The By Any Means Coaches Podcast

Gabe Macias is a basketball skills trainer and gym owner in San Diego, California. He's the owner of Gametimeelitetraining, and he brought so much value to the show and for you guys. Gabe gives such great insight on how he built up his clientele by training a couple kids at the park and starting as an AAU coach, then leveraging being a coach to his advantage. He goes into some methods of util...

I heard Joerik speak at the Mastery Hoops Player Development Conference this month and was taken away by his expertise and approach to player development, I'm ecstatic to get him on. He and I talk about his gym in Belgium and his story to get where he is now, he's a trailblazer in Europe and continuously improving the culture where he is. He brings a unique philosophy by utilizing small-...

Early off-season training needs to be as general as possible, stay away from any sport specific movement patterns. We just got through with a vigorous 7 month competitive season where all our body did was sport specific movements, a lot of players experienced other injuries throughout the season as well - jumper's knee, sprained ankle, pulled groined, and so much more This is our opportunity...

Contrary to common belief and what actual real doctors say, "rest and ice" doesn't help patellar tendinopathy. It's actually making it worse which I dive into in this weeks episode, in order to actually get better we have to load the tendon.  Few big concepts in the episode: 1. LOAD the tendon 2. Manage your workload - spikes in your workload aggravate tendons immensely  3. Tra...

This past weekend I traveled to LA for the second Mastery Hoops Player Development Conference, and it was absolutely incredible. I wanted to use it as leverage to talk about why going to these types of events is so important. Here's what I think going to these events do: 1. Build meaningful relationships 2. Travel and see new cultures, try new cuisine, site see, get new perspective which all...

Season 2 episode 1 was a great one!! Cristian is an awesome human being, everything about him just screams genuine. He puts so much into his craft and it's so easy to see that even just through his words alone.  I'm a big believer that you can learn so much from others stories and others journeys, we spend a good amount of time going over Cristians background and then the importance of e...

Preface: If you like static stretching and it works for you, keep doing it.  This episode I breakdown if static stretching is really helping us, in my opinion as well as a lot of research says, it doesn't.  It doesn't improve performance, warm us up, reduce injury, improve/increase range of motion, etc It's really good for cramps, but that's about it. I talk about why that is a...

Jess is an incredible person! This episode is packed with so much knowledge, from talking about the struggles women face in sport and this field and conversely what kind of mindset you need to have if you're a women in this field.  Jess gave a lot of great incite on how to prepare the human body basketball, starting with the feet and moving up the body. How important reactive strength is for...

We often times glorify the Kobe Bryant's and Michael Jordans for the shear amount of work they put in, early days and long nights, an obsessive dedication to the game. That's all well and good but they worked up to that point, as well as having great genetics, but also they prioritize their recovery just as much as their actual work.  There's a reason Lebron James is the most durabl...

I briefly met Danny in October last year for the PDC in Miami, since then I've been following him on Instagram and youtube and he's a great follow. He's a great trainer, entrepreneur and person.  Danny is the owner and founder of "Danny Cooper Basketball" which has grown a solid name for itself, he interned under Drew Hanlen for 7 weeks which helped really skyrocket his bu...

In this episode I took the opportunity to capitalize on topics discussed with recent guests (Coleman Ep. 3 & Tyler Ep. 5), those topics were things the games-based approach, constraints, variability, blocked practice and random practice and types of learning.  At the root of all that is motor learning and skill acquisition, I go over what exactly motor learning is and the science behind it. If...

Tyler is an incredible mind in the training space, in my opinion him and Coleman Ayers are on the brink of something huge in the field. He's at the forefront of a much needed and very necessary shift in the training world. Tyler breakdowns his training philosophies (games-based/constraints-led approach), why he believes in what he does so much, why it makes sense, and how to apply it as well....

Episode 4 means a lot to me because Bryton is a really good friend of mine and he and I have talked about doing a podcast for years, so to be able to create a podcast and get him on is big.  Bryton is an exceptional athlete and an even better person, he kept it real and was very open about his battles with mental health, the role that sports played regarding his mental health and so much more.  Si...

It was great to chop it up with my guy Coleman, he's an incredible mind in the performance and basketball industry pushing for a necessary change within this field. Through his innovation, creativity, application and more he's the pioneer of a new aged training format that meshes both on-court skill development and strength and conditioning. Coleman is a science-based guy who backs up ev...

Atencio and I met in 2018 at Southern Maine Community College, he and I played on the team that year. Atencio is someone I'm lucky to call a friend, he kept it real this episode talking about his process getting recruited into college, his experience at the college level having played at a community college then division 3 then working his way on to a professional roster in Armenia. There&apo...

What's up everyone!! I appreciate you so much for tuning in. For the first episode I talk a little about myself, and a glimpse into my journey to where I am today. What performance means to me, and the goals/format of the podcast going forward. I love any kind of feedback, constructive or not I'm all ears.  If you haven't already, please follow me on IG & TikTok @tc.performance_...