If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):https://www.patreon.com/bmatke  Sponsors: www.proballers.com Topics: 0:00 Intro 2:52 How are you? 5:00 Basketball Beginnings 8:40 Art of Basketball & Standards 12:45 National Team Beginnings 17:00 Mentorship & Big Responsibilities 27:40 Focus & Preparation Process 32:30 New Assistant Coach Responsibilities 37:00 Communication with players 44:00 Expectations from Assistant Coaches 46:00 Under-rated "Actions" on offense 51:30 ProBallers.com 58:05 Protecting mental health 1:04:15 Reflections: Becoming a Head Coach 1:06:50 ATOs NEW SPONSOR: I want to welcome our new and first sponsor of the show, www.proballers.com  Every basketball geek knows them, it's a statistical platform that carries the top 75 leagues around the world, you can easily access all the information on your phone, which it's optimized for and have fun scouting players and leagues around the world! "Lassi": Lassi is a young and up&coming basketball coach from Finland who started to coach in 2005 and became National Team Assistant Coach as soon as 2010 and has been an integral part of the coaching staff under Coach Dettmann until Lassi himself became the Head Coach of Finland's Basketball National Team in 2022! Currently, he also serves as an Assistant Coach to Luca Banchi at Virtus Bologna in the Euroleague. Lassi and me talked about various subjects but most notably and most importantly about the topic of mentorship and how important it was in his development as a young basketball coach. We also talked about the transition from Assistant Coach to Head Coach and back to being an Assistant Coach again while serving as a Head Coach in Finland. Other topics were the importance of balance, decompressing, finding a place to work or unwind outside the hotel, reflections on the past and most under-rated actions on the basketball court. Please enjoy...Share with friends & colleagues, Comment & Like this episode on YouTube as well as all audio platforms! #LassiTuovi #FinlandBasketball #HeadCoach #AssistantCoach #Mentorship #Leadership  Finding Lassi Tuovi: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lassituovi/  Twitter: https://x.com/coachtuovi?s=20  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lassi.tuovi  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lassi-tuovi-a72142164/  Finding “The Benas Podcast”: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast …or visit www.bmatke.com to find more info. Comment, Like & Share here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmatke3 www.bmatke.com