The Youth Hoops Pod presented by Pro Skills Basketball

In this episode, we discuss a tweet from PSB Co-Founder, Brendan Winters, about youth basketball players having to sometimes choose between prom and an NCAA live period tournament, which gets into the larger discussion of sacrificing for basketball. This week for the 2nd episode of Pick & Pop, Logan and Brendan sat down and talked about a past blog Logan wrote about how to handle basketball pl...

Every year thousands of high school players set out on the summer recruiting circuit in hopes of fulfilling their dreams of playing DI. But what happens when the summer ends and none of those DI schools have come calling? What do you do when the only schools that want you are at the DIII level? This was the situation facing Andy Panko in the late 1990’s. His decision put him on a path that few exp...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is ENTITLEMENT! These emphases are typically life lessons that young players can learn through the game of basketball, and when applied correctly, can lead to a lot of success on and off the court. [REPLA...

Brian Winters had a 9 year NBA playing career with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks, including 2 All-Star games. Brian is also an NBA coach of almost 20 years with the Cleveland Cavs, Atlanta Hawks, Vancouver Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Indian Fever (WNBA), and Charlotte Hornets. Winters is currently the west coast college scout with the Indiana Pacers. [REPLAY]...

This part 2 of our College Basketball Recruiting Webinar which covers many topics related to recruiting, including the impact of COVID crisis, the differences between NCAA divisions, the timeline of recruiting, how players can proactively help their recruitment, a Q&A, and more. [REPLAY 4/9/20] Specials guests include: Paul Biancardi, ESPN's Director of Boys HS Basketball Dan Ficke, Head Men's...

On this episode of the Youth Hoops Pod we are back with our Ballin' Abroad series where we are collecting the crazy overseas basketball stories from people in our organization and beyond. This episode features the Director of PSB Denver, Ross Schraeder. Ross tells the story of one of the craziest basketball games of all time. In the heat of an intense playoff race, Ross' team found themselves in a...

This is Part 1 of our College Basketball Recruiting Webinar which covers many topics related to recruiting, including the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the differences between NCAA divisions, the timeline of recruiting, how players can proactively help their recruitment, a Q&A, and more. [REPLAY from 4/6/20] Specials guests include: Paul Biancardi, ESPN's Director of Boys HS Basketball Dan Fi...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is LEADERSHIP! [REPLAY from 5/21/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas ba...

Logan Kosmalski is a former DI Davidson College & professional overseas player and is the Co-Founder of Pro Skills Basketball. Logan grew up in Texas and chose to play basketball at Baylor before transferring to Davidson after a couple of years and then finally ending up as a professional player in Europe. This is his journey. [REPLAY from 5/28/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics...

In this episode, we discuss what exactly DIII college basketball is, the differences between DI, DII, and DIII college basketball, what the benefits and drawbacks are of playing DIII hoops, and more. [REPLAY 5/15/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball Mental...

In this episode, we interview Stu Singer, who is the Director of Performance Psychology for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, and the performance psychology coach for the University of Maryland Women’s Basketball team, Fordham University Women’s Basketball team, Rice University, and the Connecticut Sun among others. He has worked with Men's National Team and MLS soccer players, USA Basketball Team me...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is RESPECT! [REPLAY 5/14/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball...

In this episode of the PSB Podcast, PSB Co-founder Logan Kosmalski talks with President of Architech Sports and Physical Therapy, Alan Tyson. Listen as Logan and Alan discuss the recent article written by ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes titled “‘These kids are ticking time bombs’: The threat of youth basketball”. This podcast takes a deep look at the current state of AAU basketball. Alan identifi...

On this episode of Ballin' Abroad, PSB Co-founder Logan Kosmalski joins the podcast to tell us the story of the time he found himself and three teammates lost in the Polish woods. What started as a team recovery walk ended asking a local fisherman for directions back to the town Logan was playing in. Listen to the new episode to hear more about the crazy stories of playing basketball professionall...

In this episode, we sit down with former Duke Basketball stand out, and current center for the Denver Nuggets, Mason Plumlee. Logan and Mason discuss Mason’s career from his youth basketball journey to his time at Duke playing for Coach K to now in the NBA. Mason talks about the impact his parents had on him as a player. He discusses what makes Coach K so special and also how different the life of...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is TOUGHNESS! [REPLAY from 5/7/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas bask...

In this episode, PSB Co-Founders, Logan Kosmalski and Brendan Winters, discuss some of the best practices of Pro Skills Basketball with the hopes that other coaches and youth basketball organizations might take some of these practices and find success with them in their own teams and clubs. [REPLAY from 6/13/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball...

In this episode of Ballin' Abroad, Jason Snow joins the podcast to tell us a story of his time playing in Mexico. Whether it was the owner of his team demanding that Jason scored 40 a game, or Jason finding himself walking the streets of Mexico while a military truck drove down the street firing a machine gun, Jason's time playing basketball in Mexico was quite the experience. [REPLAY from 1/27/20...

In this episode from 1/28/20, we discuss the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and the other families on board the helicopter. We sat down to have an open and organic conversation about the impact and influence that Kobe had on all of our lives. Our discussion starts with some of our favorite stories and memories from Kobe and it moves into a discussion about the Mamba Mental...

Meghan Winters, the sister of PSB Co-Founder Brendan Winters, discusses her time as a DI women's basketball player and coach as well as some general topics about girls and women's basketball. [REPLAY from 6/4/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball Mental heal...

Ross Schraeder is a former DI UC Irvine & professional overseas player and is the Director of Pro Skills Basketball Denver. This is his story. [REPLAY from 5/21/18] __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball Mental health & performance Leadership Basketball c...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is UNITY! The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball Mental health & performan...

Each week during the club basketball season, PSB directors address an emphasis that we ask our coaches around the country to talk about with their young players and teams. This week, the emphasis is OVERCOME! These emphases are typically life lessons that young players can learn through the game of basketball, and when applied correctly, can lead to a lot of success on and off the court. [Replay f...

This is our "Emphasis of the Week" series where we give our coaches a specific emphasis for their teams for that week. This week is "Inclusivity"! [REPLAY from 2019]  __________ The Youth Hoops Pod covers topics such as: High school & AAU basketball College basketball recruiting NCAA basketball NBA & professional overseas basketball Mental health & performance Leadership Basketbal...

In this episode of the Youth Hoops Pod we have another episode of our Morning Shootaround series. PSB Charlotte Director, Chris Goodrum joins the podcast to discuss how young players can better define what a "good" or "bad" game looks like. So many young players today come out of the end of a game and think they played horribly because they didn't score 20 points. Or on the other hand, players thi...