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Episode 675 - Do They Need You, or Do They Own It?
Oct 13, 2026
41m 30s
Episode 674 - Emotional Intelligence for Coaches with Duane Jourdeans
Oct 6, 2026
54m 17s
Episode 673 - Building a Winning Preseason
Sep 29, 2026
46m 42s
Episode 672 - Choosing Your Style of Play
Sep 22, 2026
39m 45s
Episode 671 - Permission to Fail
Sep 15, 2026
39m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/13/26 |  Episode 675 - Do They Need You, or Do They Own It? | As a coach, when you step away from practice, what happens? Today, Sam and TJ dig into how coaches can build real rather than performative habits, resist over-coaching, and over time develop a mentality of ownership within their team. They discuss how often to stop practice as the season progresses and how to hand leadership to your players step by step. They also share simple ways to measure intangibles like effort and culture without an analytics department. They close with why simple, soun... | 41m 30s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | Episode 674 - Emotional Intelligence for Coaches with Duane Jourdeans | In Episode 674, Sam and TJ sit down with Duane Jourdeans, a 27-year coaching veteran and emotional intelligence speaker, to talk about how coaches show up for their players. Duane walks through six emotional intelligence skills, from self-awareness to inspiring performance, and explains why "okay" leaders move the needle so little. They tackle the tension between high-intensity coaching and authenticity, the difference between demanding and demeaning, and why EI is not soft. Duane also shares... | 54m 17s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | Episode 673 - Building a Winning Preseason | In this episode, Sam interviews TJ and takes us behind the curtain of his college program's preseason, organized around the Key 5 framework. TJ explains how he reverse engineers the season from the first game, why leadership looks different every year, and how to spread its weight across players and staff. He makes the case for an 80/20 approach that puts habits like effort, competitiveness, and fundamentals ahead of X's and O's. They also cover developing basketball IQ by helping players liv... | 46m 42s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | Episode 672 - Choosing Your Style of Play | In this episode, TJ and Sam tackle pace and tempo. They define tempo as possessions per game and use real examples, from Virginia and Iowa's slow, disciplined success to Nova Southeastern's up-tempo pressure, to show there's no single "right" pace. They discuss how your style should fit your personality, your players, and what you can genuinely teach every day in practice, An aggressive system, must also be a mindset for your program. TJ then lays out a quantity, quality, and margin framework... | 39m 45s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | Episode 671 - Permission to Fail | Are your players afraid to make mistakes? In Episode 671, Sam and TJ tackle "the permission problem" and the fine line between playing fearless and playing responsible. They work through real coaching moments — the freshman who over-helps and gives up a layup, the star who turns passive, the point guard afraid to look selfish — and how to respond to each without killing their confidence. Along the way they cover the difference between a bad decision and a bad outcome, why staying "not attache... | 39m 29s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | assistant coachingleadership traits+3 | Chris Kreider | Georgia Tech | — | assistant coachGeorgia Tech+3 | — | 40m 07s | ||
| 9/1/26 | team cultureleadership+3 | J.P. Nerbun | The Culture Captain | — | team cultureleadership+5 | — | 40m 39s | ||
| 8/25/26 | leadership developmentteam culture+3 | J.P. Nerbun | The Culture Captain | — | leadershipteam culture+3 | — | 48m 52s | ||
| 8/18/26 | off-ball actionsdefensive plays+3 | — | — | — | basketballcoaching+3 | — | 39m 03s | ||
| 8/11/26 | self-improvementblind spots+4 | — | — | — | coachingleadership+4 | — | 42m 20s | ||
| 8/4/26 | preseason preparationcoaching culture+3 | — | — | — | coachingpreseason+3 | — | 42m 21s | ||
| 7/28/26 | coaching staff leadershipcommunication+3 | — | — | — | coachingleadership+5 | — | 46m 53s | ||
| 7/21/26 | coachingambition+4 | — | — | — | coachingambition+4 | — | 35m 35s | ||
| 7/14/26 | practice designbasketball IQ+4 | — | — | — | basketball practicegame transfer+3 | — | 41m 02s | ||
| 7/7/26 | mental toughnessconfidence+3 | — | Hardwood Hustle | — | mental edgetoughness+3 | — | 38m 27s | ||
| 6/30/26 | situational basketballcoaching strategies+3 | — | San Antonio | — | De'Aaron Foxsituational basketball+3 | — | 44m 38s | ||
| 6/23/26 | feeder programstravel ball+4 | — | — | — | feeder programsbasketball coaching+5 | — | 41m 23s | ||
| 6/16/26 | coaching decisionsleadership+3 | — | — | — | coachingtrust+3 | — | 44m 40s | ||
| 6/9/26 | basketball trendsiconic players+4 | — | — | — | basketballtrends+5 | — | 36m 02s | ||
| 6/2/26 | coachingsports environment+3 | Mano Watsa | PGC Basketball | — | coachingvision+5 | — | 46m 06s | ||
| 5/26/26 | offensive systemcoaching+3 | — | — | — | offensive systembasketball+5 | — | 38m 59s | ||
| 5/19/26 | defensive strategiescoaching+3 | — | — | — | defensecoaching+4 | — | 35m 05s | ||
| 5/12/26 | player developmentcoaching strategies+3 | — | — | — | player developmentcoaching+3 | — | 43m 37s | ||
| 5/5/26 | communicationcoaching+3 | Betsy Butterick | Hardwood Hustle | — | communicationcoaching+3 | — | 51m 19s | ||
| 4/28/26 | coach-athletic director relationshiphiring process+3 | — | Hardwood Hustle | — | athletic directorcoach relationship+5 | — | 37m 52s | ||
| 4/21/26 | team cohesionhigh performance+4 | Ben Darwin | Gain Line Analytics | — | team performancecohesion+6 | — | 49m 45s | ||
| 4/14/26 | coaching mindsetleadership strategies+3 | — | — | — | coachingleadership+3 | — | 42m 42s | ||
| 4/7/26 | practice essentialscoaching+3 | Edward LeBlanc | — | — | practicecoaching mistakes+3 | — | 49m 28s | ||
| 3/31/26 | coachingteam building+3 | — | — | — | Don Meyercoaching+3 | — | 45m 12s | ||
| 3/24/26 | coachingteam dynamics+3 | — | — | — | coaching effortteam practices+3 | — | 46m 17s | ||
| 3/17/26 | coachingpostseason evaluation+3 | TJ | PGC Coaching | — | coaching evaluationPGC Coaching+3 | — | 46m 12s | ||
| 3/10/26 | 3-point shotbasketball analytics+3 | — | college teamselite offenses | — | 3-point shotbasketball+5 | — | 43m 00s | ||
| 3/3/26 | player buy-inteam culture+3 | Brendan O'Meara | Major League RugbyHardwoodHustle.com | — | buy-inconnection+3 | — | 45m 16s | ||
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