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Having the right conversations at the right time is crucial to your success as a coach. This week, TJ and Sam dive into the importance of player-coach conversations throughout the season and how to ensure they’re productive and helpful for you and your team. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week TJ and Sam discuss how to make your practices more effective including setting up drills, reinforcing habits, teaching the game, and building culture. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week TJ and Sam discuss how to lead well through the ups and downs of a season. Whether it’s coaching style, your team’s identity, or diagnosing your Xs and Os, as they discuss, it all comes down to knowing how to get the best out of your team. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week we’re joined by Dr. Cindra Kamphoff. She’s a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, and founder of the Mentally Strong Institute. As an expert in helping teams and athlete reach their goals with mental skills, in this episode Dr. Kamphoff shares how to improve your players' performance by building grit and confidence in your athletes. Show Notes: Learn more about Dr. Cindra Kamphoff and the Mentally Strong Institute here. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week TJ and Sam discuss the pros and cons of implementing pressure defense in your program and how to break it on offense. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week we have special guests, John Carter from Noah Basketball and Mano Watsa from PGC Basketball with us to discuss the approach, plan, and data you need to have your offense score more points this season. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before. This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last!

This week we’re joined by Savannah Bix, who’s going into her 8th season as a high school head coach. She’s won four region titles and is a 5x Region Coach of the Year. She has experience rebuilding a program and shares how she builds her team culture and lays a foundation for success. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

The keys to winning consistently and taking your program to the next level aren’t developed overnight. This week, TJ and Sam share how to cultivate a winning culture and set expectations. Show Notes: • Understanding player mentality and team focus • Sustaining success • The role of psychology in coaching • Building trust • Transformational vs. transactional • Establishing core values • Controlling what you can control • Developing consistency Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

Going into the upcoming season, you probably have a list of things you’re looking to change or improve on. In this episode TJ shares 4 things he’s going to be implementing and adjusting with his team to inspire ideas for your coaching. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. Most Teams Plateau Mid-Season. The Reason? Player Development Gets Pushed Aside. Players stall. Confidence dips. Games slip away... But it doesn’t have to be that way. Join us for a FREE Webinar October 19th, 8pm ET! (Register at PGCHustle.com) You'll Get: 3 Strategies to Keep Player Dev. a priority A Simple Way to Layer Skill Growth An Exact System to Track and Accelerate Player Growth

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This week, TJ and Sam discuss the critical elements of running an effective basketball offense. They emphasize the importance of clarity in understanding roles, triggers for actions, and the pace at which the game is played. The highlight how clarity can lead to better decision-making and performance, while teaching triggers gives players the tools to react instinctively during games. Show Notes: • Clarity is essential for effective offensive execution. • Players must understand their roles within the offense. • Help players react instinctively during games. • Pace can vary; it’s not always about playing fast. • Good teams have clear triggers. • Adjusting roles based on player performance. • High clarity leads to high performance on the court. • Players need to think the game to play effectively. • Understanding triggers can simplify decision-making for players. • Effective offense requires a balance of clarity, triggers, and pace. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

There’s more to defense than the system. This week we discuss how you teach and implement your defense and getting your team bought into the details that make it work. Show Notes: • Teaching Defense Better • Installing Your Defense • Getting extreme clarity • Don't leave home base • Having a communication system • Give them the Why • Developing terminology • Slow it down to speed it up • Player Development on the Defensive end • Getting players to stay engaged and aggressive • What should they be thinking and feeling • Guarding 1.5 • Have to v. Get to • Giving your players the problem to fix • Teaching points from the group - Rebounding, Identifying the threat, Anticipation, Physical without fouling, Post defense, Knowing what to practice, 2nd Jumper • Closing thoughts Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

If you want to maximize your practice time you have to focus on both the what and the how. In this episode, TJ and Sam cover the important aspects of your practice plan to maximize your competitive advantage. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

A great way to maximize your upcoming season is by maximizing your team’s effort every possession. Though challenging, TJ and Sam share why it’s a worthwhile endeavor, and how to practically improve your team’s effort in practice. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

This week TJ and Sam go through 9 coaching questions from strategic scouting decisions to lifting on game days, there’s a lot you to be thinking about before your season starts. Show Notes: • Wall up? • Take out the other team's best player? • Choose not to guard a player on the other team? • Reminders v. complaining • Crash the boards even harder? • Lift weights on game day? • Zone every BLOB? • More time shooting in practice? • Emphasize drills or competing? Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

This week the topic is about embracing the grind of coaching, but more importantly how to work hard while being at your best. Instead of going into survival mode during season, TJ and Sam discuss ways you can set expectations, make small changes, and gain advantages in creative ways. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

This week, Chad Warner, assistant coach at the University of Minnesota joins TJ and Sam to discuss all things coaching. In this conversation they touch on the pressures and anxieties of coaching, what Chad's learned throughout his long and successful coaching journey, and what wins on the court. Show Notes: • Working through the stress of coaching • Being transformationally driven • Applying talent and people skills to your coaching • Learnings from various coaches • Changing offensive systems and why • Staying ahead of the curve • Being creative without overcomplicating it • The value of having core values • Being respected and liked • Great teammates and great competitors • The value of shot selection • Being a set defense • Playing fast • Offensive rebounding philosophies Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

There's a ton of strategic decisions coaches have to make. This week TJ and Sam go through four of them to uncover things you should be thinking about to put your team in the best place to be successful. Depending on your age and stage, there's likely enough games that get decided in the last minute of a game, and all four of these decisions have implications for late-game execution. Show Notes: • Who should inbound the ball? • Where, who and when... personnel-based decisions • System implications • The skill of inbounding • Practicing end of game situations • Building basketball IQ • Practicing situations versus plays • Do overs • When to pull the goalie • Changing strategies when you're down • How many defenses should you play • Variety, adjustments, and creativity • Having a change up • Having too many Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

Building teamwork has never been more challenging in today's culture. But if you can get individual players the importance of to buy into the team and sacrifice for the greater good, it's quite a rewarding endeavor. In this episode, TJ and Sam discuss the challenges and practical ways you can overcome individualism and emphasize team throughout your season. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.

Blindspots are inevitable. We all have them. And how we find them and work through them can make or break our coaching careers. Having a growth mindset is part of the process, but in this episode TJ and Sam discuss the importance of figuring out both your strengths and your weaknesses as a coach. Show Notes: Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.