The event takes place Friday, May 15, and is free and open to the public. Click here to register for the event.
Carlisle has served as president of the National Basketball Coaches Association for 15 years and is a member of the Jr. NBA Leadership Council. He’s a staunch supporter of teaching youth how to play basketball the right way and how to love the game.
“The Jr. NBA is a global initiative to help develop young players, but also to create interest in the NBA,” Carlisle said. “Focus groups will tell you that when kids at a young age become interested in a certain sport, that interest stays with them throughout their lives.”
Carlisle will participate in a coaches roundtable with Dawn Staley, Rivers, Sacramento Kings assistant coach and former WNBA player Lindsey Harding, former WNBA player and Jackson County (Ga.) High School girls’ basketball head coach Christi Thomas and founder Brendan Winters of Pro Skills Basketball, a member of the Jr. NBA Flagship Network. They will discuss the state of the game and ways to support young athletes during this time. The session will take place at 12:45 p.m. (CT).
Coaches will establish the “why” behind their philosophy by identifying core values and how they’ve utilized them at every level of the game. The panel will discuss individual philosophies, managing a team and a coach’s role in today’s sports culture.
Last year Carlisle taught coaches the importance of talking with athletes in their time element and their preferred modes of communication.
And the same goes for how players are coached.
“This is a make-plays league now, not a call-plays league,” Carlisle said. “Luka Doncic is extremely creative. And it’s important…that we put him in situations where we won’t stunt his creativity and we try to push his gift to a higher level.
“I believe you got to communicate constantly the importance of team and a collective goal. Social media has created an amazing phenomenon in the culture of NBA basketball and youth sports in general. Luka has more than two-and-a-half million followers on Instagram. Because of that, there is an undue pressure on him to create sensational highlights. You can see how those things would become a challenge in a team environment.”
ESPN analyst and former Dallas Mavericks draft pick Jay Bilas will host the conference.
This year’s event is different than Jr. NBA Leadership Conferences of the past. It will be held virtually for the first time and is free and open for the public to participate. You can watch the conference live on the NBA App, NBA.com, Jr.NBA.com and across the NBA and Jr. NBA’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts beginning at 11 a.m. central time.
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