Arena: NBA finals, basketball’s influence on other sports, coaching in the future

This week on Arena, we preview the NBA finals and talk about how
basketball is influencing other sports with Ballincollig coach
Ciaran O’Sullivan.


Ciaran was recently awarded coach of the year after a super
season where Ballincollig won the National Cup and Super League
title. They discuss how the NBA finals between the New York
Knicks and San Antonio Spurs should have something for everyone,
how to defend the 7-foot-4 alien that is Victor Wembanyama and
the coaching concepts likely to shape the series.


The conversation also delves into the challenges of coaching
modern athletes and the importance of effective communication.
How does a coach deal with the constant tension between idealism
and pragmatism in high-performance sport? 


Arena, from the Irish Examiner, is a weekly feature-style
reflection on Irish sport. Listen free on the Irish Examiner
website or wherever you get your podcasts.


You can read some of Ciaran’s recent columns here:


Ciarán O'Sullivan on coaching: Sport thrives in turbulence, where
problems solve themselves through movement


Coaching's quiet theft: every time we name the threat, we
pickpocket tomorrow's intuition





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