Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

Ep 2047 Are You Calling Timeouts or Just Stopping the Clock?

https://teachhoops.com/ When to burn one, what to say in thirty seconds, and why most timeouts send players back out knowing less than when they sat down. Coach Steve Col

Ep 2046 What Does Your Team Do in the Hour Before Tip?

https://teachhoops.com/ The pregame routine, the warmup that actually warms them up, and the locker room words that matter in game one. It is forty five minutes before ti

Ep 2045 Are You Scouting Your Opener, or Just Guarding Ghosts?

https://teachhoops.com/ Why the best game one scouting report fits on an index card, and what to do when last year's film lies to you. The best scouting report Coach Stev

Ep 2044 What Would Happen If You Cut Your Practice Plan in Half?

Simplicity at Practice https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Would Happen If You Cut Your Practice Plan in Half?

Ep 2043 you built a conditioning plan for them, so where is yours?

https://teachhoops.com/ A retired coach on the difference between the November version of you and the February version, and how to keep them closer together. SHOW NOTES

Ep 2042 Interview with Coach Raidbard ( Part 2)

https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Listening? SUBTITLE A look

Ep 2041. Interview with Coach Raidbard ( Part 1)

https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Listening? SUBTITLE A look

Ep 2040 Do you have three defenses or one really good one?

Do you have three defenses or one really good one? https://teachhoops.com/ Why most preseason defensive installs try to cover everything and end up covering nothing.

Ep 2039 How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?

Making Practice Better https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday? S

Ep 2038 Are you picking captains or just holding an election?

https://teachhoops.com/ Why the team vote usually crowns the most popular kid, and what to ask of a captain once you have actually named the job. SHOW NOTES The best c

Ep 2037 What Happens When One Coach Gets an Hour on His Own Program?

Teach Hoops One-on-One Call https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Happens When One Coach Gets an Hour on His Own

Ep 2036 What Should You Actually Be Watching in Your First Scrimmage?

https://teachhoops.com/  ⁠https://coachingyouthhoops.com/⁠ ⁠https://heysammi.com/⁠ What Should You Actually Be Watching in Your First Scrimmage? The score is the leas

Ep 2035 What if you built your first two weeks backwards from opening night?

What if you built your first two weeks backwards from opening night? https://teachhoops.com/ Most coaches plan practice forwards and run out of calendar, so here is ho

Ep 2034 What Does a Great Assistant Coach Actually Do?

Being an Assistant Coach https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Does a Great Assistant Coach Actually Do? SUBTITL

Ep 2033 Do you have standards, or do you just have a lot of rules?

Do you have standards, or do you just have a lot of rules? https://teachhoops.com/ Why three things you will stop practice for beat twenty things nobody enforces after

Ep 2032 What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Listening?

Teach Hoops Member Call https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Lis

Ep 2031 How do you cut a kid without cutting him badly?

https://teachhoops.com/ How do you cut a kid without cutting him badly? The roster number is a philosophy, the conversation is a skill, and neither one gets easier aft

Ep 2030 Are You Running Up the Score Without Meaning To?

3. Blowing a Team Out (on the right end) https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE Are You Running Up the Score Without Me

Ep 2029 Who Is Going to Tell Him the Truth About His Role, You or the Scoreboard? 

https://teachhoops.com/  TITLEWho Is Going to Tell Him the Truth About His Role, You or the Scoreboard? SUBTITLEThe four minute conversation every kid on your roster has

EP 2028 What Should Your Off-Season Actually Look Like?

Off-Season Practice Planning https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Should Your Off-Season Actually Look Like? SU