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Episodes from Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

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

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 After thirty seven years, Coach Steve Collins can finally see the thing he could not see while he was inside it: he planned five…

Oct 15, 2026•6 min
Interview with Coach Raidbard ( Part 2)

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 inside a Teach Hoops member call, where real coaches bring the problems they are living with this week. SHOW NOTES This one is a…

Oct 14, 2026•28 min
Interview with Coach Raidbard ( Part 1)

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 inside a Teach Hoops member call, where real coaches bring the problems they are living with this week. SHOW NOTES This one is a…

Oct 13, 2026•26 min
Do you have three defenses or one really good one?

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. SHOW NOTES Somewhere in your league there is a team with almost no defensive scheme at all that is going to beat somebody good this…

Oct 12, 2026•13 min
How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday?

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? SUBTITLE Practice quality is a number you can count, and most coaches have never once counted it. SHOW NOTES Coaches judge practice…

Oct 11, 2026•9 min
Are you picking captains or just holding an election?

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 captain Coach Steve Collins ever had averaged three points a game and never started. In this three part episode, Steve gets into how…

Oct 10, 2026•12 min
What Happens When One Coach Gets an Hour on His Own Program?

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 Program? SUBTITLE A Teach Hoops one on one call, where a single coach brings his actual situation and we work through it out loud.…

Oct 9, 2026•29 min
What Should You Actually Be Watching in Your First Scrimmage?

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 least useful number in the gym, so here are the three you should write on your card instead. SHOW NOTESYour first scrimmage is the best…

Oct 8, 2026•7 min
What if you built your first two weeks backwards from opening night?

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 how to start at game one and work your way back. SHOW NOTES Ask most coaches how many practices they have before their first game and…

Oct 7, 2026•12 min
What Does a Great Assistant Coach Actually Do?

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? SUBTITLE Nobody hands you a job description, most head coaches never write one, and the assistants who figure it out become impossible to…

Oct 6, 2026•15 min
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?

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 Thanksgiving. SHOW NOTES Most programs walk into the first week of practice with a handbook full of rules and not one real…

Oct 5, 2026•7 min
What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Listening?

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 Listening? SUBTITLE A look inside a Teach Hoops member call, where real coaches bring the problems they are living with this week.…

Oct 4, 2026•19 min