The Compound Commitment

Episode 042 : Not all professional basketball players have a professional mindset.  People with a basketball mindset take care of their body, consistently train their mind, prioritize their workouts and treat people with respect. Jake Wiley's mindset helped him make the jump from playing college basketball at a NAIA school, to being Player of The Year at a Division 1 school, to earning a spot...

Episode 041 : The Black Lives Matter Movement needs all of us to contribute our unique talents and leadership so that we can heal our world.  While I don’t have the answer of how to do this, I do have a leadership framework that might be useful in helping take action. I’ve taken the 3 Levels Of Leadership and highlighted three actions that we can take to become a better leader in the Black Lives M...

Episode 040 : Knowing how to teach gratitude might be more important than knowing how to teach a jump shot.  Without gratitude, your players won't appreciate the journey. And like shooting, gratitude is a skill that needs to be taught and practice.  While some players might come into your program with high levels of gratitude, most will have to be coached on the importance of saying, "th...

Episode 039 : With all the emerging sports performance technology, player monitoring for basketball can be expensive and overwhelming.  I've asked my friend Bryce Daub to help us sift through the data and find the best bang for our buck.  Bryce Daub is entering his fifth season as the men’s basketball director of strength and performance. In his role, Daub oversees program design and implemen...

Episode 038 : Garrett Medenwald, Director Men's Basketball Sports Performance at the University of Tennessee, shares his principles of basketball performance in today's podcast interview.   In 2017-18, Tennessee navigated a 35-game campaign without any serious injuries, won 26 games (fourth-most in program history), captured the 2018 SEC Championship and advanced to the second round of t...

Episode 037 : If you want to change your life, change your belief system. Today's interview is with Fred Crowell, founder of NBC Camp and author of Words Of Hope. At the age of twenty-three, Crowell became one of the youngest Division 1 coaches in America. Under his coaching, University of Alaska Fairbanks had its first winning season in the college history. He left Alaska and joined Campus C...

Episode 036 : More than just a motivational speaker, Greg Bell is a Portland, Oregon based thought leader, business consultant, and leadership coach. His popular books, What’s Going Well? and Water The Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals , have inspired an array of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies like Nike, Disney and Comcast, to the Portland Trail Blazers and Divis...

Episode 035 : Time is the great equalizer. We all have the same 24 hours a day to be our best.  Today I share how to optimize two things that we all do every day: sleeping & showering.  And to all of you who are committed... Earn Your X Instagram @HoopCommitment Twitter @HoopCommitment Facebook HoopCommitment Website HoopCommitment.com/35

Episode 034 : Mike Guevara, also known as Mike G, joins me on the podcast to share the thought process behind creating NBA workouts. Mike G provides performance coaching expertise for athletes looking to maximize their abilities during competition as well as in their daily lives.  He's a certified strength and conditioning coach as recognized by the NSCA among many other certs: NSPA Weight Li...

Episode 033 : Soft Tissue Hygiene for Hoops is an interview with Lenny Parracino.  He is a former author, hands on instructor, and clinician for The National Academy of Sports Medicine. Currently, he serves as a faculty member of the Gray Institute of Applied Functional Science, is the Soft Tissue Therapist for the Los Angeles Clippers, and serves as a practitioner at Meyer Institute of Sport. Len...

Episode 032 : Today's podcast is about Basketball Specific Training with Charles Stephenson.  He brings nearly 25 years of experience as a strength coach at the collegiate level. He joined the Utah men’s basketball staff as the first basketball-specific strength coach in the program’s history and is entering his 6th season with program.  In addition to coaching at Utah, Charles was also the s...

Episode 031 : David Nurse is an NBA Life Optimization & Shooting Coach that has worked with Lonzo Ball, Jeremy Lin, Kyle Korver and many others throughout the basketball industry. He was kind enough to give me early access to his new book, Pivot & Go.  It's a 29-day road map to help improve you mindset and lifestyle so you can be the best version of yourself. We sat down and discussed...

Episode 030 : Jordan Lawley was a four-year starter at UC San Diego, where he lead his team to their first ever NCAA tournament berth while becoming UC’s all-time scoring leader, making the most field goals, free throws, and highest field goal percentage in school history. Upon finishing his collegiate career, averaging 21ppg and being named an NCAA All-American and Daktronics West Coast Player of...

Episode 029 : Ashlee Bradshaw graduated from Carroll College with her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and received her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Counseling from Gonzaga University. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, Certified Sports Psychology Coach, and is also certified in Mindfulness Based Therapies. Ashlee specializes in counseling for athl...

Episode 028 : Angie Asche, MS, RD, CSSD.  She's a board certified sports dietitian, certified exercise physiologist, and the owner of Eleat Sports Nutrition ®.  Since founding her private practice, she has worked with hundreds of collegiate and professional athletes across the country. Her company has become widely known across the social media space as providing evidence-based nutrition info...

Episode 027 : Jerry Krause is the retired director of basketball operations for Gonzaga University and taught hoops at all levels for over 55 years. The author of over 13 books on coaching basketball and over 30 instructional videos, Krause is the retired chairman of the NABC Research Committee and former chairman of the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee. In 1998, Krause received the prestigious NAB...

Episode 026 : Graham Betchart is one of the world’s leading mental performance coaches. He has worked with some of the NBA’s best athletes including Aaron Gordon, Ben Simmons, Karl Anthony Towns, and Andrew Wiggins (to name a few) and professional organizations such as True Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and the Utah Jazz. Graham creates blockbuster companies, training programs, and online courses...

Episode 025 : Alan Stein, Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets, rituals, and routines. A successful business owner and veteran basketball performance coach, he spent 15 years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Du...

Episode 024 : Today's I get to interview the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Men's Basketball at Liberty University, Henry Barrera. Before working at Liberty, Henry was a Performance Training Specialist at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton. While at Nike, he was instrumental in designing training content for multiple projects including Jordan Brand's Terminal 23 in Ne...

Episode 023 : Dustan Lang is a Physical Therapist of twenty plus years and has experience with athletes from all levels (local, national, international, professional) in various sports.  More and more Dustan is treating young adolescent athletes with chronic sport injuries. These injuries can lead to mental health struggles, self destructive behaviors, and an unhealthy perception of exercise. Sadl...

Episode 022:   Known to most simply as “The Speed Guy”, Lee Taft is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement s pecialist in the world. The last 30 years he has devoted the majority of his time training multi-directional speed to all ages and ability. He has spent much of this time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance coaches and fitness professionals all over...

Episode 021 : Adam Bradley is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, speaker & coach.  Adam is one of the original founders of the Hardwood Hustle platform and has spent the past 3-years utilizing the podcast and it’s reach to pour into coaches & players across the country. In 2015 Adam launched the nationally recognized leadership program Lead ‘Em Up, that provides coaches an engaging & cutti...

Episode 020 : Jon Gordon is a best selling author and keynote speaker who wrote one of my favorite books, The Energy Bus . His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies and professional sports teams, including the LA Clippers and Miami Heat. He is the author of 18 books including multiple best-sellers: The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, You Win in the Locker...

Episode 19 :  Max Schmarzo is the Director of Sport Science at Resilience Code, in Englewood, Colorado, the Chief Science Officer at Exsurgo Technologies and the founder of Strong by Science. Max has authored three books, “Applied Principles of Power Development”, “Isometrics for Performance” and “Force is King.” He specializes in multidisciplinary care, sport science data solutions and athlete de...

Episode 18 :  Luka Hocevar is an entrepreneur, author, strength/fitness/business coach, world traveler, life enjoyer and former pro-basketball player.  He co-wrote a national best seller, The Fit Formula , and self-published, The Fitness Business Mixtape. He also runs a successful gym in Seattle, Vigor Ground Fitness. Today we sat down and talked about the basketball lessons he's learned that...