We are fortunate to have 2 guests for this episode.  The first guest is James Anderson, who has appeared on two episodes of the podcast. Anderson is the head boys coach at Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Our second guest is new to the podcast. Adam DeGroot is the head coach at Joliet Catholic in Joliet, Illinois. Both coaches run conceptual offense, and in many ways, run conceptual defense. The episode is a mid-summer check-in to discuss what we've learned. -- Check out our newsletter on substack: https://coachingidaho.substack.com/ -- 3:15 - Developing a long-term plan for program building 5:00 - Reasons for leaning toward conceptual play 7:20 - The role of the “Connector” position 10:30 - Developing the “Connector” in practice 13:20 - Second-year development of offense 15:40 - Distribution of triggers and shots 18:40 - Stacking triggers together 21:55 - Introducing Conceptual Offense to younger players 27:45 - Summer surprises - good & bad 31:45 - Describing a conceputal defense 36:50 - How players have picked up the conceptual defense  39:35 - Getting your coaching staff up to speed