High School Hoops (Coaching High School Basketball)

https://teachhoops.com/ Most of us coach shot selection with two buckets. Good shot. Bad shot. And then we wonder why a kid pulls up from eighteen feet with twenty two on the shot clock and looks genuinely confused when we take him out. Two buckets is not a system. It is a feeling, and it changes depending on whether the shot went in. This episode builds something better before your first practice...

https://teachhoops.com/ Show Notes Episode Title: Are You Building Your Program With a System… or Just Grabbing Drills? In this episode, Coach breaks down why teachhoops.com was built and why basketball coaches need more than random drills, plays, clips, and opinions. The modern coach does not suffer from a lack of information. The real problem is knowing what fits, what to use, when to use it, an...

https://teachhoops.com/ Title: Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season? Subtitle: An unfiltered conversation with the person who has watched every game from the other side of the scorer's table Show Notes Coaches talk to other coaches all the time. They rarely hand the microphone to the person who actually lives with the job. In this episode Coach Collins interviews his wife, and the...

https://teachhoops.com/ My kids do not play hard. It might be the oldest complaint in coaching, and in this episode Coach Collins argues that most coaches are diagnosing it wrong. When a team does not play hard, we tend to treat it like a character problem. That kid is lazy. This group is soft. But playing hard is not a personality trait. It is a standard, and standards have to be taught, defined,...

https://teachhoops.com/ What makes a team memorable long after the final buzzer? In this episode, Coach Collins takes a deep dive into one of the most important leadership questions in coaching: is winning enough, or does a truly lasting program have to mean more than the scoreboard? This episode explores the idea that the teams people remember most are not always the teams that won the championsh...

This episode is brought to you by TeachHoops.com, where ready-made film-study frameworks and practice plans give you hours of your life back every week. Today we fix the most common mistake in film study: pressing play without framing the clip. When you don't tell players exactly what to look for, they watch like fans — tracking the ball, admiring the highlight, missing the lesson entirely. We bre...

https://teachhoops.com/teachhoops-memberships/2000/ https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ When Your Tank Is Only 80% Full, Is It Time to Walk Away? Episode 2000: Coach Bill turns the microphone on Steve Collins for a conversation about 37 years on the sideline, three state titles, one 7 and 14 season, and what the game actually owes the kids who never become stars. For the 2000th episode...

https://teachhoops.com/ If you track the motivations of an average basketball coach, their "Why" is almost always tied directly to a collection of superficial, transactional trailing indicators. They copy tactical systems because they want to chase a flashier tournament trophy, they stay up until 2:00 AM breaking down tape because they are terrified of a bad scoreboard tally, or they pace the side...

https://teachhoops.com/ Are your goals helping you achieve something, or become someone? In this episode, Coach Collins breaks down why the best athletes do not just focus on outcomes—they focus on the habits, character, and daily choices required to deserve them. Writing down a big dream is easy; the hard part is becoming the kind of person who can carry it. This episode dives deep into the true...

https://teachhoops.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by TeachHoops.com, home to thousands of organized drill videos, defensive breakdowns, and course templates — everything in one click instead of scrubbing through random YouTube videos. In this episode, we install the LockLeft defensive framework: a simple, teachable system built on one ruthless idea — force every ball handler to his left ha...

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out...

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the modern grassroots basketball landscape, you will see a massive, high-pressure push toward year-round, single-sport specialization. Club directors, private trainers, and over-eager parents will tell you that if your athletes aren't holding a basketball twelve months a year, playing in seventy summer showcase games, and skipping the fall football schedule o...

https://teachhoops.com/ Soccer Fans Waited 106 Minutes for One Goal. You Can't Handle a 45 Second Possession? Spain just won the World Cup 1-0 with the only goal coming in the 106th minute, and over a billion people called it a masterpiece. Meanwhile, if a high school team holds the ball for 45 seconds, the gym loses its mind and the shot clock debate explodes all over again. In this episode, Coac...

https://heysammi.com/ ⁠ ⁠Hey Sammi Podcast Spotify⁠ Hey Sammi Podcast Itunes why does my 13 year old suddenly want to quit sports? SUBTITLE: how to find out what's really going on when your teen won't talk DESCRIPTION: why do teenagers suddenly quit sports they love? a mom in portland wrote to me because her 13 year old daughter went from sleeping in her jersey to done, overnight, a...

https://teachhoops.com/ https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly,...

https://teachhoops.com/ If you build a coaching staff based entirely on comfort, friendship, or a collection of yes-men who look at the floor the exact same way you do, you are introducing a massive structural leak into your organization. Most head coaches hire assistants to act as glorified drill-monitors—quiet observers who stand along the sideline, wave a hand during transition breaks, and hold...

https://teachhoops.com/ If you spend nearly three decades pacing a sideline, sweating out Friday nights, and riding the emotional roller coaster of high school athletics, you learn a lot about basketball. But more importantly, you learn a lot about life. The greatest trap in youth sports—and in modern culture—is the belief that the scoreboard tells the whole truth. We live in a world obsessed with...

https://teachhoops.com/ https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ Are you running an elite basketball program or just managing seasonal chaos? Most head coaches exhaust themselves because they try to be everything to everyone—the master strategist, the intense motivator, the logistics coordinator, and the player favorite. But championship programs aren't built by a single superhero; they are driven by...

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https://teachhoops.com/ Summer ball isn’t just games—it’s your foundation. In this episode, Coach Collins breaks down how to use the offseason to truly build your program, develop players, and create lasting habits. Learn how to approach summer with intention, avoid common mistakes, and turn chaotic gym time into meaningful growth for your team and your culture. If you want to go deeper with prove...

https://teachhoops.com/ Stepping into a head coaching position for the second time is completely different from your first ride. The first time around, you're trying to survive—managing parent emails, organizing equipment, writing 90-minute practice scripts, and trying to prove you belong. You coach with a whistle in your mouth and a joystick in your hand. The second time? The fog of management is...

⁠https://heysammi.com/coaches⁠ Episode Title: Is the Best Sports Management App No App at All? Here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud: Parents didn’t “stop caring.” They stopped opening apps. This episode is about the real reason your messages don’t land… and why the smartest “sports tech” move might be removing tech friction, not adding more. This is not a tech debate. This is a coaching s...

https://teachhoops.com/ One of the most pervasive myths in sports is that "leaders are born, not made." Coaches often spend the off-season hoping a "natural leader" walks through the gym doors, but leadership is a skill set—not a personality trait. Just as you wouldn’t expect a freshman to master the Shuffle offense without thousands of reps, you cannot expect a player to command a huddle without...

https://teachhoops.com/ One of the most pervasive myths in sports is that "leaders are born, not made." Coaches often spend the off-season hoping a "natural leader" walks through the gym doors, but leadership is a skill set—not a personality trait. Just as you wouldn’t expect a freshman to master the Shuffle offense without thousands of reps, you cannot expect a player to command a huddle without...

https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ Finding the "correct" coaching job is rarely about the prestige of the name on the jersey; it’s about the alignment between the program’s DNA and your personal "Why." Too many coaches chase the "biggest" job only to find themselves in a culture that suffocates their philosophy. To find the right fit, you have to treat the job search like a scouting report—look...