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 ..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 ..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. Have a question you’d like to submit to us? – Click here: Send us a Message. Show Notes: • Intro: The Impact ..read more

This week our topic questions the behavior of basketball coaches on the sideline, simply, are we yelling too much as coaches? In this episode, TJ and Sam discuss the factors that lead to coaches yelling and if and when it’s necessary. Show Notes: • Introduction • Expectations of a coach • The best coaching happens in practice • Difference between passion, anger, and putting people down • Leadership and communication • Demanding high standards • Coaching effort and attitude • Urgency and context of a game • Teaching mistake reactions • Getting more out of ‘kids these days ..read more

This week, TJ and Sam are joined by Pastor Tracy Reynolds. With a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership, Pastor Tracy shares about the importance of second chair leadership, how not to get caught up in comparison or your next career move, and how you can thrive in your leadership role regardless of position. About Pastor Tracy: Tracy Reynolds is a leadership development author who has been in pastoral ministry for over forty years vocationally, serving lengthy tenures in three local churches. By day, he serves as Discipleship Pastor at Grace Fellowship Watkinsville and Campus Pastor at Grace Fello ..read more

This week, Coach Zak Boisvert from Saint Louis University with over 13 years of college coaching experience joins TJ and Sam to discuss building your offense, key elements of player development, along with some quick tips for defense and rebounding. Listen: Watch: Show Notes: • Building out your offense • Motion v. set play offense • Getting players to play to their strengths • Creating a malleable offense • Teaching basketball literacy • Small-sided games & asking questions • The role of the 4s and 5s in your offense • Learning from the Celtics • Be an expert on your personnel • The key ..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. Show Notes: 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 ..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 ..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. Listen: Watch: > 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.proathleteadvantag ..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 >>> ..read more