George Karl: Offense, Practice and Team Philosophy

with George Karl;
2022 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee;
Sacramento Kings (NBA) Head Coach from 2015 to 2016;
Denver Nuggets (NBA) Head Coach from 2005 to 2013;
2013 NBA Coach of the Year;
Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) Head coach from 1998 to 2003;
Seattle SuperSonics (NBA) Head Coach from 1992 to 1998;
1996 NBA Finals;
4x NBA All-Star Game Coach;
Real Madrid (Liga ACB) Head Coach from 1991 to 1992 and 1989 to 1990;
1992 FIBA Saporta Cup winner;
Albany Patroons (CBA) Head Coach from 1990 to 1991 and 1988 to 1989;
1990 CBA Coach of the Year;
Golden State Warriors (NBA) Head Coach from 1986 to 1988;
Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) Head Coach from 1984 to 1986;
Montana Golden Nuggets (CBA) Head Coach from 1980 to 1983;
2x CBA Coach of the Year (1981, 1983);
San Antonio Spurs (NBA) Assistant Coach from 1978 to 1980;
played professionally for San Antonio Spurs (ABA and NBA) from 1973 to 1978;
played collegiately for North Carolina (Dean Smith was coach);
1973 First-team All-ACC;
2x Second-team All-ACC (1971, 1972)

Sit back and enjoy a conversation with Hall of Famer George Karl, one of the brightest and most successful NBA coaches of our time. A former player for Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, this 24-year NBA head coaching veteran shares the principles behind his signature fast break basketball and how and why he implements this particular style of play.

In a lecture format, Coach Karl conveys his philosophy using common sense principles and gives you tips on how to tweak everyday drills to define your team's character. He discusses how to be an aggressive team with the fast break and gap offense principles. Learn how you can create a system of fun basketball that allows for individual and team improvement and increases your player's basketball IQ.

Karl describes a typical practice for an NBA coach and how you can incorporate a high energy, high enthusiasm philosophy into your system and practices.

This talk is packed with words of wisdom and plenty of anecdotes to bring them to life. 'Use a 12-second shot clock in practice,' 'Create a system that's fun and increases your players' IQ,' and 'Don't let systems override talent,' are just a few of the ideas he shares in this video.

In an extended Q &A session, Coach Karl provides candid answers from his professional coaching experience to questions such as:

• How do you deal with a player with a bad attitude?
• How do you develop creativity and independence in your players?
• How do you get players to buy into a team mentality?
• What kind of stats do you use?
• Would you say the majority of what you do is psychological?

This extraordinary video is a must for any cerebral coach or basketball philosopher. George Karl's coaching principles are not only an entertaining and exclusive look inside NBA coaching, but he will also make you re-evaluate your coaching style and strategy.

57 minutes. 2013.