The Play Practice Basketball Formula

I firmly believe that by meeting the player where they're at and focusing on helping them learn, instead of focusing on what we can teach them, we are going to go farther and achieve more together.  By taking the personal mentorship approach, we're really trying to become their sidekick. We're not coming in as the overbearing, dominant coach, authority figure that's going to te...

Patience started as a personality trait for me - a mentality I've always had. I've always been very patient and willing to go through a lot of stuff that would frustrate most people enough to make them quit. The patience factor for players is essential and even healing in some ways. When players start beating themselves up when they're working with me on the court, I'm not sayi...

Have you been looking for a map to follow for your player's progress?  Coach BJ describes the 7 stages your player will go through at 3 different phases of their basketball career, and how you can help them maintain perspective, continue progressing, and level up their competition at the right time!  Find out your player's score on the Confidence Index at https://confidenceindex.scoreapp...

Perpetual learning is one of the core values of our whole business and an essential piece of our Play Practice Formula - because we're changing the player's mindset and mentality related to learning that has much broader application beyond basketball.  Our ideal players have that motor built in, with "batteries included." They are hungry because they aim to move up and play at...

Is your player's coach using a player-centered approach?  Player-centered means finding what the player needs to take their next step and then reinforcing, confirming, and building on whatever small point of success they're capable of at that starting point. Hosted by BJ Mumford, Owner and CEO of Playpracticebasketball.com , and author of The Confidence Puzzle: A Parent's Guide To C...

Is your player's coach peaceful, or do they punish mistakes and leave your player crippled to take action for fear of mistakes?  Somehow the standard for coaching, somewhere in the last 100 years, became to point out mistakes, punish mistakes, make players live in fear of making mistakes, and yet expect those players to keep taking the risks they need to learn, develop, and progress. We are h...

Our definition of positive expectations is centered around three major points: Establishing absolute certainty that we believe the player can achieve something,  Setting high expectations that they will achieve that at high proficiency, and then  Providing room for unlimited attempts to achieve it!  Hosted by BJ Mumford, Owner and CEO of Playpracticebasketball.com , and author of The Confidence Pu...

What has become known as guerrilla warfare across the last century applies equally in attack sports such as basketball as in military engagements. The fact is that memorizing patterns is useless when under duress to adapt and apply a skill in a chaotic environment. Hosted by BJ Mumford, Owner and CEO of Playpracticebasketball.com , and author of The Confidence Puzzle: A Parent's Guide To Char...

Over time, one of the biggest realizations I've come to is that by removing half of all communication that coaches spend their time on -  the negative side of telling their learners what not to do, what they did wrong, etc. -  the results and effectiveness of coaching can be dramatically accelerated.  Our approach has lead to what some of our players' parents have called "Getting mo...

TAGteach started with sports. This area it has spread, over the years, in many different areas of human education. BJ Mumford is a basketball coach and experienced TAG teacher. He will share his innovative ideas in using TAGteach for sports, including skills and decision-making. This is in English, translated into Italian. Find out more about TAGteach here: https://www.tagteach.com/ Hosted by BJ M...

Listen as Coach BJ describes the purpose of this podcast and the story of the inspirational figures, mentors, and methods he has learned from over 18 years. Followed by an overview of the 10 Ingredients that make the Play Practice Basketball Formula work to produce guaranteed results for 8 to 14-year-old players. Hosted by BJ Mumford, Owner and CEO of Playpracticebasketball.com , and author of The...