The Basketball Parent's Journey

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Michael and Coach BJ discuss the journey of Michael's 8-year-old son, and the problem of attempting to develop players by volume of games and  "counting hours" vs getting players' results by allowing time for breakdown and reflection. Download our free report on "How to avoid player burnout (and get them practicing in the driveway again)" Wa...

Send us Fan Mail The Confidence Puzzle: A parent's guide to charting a course from the rec league to high school basketball - Read by Author and Coach BJ Mumford Introduction & Chapter 1: Concrete Confidence Download the PDF copy of the ebook here Want to be a guest on my podcast? I would love to hear your story and share it with other parents that can benefit from your experience! Book a...

Send us Fan Mail Listen as Patricia and Coach BJ discuss her daughter's journey to date through rec, AAU, and now 8th grade going into high school! BONUS: Hear how Patricia and a group of fellow parents self-organized a tournament team over the past 2 years to create the environment they wanted for their daughters! Want to be a guest on my podcast? I would love to hear your story and share it...

Send us Fan Mail What is the best recipe for player development? Listen as Michael, Leigh-Anne and Coach BJ discuss what has worked (and not worked) for them in the past - and the list of best recipe ideas we came up with to help future parents! The top 7 things we came up with: Single focus - single skill with results outcome Single-player -allow them to have private failure, public success A spe...

Send us Fan Mail Calibrated Competition: 3 Dads' Perspectives on training, AAU, and what players need! Listen as Jeff, Brent, and Josh discuss their players' paths through rec, travel, and AAU play. Want to be a guest on my podcast? I would love to hear your story and share it with other parents that can benefit from your experience! Book a time here: https://letsmeet.io/bjmumford/parent...