Coach A is back with another episode of the basketball coaching tools podcast. In this episode, Coach A challenges coaches and trainers to evaluate their training practices to ensure that they’re performing the best drills they possibly can. So many basketball trainers are out there now and it looks more like they’re preparing players for a 3-ring circus than a basketball game.

Coach A attended the Rising Coaches clinic in Indianapolis last week and had a phenomenal experience. In this podcast, he discusses some of the noteworthy tidbits he took away from some of the speakers he heard.

Coach A is back after a summer hiatus from the podcast. In Indiana, school is already in its 3rd week, and that means fall basketball conditioning is just about to start. In this podcast, Coach A talks about what coaches need to be thinking about and executing in their fall preseason workouts.

Coach A is back and he’s talking about building a positive team culture. Brad Stevens is talked about a lot and how brilliant he is with his X’s and O’s, but the culture he’s built is what is really impressive. Tune in to hear more about what it takes to build a positive team culture.

Coach A sits down with basketball skills trainer, Joey Burton, for a phenomenal conversation on what being a high-level skills trainer entails. Coach Burton talks about his journey to becoming a renowned skills trainer, and how being on the sidelines for eight years helps him in his training. He also dives into how he prepares prospects for the NBA Draft, and how important film study is to bettering yourself as a coach. This is a must listen!

Coach A is back at it, this time touching on what he saw in the major NCAA Tournament upsets from this past weekend. He highlights the two main factors he saw from all of the upsets and how you can apply those to your own team.

Coach A coming back at ya with another podcast here, this time talking about the offseason. We often here about how the offseason is for player development, but Coach A thinks that’s unfair for us to expect our players to develop their games if we’re not willing to develop our coaching skills. Listen in, as this is one of Coach A’s favorite podcasts yet!

Coach A is back at it, this time talking about what it takes to be a good sports parent. Coaches – this is an excellent podcast to share with the parents of your players, as Coach A doesn’t hold back.

Coach A is back here with another podcast talking about how you should address subbing and bench conduct with your players. A bench’s conduct can help make or break your team’s mentality, and it’s important your players understand what you expect them to do when they are subbed out of the game, and also understand the reasons why you may sub them out.

In this episode, Coach A tackles what fake toughness vs. real toughness looks like in basketball. Many players in today’s game have a strong misconception of what a coach means when he says he wants more toughness out of them. In this episode, Coach A deciphers what coaches mean when they say that and gives examples of fake and real toughness.

Coach A highlights some of his philosophies on how you can finish your season strong. He give some tips on getting your players’ minds & bodies right for a tournament run.

In today’s coaching podcast, Coach A talks about why some teams and players reach their potential, and others seemingly never improve & don’t. What it all comes down to is the mindset that your players have, and believe it or not, the mindset that they have comes a lot from how we coach them. Coach A talks about fixed vs. growth mindset in this podcast, and what that all means for your coaching style.

Coach A is back talking about a basketball coaching topic that is near and dear to his heart: coachable vs. uncoachable players. Unfortunately, the entitlement of players is at an all-time high, which is resulting in an all-time high of uncoachable players. Coach A highlights traits that coachable and uncoachable players possess, and how you can fix the uncoachable traits.