Garlepp reveals the 'not flashy' skill she drills daily

• Garlepp runs at least 10 to 15 minutes of passing every single session
• Her frame: find the advantage, keep the advantage, then cash it in
• The ball handler must be a scoring threat or no help comes

Sydney Flames head coach Renae Garlepp opened her National Coaches Conference session by revealing what she actually spends practice time on.

"While that might not be flashy, what is really flashy is coming off a pick and roll and hitting someone in that corner for a wide open three," she said.

"It's definitely not sexy and not really fun to do ... but that's passing."

Garlepp, who took the Gems to a silver medal at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, runs at least 10 to 15 minutes of it every single day.

Her argument is that the boring part buys the exciting part.

The clinic builds it from the floor up: chest passes thrown hard enough that "your arms should hurt at the end", one-handed passes off either side, hook passes out of a pocket dribble, contested finishes, then a five-player ball-movement drill she calls dominoes.

Three reasons to stay for the hour

The first is the frame she keeps returning to. Find the advantage, keep the advantage, then refuse to give it back and cash it in.

The second is the coaching point underneath all of it, and it is not about passing at all.

"First and foremost, the person with the ball has to be a scoring threat," she declared.

No threat, no help, no advantage to move.

The third is where she puts the blame for a bad pick and roll.

"We all love to blame the bigs because they don't set screens. I mean, I used to," as she explained why it is often the guard's fault.

She has the receipts. Last year's Gems, she says, "100% bought into ball movement ... it was pretty fun basketball to be a part of".

Watch her coaching clinic in the Video Player above