We are fortunate to have Kirby Schepp on this podcast. Schepp is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Manitoba. Schepp has coached at all levels in his more than 3 decade of coaching, including stints with national teams of Canada and Egypt. Most people know Schepp from his online coaching clinics, including the presentation “Don’t Teach Them Plays, Teach Them “How to Play,” which has more than 1 million views on YouTube. Schepp covers a lot for coaches to consider throughout this episode. The main focus of the discussion is Zone Offense Concepts. -- Check out the Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast newsletter on substack: https://coachingidaho.substack.com/ -- SHOW NOTES 1:30 - Coaching at a national team level 3:40 - Coach Schepp’s basketball journey 5:30 - Putting in the time as a coach 10:40 - Breaking down concepts for players 13:30 - Growing as a coach 14:50 - Building player’s knowledge of zone offense 21:15 - Offense that zones don’t like 23:15 - Concepts that will distort a zone 27:25 - Game planning & adjusting to a zone 31:50 - Teaching shot selection in zone offense 36:35 - A system vs. player strengths 41:10 - Blobs vs. a zone defense 45:05 - Finding inspiration for zone offense 48:20 - Olympic basketball breakdown 51:10 - Growth areas as a coach 53:15 - Keys to re-evaluating your system