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Point guards a 'natural' at coaching says Alapag
Point guards are already considered as the coaches on the floor, running their systems in order to try and pick up some wins. When they retire, some point guards end up being actual coaches, a progression that many see as simply natural. "I think for point guards, it might be a little bit more natural because when you're playing the position, you're really an extension of the coach. A lot of the responsibility, in terms of not only what you need to do for your personal performance, but you're always conscious on who do you need to get involved, who are we playing, what are the match-ups?" Jimmy Alapag said. Alapag, who now coaches San Miguel-Alab Pilipinas in the ABL, talked about his journey from the court to the sidelines on Coaches Unfiltered. "I think it helps with the transition a little bit, it's smoother because you're used to having a broad perspective of the game," Alapag added. While being a point guard helps in being a coach, it's not as easy as people may think it is. After all, a head coach is not just going to be concerned about his individual performance. He has to account for basically everything. "It's still different when you're coaching because now, not only are you concerned about your team, you're worried about your opponent and what they're doing, their tendencies," Alapag said. "I think that's the biggest challenge now as a coach," he added. — Follow this writer on Twitter, @paullintag8.....»»
Early struggles as coach drove Alapag to prove doubters wrong
Jimmy Alapag has made quite a successful transition from being a player to a head coach. The proof is that his San Miguel-Alab Pilipinas won the ABL title his first year and the team has stayed as a regular championship contender since. However, while his first season as head coach ended up with a championship celebration, the start was pretty rough for Alapag. [Related: ABL Finals: Jimmy Alapag was destined to be a head coach] It was so rough that he heard the criticisms that he wasn't actually ready to coach yet. "For my first season in particular, it was a struggle," Alapag said on Coaches Unfiltered. "We're here in the Philippines and when I retired, there were still some people who felt that I should have continued playing. So you start to hear some of that that I wasn't ready to coach, I just wasn't fit for the position," Jimmy added. As a first-year coach, Alapag wanted to start off on the right foot. But Alab was had a 0-3 record early and had alosing record approaching their second month before rallying to get the no. 3 seed in the playoffs. Even then, they faced the defending champion Hong Kong Eastern in the semifinals and figured in a sudden death Game 5 against Mono Vampire in the Finals. It was quite the journey and it only proved that coaching is not as simple as it may seem, even for a champion point guard like Alapag. "I think when you're a first-year coach, I think you always kinda think about how you start your season. I think you're always hopeful that you'd get out to at least a decent start and get that monkey off your back early," Jimmy said. "But that just drove me to right the ship," he added of their early struggles. "And I was very fortunate to have a great staff with Alab. We just put our minds together." — Follow this writer on Twitter, @paullintag8.....»»
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