Underdog Hoops
By Coach Farrar
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The Underdog Hoops Podcast is your go-to basketball coaching podcast for learning how to build winning teams, develop better players, and become the best coach you can be.
Hosted by Coach Farrar, every episode is packed with practical coaching strategies, offensive and defensive systems, player development, practice planning, leadership, culture building, game management, and interviews with successful coaches from youth basketball, AAU, high school, college, and beyond.
Whether you're a first-year coach or a veteran looking for fresh ideas, you'll gain actionable tips and proven strateg
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Episode 249 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Wiatre
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Episode 248 Building an Elite Culture for your Basketball Team
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Episode 247 #1 Mistake First Time Basketball Coaches Make
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Episode 246 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Aguire Part 2
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Episode 245 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Aguire Part 1
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Episode 244 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Carter Part 2
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Episode 243 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Carter
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Episode 242 Rewind Basketball Interview w/Coach Halward Part 2
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Episode 241 Rewind Basketball coaching Interview w/Coach Halward
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May 31, 2026 |
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Episode 240 Basketball Interview w/Coach Hart Part 2
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May 24, 2026 |
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Episode 239 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Hart Part 1
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May 17, 2026 |
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Episode 238 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Ametrius Carter
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May 10, 2026 |
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Episode 236 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Aguiar
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May 03, 2026 |
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Episode 237 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Ametrius Carter Part 1
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May 03, 2026 |
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Episode 235 Basketball Interview w/Coach Agular
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Episode 234 Rewind Episode Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Hart Part 2
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Episode 233 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Hart Part 1
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Episode 232 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Halward Part 2
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Episode 231 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Halward Part 1
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Episode 230 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Evans Part 2
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Episode 229 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Evans Part 1
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Episode 228 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter Part 2
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Episode 227 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter Part 1
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Episode 226 Rewind Basketball Coach Interview w/Coach Garrett Part 2
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Episode 225 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Garrett Part 1
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Episode 224 Basketball Coaching interview w/Coach Garrett Part 2
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Episode 223 Rewind Coaching interview w/Coach Garrett Part 1
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Episode 222 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Cole
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Episode 221 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Wiatre
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Episode 220 Coaching Effectively During Games
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Episode 219 Teaching Accountability Without Killing Confidence
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Episode 218 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Carter Part 2
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Episode 217 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Carter Part 1
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Episode 216 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Evans Part 2
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Episode 215 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Evans Part 1
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Episode 214 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Cole
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Episode 213 Be a tough compassionate coach
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Episode 212 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Heart Part 2
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Episode 211 Rewind Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Heart Part 1
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Episode 210 Balance your Personal and Coaching Life
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Episode 209 Rewind Interview w/ Coach Wiatre
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Episode 208 Rewind Interview w/ Coach Garrett Part 2
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Episode 207 Rewind Interview w/ Coach Garrett
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Episode 206 Rewind Coaching Interview w/ Coach Cole
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Episode 205 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Knight Part 2
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Episode 204 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Knight
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Episode 203 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Huntsinger Part 2
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Episode 202 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Huntsinger Part 1
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Episode 201 Evaluting though post game assessment
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Episode 200 There are Endless Coaching Resources here are a few I use
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Episode 199 Giving Positive Reinforcement to athletes in youth sports
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Episode 198 When to call your next time out
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Episode 197 Managing Different personality on your team
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Episode 196 Rewind Episode Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Episode 195 Rewind Episode Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Episode 194 Rewind Episode Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Evans
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Episode 193 Rewind Episode Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Evans
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Episode 192 Effective Scouting
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Episode 191 Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Episode 190 Handling those losing streaks
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Episode 189 Handling high-pressure situations as a coach
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Episode 188 How to use Film
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Episode 187 Teaching Athletes to Overcome Failure
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May 25, 2025 |
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Episode 186 Teaching Players Accountability
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May 18, 2025 |
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Episode 185 Basketball coaching Interview w/ Coach Aguiar Part 2
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May 11, 2025 |
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Episode 184 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Aguiar Part 1
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May 04, 2025 |
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Episode 183 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Hart Part 2
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Episode 182 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Hart Part 1
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Episode 181 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Halward Part 2
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 180 Basketball Coaching Interview w/Coach Halward Part 1
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 179 The Importance of Leadership Development in Players
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 178 Rewind Episode w/Coach Garrett Part 2
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Episode 177 Rewind Episode w/Coach Garrett Part 1
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Episode 176 Handling Criticism from Fans, Parents and Players
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Episode 175 How to lead your team through adversity
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Episode 174 How to keep your practice competitive
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Episode 173 Technology in the new age of coaching
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Episode 172 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Evans Part 2
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Episode 171 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Evans
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Episode 170 How to build a team culture that wins
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Episode 169 The 5 Traits of Great Basketball Coaches
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Episode 168 Teaching Players to Stay Calm Under Pressure
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Episode 167 Creating a Perfect Practice Plan for you Practice
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Episode 166 Practicing Vulnerability as a Coach
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Episode 165 How coaches can be more present and in the moment
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Episode 164 Showing up and being there in your players hardest time in their life
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Episode 163 How to create an experience in a tournament leading for teams to come back every year
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Episode 162 Organizing your day as a basketball coach
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 161 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter Part 2
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Episode 160 Basketball Coaching Interview w/ Coach Carter Part 1
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Episode 159 Getting 300+ shots up in practice
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Episode 158 Implementing Non-Negotiables
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Episode 157 Have 1 on 1 Conversations with your athletes
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Episode 156 Creating a Playbook
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 1 55 Your Hired! Whats Next as the new Head Basketball Coach
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 154 Happy National Coaches Day
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 153 Establishing Team Goals
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Episode 152 Preparing for Season
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Episode 151 Who should be your teams captain?
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Episode 150 Player Development Building those Relationships
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Episode 149 Effective One-on-Ones and Onboarding for New and Returning Players
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Episode 148 Creating Coaching Staff Buy-In for Your Culture System
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Episode 147 Building a Strong Culture Starts with You
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Episode 146 Hedging a Ball Screen
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 145 Team Bonding Opportunities
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Episode 144 Summer Basketball
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Episode 146 Setting Roles and Responsibilities for Team Managers
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Episode 145 What I see as a sign of respect vs. disrespect
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Episode 144 Roles and Responsibilities of a Basketball Coach
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 143 How I Plan to Prepare for Summer
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May 05, 2024 |
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Episode 142 From Doubt to Dominance: Building Confidence in Basketball
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Episode 141 Inside the Athlete's Head: Overcoming Mental Blocks
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 140 The Champion's Mindset: Strategies for Peak Performance
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Episode 139 Mind Games: Unlocking Mental Toughness on the Court
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 138 why are you should be filming games with SeasonCast?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Episode 137 Understanding and Utilizing Game Clock
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 136 Rewind with Coach Chase Cole
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Episode 135 Rewind with Coach Garrett
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 134 A Coaches Guide to Basketball Tryouts
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Episode 133 The Winning Game Plan: Mastering Practice Planning for Basketball Coaches
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Episode 132 Basketball coaching and scouting strategies
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Episode 131 Goal Setting with Feedback in Basketball
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Episode 130 Rewind Interview with Dan Wiatre
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Episode 129 Defense Wins Ball Games
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Episode 128 Building Blocks for Basketball Fundamentalsism
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Episode 127 Creating Team Culture
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Episode 126 Summer, Conditioning, Skill Development, Team Bonding, Dead Period
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Episode 125 Preparing for Summer Basketball
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 124 What's so Important about Summer Basketball
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Episode 123 First Year Head Coach Mistakes
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Episode 122 Overpromise And Underdeliver
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Special Episode Juwan Howard Should he be suspended?
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 121 Preparation
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Episode 120 Basketball Season Reflection
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 119 How to Deal with Infighting as a Basketball Coach
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode 118 Performance is Half the Battle
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 117 Setting Realistic Goals
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 116 Is basketball changing? Perspective from a high school coach.
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 115 One Step in Front of the Other
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 114 Small vs. Big Picture: Building a Basketball Program
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 113 What are your Priorities as a Head Coach
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Episode 112 Becoming a Head Coach
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 111 Underdog Mentality
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Episode 110 From Assistant Coach to Head Coach
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 109 Conclusion to John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 108 Patience, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Episode 107 Faith, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode 106 Integrity, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 105 Competitive Greatness, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode 104 Fight, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Episode 103 Reliability, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Episode 102 Confidence, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Episode 101 Poise, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Episode 100 Resourcefulness, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Episode 99 Honesty, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Episode 98 Team spirit, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Episode 97 Skill, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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Episode 96 Condition, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode 95 Adaptability, John Wooden and Basketball
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Episode 94 Sincerity, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Episode 93 Intentness, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Episode 92 Initiative, John Wooden and Basketball
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Episode 91 Alertness, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Episode 90 Self-Control, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode 89 Ambition, John Wooden and Basketball
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 88 Enthusiasm, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Episode 87 Cooperation, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Episode 86 Loyalty, John Wooden, and Basketball
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Episode 85 CoachWooden Friendship and Basketball
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Episode 84 John Wooden, Industrious, and Basketball
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Episode 83 John Wooden's The pyramid of Success Intro
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 82 Become a Patron on Patreon
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Episode 81 So you want to Coach Basketball
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Episode 80 Distance Coaching
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Episode 79 Responsibility of Assistant Coaches
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode 78 Best Time For Change
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Episode 77 3 Things to look for in Basketball Tryouts
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Episode 76 Fast Draw Review
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Episode 75 The leadership aspect of coaching basketball
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 73 Basketball Warm Ups
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Episode 72 How to Get Better at basketball!
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Episode 71 The Free Throw
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Episode 70 The easiest way to take Stats in Basketball
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Episode 69 This app is how you can get through the 2020-2021 season as a coach
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Episode 68 Votes are in Favorite Basketball Movie?
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Episode 67 Basketball Coaching Groups in 2020
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Episode 66 Facebook Group
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 65: What Basketball stats are Important?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Episode 64: Workout Rules in my District as of June 24, 2020
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Episode 63 Whats New!
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Episode 62 A Week Hiatus
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Episode 61 Interview with Dan Wiatre
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Episode 60 Day 6 of 6 Taking Action and Implementing
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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Episode 59 Time management and Organization
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Episode 58 Mental, Fear of Failure, and Self Talk
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Episode 57 Motivation and Confidence
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Episode 56 Day 2 of 6 Adolescence Psychology
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Episode 55 Day 1 of 6 What is Sports Psychology
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Episode 54 Psychology and Basketball
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Episode 53 Filming your games
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May 30, 2020 |
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Episode 52 Destroy your weakness
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May 29, 2020 |
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Episode 51 Offering Extra Work
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May 28, 2020 |
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Episode 50 Losing Program vs Winning Program
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May 27, 2020 |
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Episode 49 Building your team
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May 26, 2020 |
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Episode 48 Season Reflection
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May 22, 2020 |
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Episode 47 Self-Motivation
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May 21, 2020 |
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Episode 46 Toughness
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May 20, 2020 |
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Episode 45 Load Management
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May 19, 2020 |
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Episode 44 Interview with Coach Garrett
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May 18, 2020 |
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Episode 43 New to coaching here is what to expect!
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May 15, 2020 |
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Episode 42 Fast or Slow Offense? Which do you choose?
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May 14, 2020 |
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Episode 41 In-Season Workouts
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May 13, 2020 |
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Episode 40 Off-Season workouts basketball players and coaches
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May 12, 2020 |
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Episode 39 Interview with Chase Cole
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 38 Trusting your coaching staff
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May 08, 2020 |
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Episode 37 Building a Culture
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May 07, 2020 |
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Episode 36 the Future of Coaching: here is how to prepare
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode 35 Keeping your athletes accountable
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May 05, 2020 |
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Episode 34 Coaches Meetings
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May 04, 2020 |
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Episode 32 Share a message to those who wont get a graduation!
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May 01, 2020 |
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Episode 33 Course Ideas?
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May 01, 2020 |
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Episode 31 New and Improved Website
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Episode 30 Coach you NEED this App!!!
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Episode 29 How to add value to a staff.
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Episode 28 Plans for Summer?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Episode 28 Why it is so important to care
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Episode 27 Effective communication
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Episode 26 Documentary I’m watching today!
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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Episode 25 How to Celebrate banquets and 2020 Seniors
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Episode 24 Part 2 of 2 Interview with Coach Jeremy Garrett
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Episode 23 Part 1 of 2 Interview with Coach Jeremy Garrett
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Episode 22 Keep Calm Coach
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Episode 21 Planning a Practice
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Episode 20 Happy Easter
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 19 The 24 Hour Rule
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Episode 18 Developing Our Players
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Episode 17 Underdog Hoops Brand, Vision and More
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Episode 16 Interview with Coach Chase Cole
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Episode 15 Conducting the Bench
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Episode 14 Is it ever ok to get a tech?
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Episode 13 Reaching out for people to interview and possible Interview question
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Episode 12 Tip off Placement
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Episode 11 Why I use the Band App to stay organized
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Episode 10 As Coaches what do we do to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Episode 9 Why I want to Interview you!
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Episode 8 The Way Back Review
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Episode 7 The Way Back preview thoughts
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Episode 6 What I want to implement when I become a Head Coach...
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Episode 5 About Me Part 5 of 5
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Episode 4 About Me Part 4 of 5
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Episode 3 About Me Year 3 of 5
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Welcome to underdog hoops
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Episode 2 About Me Part 2 of 5
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Episode 1 About Me Part 1 of 5
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Feb 27, 2020 |