This week Sam and TJ share 3 Preseason Mistakes you’ll want to avoid in your planning for the upcoming season and how you can begin preparing to have your best season yet. Show Notes: • Lack of vision • Defining the win • Reverse engineering weekly and monthly plans • Role clarity for staff • Humility, empower, train & delegate • Building culture • TJ's experience at Emmanuel • Creating a culture plan • Sharpening the axe Interested PGC Coaching Tracks? - Click here: https://coach.pgcbasketball.com/tracks/ Send us a Message ..read more

This week Sam shares Coach Pat Summitt's Definite Dozen as the team discusses leadership principles that have withstood the test of time and how coaches can apply them to their teams. Show Notes: 1. Respect Yourself and Others 2. Take Full Responsibility 3. Develop and Demonstrate Loyalty 4. Learn to be a Great Communicator 5. Discipline Yourself so No One Else Has To 6. Make Hard Work Your Passion 7. Don’t Just Work Hard, Work Smart 8. Put the Team Before Yourself 9. Make Winning an Attitude 10. Be a Competitor 11. Change is a Must 12. Handle Success Like You Handle Failure Send us a Message ..read more

This week we discuss our topic comes to us from a question posed by one of our listeners as we discuss what it takes to incorporate new players into your team. When players leave and new players come in, how do you ensure that your culture as well as your systems and strategies are going to be the right for your current group? In this episode TJ and Sam share things you need to be aware of as you avoid growing complacent and seek to bring the best out of the group in front of you. Show Notes: • Intro: The Impact of Player Addition or Subtraction • Acclimating New Players while Maint ..read more

This week, TJ and Lisa discuss how to attack zone defenses with great habits, spacing, and screening, along with the types of sets you should have in your playbook, and the reminders that you'll want to give your team next time you see a zone defense. Offensive identity v. zone 3s, rim shots, and counter moves Attacking the paint Scouting your opponent's zone defense Disrupting rotations with screens Player roles & limiting options Zone habits & reminders Maintaining flow Running sets v. zone Timing and pace Quick-fire zone tips Hunting layups Role identification Send us a Message ..read more

Dick DeVenzio, founder of PGC Basketball, wrote a book titled Think Like a Champion. And in that book is chapter titled, "Teammates You Don't Like." This week TJ and Sam discuss that chapter and the insights DeVenzio shares that could be a game-changer for your players individually and as a group next season. Send us a Message. Coach, if you’re turning every stone but falling short of your goals—if your team is falling short of their potential but unsure how to break the glass ceiling—You can get a ton out of PGC Coaching’s next Track, learn more here: pgccoaching.com/tracks by June 13th ..read more

This week we’re joined by Matt Phillips from Pro Athlete Advantage to talk about the secret to peak performance, mental toughness. In this episode Matt defines mental toughness and shares tried and true principles and practices we can put into action to help take our performance and leadership to the next level. > Sign up for the “Masters of the Game: Exclusive Interview Series with Athletic Titans” at www.proathleteadvantage.com/newsletter >> If you are a coach interested in teaching your athletes the mental side, join us by going to www.proathleteadvantage.com >>> Subscrib ..read more

This week we’re discussing how intensity can be your team’s separator next season. In a sports culture where players are playing so many games and rewarded for individual performances over team wins, TJ and Sam discuss how you can bring intensity, energy, and effort to life in your programs. Show Notes: Intro Topic Timberwolves & Anthony Edwards Achieving something special Competing on the defensive end "I don't coach effort & attitude" Gaining skill with intensity without overtraining Practice goals and design More games & social media influences Intensity and toughness "Never s ..read more

This week TJ and Sam discuss how coaches strike a balance between creating an intense hard-working and competitive environment with ensuring your players are enjoying their experience invested in the team. Show Notes: • Creating the right environment for skill acquisition • Being aware of the player experience • Can it be competitive, hard-working, and fun? • Goal of a coach • Getting your team invested in the team • The importance of teaching • Role of running as conditioning • Coach personality • Fighting to strike a balance • Gamify• Identifying the skills you need • Creating opportunity f ..read more

It's easy to go through the off-season just checking boxes... Ball handling drills, check. Passing drills, check. Shooting drills, check. But to ensure your individual players are actually improving, take a more intentional approach and hone on theirs and your biggest return on investment. Show Notes: • Universal Fundamental skills approach v. Individual approach • SICC Approach| • Current v. Next Level & Developing a specialty • Factors: Time, System, & Long Term Development • Summer Practice Approach • Alignment in Developmental System • Game experience v. Reps in practice • Spend t ..read more

This week TJ and Sam discuss what makes offensive actions work including how to utilize different types of screens, combining actions together, personnel implications and how you might steal actions from other teams based on what’s hard to guard. Show Notes: • Flare Screens • Back Screens • Ball Screens • Combo & Iso Actions • 2-Man Actions • What's Hard to Guard & Small-Sided Games Score 7-10 more points next season, by joining PGC Coaching's 4-Week Offensive Track for coaches. Go to pgccoaching.com/tracks by May 9th ..read more