All Episodes

Ep 161 What If Your Best Coaching Move Is Taking Something Away?

Ep 160 One Game Is Evidence, Not a Verdict

Ep 159 Why Doesn't Your Team Play Hard?

Ep 158 Are You Trying to Improve Before You Understand Yourself?

Ep 157 Is Your Program Developing Confident Players or Fearful Performers?

Ep 156 Are Your Goals Helping You Achieve Something or Become Someone?

Ep 155 Is Winning Enough to Build a Lasting Legacy?

Ep 154 What’s Really Getting in the Way of Your Team’s Performance?

Ep 153 The Sport Parent Confessions ( Hey Sammi)

Ep 152 Are You Delaying the Conversation Your Team Needs Most?

Ep 151 Are We Hurting Kids by Pushing One Sport Too Early?

Ep 150 Can Toughness Be Taught or Does It Have to Be Built Every Day?

Ep 149 Do Your Players Know You Care Enough to Tell Them the Truth?

EP 148 Are Your Players Following You Because They Trust You or Because They Fear You?

Ep 147 Helping Players when things go Sideways...

Ep 146 How Do You Fix Late RSVPs, Missed Messages, and Saturday Chaos?

Ep 145 What Does Real Leadership Look Like at Halftime?

Ep 144 Are Your X’s and O’s Making Players Better or Just Keeping Coaches Busy?

Ep 143 Are You Building a Team That Can Handle Hard Conversations?

Ep 142 Who Is Leading Your Program When Coaches Aren’t in the Room?

Ep 141 How Do You Build a Program That Lasts Beyond You?

Ep 140 What Does the End of a Career Teach Us About Leadership?

Ep 139 What Does Real Leadership Look Like? UConn vs South Carolina

Ep 138 How Do You Build Leadership in the Off-Season Before the Games Even Start?

Ep 137 What Can the End of a Season Teach a Great Coach?

Ep 136 What Do Great Programs Do the Day After a Big Win?

Ep 135 Are You Calm Enough to Lead When the Pressure Hits?

Ep 134 Are You Building Culture in October… or in March?

Ep 133 Are You Building Confidence… or Coaching from Fear Right Now?

Ep 132 Is Your Team Peaking at the Right Time… or Running on Empty?

Ep 131 Is Your Team Tired… or Just Mentally Drained?

Ep 130 Are You Sharpening or Overloading Your Team Right Now?

Ep 129 What Is Your Bench Really Teaching Your Team About Leadership?

Ep 128. How Do You Intentionally Develop a Leader Within Your Basketball Program?

Ep 128 Are You Leading Your Team or Just Running Practice?

Ep 127 Why Do Some Teams Buy In While Others Tune Out?

Ep 126 Are You Leading for Comfort or for Growth?

Ep 125 Leadership and Christmas

Ep 124 Should You Pick up Captain?

Ep 123 What Kind of Leader Do Players Actually Follow?

Ep 122 Defining Team Roles

Ep 121 What Are the 7 Habits That Build Real Basketball Leaders?

Ep 120 A Basketball Checklist

Ep 119 What Kind of Leader Are You When You’re Losing?

Ep 118 Being a Spark plug for your Team

Ep 117 The Leadership Challenge

Ep 116 The Disease of Me

Ep 115 Things A Young Coach Should Know

Ep 114 What Makes the Best Leaders

Ep 113 Pat Riley's Disease of Me

Ep 112 Building a Team Culture and Philosophy

Ep 111 What I wish I had known as a Young Coach

Ep 110 What make the Best Leaders?

Ep 109 Role and Goal Setting

Eo 108 The Keys to Leadership

Ep 107 Finding Competitors on Your Team

Ep 106 The 10 Keys to Leadership

Ep 105 Keys to a Successful Team and Program

Ep 103 Commitment and Basketball Players

Ep 102 What Losers Do...

Ep 101 Building a Strong Team/Player

Ep: 100 The Hard Truth of Being a Head Coach

Ep 99 Beyond the X's and O's: A Coach's True North

Ep 98 The Stages of Commitment

Ep 97 Decoding the Winners Mind

Ep 96 Players Needs in a Coach

Ep 95 Beyond Words: Understanding Body Language

Ep 94 Keys to a Championship Team

Ep 93 Language and Phrasing on Your Team

Ep 92 How to Win Championships

Ep 91 The Rule of Coaching

Ep 90 Facing Adversity

Ep 89 Ripple Effect on Your Team

Ep 88 Building a Winning Culture ( 10 Keys)

Ep 87 Poise in Coaching and on your Team

Ep 86 The Best Leaders

Ep 85 Leading A Team

Ep 84 Communication and Leadership

Ep 83 Gatekeeping Culture

Ep 82 What is the Key to Culture?

Ep 81 Teaching In Game Leadership

Ep 80 The Future of Youth Sports

Ep 79 The Bad Apple Study

Ep 78 Injury Prevention in Basketball Players

Ep 77 Collective Leadership

Ep 76 Boosting Confidence in Athletes

Ep 75 Injury on your Team

Ep 74 Adversity and Coaching

Ep 73 Logs on a Fire, Playing with a Chip

Ep 72 Moving up Players

Ep 71 Making Athletes Better

Ep 70 Red Car Theory

Ep 69 Five Keys to a Winning Culture

Ep 68 Traits of a Leader

Ep 67 Alone in the Cloud

Ep 66 Picking a Captain

Ep 65 How to Do TEAM Roles

Ep 64 Ego vs Confidence

Ep 63 The Leadership Checklist

Ep 62 6 Ways to Be a Spark Plug for you team

Ep 61 Leadership Challenge

Ep 60 The Disease of Me

Ep 59 Pre Season Culture and Philosophy

Ep 58 What we Wish we Knew as a Young Coach

Ep 57 The Best Leaders

Ep 55 Keys to Leadership

Ep 56 Basketball Role Setting

Ep 54 The 4 Levels of Competitors: Identifying and Developing Winning Traits

Ep 53 The 10 Commandments of Team Leadership: Building a Winning Culture

Ep 52 Embracing Hard: 6 Essential Challenges for Success in Sports

Ep 51 The 4 Indicators of Commitment: Essential Traits for Basketball Success

Ep 50 The Losers Limp

Ep 49 The Secrets of Resilient People

Ep 48 The 8 Realities of Being a Head Basketball Coach

Ep 47 Why do we Coach

Ep 46 The Four Seasons of Commitment

Ep 45. How do you handle a losing season?

Ep 44 Winners are Wired Different

Ep 43 What do Players Want in a Coach?

Ep 42 Body Language Screams

Ep 41. 8 Vitamins of Championship Teams

Ep 40 Importance of Language and Phrasing

Ep 39 Six Ships to Win a Basketball Championships

Ep 38 (20-40-60) Rule of Basketball Coaches

Ep 37 Leadership vs Adversity

Ep 36 The Butterfly Effect

Ep 35 Fours Ways to Lead out Loud

Ep 34 How Does Culture Win

Ep 33 The Power of Poise

Ep 32 Reflection of the Season

Ep 31 In Game Leadership

Ep 30 When your Best Player is Hurt

Ep 29 Cultivating Confidence

Ep 28 Dealing with Pressure

Ep 27 Tourney Time- How to Prepare

Ep 26 Eliminate Easy - Handle Hard

Ep 25 Defining Team Roles

Ep 24 Dealing with Team Drama

Ep 23 Seven Mistakes Made by NEW Coaches

Ep 22. 10 Mistake made by Team Leaders

Ep 21 Accountability Statements for Team Leaders

Ep 20 Five From Coach K on Leadership

Ep 19 Describing our Best Leaders

Ep 18 Leading By Example

Ep 17 Communication Strategies for Leaders

Ep 16 Gatekeepers in a Basketball Culture

Ep 15 What is Culture

Ep 14 Defining Basketball Roles

Ep 13 EGB's, Energy Bus and Leadership

Ep 12 Three Steps To Leadership

Ep 11 Team Leader Checklist

Ep 10 Leadership Challenge Each Season

Ep 9 The Bad Apple Study

Ep 8 Captain Selection

Ep 7 Leaders vs Captains

Ep 6 7 Myths of Leadership

Ep 5 5 Types of Collective Leadership

Ep 4 Nine Traits of the Leaders

Ep 3 The Captain Class

Ep 2. What is Leadership?

Ep 1 Leadership and Planning the Year