St. Edward seniors Montorie Foster (Michigan St.), Devontae Blanton (Eastern Kentucky) and Grant Huffmann (Davidson) join Eric Flannery and Tim Smith on the latest Worthy of the Jersey show. Topics on this show:
1:15 - A check in with the players, how they're doing, and what they are doing to stay busy while stuck at home.
8:45 - What sort of workouts and how else the players have handled the last couple months.
11:35 - Feelings on the abrupt ending to the season.
16:00 - How they feel they want to wrap up and commemorate the season.
21:30 - How the experiences of the prior 3 seasons helped lead to success this year.
28:00 - What each player learned when they had to deal with injury.
29:45 - Most memorable/special games during their 4 years at St. Ed's.
35:15 - Foster's experience playing 2 sports this season and going to Michigan St. for football.
39:50 - Contact with colleges and expectations for the fall.
46:45 - Outlook for next year's St. Ed's team.
50:10 - Best team in St. Ed's history.
54:45 - What they will miss most at the end. And of course at the end, some Michael Jordan and Lebron talk!
Find the players online @GrantHuffman @devontaeblanton @MontorieF_Jr
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This weeks episode focuses on practice habits and game prep in a conversation with USA Basketball junior national coaches Eric Flannery (St. Edward), Sharman White (Pace Academy), and Mike Jones (DeMatha). This episode includes conversation on the following topics:
- Discussion of new Showtime documentary Basketball County that includes an appearance by Mike Jones.
- Practice planning, goal setting and setting a practice schedule, including examples of what a practice plan looks like, with examples from Coach Flannery and Coach White.
- Team meetings pre and/or post practice.
- The process for goal setting and making priorities for each practice.
- Ideas for mixing up practice routines to help keep players fresh and engaged.
- How much competition and skill building happens in practice.
- Do you mix up starters with bench players?
- Coach White shares video of some of his favorite practice drills.
- Everyone gives their thoughts on the Last Dance documentary.
Coaches Mike Jones (DeMatha High School), Sharman White (Pace Academy) and Eric Flannery (St. Edward High School) join Tim Smith (St. Edward High School) for their 3rd show. On this episode, the crew recounts their experiences with the Team USA U16 Basketball team that won the gold medal at the Tournament of the Americas in Belem, Brazil in June of 2019.
Things they discuss:
-Training camp in Florida before leaving for Brazil. How the practices were structured and how they handled cuts.
-The 28-hour trip to get from Florida to Belem, Brazil.
-The group watches some game film together from their 1st game victory and semi-final victory, both over Argentina.
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