Bout that Life (AAU Life and basketball talk) Podcast

Coach C. Collins and guest Co-Host Coach Tet are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches have the opportunity to sit down with Montel Golatte(Coach Mo) of Control Chaos. Coach Mo and Coach Collins have been friends and hoopers together for almost 20 years along with coach Tet so this episode has a lot of love, brotherhood and history.  The co...

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 month of July 2021 has come to a close and we need to discuss what exactly is the "Live Period" and the importance it can have on an athlete in the AAU basketball world.  Coach C. Collins gives his take and...

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. Offense has always evolved in the game of basketball and it goes without saying if you don't keep up you will find yourself on the losing side a lot more often than you might like. The game has moved into the 5 out era and today coach C. Collins...

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 Julia Allender a former JC(junior college) heads women coach and current NCAA official.  Julez, as she is normally called, has had an extensive background in the basketball world in addition she was one of the founders for the Sacra...

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. With Covid-19 shifting the landscape for eligibility of college and high school athletes what is the next step to try and make it to the next level?  In this episode, Coach Collins tries to give his insight on what can help players, parents and c...

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.  After Coach Collins had his team play in the Oakland Soldiers E.Y.B.L invite tournament May 14-16, 2021 he noticed that the post defense is not as regulated like the rest of the game.  For todays topic Coach Collins along with Guest Coach Tet(NC...

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.  Rankings is always an touchy subject for coaches because it can either motivate your team or be the catalyst to there down fall. In todays AAU how can ranking kids and teams matter when most are not loyal to any one program and the organizations...

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 the founder/director Coach Brandon Bracy of Team Rampage in Vallejo CA.  Coach Bracy is very active in his community and has been involved with AAU basketball for 6 years. He also founded his training brand, Bracy Skills academy and...

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 the founder/director of the Matt Barnes Elite AAU program, Danielle Barnes. If you didn't figure out the connection from her last name she is the sister of Ex NBA player Matt Barnes.  Her perspective is truly unique because she not...

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 the director of the Matt Barnes Elites AAU program, Dwayne Childs and it was a long time coming. Coach Collins and Coach Childs go way back as far as not only coaching but hooping against each other and got to talk about topics like...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, the coaches had to take the month of February 2021 off but now they are back and ready to talk AAU and updates on all the new changes happening in the grassroots landscape. The guest for the episode is YBA(youth basketball academy) coach Sarmento Gouvia who has great insight and pr...

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. Todays topic is what exactly is a "Foul" in the game of basketball, as defined by the standards of the NFHS handbook.  Also, how to communicate to official as as a coach in the correct way by using terminology to help advocate for your players to...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, following the theme of Jessup January the Coaches sit down with coach Bryce Jacobson the assistant coach for the men's side at William Jessup University. Bryce Jacobson officially joined the men’s basketball staff in a part-time position prior to the 2019-20 season.   At the conclu...

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.  The "Primary Break" for coach Collins is the most effective tool in his arsenal for quick scoring without the need for plays and sets. Coach is going to discuss how it can be best used for the advantage of any team and the practical ways to teac...

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. We have new leadership in the white house with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris so it is fitting that coach Collins talk about the roll of leadership not only as a coach but identifying these characteristic...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, following the theme of Jessup January, the coaches get the chance to sit down with the new Head Coach, for the William Jessup women's program, Coach Hernando Planells. He comes to his first year as a head coach at Jessup with tons of experience and has been an embodiment of the "Gr...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode, following the theme of Jessup January, the coaches get the chance to sit down with our first women's professional athlete on the show and she is an assistant coach at William Jessup university women's basketball team Coach Megan Kritscher.  In addition the coaches talk about the NB...

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. Today he will break down the importance of rebounding on all levels of basketball and answer the question of if rebounds are essential to win basketball games in 2021.    Click Here to follow  IG:  https://www.instagram.com/hoopstariam/ FB:  http...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. Coach Tet come back to the show, stepping into the new year, it is always a blast hearing his perspective. If  you want to know more about who Coach Tet is please go back to episode 2 and check it out as he was the first guest the coaches had on the show. The topics today include the process of Cov...

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. The "Pick and Roll" is arguably the most used action in basketball but how and when is a good time to teach it? I give a few insights to my use of the pick and roll and how it can be effective but ultimately as a coach you have to decide how and...

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. With watching how social media has transformed the dynamic of relationships in the U.S it does pose the question, should athletes have relationships? This might be a hot topic to talk about but as a coach you will often see the effects of a toxic...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode the coaches talk about the different NBA story lines such as James Harden and the turbulent Rockets Organization, LaMelo Ball and his potential upside, the media as a whole and how they can sometimes cross the line with players like Kyrie Irvin and DeAaron Fox and much more. Of cour...

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. With the emergence of more and more AAU basketball teams the question becomes "How can we be successful?" Well that depends on what you define as "Success". Is it winning trophies, getting high school kids to D1 colleges, or is it longevity and 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. In this episode he discusses the identifiable traits of what a "Tough" team looks like and how, you as a coach, can help to forge some of your athletes into a tougher players. Finding kids that are willing to play the game in a physically punishi...

Coach C. Collins and Coach MJ are ready to talk more AAU basketball, life and everything in between. In this episode the coaches talk about several great topics, such as, NBA trades and acquisitions, the Nate Robison fight and "Court-Side Basketball" of Rocklin CA being the target of a lot of controversy because of a suspected Covid-19 Outbreak due to the gym hosting basketball tournaments. Colleg...