Pascal Meurs

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Footage of some individual "big men" work and drills at @EuroProBasket (Valencia, Spain)

Some more context and concepts on working individually with players and more specificly on offensive rebounding, have a look here:
https://t.co/zwLvPqyhu1

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Quod Erat Demonstrandum

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If you want to play Valencia, you better be prepared for the rimrunner

In the first 3’ vs Gran Canaria: 6 easy points and the first run of the game

Defensive transition starts earlier than most think.
Who crashes the offensive glass, and how?

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If you want to play Valencia, you better be prepared for the rimrunner

In the first 3’ vs Gran Canaria: 6 easy points and the first run of the game

Defensive transition starts earlier than most think.
Who crashes the offensive glass, and how?

[Pascal Meurs @PascalMeurs]

The ACB playoffs are about to start.

Up to 27 playoff games and not a single scheduling overlap. Every game gets its own spotlight. 🔦

The ACB knows how to sell its product. 👀

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Everybody talks about the “foul” in yesterday's Euroleague final

What stands out to me is something else:
the absurd lateral speed of Facu Campazzo.

Exactly why he has been one of the best screen navigators for years.

Breakdown below:
https://t.co/RWUXu3vXJq

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If there is one thing you cannot teach in basketball, it is length.

A few thoughts on talent identification and why basketball still loses too many tall young players before they ever enter the system.

https://t.co/IunznhpKPu

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After a missed corner 3, many players would jog back. Costello sprints back immediately & becomes the key to Valencia’s defensive transition

Seconds later, he outruns everybody down the floor, arrives first & creates the spacing for a wide open 3

Invisible impact (2/2)

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One of the biggest secrets behind Valencia’s success this season is the mobility of their bigs.

Matt Costello is a perfect example.

This sequence shows multiple high-level efforts that will never appear in the boxscore. (1/2)

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@luisclausinmb ESPN happened to publish a pretty complete piece on this matter today:
https://t.co/MWarfyGrhk

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In the Belgian-Dutch BNXT league, last week simultaneously in two games the team being up 3 decided not to foul. Both under 10'' to play

Both games went to overtime..

The natural fear of fouling on a three-point shot can sometimes give the offense exactly what it needs... (1/2)

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ESPN published an excellent piece on the 'Foul up 3' dilemma.
Must-read for coaches:
https://t.co/MWarfyGrhk

"Splitter said he prefers to foul because he was "raised in EU bball, where I'd say 98% of the coaches over there foul up 3"

Splitter doesn't follow the BNXT though 👇🏻

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In the Belgian-Dutch BNXT league, last week simultaneously in two games the team being up 3 decided not to foul. Both under 10'' to play

Both games went to overtime..

The natural fear of fouling on a three-point shot can sometimes give the offense exactly what it needs... (1/2)

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Basketball isn’t learned from how people think it should be played.

You learn it from the best, not from textbooks. Basketball evolves continuously.

The one-legged three deserves more attention, and even more in female basketball

I broke it down:
https://t.co/Scc4J7zE8j

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ONE-LEGGED MJ IS BACK 🧙‍♀️

#EuroLeagueWomen x @KadinBasketGS

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NBA coach Kenny Atkinson recently admitted he has been studying Pedro Martínez and Valencia (#2 Europe)
https://t.co/JponLsrohR

For years, the ACB has been one of the most innovative leagues worldwide

I broke down key trends from a coaching perspective: https://t.co/eiD2TNR7lk

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A huge credit to the project of @LAlqueriaVBC and @valenciabasket!
Grateful to have been part of it for 3 years.

Congratulations, Awa! Stay true to how you see the game.

https://t.co/8gyzzBW5Rx

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A short thread on Awa Fam 🧵

When I arrived in Valencia, she was 12.
I remember thinking: there’s no way she’s only twelve.
Something was different already — not just physically, but in how she saw the game.

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At 17, I told Sporza:
“Over two years, all of Europe will be talking about Awa Fam.”
Today, she’s the #3 pick by the Seattle Storm.

For me, she should have been #1.

But senior performance in Europe has been underestimated before. We’ve seen that with Luka Dončić.

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Winning the NCAA title, Dusty May openly admitted he had been studying Moncho Fernández & Obradoiro. No coincidence

For years ACB has been one of the most innovative leagues

I broke down the ACB trends from a coaching perspective https://t.co/0RGGQfvBDq

https://t.co/dMDwqxyuMB

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Everyone talks about analytics.

Very few actually use it to make better decisions.

Most just use it to sound smarter.

New article 👇
https://t.co/ee6MU9BjSa