IMG post grad national varsity player Oscar Berry comes on the pod to talk about his basketball journey, his time at IMG, his college recruitment and so much more
We interview CEO & Founder of Dailey Training International and father of 4-star prospect Eric Dailey Jr to talk about his own experience with basketball, founding and building of Dailey training, why he pushed Eric Jr. not to play AAU, or on the national team, and what Eric Jr is looking for in colleges
IMG Academy's top 30 prospect Eric Dailey Jr comes on the pod to talk about IMG (0:55), his parents (25:00), his college recruitment (47:30, and so much more
Episode Breakdown:
0:10 - introductions
0:55 - what it means to become as highly ranked/recruited as he is
2:00 - How he works on his game
5:40 - the value of playing with other top players in the nation everyday
7:55 - learning from Ja Morant
11:20 - why he didn’t play National Varsity as a freshman
12:45 - Jahzare Jackson
14:05 - Taking advantage of IMG’s facilities
16:20 - Why he doesn’t play AAU
19:10 - usual Summer plans
20:50 - Experience playing in Spain
22:50 - Did playing in Europe help you relate to foreign teammates
25:00 - relationship with his parents
33:30 - His perspective on the women’s game
38:40 - Being surrounded by elite athletes in different sports
42:05 - inter sport competition
47:30 - College
59:00 - hobbies
1:03:10 - experience at team USA minicamp
1:06:05 - Why he wears number 3
University of New Orlean's center Simeon Kirkland comes onto the pod to discuss his basketball journey and then the Ball Talk team discusses the play-in game and what would constitute it being successful
Arizona State University Sun Devil's Guard Kyle Feit gets on the pod to discuss his basketball journey, the transfer portal, ASU basketball prospects and his friendship with Anfernee Simons, then the Ball Talk team discusses the impact of the LaMarcus Aldridge and Jamal Murray injuries and their impact
The Ball Talk team interviews current IMG national varsity player Joshua Ozabor and then revists the bigger deals of the trade deadline
Memphis Tiger's own Jayden Hardaway comes on to the pod to talk about growing up as the son of an NBA superstar and winning the NIT tournament then the Ball Talk team discusses the prospects in the Elite Eight and makes their final four predictions.
The Ball Talk team discusses the GLeague bubble, GLeague Ignite, and everything else GLeague with GLeagueTV founder Jeff Kee
In this episode the Ball Talk team interviews FIBA and USport ref Nate Saunders about the parts of refereeing an NBA game that you don't think about
In this episode the Ball Talk team interviews Joshua Djanogly former player for the McGill Men's basketball team and current professional basketball player for Otzma Modiin in Israel
In this Episode the Ball Talk team interviews former Cegep National Champion and current Assitant coach for ULaval, Ben Milaud to talk about his journey with basketball and the state of basketball in Montreal
In this Episode Jon Soch interviews Montreal Basketball prospect Anthony Maxwell Jr. They talk Montreal hoops, the transition to prep, and covid struggles