The High Performance Hoops Podcast

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on Justin Ochoa, the Director of Strength & Conditioning and Co-Owner of PACE Fitness Academy in Indianapolis, IN & Westfield, IN. Aside from his role at PACE, Justin is also a writer, consultant, and a proud board member of The Pro X Foundation—a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to serving youth athletes with crucial resources needed to excel...

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on owner and head coach of Perform 4 Life, Tommy Hansen. Tommy’s training philosophy revolves around improving strength, athleticism, and body composition with the goal of increasing performance while also reducing the risk of injury.  Tommy has experience training a wide variety of populations, including athletes at the NCAA Division 1, junior college, hig...

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on NBA player development and shooting coach, Joey Burton. What you should expect to hear: How he got into the industry and his journey so far. How he's been able to build his brand from scratch. The 4 stages we go through in pursuit of "Following Your Dream" Developing his shooting philosophy and working with some of the NBA's best. 3 t...

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on player development coach Josh Fan, most notably known for training former NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin for over 10+ off-seasons. Things you should expect to hear: Josh's journey, how he got into strength and conditioning, and how he ultimately linked up with Jeremy Lin. Early challenges of working with Jeremy. Navigating the NBA landscape and ho...

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on the private S&C coach for NBA Superstar John Wall, Jared Wilson. Jared has a wealth of knowledge, as well as, years of experience in both the private sector setting as a business owner for several years building a successful business, and on the professional side working alongside John Wall and his performance staff. Here's what you should expec...

In today's episode, Julian welcomes on Owner/Founder and Head Coach of the NYC Hoop School, Evan Sirakis. Evan has an interesting story, in that he is currently still a student-athlete for St. Joseph's University in New York as well as the owner/founder and head coach of the NYC Hoop School in New York City.  Hear are some things you should expect to hear: Evan's story/background. S...

Welcome to Season 2 of the High Performance Hoops Podcast! In this episode, Julian welcomes on the Director of Sports Performance at ROKKE Performance Therapy, Nate Graham.  Graham brings a ton of experience in the field working as a former performance coach at EXOS and basketball performance coach for Warner Pacific University (his alma mater).  Here's what you should expect to hear: Embraci...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on Lead Sports Performance Specialist at P3 Applied Sports Science, Jon Flake.  These guys are at the forefront of sports science, utilizing a data-driven approach to understanding athlete movement and development for performance optimization.  P3 is the first performance facility to utilize advanced sports science technologies to assess and train professional athl...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on strength and conditioning coach and owner/founder of Performance Hoops, Josh Washington. Josh has several years of experience in the field interning for a few years at both the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University. He also interned under industry legend Corey Schlesinger (current Head S&C coach for the Phoenix Suns) at the University of...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on player development coach and owner/founder of TJL Training, Tyler Leclerc.  Tyler has a unique story in that he got an early jump start to his career, training his fellow team mates and himself during his senior year to help improve their overall development. It was apparent going into this freshman year of college that playing was no longer a desire of his. Tra...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on current college basketball player and owner/founder of The Village Performance, Marc Rodriguez. Specifically, we dive into detail on Marc's current playing career, where his slogan "1% Better Daily" really comes from, how the COVID year presented an opportunity to start his own training business, and best of all, how he creates buy-in at all level...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on former Division 1 basketball player for Robert Morris University, player development coach, and owner/operator of Clockwork Athletics, Anthony Pugh. Specifically, we go in to detail on Anthony's journey, how he made Robert Morris' roster as a 5'6" guard, going from player to business owner, playing the "long game" with your developm...

In this episode, Julian welcomes on owner/operator and head coach of Challenger Strength, Gerry DeFilippo. Gerry DeFilippo serves as head trainer and owns and operates Challenger Strength while also leading Challenger's training of various organizations such as the Jersey Hitmen, Gamers Baseball Academy and colleges like NJCU and Caldwell University. He orchestrates the programming and traini...

In this weeks episode, Julian rants about his beef with "speed ladders" and why they are not getting you any faster. Here are some things you will here: The REAL reason why Julian doesn't use "speed ladders" to improve speed with his athletes. Do "speed ladders" actually have a place in training? My opinion on Paul Fabritz's idea of "Positional Delay.&q...

In this episode, Julian discusses the importance and purpose of the intake process, specifically, the process that helps us design a program geared towards helping the athlete improve in his/her given sport.  Further, Julian will provide you with a detailed look at how he goes about determining what an athlete may need most in his/her training. Here are some things you will hear about: The Intake...

In this episode, Julian talks about the 5 BIGGEST mistakes he made early on in his coaching career. Mistakes are a part of life. It is often what we learn from them that leads to long term success. If you are a young or new coach in the performance industry, you won't want to miss this! For more information check out Julian on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=en TikTok: htt...

In this episode, Julian breaks down the basic concepts coaches, athletes, and parents can use in order to successfully build out an effective, goal-oriented and results driven program. Julian provides you with a simple and digestible step-by-step process of how he goes about programming for his athletes and clients over at Challenger Strength.  Here are some things you will hear about: Rant about...

In this episode, Julian dives into the discussion of what is "Basketball Strong", and is there such thing as being "strong enough" in the context of your sport. Julian also discusses:  What is Strength? The Load-Velocity- Force Relationship that exists in developing strength. The 5 Principles of Developing Strength. For more information check out Julian on Instagram: https://ww...

In this episode, Julian talks all things training for youth athletes. He outlines 5 key guidelines that all athletes, coaches, and parents working with younger athletes SHOULD know. Julian also takes the time to break down a typical weeks program for a young athlete. For more information check out Julian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@j...

In this episode, Julian talks about the 5 MUST read books that he believes will jump start your coaching career. These 5 books really proved to be beneficial to Julian during his early years of coaching, helping him navigate some of the key aspects of training (plyometrics, sprinting/speed, hypertrophy, strength, etc.). For more information check out Julian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

In this episode, Julian breaks down the premise of The High Performance Hoops Podcast. He gives insight into his story, background in training, how he got to where he is now, and the inspiration for the podcast. For more information check out Julian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/julian...

In this episode, Julian reviews the FIVE biggest pieces of advice that he has for new coaches. Stick around to the end for a BONUS piece of advice and MORE. For more information check out Julian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianlocasto/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianlocasto?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/julianlocasto For coaching inquiries, programs, guides, and m...