Bout that Life (AAU Life and basketball talk) Podcast

Coach C. Collins is ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode Coach Collins talks to Steav Jordan (Steavy) a former college hooper, barbershop owner, clothing designer and creator of "Dreme" hair care products.  Steav is someone coach Collins has known a long time from there former hoop days and he has had quite the journey as you will learn in the episode....

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic I wanted to give my take on what exactly is a position-less basketball player is.  We in the basketball community know what this term means for the modern game of today but I will give my take on e...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic I want to tell coaches, families and players what my experience was at the UA Rise tournament in Indiana.  Most AAU basketball teams want to eventually make it to one of the shoe circuits that play...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic imagine watching your AAU basketball club grow and you being a central figure of the success you will deal with a level of hate within and out of that AAU ecosystem. I myself deal with many people...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic is what exactly do I look for when I am scouting out opposing teams. I will offer some insight for coaches on what you might what to look for, when checking out the opposing team,  how to best deve...

Coach C. Collins is ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode,   Coach Collins got to sit down with an old high school buddy Nick Lozito.  Nick is a sports editor for the San Francisco chronicle news paper and is a Oakland native born and raised. Coach Collins and Nick go way back and in the show you can hear from someone who has worked in the sports game f...

Coach C. Collins is ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coach has the opportunity to sit down with Marcus Kirkland for Strive Above Others training and coach of the EG royals AAU club.  He is back for a part 2 and he has come with a list of things to talk about in the crazy AAU world. Marcus has made some big moves since his first episode such as...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with trainer Rashid "Shine" Cann, creator of Shine Athletics training program.  Rashid has been working in the training game for over 12 years and has made a mark in the Sacramento community producing high level talent, working with the...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with founder, coach and director of " Team Arsenal" KP Potts.  KP has been director of his AAU program since 2014 and has had multiple contracts with Adidas and Under Armor for his AAU brand. In this episode we learn about the man behind...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic is tryouts, when your AAU programs have there tryouts as coaches what exactly should you look for to create your teams and which kids are the best fit. Coach Collins also gives his top 3 tips to he...

Coach C. Collins is ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with Webster Moreland former pro player and coach for Adidas gauntlet program International Elite based out of Portland, OR.  Coach MJ was not able to be here this episode but coach Collins and Web had a good one on one conversation about AAU basketba...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with founder and CEO of "Lead Athletic Performance " Blair Orr.  Blair comes to the show with a great experience of building something from the ground up.  He recently opened his gym, all starting within the pandemic, and has grown his c...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with basketball content creator and current player Jordan Lewis A.K.A Drifty Jay.  Jordan comes to the show as one of the new hot up and coming YouTube and TikTok creators amassing a following of almost 50 thousand on Instagram and well...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches get the chance to sit down with Derrick also known as "DBBoutabag" one of the hottest rappers out of Sacramento right now and former YBA player came on the show to talk his journey.  Coach Collins and DB have had a close relationship ever since he was a kid at Encina Hi...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  Todays topic is about how "Buy-In" from your team is the cornerstone of building a successful program. Coach will give some tips and examples on how to build this skill and his overall take on why it makes the...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches get the chance to sit down with Anthony Anderson also known as "Aye Tee" his performer name.  Anderson has been a coach for YBA since 2014 and has been active within the club throughout the evolution of the YBA brand.  He played the game at the college level and brings...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches get the chance to sit down with the Vice President of the Oakland Soldiers AAU  basketball club which has a contract to play in the E.Y.B.L(elite youth basketball league), sponsored by Nike, the highest and most competitive AAU league in the country.  The Oakland Soldie...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches get the chance to sit down with a legend on the court Vernon "Schea" Cotton.  This man has all the knowledge and accolades to back up any sort of hype he received.   He released a documentary in 2016 entitled "Man Child", it has won various awards and Schea is currently...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand.  This episode a very special and legendary Guest Coach Vance Walberg sits down with coach C.Collins and they talk basketball, philosophies and overall passion for the game. Coach Walberg has had a 44 year career...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with comedian/ content creator/ and overall hoop fanatic Lance Woods.  The conversation that Lance brought for his outlook on not only AAU basketball but the overall hoop culture in general was a great unique perspective. Be ready for a...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand. There seems to be a misconception that AAU basketball should be cheap or free and that is simply unacceptable. Basketball has become a worldwide popular sport that many parents are all willing to invest in for t...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand. Coach C.Collins has been watching a nasty trend in the culture of basketball of fighting and violence becoming to normalized and main stream. Coach speaks to his outlook on this trend and those it impacts as wel...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with basketball content creator and former player Marcelas Howard.  Marcelas has known Coach Collins for 5 plus years and they've always kept in touch through his evolution as a ball player and social media personality.  Marcelas is best...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand. The term " High IQ Player" gets thrown out a lot but its never really discussed what does the term mean. Some players can take it that your insulting there athletic ability and others can take the term as in ext...

Coach C. Collins is back at it to help give his experience of coaching methods and tactics that can hopefully help you to grow in the game of basketball along with tips for your AAU brand. With social media changing the way kids can brand and market themselves it is very easy to assume many athletes get to play college or even varsity high school. In this episode Coach Collins breaks down the actu...