ALEX SARAMA | Transforming Basketball, training... and the world
Description
Alex Sarama, Director of Player Development for the Cleveland Cavaliers, invited me to the Transforming Basketball Camp. There, I was able to know how Alex thinks about basketball performance and how Transforming Basketball, the company he leads, helps players, coaches, and organizations make sense of an evidence-based approach: the CLA, Constraints-Led Approach. What I liked the most, however, wasn’t any scientific theory or basketball task; it was Alex's constant dedication to the learning of the players and coaches who trusted him.
Notes of the episode
Transforming Basketball: Changing How We Think About Basketball Performance | Alex Sarama
Transforming Basketball website
Alex Sarama on Twitter
La evolución táctica del fútbol | Martí Perarnau
The Constraints-Led Approach: Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design | Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids, Daniell Newcombe & Will Roberts
Bernstein’s Construction of Movements | Mark L. Latash
JOAN CORTÉS | The coaching genius
CRAIG MORRIS | Prepared, not planned
JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies
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