No Off Season Podcast

Francesco Rossi is kind enough to come on the podcast. Francesco is a coach at College Basket in Italy (one of the most prestigious basketball programs in Europe) Francesco is also the author of 'Free Entry' A Conceptual Princeton Offense For High School where he breaks down a conceptual style of play for the Princeton offense. Today our topics include:   1.) How Francesco first came to know about...

 Alex Sarama joins us on the basketball performance podcast. Alex is one of the brightest young coaches out there and is an out of the box thinker when it comes to challenging traditional ways of doing things to get better results. Today we go through: 1.) Alex's background and how he got into basketball 2.) How teaching through a games and constraints led approach has led to much better results....

Today we are very lucky to have Steffan Jones on the show. Steffan is the founder and owner of Pace Lab a performance company that trains cricket fast bowlers to increase the power, velocity and mechanics of their bowling. Steffan is also the Director of Sports Performance at the Wellington school in the UK. Although Steffan comes from a different sport, I couldn't help but to reach out to him bec...

Gary Gray is the owner and founder of the Gray Institute in Michigan. Gary has been in the movement field for over 40 years and has worked with some of the best basketball players and strength and conditioning coaches ever!    1.) Gary and I go through our approach to developing a well rounded player on the court and in the weight room.  2.) We go into how to combine traditional strength training...

Trevor Ragan is the Founder of The Learner Lab formerly known as "Train Ugly' We dive into a wide range of topics with Trevor including: 1.) Motor Learning and how to incorporate it into basketball for the best results. 2.) Small Sided Games and how it has a great blend between involvement of the athlete and real game decision making. 3.) Becoming a "Jungle Tiger'  4.) Reframing fear to allow you...

Sefu Bernard is the Director of Player Development for the Washington Mystics. He is also the owner of ACX basketball. Today we dive in to how Sefu breaks down skill development piece by piece, to give it the highest chance of transferring from workouts/ practice into the game.  Honestly speaking, I would recommend listening to this episode a couple of times, because there are just so many nuggets...

Kirby Schepp is the Head coach of the University of Manitoba as well as the being a part of the Canadian Men's National Basketball team for the past nine years. Kirby was the presenter of the very popular Youtube video "Don't teach plays teach them how to play" which has changed the thinking process for many coaches worldwide. Today Kirby talks about his experience training youth all the way to na...

Brian McCormick is one of the most forward thinking coaches in the world. He is the author if 19 books such as 180 shooter, Developing Basketball Intelligence and my personal favorite Crossover. Today we go into depth and talk with Brian about hot to holistically train youth players. 

Mike Mackay is a Master Coach Developer for Canada basketball. He is one of the most respected coaches in the world regardless of what level, and has a wide range of experience coaching players at all levels. What separates Mike from most coaches, is his incredible attention to detail as well as always challenging the norms of what is traditionally taught in basketball. His systematic approach to...

Joerik Michiels is the founder of Elite Athletes basketball in Belgium. With a burning desire to do everything in his power to elevate youth basketball in Belgium and around the world, Joerik and I talk about how he first got started, his unique perspective of training youth and  how to build world class culture in an organization!

In this episode mental skills trainer Graham Betchart shares with us what it means to "Play Present" Graham shares his insight on what it really means to train the mind and how we can get an edge on our competition before a game. Graham encourages players who "play it safe" to take a different approach in how they view the game in order to get the outcome that they really want.

In this episode we hang out with NBA skills trainer Jordan Lawley. Jordan dives deep into how he survived a brain tumor and how that experience pushes him to be the best version of himself at everything that he does. Jordan shares his training template with us on how he trains everyone from kids, to NBA superstars. This is not an episode that you want to miss!

On this Episode we have one of the best coaches in the game Phil Handy from the Los Angeles Lakers here to share his knowledge and experience with everyone. Phil and I talk about what NBA players can learn from high school players, how coaches need to take their ego out of the equation in order to serve their players and how Phil analyzes the game through film and study!

On Episode 4 we have Blair O'Donovan who is the Director of Physical Preperation for the Washington Wizards. On this episode Blair shares his knowledge on initial assessments for basketball players, creating buy in from players and coaches and how to create a healthy lifestyle for basketball players in order to take their game to the next level!

On Episode 3 we have speed expert Lee Taft come on the show and discuss how to develop multi directional speed for basketball. We also dive into what the most important traits are for youth basketball in order for them to become great players in the future.

Drew is the Founder of Pure Sweat Basketball, a world renowned basketball skills development company. We talk about how to create buy in with our players as well as how to take our skill work sessions and turn them into game time results!

For Episode 1 we are very lucky to have guest Mike Nilson founder of Hoop Commitment. Mike is a former starter for the Gonzaga Bulldogs for 1997-2000. He was named Defensive Player of the year, and played a crucial role in helping Gonzaga solidify their place in the Elite 8 and establishing them as a powerhouse in the NCAA.