Steven Kaspar

- Christ Follower - Husband - Father - CTO at Frontier Direct Care, Basketball Coach at ECS

[John Varlas @johnvarlas]

Former state champion Steven Kaspar is continuing to do great things at his alma mater. ECS girls hoops had fallen on some hard times before he took over but he turned things around last year and now the Eagles are 13-3 after a 44-24 win over St. Mary's.

[John Varlas @johnvarlas]

Real good win for ECS.

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

I break this down in one of my books!

"...When teaching these actions, it's helpful to understand 3 concepts of learning - Retrieval, Spacing, and Interleaving

Retrieval
Long-term learning happens when the learner is forced to retrieve a piece of information with as much difficulty as possible while still being successful. Don’t give players all the answers. You feeding them the answer isn’t going to produce long-term learning

Spacing
To create ideal retrieval difficulty, space the retrieval an appropriate amount. A learner needs to forget something from short-term memory for the retrieval to be effective and cause long-term learning. Teach a concept - move on to something else - then come back to the concept and have the players retrieve it on their own with as little help is possible

Interleaving
The more the learning environment is like the real-world demand - the better long-term results you will see. Practicing the same action over and over again might look like it’s helping, but is that how you are going to call plays in a game? ...

When reviewing and practicing, interleave the different actions, so the retrieval is similar to what it’s going to be like in a game. Once they have the actions down, put a defense on them"

https://t.co/tdIHtGrMKL

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

I'm a big fan of getting the shot clock in HS (I'm a HS coach w/o them), but I also was a D1 PG and never felt like the shot clock changed the feel of an ordinary play.

Possessions rarely go over 30sec as it is. If you are good enough to keep possession of the ball for 30sec, you are probably good enough to get a good shot in 30sec.

Shot clock is needed to prevent stalling and abusing end-of-game advantages.

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@BoJo347 @CourtsideFilms it's TN. If the Middle School is on the same campus and under same leadership as HS, it doesn't effect HS eligibility

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@johnvarlas haha I heard that too

it's a sport where the goal of one team is to get close (invade) to a target (goal) and score, and it's the other team's mission to stop them

basketball, soccer, lacrosse fit this bill

volleyball, tennis, golf do not

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@Sumner_D2 @YouTubeTV Not ideal for some, but would be nice to just verify a Disney+ subscription with YouTubeTV to get access to all that in the YouTubeTV apps

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@brianmccormick @JoelCressman where is the other 80%?

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@johnvarlas https://t.co/WsU0Tt66r6

[John Varlas @johnvarlas]

We’re not letting the weather keep us down on the @DailyMemphian preps page. Now posted: Read how ECS girls hoops went from one win last season to just one loss so far this year. Big thanks to coach Kaspar and his girls for sharing their thoughts! https://t.co/TAXYkqNFjr

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

there is a difference between bullying and authority. when a player signs up to play for a coach, they are submitting to their leadership and authority and trusting that coach will help them get where they want to go. so yes, there is a difference in how and what a player says to a coach and what the coach says to a player

this isn’t oppression or bullying. it’s understanding that sometimes (sometimes) you need some external pressures and accountability to grow

i say this being a coach who is told by players and parents every year that i need to yell more, so not trying to justify any behavior - but saying both parties in this relationship have the same role and should act the same way is off base imo

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@johncusack @brianmccormick who is satisfied? the poor that weren’t satisfied become the rich and realize they still aren’t

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@johnvarlas this is ridiculous

i guess the ncaa feels the longer they can keep players the better the teams and the better product they have?

it just feels like the things that make college athletics special are being pulled away

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@JonnyRoot_ to circle back on this, nba had the best christmas day it's had in 5 years. i don't understand why comparing it to another event that always gets more viewership means anything

more people than normal tuned in for nba christmas

https://t.co/rZszOhBP2B

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@JonnyRoot_ it's a silly comparison honestly. comparing 1 of 82 vs. 1 of 15 doesn't lend well to a meaningful conversation

nfl games should average more bc there are fewer opportunities to watch and the games mean more

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@morrow31 @brianmccormick my gut (and experience) says it’s a mix of club soccer and volleyball seasons expanding and new sports like lacrosse. each of those pulls 1 girl each at a school and you have a huge decline in numbers

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

yeah, that’s why i said correlation and also that it wasn’t good for development

let me give you my scenario. in high school, i have 10 practices before we play games. i think a drill like this could help you get a quick feel for who your better shooters are so you 1. can strategize around that and 2. make sure you aren’t falling for halo effect or missing a good shooter on your team by only having them in SSGs where the volume is too low to get any meaningful data points

i’ll also say - i’ve never done this drill with my teams, but the original post was about categorizing players essentially which i do believe it has merits for

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

i don’t think it’s good for development bc of those reasons, but we did this drill literally every day in college and there was a very strong correlation with the guys who would hit 60+ being elite shooters and guys in the 40s being lower 30%

so id say you (being the coach) can get a good feel for who your elite shooters are with something like this

[Steven Kaspar @stevenkaspar]

@cwmaisch @brianmccormick did this when i was at bucknell. if you weren’t hitting 50 consistently, you could only shoot threes on kickouts or late in shot clock. i was only shooting on kickouts 😂