The Basketball Parent's Journey

Send us Fan Mail Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

Send us Fan Mail Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

Send us Fan Mail We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

Send us Fan Mail We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Coach BJ break down The Confidence Puzzle, published in 2021 about our philosophy of training, and the common obstacles and misperceptions parents have to face every day on the journey to high school basketball!  Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! ...

Send us Fan Mail Here are 8 questions we ask every client before moving forward to work with them on the court! What is your motivation for seeking training?  What has your player's basketball experience been like so far? What is their biggest basketball aspiration? What is the next level they are striving toward? What is the biggest gap you see between where they are now and that next level?...

Send us Fan Mail Lyric is a senior at Rivier University, currently deciding between returning for her last year of college eligibility or playing professionally overseas. Incredible journey from 6 years old starting with Granddad, through elementary school, travel teams, AAU, MS, HS, and now college, Lyric personifies the true lifelong baller and passionate athlete that our youth players can aspir...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Coach BJ walk through the Confidence Formula and all that is involved for Summer 2024 If your player is in 7th grade or older and plans to make a go at playing varsity high school basketball, this is the program designed for them!  Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their...

Send us Fan Mail Devin Gilligan is a professional 3X3 basketball player competing in Tokyo Japan, with a great story of coming up as a player in NH, college career, and after a colorful 5v5 pro career, and now settling into life as a pro in 3X3 basketball with a big dream of making NH the mecca for 3X3 in the states! Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your b...

Send us Fan Mail Hear an overview of our most popular program -  The Confidence Formula - as we prepare to launch version 2.0 in March 2024 Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us a...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Brian talks about his family's experience at Play Practice. Their family has multiple kids who have gone through a number of different programs offered at Play Practice and this is the in depth response to how it has transformed their games as well as things off the court.  We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! ...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Joe talks about his journey in the coaching world as well as lessons he's learned through sports and passed to his children. Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!  https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.co...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Coach Bj talks with Justin McIssac about his unique background in athletics and his own journey as well as his kids' experiences growing up in New Hampshire. Justin also gets into his career as a broadcaster.  Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Coach Jim Gallagher talks through his experiences in the State of New Hampshire from an athlete growing up in Goffstown and becoming a father and starting his journey as a coach on the recreation, school and travel levels, progressing into middle school and AAU programs and into his current role as a head coach at Raymond High School.  Tryout the  Confidence Index: https...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Matthew takes you through his path as a multi sport athlete growing up in New Hampshire as well as his role over the years as a sport and recreation director and as a parent. Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com We help your basketball player perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts!  Fill out our Confidence Index to get...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Coach Fennessy speaks about his experiences as a young athlete, finding his love for basketball, and his journey coaching both the golf and basketball teams at Dover High School in New Hampshire. Matt talks about communication, passion and teamwork playing such key roles in success and enjoyment on the court.  Tryout the  Confidence Index: https://confidenceindex.scoreap...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Coach Jeff Holmes takes us through his journey as a young, multisport athlete in New Hampshire who eventually focused solely on the game of basketball leading into a successful college career and a life centered about teaching and coaching. Jeff talks about what has helped his longevity coaching basketball at Exeter High School as well as his favorite lessons raising and...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as coach Howard Brown talks through his journey from a young athlete, student and artist to a coach, parent and professional. Growing up in Montana Howard caught the sport bug early, became a 5 sport high school athlete and applied a ton of the lessons he learned from sports to use in his professional realm. He continues to coach basketball on a town and travel level, helpi...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Coach Jay McKenna describe his journey, as a player, as a parent, and as a coach in his 18th year as the Head coach at Winnicunnet High School! Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey and what has worked and not worked for them.  Listen as parents share their wisdom across a broad spectrum of experience...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Laurie share their perspective on what has worked and not worked for their daughter Lily through her 8th-grade year, and their advice for parents following in their footsteps.  Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey and what has worked and not worked for them.  Listen as parents share their wisdom acros...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Eric describe his player's journey through Covid, developing a love for basketball, and then his journey to becoming a coach for his daughter's middle school team! Is your player struggling with confidence? Find out your player's score on the Confidence Index at https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com/ Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast,...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Tony, Michael and Coach BJ discuss some issues that have arisen this season so far with their 5/6th grade, some nuggets of advice on how to improve your practice efficiency and effectiveness, and some specifics advice of how to practice breaking through a trap and inbound plays!  Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast where we capture parent stories abou...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Patte describe her journey to becoming an avid basketball fan, what worked and didn't work for her now High School graduate Zander,  and how simple things like forming neighborhood friendships produced great results! Her advice to parents?  Remember that each child has a personality of their own, and they are not always going to jump into a team and gel with others....

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Jeff tells the story of his journey - from playing pick-up in his teens in Rhode Island and learning the game from his dad who was a coach -  to coaching as a rec parent with the Oyster River Youth Association, and his observations from watching his son Kai progress to become Offensive Player of the Year as a Freshman in high school.  Jeff shares a great perspective on p...

Send us Fan Mail How do you evaluate coaches & programs? Here are 12 facets of coaching that I use to evaluate the quality of a coach  In practice Talk time vs action time during practice Players standing in line/ waiting on sideline - Use of baskets and basketballs Coaching consistency across staff Game relevance of drills - does it look like actual basketball? Preparation - outline, list, pr...