Expanding the Zone
Expanding the Zone
Shayne Combs
Discussing the real issues that affect high school sports and the role that coaches play in dealing with those challenges.
Episode 71: Roundball Recap (Season 6 Finale)
Matt and Shayne wrap up season 6  with recapping a lot of what they've seen this basketball season.   Some of the discussion comes full circle with talk of rule changes, physicality, positionless basketball, etc...
Mar 12, 2024
52 min
Episode 70-(Playback) Episode 49-One Shining Moment
Shayne and Matt revisit episode 49 where they discussed what it takes to make a deep tournament run.  In this episode they share clips from episode 49 and then comment on each clip, going a bit deeper into some of the characteristics that teams have to have to make deep runs.
Feb 22, 2024
1 hr 6 min
Episode 69: All League Selection
Matt and Shayne discuss their opinions on the process of selecting All League players.  They discuss how different leagues have different selection processes.  They also debate what should be the main focusses of coaches when participating in the process of voting for all conference players.  
Feb 16, 2024
1 hr 18 min
Episode 68-Listener topics....You've asked, we try to answer.
Shayne and Matt tackle a few different topics that have been suggested or asked about by listeners.  They talk about defense and offensive problems, in game adjustments, fan behavior, shot clock and more.  
Feb 9, 2024
1 hr 13 min
Episode 67-Confidence
Shayne and Matt discuss what makes for a confident player.  Is confidence natural or developed?   What makes an entire team play with confident?  The guys tackle these topics and more.  
Feb 1, 2024
54 min
Basketball IQ-Are today's players students of the game?
Shayne and Matt discuss the mental side of basketball and explore the question...Do today's players really study and understand the game?
Jan 23, 2024
1 hr 2 min
Episode 65-Positionless Basketball
Matt and Shayne discuss positionless basketball, specifically the evolution of the point guard and post positions.  
Jan 12, 2024
1 hr 5 min
Episode 64: Assistant Coaches
Shayne and Matt discuss the role of assistant coaches.  They talk about what goes into a head coaches process of selecting his/her assistant coaches and then the process of delegating responsiblity and assigning roles to those assistant coaches.  
Dec 27, 2023
50 min
Episode 63: The "mercy" rule
Shayne and Matt discuss the pros and cons of the running clock rule in high school basketball when a team is ahead by 35 or more in the second half.  They also react to another podcasts discussion regarding the Maxpreps ranking system and the news that the OHSAA is considering adding more divisions in high school basketball.  
Dec 19, 2023
1 hr 11 min
Episode 62: What's caught our attention most in the early season?
Shayne and Matt discuss the things they've noticed in the first couple weeks of the season and what they think they may see moving forward.  They recap some reaction to Episode 62 with the official shortage and then move into to what's jumped out at them in the season thus far.  Some of the topics they discuss are style of play, managing fouls and foul trouble, and time and score just to name a few.  
Dec 12, 2023
1 hr 9 min
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