Pucks with Haggs
Pucks with Haggs
Pucks with Haggs is your one-stop shop of analysis, features & opinion for your Bruins and hockey content needs! Joe Haggerty has covered the Boston Bruins and the NHL for 18 years with NBC Sports Boston, WEEI.com, the Boston Metro and the Woburn Daily Times, and currently serves as lead Bruins reporter and columnist for Boston Hockey Now.
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BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
Join Coach Nick, the brains behind some of the best video analysis of the NBA, as he welcomes guests from all facets of basketball for in depth discussions on everything from how your favorite team is running their offense, to the latest trade rumors, to cutting edge training techniques, and new fundamentals of basketball being developed daily. Twitter: @bballbreakdown Facebook: facebook.com/bballbreakdown YouTube: youtube.com/bballbreakdown
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A youth coach posted a clip teaching kids to turn and run on defense instead of sliding their feet, and basketball social media lost its mind. Coach Larry Umaña of T2S Basketball Academy joins the show to explain what the viral video actually showed, why the shuffle slide breaks down against real speed, and why so much of the hostility around defensive fundamentals comes from people who have never had to teach it.
Coach Nick and Larry get into the experiment behind the clip, the difference between exaggerating a movement to teach it and coaching it live, the Constraints Led idea of letting players discover what works instead of dictating it, and why the loudest pushback tends to show up around defense specifically. Plus Nick’s own behind the ball zone, what happened when a D2 team begged to keep running it, and why “you’ll just get crossed up” misses the entire point of funneling a driver into help.
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Pucks with Haggs
Pucks with Haggs is your one-stop shop of analysis, features & opinion for your Bruins and hockey content needs! Joe Haggerty has covered the Boston Bruins and the NHL for 18 years with NBC Sports Boston, WEEI.com, the Boston Metro and the Woburn Daily Times, and Boston Hockey Now.
Why are some Bruins players still unsigned?
Pucks with Haggs host Joe Haggerty and guest Mick Colageo answer some Bruins fan questions and discuss what the holdup is for Matt Poitras signing a contract with the Bruins
0:00 – Intro
1:41 – Latest on Boston Bruins moves this offseason
7:18 – Future of Matthew Poitras with Boston Bruins
20:59 – Prizepicks
22:15 – Subscribe to the podcast!
22:53 – Where do Bruins stack up against the rest of NHL next year?
28:09 – Riley Duran Hockey camp
29:51 – Joe and Mick answer your Bruins questions!
30:01 – How would you grade Bruins offseason so far
32:40 – Thoughts on Bruins front offices changes
35:04 – Which Bruins youngsters will be locked up in extensions?
39:48 – Any more moves coming from Bruins?
44:31 – What happened with Bruins and Viktor Arvidsson
47:10 – Reaction to changes in Red Wings Front Office
49:23 – What position will James Hagens play next season?
54:12 – Wrapping up!
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Joe “Haggs” Haggerty
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