In basketball, like in life, mistakes are unavoidable.  As much as we would like to escape them, they’re going to happen.  The teams that make the fewest mistakes, the majority of the time win.  Occasionally, teams that make a lot of them win. How so? They don’t chase them.  Instead, they replace the mistakes by […]

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4 Ways To Chase Greatness…Not Mistakes (Plus a Bonus)

Coaching basketball over the last 25 years, I have witnessed quite a few parents mistakenly view their parenting success based on their child’s sports success. It was hard for me to understand why parents would compete with each other over the sports accomplishments of their children. It didn’t make any sense to me how […]

6 Critical Tips to Help Your Child Succeed Through Sport

Developing A Practice Plan How To Develop A Winning Practice Plan With Coach Willie Williams Coach Willie Williams has had a lot of success coaching college basketball.  He has been named NCCAA Region Coach of The Year 3 times. He has also led Nebraska Christian College to the national tournament 3 years.  Coach Williams will […]

Willie Williams: How To Develop Good Practice Plans

Tips For Coaching Your Own Kids How To Coach and Navigate Your Child Through Youth Basketball Coach Carl Scales has had the privilege of coaching his own children in basketball. While coaching your own kids can a rewarding experience, many will tell you that there are lots of headaches along the way. Dealing with parents […]

Carl Scales “Tips For Coaching Your Own Kids”

Why You Should Listen? After ten years of prepping himself as an assistant coach, at MidAmerica Nazarene University and Washburn University, Matt Keeley takes over as head coach for the OUAZ Men’s Basketball program. Coach Keeley was blessed to work for two college coaching legends during his time as an assistant.  He was fortunate to […]

#38 – Matt Keeley “Building a Winning Culture From Scratch”

Why You Should Listen? This podcast looks at the benefits of Dr. Dish and Pro Skills Trainer Jefferson Mason makes the case for Dr. Dish supremacy in the basketball skill development world. Jefferson Mason had great success as a basketball player.  He spent 2 ½ years at the NCAA Division I level, was named a […]

#37 – Coach Mason “Dr. Dish or the Gun?”

Why You Should Listen? Northwest Missouri State Head Coach Ben McCollum has developed the “BearCat Way” culture over the last 8 years.  That culture has contributed in winning the 2017 NCAA DII Men’s Basketball Championship (35-1), three Sweet 16 finishes and five MIAA regular season titles.  During that time, Coach McCollum has been named Clarence […]

#36 – Ben McCollum “Winning a National Championship the BearCat Way”

Why You Should Listen? Texas Tech Head Coach Chris Beard’s coaching style was honed under Bobby Knight, and it has made him one of the top up and coming coaches in the nation.   He has amassed a 189-64 record and 23 victories per season over his eight seasons as a head coach.  His previous stops […]

#35 – Chris Beard “The Process That Gets Things Done”

Why You Should Listen? Joe Mazzulla had a simple plan, to get one percent better every day.  Following his father’s developmental plan at an early age transformed Joe into a 3 time State Champion and Gatorade Player of the Year in Rhode Island.  That success granted him the opportunity to play at West Virginia for […]

#34 – Joe Mazzulla “Get 1% Better Each Day”

Why You Should Listen? Working for Coach Joanne P. McCallie at Duke has taught Hernando Planells that life is about “Choice Not Chance.”  To Coach Planells everything is a “Choice” is doesn’t happen by “Chance.” People justify when things don’t go their way saying, “It is not meant to be.”  Coach Planells believes that too […]

#33 – Hernando Planells “Life Is A Choice, Not A Chance”

Taking over and turning around a losing program takes a plan, and Kevin Thomas has been the man with a plan at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri. Coach Thomas applied the principles he learned playing for college basketball’s all-time winningest coach Gene Bess with 1,243 wins.  He took over a struggling 4 and […]

#32 – “A Blueprint For Building a Program With Kevin Thomas”

Why You Should Listen? In this Jim Huber Podcast, you will learn the art of shooting with NBA shooting instructor Dave Love.  While with the Phoenix Suns, Coach Love was able to increase players’ shooting percentages.  These successes led him the opportunity to work with Grant Hill and DeShawn Stevenson, as well being hired by […]

#31 – “The Art of Shooting with NBA Shooting Instructor Dave Love”

Only Harry Statham, Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski have won more college basketball games than Danny Miles at 1,040.  On the road to coaching immortality, Coach Miles won 3 National Championships in 43 years at Oregon Tech.  His love for his players and the game earned him Coach John Wooden’s “Keys to Life” Award in […]

#30 – Danny Miles “Lessons From A Lifetime In Coaching”

Why You Should Listen? Greg Brown worked for two of the greatest servant leaders in the history of college basketball, Hall of Famers Pat Summit and Don Meyer.  They combined with 2,021 wins and won 84 percent of their games!  The priceless gifts that both Pat and Don so selflessly passed to Coach Brown inspired […]

#29 – Greg Brown “What I Learned Coaching with Pat Summitt and Don Meyer”

The odds were stacked fairly high against Coach John Lair and his athlete, Chevi Peters.   Doctors had predicted an early demise for young Chevi, telling his parents he wouldn’t live to see the age of three.  38 surgeries later, he was a beaten down teenager who weighed 98 lbs, his body covered in scars, […]

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