USC women’s basketball assistant coach Beth Burns is a smart, experienced basketball lifer. Her longevity in the sport gives her a very high hoops IQ and a rich, vast storehouse of basketball knowledge. Yet, there’s a difference between being book smart and street smart, having technical knowledge of basketball and being able to implement a plan of attack effectively. Beth Burns has demonstrated at USC that she knows the ins and outs of the sport but can also adjust and put her own stamp on larger basketball concepts. USC women’s basketball analyst and podcaster Cece Clay explores the world of Beth Burns in a wide-ranging conversation at Cece’s YouTube channel.
Beth Burns is funny, original, competitive, and thoroughly entertaining. Even if you are not a USC women’s basketball diehard — someone who really dives into women’s basketball on a consistent basis — we think you will really enjoy this podcast with Cece Clay. This conversation is both a basketball seminar and a primer on being flexible and original enough to develop broader ideas into one’s own unique style of coaching. It’s a lesson on taking basic principles and knowing when to create variations on them to either match the strengths of one’s roster or to counter a given opponent on game night (sometimes both).
Beth Burns is one of a kind, and Cece Clay offers a signature conversational style which makes this a discussion you simply won’t find anywhere else. Be sure to subscribe to, like, and share Cece’s USC women’s basketball YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC women’s basketball analyst talks to Trojan assistant coach Beth Burns
Reporting by Matt Zemek / Trojans Wire
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