Basketball

Playing, coaching, and understanding the game.

A curated section for useful coaching material, basketball language in Italy, analysis, and selected perspectives from experience on and around the court.

Perspective

Practical material with enough context to be used well.

I coach university basketball alongside playing and following the sport. Public material here will focus on ideas that can be explained clearly and responsibly—not internal team information or an unfiltered record of every session.

Team, player, and performance information remains private unless there is a clear and appropriate reason to publish it.

Basketball collections

Four public-facing bodies of work.

01

Coaching resources

Selected drills, practice structures, and coaching principles presented only after they have been used and refined.

  • Clear objective and context
  • Instructions and coaching points
  • Variations, progressions, and diagrams
02

Basketball in Italian

A practical English–Italian guide shaped by playing and coaching in Italy, from court terminology to defensive calls and practice language.

  • Court and game vocabulary
  • Offensive and defensive language
  • Coaching commands and communication
03

Analysis & film

Focused observations about tactics, player roles, decision-making, and details that become clearer when the game is watched carefully.

  • Annotated possessions
  • Tactical concepts
  • Player and team case studies
04

Essays & conversations

Longer perspectives on coaching, team culture, development, and what basketball teaches beyond a single result.

  • Articles and videos
  • Podcast conversations
  • Selected coaching reflections

Distinctive guide

Basketball language for life on an Italian court.

A useful crossover between basketball, language, and the experience of living abroad.

Taglia!Cut!

Gira la pallaMove the ball

Taglia fuoriBox out

Parlate in difesaTalk on defence

Possible formats

Illustrated drills

Annotated video

Long-form analysis

Coaching guides

Podcast conversations

Language reference