Hardwood Hustle

This week we’re joined by Coach Dean Lockwood from Michigan State who has 40 years of coaching experience in both men’s and women’s college basketball, as both an assistant and head coach, and including 5 Final Four appearances and two national championships at the University of Tennessee with legendary coach, Pat Summit. Show Notes: • Mentorship and growing as a coach •  Pat Summit •  Importance...

We’ve heard it said, you become like the 5 people you spend the most time with and in this episode, Sam and TJ discuss what that means for you and your coaching journey. Show Notes: • Surrounding yourself with the right people • Finding mentors • When the student is ready, the teacher will appear • Are you attracting the right people • Our environment shapes us more than our intentions • People, p...

It takes some work to get the pieces of our teams to come together and complement each other. In this week’s episode, we discuss what factors into picking your starting five, managing your rotations, and how to get everyone bought into the team’s success. Show Notes: - Starting the game well - Finding complementary parts and playing small - Be afraid to switch it up - Who you're bringing off...

In this week’s episode, Sam and TJ discuss how we can maximize our team’s potential by keeping it simple both on and off the court and why it’s so important to our success. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players...

This week Associate Head Coach from Utah Women’s Basketball, Gavin Petersen joins the show. Coach Petersen has over 20 years of  Division I coaching experience and is in his 8th season at Utah where the program is coming off a 27-5 season after advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. In this episode we discuss what a successful program culture looks like, staff dynamics, qualities o...

This week TJ and Sam discuss how to prevent your team from coming out flat, what to do tactically during the game to get them out of it, and how to approach them after a game where you came out flat. Pregame Prevention: • Knowing how your team prepares and gets ready • Resulting • Maybe it's something else • Why, Short Term Solutions, Tactics, Substitutions  Tactics: • Increase Defensive Pres...

This week we’re joined by Head Coach Tracy Mason, formerly Tracy Sanders. She has a long list of accolades as a player and coach, most recently this past season, in her fifth season as a head coach at Southern Utah her team won the regular season WAC title, and the WAC Tournament Championship. In this episode we discuss turning around a program, building accountability and competitiveness, and hel...

This week TJ and Sam discuss what’s overrated and underrated in coaching. They cover off spending time on strategies and tactics as well as the intangibles. With limited time, this episode will help you find your biggest return on investment next season.  Show Notes: Connection Role Identification Coach  Clarity and Vision Player Understanding Player Acceptance How you Communicate it Hard Conversa...

Coaches are always looking for creative ways to get their message across to their athletes. This week, Sam and TJ talk to Dylan Kurt who’s written a book from an athlete's perspective on how athletes can bring more value to their teams. It's titled, Stats Don’t Tell the Whole Story. As an athlete, Dylan realized how easy it was to get caught up in tracked stats and miss his true value, i...

This week, Sam and TJ talk about player problems. It’s something every leader faces, and very pronounced for coaches season after season leading young men and women. Whether it’s playing time, buying into individual roles, or following team rules, coaches need to know what to prepare for and how to get ahead of it. TJ and Sam discuss how to approach potential issues and stay ahead so your season s...

This week, TJ and Sam discuss Pack Line Defense with Head Coach Jim Boone. Coach Boone has almost 40 seasons of head coaching experience with over 600 wins. During his career, Boone’s teams have won eight conference championships, five tournament titles and have made 12 postseason NCAA appearances. His expertise has been in rebuilding programs, creating a winning culture, and teaching and implemen...

This week, the Hardwood Hustle team reflects on past learnings and present applications - sharing how the podcast has evolved and the listening coaching community has grown through the years. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect sho...

This week, we’re joined by Coach Cody Anderson, former Division I assistant coach and now head coach at Morgan County High School. In this episode, they discuss the differences of coaching at the high school and college levels and things coaches should consider when leading and building a program. Show Notes:  • Coaching High School v. College • Meeting the goals of different players • Doing thing...

This week, we're joined by Angie Sun, Director of the Northwest Select basketball club in Portland OR. She’s trained and coached youth through Power 5 level collegiate players for the last 16 years and on this episode we discuss many facets of the player development and club/travel ball world.  Show Notes: • Skill Acquisition – Perception-Action Coupling – Learning how to solve the problem •...

This week, TJ and Sam share some coaching wisdom from legendary coach and Hall of Famer, George Raveling discussing various quotes of his on leadership, growth, perspective, and more. Learn more from Coach George Raveling at http://coachgeorgeraveling.com/ Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists...

Bob Starkey joins once again this week to discuss opponent scouting. Spurred on by a recent twitter storm from Coach Starkey, we discuss how to approach scouts, use film, and communicate clearly to ensure your scouts are giving your team an advantage next season. Show Notes: • Watch the whole game • Concepts over patterns • Cutting the head off the snake • How to use video • Scouting to impress •...

This week, Bob Starkey, Associate Head Coach for LSU Women's Basketball joins us again for the first of two episodes. In this episode Coach Starkey shares what he's learned from Head Coach, Kim Mulkey , what they focused on strategically, and what they did every day in practice en route to their national championship. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact...

This week, TJ and Sam are joined once again by PGC Director and now professional pickleballer, Kyle Koszuta to talk player development. With examples and applications in basketball and pickleball, they discuss strategies coaches can take back to their teams.  Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scienti...

This week, TJ and Sam tackle whether there's room for trash talk in the game of basketball. The distinguish the difference between it being used to promote the team or the individual and discuss how coaches can help players navigate today’s culture and competitive environment while keeping everyone focused on the team. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact inf...

It’s easy to see the challenges, issues, and uphill battles for coaches trying to build a great team environment. This week, TJ and Sam share what leaders need to consider when building a transformational culture. They hit on topics such as creating buy-in, winning over everything,  outside influences, and living it out daily. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact...

This week, we discuss what it means to have no excuses as a coach and focus on nothing else this off-season except getting better by finding creative solutions to your problems and overcoming any obstacle you may encounter in coaching. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball h...

This week, TJ and Sam discuss recent March Madness events and coaching strategies. In this episode they cover off rebounding, 3 pt shooting, game pressure, style of play, and what wins come tournament time. Show Notes: Rebounding Is boxing out overrated Not all rebounders are created equal Personnel Make it an all the time thing Game Pressure & 3 pt Shooting What lowers a team's percentag...

This week, we discuss what’s next when your season has just ended including where to start your post season evaluations and how to have the right conversations to move your program forward. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot,...

This week, we’re joined by Craig Nickel, PGC Director of Basketball Development. As a coach and now leading PGC Director team, Craig shares insights into how coaches and players can grow this off-season in developing player decision-making, leadership, and more.  Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info. After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data sci...

This week, we have a conversation with Mark Jarram, former college and professional basketball coach, and now Head of Coaching and Performance Development at Loughborough University. In this episode we discuss 4 areas of opportunity to help coaches reach their potential. Developing a Growth Mindset  Curiosity, Open-Mindedness and Hunger for Growth Being Brave - Finding Things that Fit So What? - N...