Basketball To Business

I give an update after my little 3 week hiatus. Updates! I'm on the I :heart: Basketball Team. I tell you briefly how that happened. My thoughts after 10 months in this space. My rant on why I doubt you'll ever be a business owner if you can't spend $100/month on something that's going to help you grow your business. There's a shelf life to basketball training. Do you have a plan when basketball t...

If you're a 20-something year old basketball trainer, or have aspirations of becoming a basketball trainer, you're going to want to listen to Coach Fui.​​ Everytime I speak with him, he's grown since the last conversation.​ A LOT more clients.​ More employees.​ More equipment.​ You name it! ​ You'll want to listen to this to learn the hustle it took Coach Fui and sacrifices he made in order to est...

On this episode, I share 7 tips that some of the brightest trainers I know have given me. ​​ Honestly, I was nervous about the Winter, and most of my students being too busy to train.​ But, I feel much better now because of these tips.​ If you're wondering how to keep things going this winter without too much of a setback, you'll want to listen to this episode and download these 7 tips.​ To downlo...

You'll hear from Adam Linkenauger, founder of Authority Online, and I Love Basketball, the largest online basketball training business in the world with billions of views and more than 1 million YouTube subscribers. We talk about the process of building the largest online basketball training in the world and how they got to over 1 Billion views. A lot of great trainers are hindered by the lack of...

Adrian Woodard, founder of Reach And Teach Basketball Training in Newark, New Jersey. We discuss terms and non-negotiables full-time trainers should ask for when considering coaching during the fall and winter high school basketball season. Hit me up on IG - @mysonjones Join Our Bball Trainer Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hoopsinstitute/ Email Updates: hoopsinstitute.com/email In...

Think you have the hottest tweets? Check out @DaminAltizer on twitter and think again. I got a chance to read my favorite tweets from Damin's Twitter account in the last 3 months and he elaborates on what he REALLY means. He shares stories about Tim Grover, his thoughts on the "trendiness" within the basketball training space, and much more. Last But Definitely Not Least: Let's Support #KateGoesLe...

***Hey, please keep the families involved in Hurricane Harvey and Irma in your prayers** ---------------------------- Coach Moran, Owner of Miami Hoops School, is very likely to be the most chill basketball trainer I've spoken with. Be a fly on the wall and listen to Coach Moran discuss his journey to becoming one of Miami's most well-known basketball trainers and the HUGE benefits of making conne...

I interview Coach Paul Easton, Founder of Drills and Skills Basketball.  This guy is a TEACHER. He's the first to admit that he probably won't beat you in 1-on-1, but you won't out teach him. A lot of trainers like to demonstrate, but it's another ball-game when you talk about having the chops to teach it. He's unique, in that he's grown a very big Instagram following of about 194K followers. He t...

If you don't know who Coach Koran Godwin is, you may need to check your hooper card. No, but really, he's one of the TOP in the basketball training and basketball entrepreneur space.  He has a ton of wisdom to share on this entire basketball training space. Personally, he's saved me YEARS of stress just from his guidance. And I was selfish at first. I wanted to charge you for these gems. But here...

In this interview, I speak with Rich Walton, Founder of Skill Development Coach. If you're a trainer or coach that wants to give your players a customized plan for their development as a player, then you should check out Skill Development Coach. I've personally been inside the platform and I really like the concept Coach Walton has created with his Periodic Table of basketball skills. And it doesn...

This is an old interview that I'm just now sharing.  Coach Thomas is one of the very first player developers that I got to speak with when I was starting to train full-time. If you've been in the game for awhile, then you know Chris Thomas and the great guy that he is. He talks about going after his passion even while feeling selfish doing it.  Here's the fast track to the good stuff: 2:00 - How h...

Ryan Buhain of 2handsbasketball talks about the transition from the Philippines to America and how he found peace as a basketball trainer even after career-ending injuries. We also talk a little about the I'm Possible Training methodology, too. Check this quick but good episode out! [3:00] - The injuries that held Ryan back from playing in college [5:00] - Being around the game, but not playing th...

Associate Head Coach for Duke Women's Basketball, Hernando Planells brings wisdom to the podcast from an actor/athlete perspective. He's had a chance to work with some great actors from "Coach Carter", "Spider-Man3:, "The Longest Yard" and top athletes on how to maximize communication and performance. We talk about: -His career as an actor and what he's learned from observing Adam Sandler, Will Fe...

Are you a professional basketball player in the states or overseas and thinking about starting a business in your downtime? Listen to this interview with Coach Augie Johnston on how he started his online basketball training business in his downtime while he played overseas basketball. And how his online skills have helped him with his offline training.  [3:21] How posting on YouTube helped his loc...

If you're a basketball solopreneur (in business by yourself) and you like learning how to be the graphic designer, copywriter, video editor, and do other functions, you'll relate with Coach Jesse. Listen to Jesse explain the amount of work it takes upfront to have a successful online business in the basketball training industry and more importantly... Why it's worth it. P.S. if you aren't in the g...

Do you know one of those skill developers that isn't really huge on social media, but has an actual business that is THRIVING? That's Sean Hardeman of Ball Hard. Along with 12 patent pending basketball tools, the man handles biz. We talk about contracts with other gyms, and  You'll want to hear how I actually got introduced to Coach Hardeman and why I respect him so much. 0:00 - My rough introduct...

Coach Altizer is one of the most well-known skill developers on the east coast. He was definitely a fan favorite for the podcast episode, and I saw why. Coach Altizer considered these parts to be the "good stuff", so enjoy! 35:30 -- Egos in Skill Training 42:00 -- Advice for launching a skill training business 19:00 -- Evolving as a skill trainer 22:20 -- Mental and Physical Preparation for workou...

If nothing else, you'll want to listen to the intro of this podcast and hear why Tyler Relph was invited in the first place. He had a post on Instagram that stuck out to me. It basically called out trainers who hate on other training methods. In this interview, Tyler and I talk about... - The future of the basketball training industry - Some of his challenges coming up in the game - His big break...

I usually don't use the term "overnight success." But it almost gets used when I think about Ben Teer. He's only been in the basketball training industry for 2 years, and has over 50k

Would you rather perfect mediocrity or messy success? - Procrastination - Perfectionism - Paralysis by Analysis In this episode, check out the 3 P's that have been holding me back mentally and in my business and my remedy for them.

So, I left the safety net of a job about 2 months ago to grow a basketball training business from the ground up and document the process along the way. Here are a few lessons I'm learning that I wanted to share with you.

Want to know how to never run out of content to post on Instagram or Snapchat? Here's a hint: Stop creating. Extras in this episode: How I got Jordan Lawley to join me on an interview The Basketball Trainer Summit is coming back soon!

Recently, I ran a Facebook ad in about a 50-75 mile radius of my location. I was curious to see what basketball parents wanted for their kid when it came to basketball. Some of these answers are expected. The trick here is not to hear these parent's answers and say "I know that." The trick is to hear these parent's and ask "how well do I communicate that." What you'll learn in this episode: - What...

I have the privilege to talk to some pretty successful basketball trainers. Ones who have a successful family life, successful basketball training business, and...monetarily, they aren't hurting for cash. But, the only reason they're able to do so much, yet not seem so busy is because of a S.Y.S.T.E.M. that saves time, energy, and money. That what a S.Y.S.T.E.M is! Learn 3 ways that basketball tra...

Why parent's buy is more important than how you sell. It's taking me a while to get this through my box head. So, I ran a research advertisement asking parents a few questions about their child's goals, fears, and trouble. In this episode, you'll learn those answers, and even more importantly, what to do with them!  **Don't say to yourself, "I already know that. Ask yourself, "how well do I do tha...