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Episode 255: David Hollander, How Basketball Can Save The World Feb 15, 2023

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Guest: David Hollander, Author of How Basketball Can Save The World

David Hollander, the author of How Basketball Can Save the World, joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on how basketball can save the world.

Hollander is an assistant dean and clinical professor with the Tisch Institute for Global Sport at New York University and received NYU’s highest faculty honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award. His innovative courses have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, SLAM, and CBS News. He sits on advisory boards for espnW, The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School, and the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute. He holds his high school record for most technical fouls.

Breakdown

1:00 - Saving The World

6:00 - Other Sports

12:00 - Harmony and Balance

15:00 - Belongingness

21:00 - Isolation and Loneliness

24:00 - Common Sense

30:00 - Strengths and Weaknesses

30:41 - 31:16 - Basketball Immersion January AD 2023

35:00 - Balance of Force and Skills

39:00 - Position and Human Alchemy

44:00 - Being Adaptable

47:30 - Co Create Solution

49:00 - Make it Global

53:00 - Other Levels

1:00:00 - Conclusion

David Hollander’s Bio:

Website: https://howbasketballcansavetheworld.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/david-hollander-how-basketball-can-save-the-world/id1603012439?i=1000567342555

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 254: Sue Phillips, Building a Program and Applying Performance Psychology Feb 08, 2023

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Guest: Sue Phillips, Archbishop Mitty Head Coach

Archbishop Mitty head coach Sue Phillips joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on building a program and applying performance psychology.

Sue Phillips, who is also a math teacher, has coached more than 50 players who went on to play in Division I and has more coaching wins than any girls high school basketball coach in Northern California history at 760+ and counting. The Tradition of Excellence she has established has led to 33 League Titles, 30 Central Coast Section Titles, 14 Nor Cal Championships, 6 CIF State Titles and her 2018 team earned top national rankings from ESPN, MaxPreps and USA Today and was declared the mythical national champion by USA Today and espnW.

Breakdown

1:00 - Planning a Season

4:00 - Beginning a Program

6:00 - How to Develop Coaches

8:30 - Shaping a Successful Program

11:00 - Coping Strategies

13:30 - Art of Coaching with Science

17:30 - Practice in Modern Era

22:00 - Supporting Players

25:30 - Coaching Talents

28:30 - Higher Standards as a Gift

30:05 - 30:45 - Immersion Videos AD

32:30 - Managing Parents

40:00 - Carrot and Stick Approach

45:00 - Managing Hype

50:00 - Rules Around State Associations

54:00 - Handling Officials

57:00 - Conclusion

Sue Phillips’ Bio:

Bio: https://www.usab.com/basketball/staff/p/phillips-sue.aspx

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachsphillips

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 253: Ted Suihkonen, Speed of Hand, Speed of Foot, and Speed of Mind Feb 01, 2023

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Guest: Ted Suihkonen, Hockey Development Coach, and Educator

Hockey development coach and educator Ted Suihkonen join the Basketball Podcast to share insights on developing speed of hand, speed of foot, and speed of mind.

Ted Suihkonen is the Head of Development for the ice hockey club EVZ in Zug, Switzerland. Prior to moving to Switzerland, he was the Head of Development for HC Lokomotiv of the KHL in Yaroslavl, Russia. During his time there, HC Lokomotiv was able to get 18 players from their junior system drafted into the NHL. He started his coaching career in the USA, before moving back to Sweden where he played professionally, to continue his coaching career. He also holds top education through USA Hockey and the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, as well as a master's degree in Neuroscience.

Breakdown

1:00 - Two Sports are Connected

4:00 - Resistance

11:00 - Playing More in Practice

13:00 - Concept of Skill Talk

22:00 - Importance of Drills

27:00 - Expecting to be Creative

30:00 - Independent Performers

35:00 - Coaches are Problem Solvers

36:51 - 37:26 - Basketball Immersion AD Jan 2023

37:30 - Sticky Practice

42:00 - Make Mistakes

47:30 - Interleaving Mixing

51:00 - How to Cheat that Constraint

53:00 - Overload

57:00 - Basketball Trainers

1:00:00 - Lack of Gameplay

1:02:00 - Embrace Chaos

1:05:00 - Full Circle

1:09:00 - Conclusion

Ted Suihkonen’s Bio:

Bio: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/22255/ted-suihkonen

Twitter: https://twitter.com/suihkonen77

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 252: Megan Griffith, Developing People, Creating Culture, Building Community Jan 25, 2023

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Guest: Megan Griffith, Columbia Head Coach

Columbia head coach Megan Griffith joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on developing people, creating culture, and building community.

Griffith has ushered in a new era of Columbia women's basketball. Her six-year tenure as head coach has combined to be the winningest six-year stretch in the NCAA Division I history of the program. Over that time, the Lions have earned seven power-conference wins, including their first victories over opponents from the ACC and Big East. Columbia has also qualified for the Ivy League Tournament in each of its last two seasons, playing in the championship game in 2021-22 before accepting the program's first bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).

The 2021-22 season was a landmark year as the team had its winningest season in program history, going 25-7 overall with a 12-2 Ivy League record.

Breakdown

1:00 - Columbia Basketball Program

3:00 - Culture and Core Values

5:00 - Communication

9:00 - Defensive Communication

12:00 - Foundation Things on Offense

15:00 - Changing the Culture

20:00 - Conversation

24:00 - Better Practice

24:29 - 25:03 - Basketball Immersion AD 2023

27:00 - Journaling

35:00 - Wellness Check

38:00 - Greetings and Handshakes

39:30 - Buddy System

43:00 - Journey Meetings

48:00 - Unbalanced as Coaches

51:00 - Multiple Experiences

Megan Griffith’s Bio:

Bio: https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/megan-griffith/2752

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cucoachg

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 251: Seth Greenberg, Coaching, College Basketball, and Educating Players Jan 18, 2023

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Guest: Seth Greenberg, ESPN College Basketball Broadcaster

ESPN college basketball broadcaster Seth Greenberg joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on coaching, college basketball, and educating players.

Prior to becoming an analyst for ESPN Greenberg was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the head coach at Long Beach State, the University of South Florida, and Virginia Tech. He was a two-time ACC Coach of the Year.

Prior to becoming a head coach, Greenberg was an assistant coach at Columbia, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Miami and Long Beach State.

Breakdown

1:00 - Knowledge on Broadcasts

5:00 - Access to Coaches

8:00 - Imitating Coaches

13:00 - Relationship on Players

15:30 - Evolution of the Game

20:00 - Coaching Them Hard

25:55 - 26:36 - Immersion Video Ad

26:00 - Philosophy Behind Meetings

30:30 - Resist Trends

36:00 - The Modern Game

39:00 - Two-Way Contract

43:30 - College Basketball

46:30 - Set of Rules Internationally

50:00 - CFL

52:00 - Shot Clock on High School Level

53:00 - Conclusion

Seth Greenberg’s Bio:

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Greenberg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethonhoops

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 250: Jen and Chris Oliver, Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning Jan 11, 2023

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Guest: Jen Oliver, Entrepreneur, a Mother of two daughters, the Author of the International Best Selling Book, “The Love FitMama Way: Transforming the Core of Motherhood”

Chris and Jen Oliver join the Basketball Podcast to discuss learning, unlearning and relearning and so much more from their experiences coaching, playing, and sharing the game.

Jen Oliver is an entrepreneur, a mother of two daughters, and the author of the international bestselling book, The Love FitMama Way: Transforming the Core of Motherhood. Jen is an internationally recognized public speaker and has been a consultant, coach, and mentor for many successful online businesses and entrepreneurs since she started her first podcast in 2008.

As an Online Business Development and Mindset Coach, Podcaster, and TEDx Speaker, Jen Oliver inspires, educates, and motivates entrepreneurs around the globe to follow their vision for themselves and to do it with love. What she is most passionate about is spreading the message she draws on from science and mind-body data to support entrepreneurs in being their own biggest ally in business, relationships, and life. Jen has almost 1.8 million views on her viral TEDx talk, “How to Love Yourself to the Core”

Breakdown

1:00 - Basketball Immersion Podcast

4:00 - Resistance

7:00 - Decision Training

11:30 - Practice with their Daughters

14:00 - Asking Questions

18:30 - Making Decisions

21:00 - Technical Information

24:00 - Human Interactions

27:00 - New Variables to Practice

29:00 - Messy

32:30 - Concept of Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn

36:00 - Learning New Things

39:00 - Adaptable

41:35 - 42:10 - Basketball Immersion AD

43:30 - Player's Perspective

46:00 - Rabbit Hole

50:00 - Summer League

55:00 - Sharing Experiences

57:00 - Five-Page Essay

1:00:00 - Psychological Safety

1:01:00 - To Be Creative and Free

1:04:00 - Active Participants

1:08:00 - Enjoying The Sport

1:10:00 - Limited in the Game

1:14:00 - People Involvement

1:16:00 - Premium Podcast and Bonus Materials

Jen Oliver’s Bio:

Bio: https://basketballimmersion.com/jenoliver/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovefitmama

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JenOliver

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 249: Ben Taylor, Challenging New and Old Basketball Concept Jan 04, 2023

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Guest: Ben Taylor, Founder of Thinking Basketball

The founder of Thinking Basketball Ben Taylor joins the Basketball Podcast to challenge and dive deeper into new and old basketball concepts that can help our coaching.

Ben Taylor is the founder of the Thinking Basketball YouTube channel, podcast and author of Thinking Basketball the book. In all his platforms, Taylor goes deeper on basketball analysis, history, philosophy and theory. Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. He explores how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives.

He is a behavioral scientist who loves basketball. He has had his blog in some form or another since 2011. Since then he has developed a bunch of historical metrics, hand-tracked hundreds of games, tried to start a basketball data company, written a book about basketball and cognition, and started creating podcasts / YouTube content about the NBA.

Breakdown

1:00 - Difficult Concepts

5:00 - Cognitive Scientist

8:00 - Applied Science

11:00 - Not Connecting Perception

13:30 - Data Gathering

15:00 - Evaluating Their Defense

17:00 - Old vs New School Thinking

20:00 - Advocating Coaches

22:00 - Lob Pass

24:30 - Passing

28:30 - Yoga

31:17 - 32:00 - Membership Sales Ads

32:00 - Split Cut

34:00 - The Right Structure

38:00 - Coaching Perspective

42:00 - Concept of pre Switching

46:00 - Adaptability

50:00 - Overload Concept

55:00 - NBA Skill Sets

59:00 - Goal of Offense

1:02:00 - Empowering Players

Ben Taylor’s Bio:

Website: https://thinkingbasketball.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elgee35

Podcast: Thinking Basketball - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-basketball/id1428290303?mt=2

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/thinkingbasketball

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 248: Gordon Herbert, Philosophy, Roles, and Identity Dec 28, 2022

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Episode 248: Gordon Herbert, Philosophy, Roles, and Identity

Guest: Gordon Herbert, German National Team Head Coach

German National Team head coach Gordon Herbert joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on philosophy, roles and identity.

Herbert has extensive experience having coached throughout Europe, most notably in the German League and the Euroleague, and in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors, and the Georgian national team and the Canadian National Team. In September 2021, he was named head coach of the Germany national team. He guided the German team to a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships.

He also has coaching titles, winning the Basketball Bundesliga: 2003–04, the FIBA Europe Cup: 2015–16, the French Cup: 2006–07 and the Finnish Cup: 2009.

Breakdown

1:00 - National Team

2:00 - Importance of Roles

4:00 - Organization and Creativity

6:00 - Concept of Spacing

10:00 - Triggers

14:00 - Offensive Advantage

16:00 - Adjustments on the Wings

21:00 - Influence of Hockey

25:00 - FACC Program

25:35 - 26:20 - Membership Sales Ad

28:00 - Three Factors

30:30 - Teaching Defense

33:00 - Player Enjoyment

36:00 - Defensive Decisions

39:00 - Special Situations

43:00 - Coaching with Nick Nurse

45:00 - Pace in Practice

52:00 - Sorting Roles to the Players

55:00 - Conclusion

Gordon Herbert’s Bio:

Bio/Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Herbert

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 247: Joe Crispin, Offense Wins and Enjoy The Game More Dec 21, 2022

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Guest: Joe Crispin, Rowan Head Coach

Rowan head coach Joe Crispin joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on offense wins and how to help players enjoy the game more.

As Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Rowan University, Joe Crispin has advanced the team to the NCAA Division III Championships and been selected as the NABC Atlantic District Coach of the Year and the D3Hoops.com Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. Prior to being named head coach, Joe spent two seasons as the assistant coach for both the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams at Rowan University.

Joe Crispin is also the primary director for Crispin Basketball where he runs various camps, clinics, and club teams throughout the year. He focuses his energy on our overall development philosophy and programs. He enjoyed an extensive and successful playing career that has seen him play basketball for 28 different coaches.

Breakdown

1:00 - Offensive Tempo and Creating Pace

6:00 - Have Fun

11:00 - Mantra

13:00 - Basics of Walking

16:00 - Half and Full Court

18:00 - Structure the Workout

21:30 - Fundamentals

25:00 - Three-Leg Program

28:00 - Playing in the Triangle

32:00 - Constraint-Led Approach

35:19 - 36:04 - Membership Sales Ads

37:00 - Game Situations

39:30 - Constraints of the Shot Clock

42:00 - Security vs Pressure

49:30 - Importance of Recruiting

52:00 - Creating Decisions

55:30 - Changing Mentality

1:02:00 - Mindset for Success

1:07:00 - Part of the Process

Joe Crispin’s Bio:

Bio/Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Crispin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joecrispin

Basketball Immersion

Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion

Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion

Immersion Videos:

Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

Episode 246: Trevor Woodruff, Defense and Mindset Dec 14, 2022

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Guest: Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell Head Coach

Bucknell head coach Trevor Woodruff joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on defense and mindset, and how it has made an impact everywhere he has coached.

Through three seasons with the Bison, Woodruff has compiled an outstanding 57-17 (.770) overall record, including a 40-10 (.800) mark against Patriot League opponents. On top of that, Bucknell is 30-5 (.857) when playing at home under Woodruff and 4-2 (.667) in Patriot League Tournament contests.

For his career, Trevor Woodruff owns a 170-27 (.863) record coaching NCAA women’s basketball and a 329-162 (.670) overall NCAA basketball record when factoring in his 11 seasons as the men’s coach at Misericordia. In all, Woodruff has eight conference titles, 11 appearances in national postseason tournaments, and 10 Coach of the Year awards.

Breakdown

1:00 - Defensive Conviction

4:00 - Offense

6:00 - Mindset Training

7:30 - Drills and Live Play

10:00 - Non Negotiables

14:00 - Ball Screen Defense

16:00 - Passing Piece

20:00 - Connecting Things to Mindset

25:00 - Practice Plan

29:38 - 30:23 - Membership Sales Ads

30:30 - Weak Side