Alan Foy

Coach Foy’s starting five last year all are going on to play at the college level. We discuss how in our latest episode. Coach talks about his program, the expectations, the desire to push players to the next level and so much more. We also discuss how he works with his player for them to be seen and recruited. Learn how to get your program to another level in this episode!

Episode 171: Getting High School Players Ready For College With Coach Alan Foy

We discuss the packline defense in this episode and specifically some of the adjustments that Coach Nannen has made to it. We discuss why the packline works, what tweaks he has made and results he has seen from its implementation. We also discuss drills and practice concepts. If you love defense then check this out!

Episode 170: Adapting and Tweaking the Packline Defense With Coach Jake Nannen

In our final episode of this series, coach talks about the need to create experiences outside of basketball and how players will most likely remember basketball for things outside the court

Coaching Moments 4 With Coach Mike Hernandez

Coach Hernandez shares a story about a player joining his program late and the need for girls coaches to fight and advocate for the game.

Coaching Moments 3 With Coach Mike Hernandez

In Part 2, Coach Hernandez shares a story about one of his former players and the importance of celebrating the student in student-athlete!

In Part 2, Coach Hernandez shares a story about one of his former players and the importance of celebrating the student in student-athlete!

Coaching Moments 2 With Coach Mike Hernandez

In this series, Coach Hernandez shares moments from his coaching career that he hopes you all can learn from. This one is about trusting your players and not overcoaching!

Coaching Moments 1 With Coach Mike Hernandez

We bring you the 6th Q&amp;A Episode taking your questions!

Q&A 6 With Coach Gliebe and Coach Hernandez

We celebrate 3 years by presenting clips from every episode over the past year. As always, thank you for the support and we are so excited for year 4!

3 Year Anniversary Show

We discuss culture with Coach Edwards in our latest episode. Coach is passionate about players improvin every day and we discuss how that mindset is built. Coach also discusses Earn Everything and how that has shaped his program. Finally we discuss opportunities outside of basketball and growth beyond the court. Improve your culture with this episode!

Episode 169: Earn Everything Culture With Coach Kory Edwards 

Dillon Smith

Need to generate more turnovers? Then listen to our talk with Coach Smith as we discuss how to get more of them. We talk defensive principles, fast breaks and pace of play. If you need more turnovers and want to speed up the opponent, then listen to this!

Episode 168: Creating More Turnovers With Dillon Smith

This podcast is a conversation between coaches ranging from youth through the university level. In it we discuss the best practices to ensure success on and off the court.

Coach Kern talks with us about coaching a competitive and traveling youth team and keeping them engaged. We discuss the needs of young (8 years old) players and how to make basketball a a fun experience while also making it competitive and worthwhile. We also discuss how to motivate and inspire these young players who already are traveling and competing against good competition. If you want to know more about the youth scene at a competitive level, check this out!

Episode 167: Engaging Youth Players With Coach Kyle Kern

We discuss one of the most popular forms of basketball today and its implementation. Coach Bryson joins us to talk about positionless basketball. Coach shares how to implement it, how to have players feel comfortable anywhere on the court and how to empower players to be creative and have freedom. We also discuss roles, being patient, practice, players finding  their identity and so much more. Listen and learn about this fun and popular style of basketball!

Episode 166: Positionless Basketball Implementation With Coach Will Bryson

Coach Antosz comes on the show to discuss how to develop skills prorgam wide. We discuss success criteria, identifying where players are at and planning practices and drills that grow the whole program. We also discuss offensive and defensive strategy along with goal setting. If you are serious about developing your whole program then you need to listen to this!

Episode 165: Program Wide Skill Development With Coach Tom Antosz 

We talk defense in this episode with Coach Blatch. We discuss man, buzz defense, triangle and 2 and also the art of blending and disguising defenses. Coach talks about the purpose of each defense, where it fits within his gameplan and how to use them when the time is right. We also discuss communication and preparation as it relates to practicing and refining the defense. If you love defense then check this out!

Episode 164: Mixing and Blending Defensives With Coach Aaron Blatch 

Greg Robertson

We discuss respect in our latest episode. Coach Robertson comes on to talk about how he teaches his players to respect the game, coaching in a manner that respects the game and so much more. We discuss what is possible when players respect the game and how to be role models. With so much attention on our sport, this is a must listen to have your program respect and love the game!

Episode 163: Coaching With Respect For The Game With Coach Greg Robertson  

We talk to Coach Kennard about the important and versatile role that is being an assistant coach. We discuss how he handles these roles, what his roles are and being an active part of the staff. We also discuss collaboration with other coaches and finding your own voice. This is a must watch to learn how to do assistant coaching right!

 Episode 162: Handling Multiple Roles As An Assistant With Coach Nate Kennard

Derek Scott

Coach Scott is here to talk about overcoming and coaching through adversity. We discuss what adverse situations he has dealt with, how he kept the program competitve and the lessons learned along the way. We also discuss maintaining high expectations and building a strong program. If you are facing adversity as a coach you need to listen to this episode!

Episode 161: Coaching Through Adversity With Coach Derek Scott 

Coach Eric Litherland joins us to discuss his journey of consistently finding new ways to learn and improve his craft. We discuss the process of finding areas to improve, camps and clinics and reflecting on team needs in order to implement what is most useful. We also discuss his current team makeup and what is next for his team. Enjoy this episode and learn some ways to improve as a coach!

Episode 160: Finding New Ways to Learn Things With Coach Eric Litherland 

We take this episode to break down the resume and the interview process with Coach Miszkiewicz. Coach brings valuable and unique experience with his own interviews and talks about how to be fully prepared for what an interview brings. We also discuss how to create an effective resume and what questions to ask when you are being interviewed. Use this episode or share it with someone you know to help ace that interview!

 Episode 159: Building Your Resume And The Interview Process With Coach Jeff Miszkiewicz

We are talking leadership in this episode with Coach Parket Gravitt and specifically about being a leader as an assistant coach. We discuss what his roles are, how to have a voice as an assistant and what coaches should look for in one. If you are a head coach, learn more about effective delegation and if you are an assistantt, learn some new roles to potentially take on!

Episode 158: Taking on Leadership As An Assistant Coach With Coach Parker Gravitt

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