Schiller, who comes to Žalgiris with the ideas of the Spurs system: what will the oyster-led team game be like?

The Kaunas Žalgiris team announced on Tuesday that it has signed a two-year contract with Martin Schilleriu, who takes care of the insignia of the head coach.

When this last name was announced, many traveled to Gugla and searched for who this guy was. The first search result is about Martin Schiller, who was born in 1933 on the Polish-German border and was of Jewish descent and survived the Holocaust. This was followed by Martin Schiller, about whom the Krepsinis.net portal will tell you.

In addition to Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Žalgiris decided to go in a completely different direction, since an agreement could not be reached with Darius Maskoliūnas or Kazys Maksvytis, he resorted to the search for a foreigner, but did not choose such obvious options as Velimir Perasovičius or Joanas Plaza . . It is obvious that this is a risky move, which was recognized by director Paulius Motiejūnas.

“There are risks, but we think it is an advantage that the coach is not known in Europe and that no one has studied him.” We saw his great desire to come and take advantage of the opportunity. We talk about basketball in the United States and Europe. We agree that there is no single bad or good style: we need to find the most suitable option to achieve victories. We hope the coach grows and we grow with him together. We sign a two-year guaranteed contract. You will need patience, you will have to work, ”said the head of the club at the press conference.

It cannot be called a risky decision, as he will be a strategist two years older than Paulius Jankūnas, an Austrian who turned 38 on March 8. And Schiller’s resume is far from impressive: he worked for 9 years in Germany, where he was an assistant at the MHP Riesen and Artland Dragons clubs in Ludwburg, and for a season at the Austrian team WBC Wels, and in 2004-2007. He coached the Düsseldorf and Bergedorf clubs, which competed in the German Second League.

Born to an Austro-British family and fluent in English, Schiller earned the opportunity to show up in 2017 on the Salt Lake City Stars team, which is the Utah Jazz backup team. 2016 Only The established team had 14 wins out of a possible 50 in the first season. Scheaner was then invited to replace Dean Cooper, who began to improve his results: in the first season, Stars won 16 wins, in the second season – 27, and in the third – 30 out of 42 possible (2nd place in the standings). general), because the season was interrupted due to a coronavirus. Not surprisingly, the Austrians received recognition and were voted the best strategist in the G League.

Looking at the statistics only, one aspect is immediately apparent: the Stars showed the best defense, 106.1 points, and the defense efficiency was the fourth best (105 points). Admittedly, the team lacked talent in attack and was only 19-20 in terms of points earned, and the attack rate was 10th. Similar figures are the Jazz, which plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA), which is only 17 in terms of accumulated points, and the attack rate is 8. It is true that the main team is a little worse in defense and is tenth. Why are we talking about the Jazz and Stars numbers? And because both teams play according to the philosophy implemented by Quin Snyder. This 53-year-old American since 2014. trained by Jazz, and in 2007-2010. he was at the helm of the Austin Torah. This team is the backup team for the San Antonio Spurs. Q.Snyder took over many of the principles of the famous Gregg Popovich system and applies them in his current club. Incidentally, it’s a coincidence that Q.Snyder in 2009 also became the best coach of the G-League season.

The Austrian himself, of course, can speak better about Schiller’s philosophy and working methods, as he did at a remote coaching seminar in Turkey a few months ago. Incidentally, Erdem Canas, an alkaline explorer at Istanbul’s Fenerbahche, also listened carefully to their stories.

Schiller spoke specifically and interestingly about the essential aspects of how he worked in the G League and how it differs from the methods that are common in European basketball.

“The site is wider and a little bit longer. In defense, you cannot get as much help as in Europe. Many people watching American basketball ask where there is help, why no one comes to help teammates, but more room, and there is an explanation for why this is more or less than in Europe.

Interpretation of the rules is on the side of the attacking team. The opponent of what is in Europe cannot be held here. Truly European basketball is much more physical. Meanwhile, NBA and G-League basketball is much more athletic.

The biggest difference is that the G League and NBA teams have a clear plan before and after when and which player will be replaced. This was something very new to me, because there is no such phenomenon in Europe. Everything is done to divide the minutes for all players. Basketball players coming from the main team have to have a few minutes, which is normal because we are a backup team. If you say that you have to play 32 minutes, both on the parquet and you have to spend. It doesn’t matter if you’re lucky that night or not.

There is a big difference in training. In Europe, we decide for ourselves how long it will take to prepare for the season, and here everything is regulated and everyone has the same time. There were 10 days of preparation and a friendly meeting in the G-League. You are very dependent on the way the players come to camp. In Europe, the weaker teams begin to prepare earlier to get fit in the beginning and win some unexpected matches. We trained a lot last season: we played 51 games and had 53 trainings. Due to the many meetings, you cannot perform an exercise after 2.5 hours because it will simply make your players get up. You must be very clear about what you want to do in a short time.

He had a coaching staff on the G-League team, which is equal in size to the Euroleague club: 3-4 assistants, a fitness coach, a doctor, a director of basketball operations and several other trainees. I think great staff is needed to improve the individual skills of the players. The only thing the United States does not have is time. When it’s not there, you hire people who do certain things. Here we will never see five players made up of players in defense training: there is always a coach to control the intensity and better see all mistakes.

In Europe, players are said to perform better than in the United States. I think young basketball players are better off in Europe than in the United States. From a tactical and technical point of view, it is better to work beyond the Atlantic. In the United States, individual player skills are much better developed. In professional basketball on the Old Continent, little attention is paid to this when the United States places great emphasis on it.

Compositional differences: My team had several players from the Jazz main team, then several basketball players with double-sided contracts. I think they have a particularly negative effect on the European basketball market. Generally speaking, it has athletes whose earnings range from 45,000. up to 1.5 million US DOLLAR. This is the difference not only between salary but also between your domain. Often, he doesn’t even know if double-sided players or basketball players sent from Jazz will be able to compete; he only finds out during the training session of the day. Therefore, it is very difficult to understand that league, because one day you are the best team when you have all the players, and already in the next game there are no your main basketball players and you lose.

There are far fewer combinations than in Europe and they are shorter. The main objective is to create an advantageous situation as soon as possible and thus punish the opponent. Everything is simpler because there are fewer trainings and often you don’t have all the players, so distractions between teams are quicker to understand the essence of the game. We were also the only G League team that used the press. It is true, very optional.

The last aspect is the preparation for the matches. We analyze the opponent in great detail, but choose very carefully what to convey to the players. The same is true in Europe. Because there are so many matches, you can’t give players too much information because they will just forget about it. It’s about how well you can do things yourself on the field. The same is true in Europe, where many coaches would say that the most important thing is how you play. I really like it because I have to think and choose tactics to overcome rivals, “said the strategist.

Schiller paid close attention to explaining how his students should play defense. To this end, he also used visual material and explained every detail in great detail.

“Our defense principles are the same as those applied by Snyder to the Jazz team.” These are things taken from the Spurs system because the coach came from that system and I really like it. The five main basics of defense are: stopping a quick attack, preventing opponents from entering the penalty area in the middle (emphasis is put on pushing the game aside), helping a player who went to help a teammate team, as well as cover shots and a good fight for the balls. We do everything conceptually, we emphasize everything in training and we analyze the games through this prism.

Stopping a quick attack begins with how many men we send to our basket after our launch: three return: the player, the attack defender, and the light edge. The remaining players fight for the ball. Jazz returns four players to defense when playing against very fast teams. In Europe, the opposite is true: here 3 or 4 basketball players fight for the ball. As more basketball is played in the US, more emphasis is placed on how opponents stop it. The first returns to defense to protect the basket, the second dances to the opponent holding the ball, and the third forms a wall that would prevent the player from turning towards the basket. The last player to return to defense must run to the weak side of the attack (where there is no ball), since the discovered opponent is generally in that position.

Pikenrolo In defense we try to push our opponents aside. We do our best to keep the ball and the opponent out of the penalty area. There we have to be physical and strong as a rock. We pay a lot of attention closeoutams and one-on-one situations. We have to play aggressively in the body of the opponents since the 3-pointers in the corners have the highest percentage and we must be careful not only with the recognized pitchers.

The important thing: When covering a pitcher, you should always approach him in front of his face. We call this an “Olympic fire” when a hand is raised as if it were holding a torch. I think that eliminates a lot of unexpected shots. Each launch must be covered, jumping or spreading. It’s very important. When an opponent breaks into the basket, the player who trusts him must jump as high as possible. Even if he is not very athletic, he can actually jump off the ground and this makes the attacker’s actions much more difficult. Of course, in doing so, you need to avoid fouls and keep your hands up.

All coaches say how important it is to have good fencing from opponents, but few do it in training. I don’t understand that, so we work on it. In such cases, we teach him how to take that step to get ahead of his opponent and how to take the correct angle to catch the ball, ”said Schiller.

Is it possible to expect G League purchases in Žalgiris? The strategist believes that the right athletes for the Euroleague can be found here: “I think there are a lot of European Cup level players in the G League, as well as some Euroleague and NBA basketball players. Of course, there are also players from the second Turkish or German league. It must be understood that that Euroleague player competes surrounded by much lower skill colleagues. When you compete with better players, you always look better, especially this applies pikenrolo and pikenpopo Players In G-League “two or two” situations, defenders simply run to the basket themselves, looking for no other solutions to the attack. This must be addressed. Last year we had Tyler Cavanaugh, who went to ALBA in Berlin. He is a Euroleague player. If not for this tournament, he is a very good basketball player in the European Cup. Without a player who can pass the ball, it would be difficult to look like a good two-on-two player. Some things are difficult to see, so you have to be more attentive and then find a good G-League player. ”

What can we expect from M. Schiller in “Žalgiris”?. First of all, the training sessions will focus on the individual work of the players to improve their skills. Since the schedule is intense and there are 2-3 meetings and trips per week, the exercises will have clear accents and will not disturb players. Match analysis will be done through the prism of the team’s game base, and information on opponents will be provided to players in a highly concentrated and only the most necessary way.

In the attack, “Žalgiris” will try to create advantage situations and accumulate points from them. There will undoubtedly be a focus on a swift transition from defense to offense and vice versa. We will also see short but effective combinations when we try to surprise the guards or have to chase opponents who are already pressed for time. Much attention will be paid to defense, which was customary for Š.Jasikevičius’s “Žalgiris”. In the Euroleague, the people of Žalgiris can’t really compete with the most capable teams, so they have to base their game on the actions of their basket and only then can they hope for success. We will also see cases where M. Schiller’s students put pressure on opponents from the finish line and therefore try to provoke these errors.

Schiller really does give the impression of being a solid, confident, and kind person. The specialist has a clear drawing and vision, which he will begin to implement in Žalgiris. It is obvious that this will take time and, as Š said. Jasikevičius, both players and fans will have to suffer. “Žalgiris” has chosen an interesting path and now he hopes it will be as successful as when he works for Sharas.

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