The Outstanding Ohioans Show, Episode 68-John Leonzo, Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Cedarville

This show brings the audience great things Ohioans are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures.

For episode 68, I had the pleasure of speaking with Women's Assistant Basketball Coach John Leonzo of Cedarville University.

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Here were the topics we discussed in our conversation:

• Growing up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• when he wanted to be a basketball coach
• how he started as a college student volunteer, became a basketball trainer & travel coach, and then returned to his alma mater
• what does being an Assistant Coach in Division II entail
• philosophy of recruiting student-athletes to Cedarville University
• does he like to coach offense or defense more
• how he processes information and puts into his system
• the value of small-sided games and putting decisions in 1 on 0 skill development sessions
• how to create decisions in 1 on 0 settings
• read, plan, doing
• Block practice vs. Random practice
• the value of asking questions and 1-2 word cues vs. direction
• ball screen play
• offensive and defensive strategies

• Here's how to connect with Coach Leonzo
  • John's coaching website
  • Twitter
  • YouTube Channel

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