HPHN's Basketball Player Development Podcast

🏀 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PODCAST |  S2. E2. Mental Toughness - Goal setting and planning. Empowered athlete. Team mates that build mental toughness in others.__________________________Here it is! The 2nd episode of our 3 part podcast series on Mental Toughness.We welcome special guest cohost Isaac White backIsaac has recently graduated from Stanford University, playing in the Pac-12 Conference, one of the biggest and toughest conferences in all of American College basketball, and has just started his pro career with the Hawks Basketball in the NBL.Isaac and Coach Andrew Jantke will discuss all aspects of Mental Toughness in this 3 part podcast series.  In this episode Isaac and Janx discuss ideas from episode 1 in a bit more depth. They then look at the main topics for this episode including how the following impact mental toughness and your value to teams you work in:* Goal setting and planning and impact on mental toughness.* Empowering athletes to help them be mentally tough and take ownership and control over their decisions and journey when faced with setbacks.* How can we as team mates, coaches, parents and friends build mental toughness in othersIsaac also provides insights on his current coach, Brian Goorjian, one of the greatest coaches in Australia and how his coaching helps instill mental toughness and confidence in his athletes.Isaac provides info on how he got info on his game from Roy William's (North Carolina Tarheels HC) scouting report on him.The hosts give out lots of shoutouts in this episode including a plug for https://www.facebook.com/Boxtek-Boxing-Gym-504319216670146.This is a great podcast series for athletes (young and older), their parents, coaches and supporters to bring this important characteristic to their thinking and developing a deep understanding how and why it develops it develops in athletes.  The hosts will provide unique insights from an athlete that has played on the big stage, experienced success in Australian pathways and overseas too, and a coach that has helped develop it in many highly successful young athletes over many years.We look forward to hearing your input, feedback and ideas for the next couple of episodes.__________________________Please helps us 🏫educate, ℹ️ inform and 💡 inspire by🔗 Sharing > 👍 Liking > 💬 Discussing our articles.__________________________👍www.highperformancehoopsnetwork.com is Australia's number 1 source for unofficial insider blogs on elite youth basketball and basketball development. With a spotlight on youth basketball in South Australia, all Aussies in college basketball and beyond. You can also find information on our countries' top prospects out of South Australia 

We've had 100s of listeners from all over the country to episodes 1 and 2 and we hope we are building the skill development industry for athletes, as well as skill development and club coaches alike.  We also hope that parents are getting information for how to support their child's skill development.In our third episode of our three-episode pilot, Coach Gabriel Saldavia of Lab46 joins Coach Janx of High-Performance Hoops Network to discuss:An athlete's needs analysis. To provide personalised development for athletes it is vital that club coaches provide information directly, or through parents, to the skill development coach on athlete needs.  We break this down in detail.Encouraging skill development through a style of play and team culture and the district, club, and rep team level.Moves on the rim you should develop.  Different moves on the rim to learn and develop through skill development sessions.Benchmark drills to measure your improvement.  We work through benchmark drills athletes can do.  Record their scores for to benchmark against themselves or peers in their age group.We also answer listener questions from our Instagram survey including:As a coach or trainer what, what do you look for in terms of an ideal player?What are the main things to focus on in order to be a lights out shooter?What's the main resource you use to come up with new/different drills?Shoutouts in this episode to Tom Giles, Adam Cohen, Curtis Scipio, Jemma Saponari and Lat Mayen.We look forward to all your thoughts and feedback. Please listen to this podcast, get value from it, build your athletes up, and grow and develop our GREAT SPORT!!!Chapters:00:00:11 Introduction to HPHN00:01:16 Introduction to this episode00:03:03 Questions from our listeners00:12:01 Athlete's needs analysis 00:17:37 Encouraging skill development through a style of play and team culture and the district, club and rep team level00:23:20 Moves on the rim to practice00:31:45 Benchmark drills to measure your improvement00:40:50 Conclusion and thanks

Thanks to the 100s of people that listened to episode one.In our second episode of our three-episode pilot, Coach Gabriel Saldavia of Lab46 joins Coach Janx of High-Performance Hoops Network to discuss:- When and where can I work out? (how to access facilities and how to fit it in)- If an athlete wants IT less than their parents, and parents are driving the workouts, how do we motivate the athlete?- What apparatus do you use in a workout? How and Why?Shoutouts at the start, including updating listeners on the 2x2020 College commitments made since the last episode. And we also shout out and thank many of the people that provided feedback and ideas from the first episode.At the start of the episode Gab and Janx also revisit some topics from episode 1, adding some more detail, focussing on:- The athlete's needs analysis for trainers and individualised development for athlete skill development- Development that youth players get through playing games vs team practices vs skill development sessions. What's important for player development?- The enthusiasm of trainers. Fake vs real enthusiasm.- Expanding on the idea that "relationship overrides niche" for how athletes should choose skill trainers.- "Angles, Footwork and Follow through" what these points of emphasis mean and why they're important.We look forward to all your thoughts and feedback. Please listen to this podcast, get value from it, build your athletes up, and grow and develop our GREAT SPORT!!!

In our first of our three-episode pilot, Gabriel Saldavia of Lab46 joins us to discuss an introduction to skill development training. This episode will help lay the groundwork for the next 3 as Gab and Janx discuss things such as why should athletes do skill development, what to look for in a skill development coach, and philosophies and emphasis they apply to each session.  Using the sessions to develop player confidence, the importance of developing a plan for players with club coaches, how parents can run their own sessions are some other key topics discussed.

🏀 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PODCAST |  S2. E3. Mental Toughness - Small mental toughness tips from followers. Process for overcoming adversity and coming out mentally tougher. When Juniors need mental toughness. Top 4 mentally toughest athletes. The project.__________________________Here it is! After a long delay the 3rd and final episode in our Mental Toughness Series with Isaac White.Isaac has recently graduated from Stanford University, playing in the Pac-12 Conference, one of the biggest and toughest conferences in all of American College basketball, and has just started his pro career with the Hawks Basketball in the NBL.Isaac and Coach Andrew Jantke will discuss all aspects of Mental Toughness in this 3 part podcast series.In this episode a lot is covered including:* Summary of Isaac's first pre-season and where he needed mental toughness* As a junior athlete the top 5 times when is mental toughness needed most* 5 step process to overcome adversity and come out mentally tougher at the other end of it* "The Project" concept. A concept to apply to our lives for personal growth and planning* Isaac's top 4 mentally toughest athletes he has worked with and why. Shout outs to Tyler Harvey, Tim Coenraad, Spencer Jones, Angus Rodman* Andrew's top 4 mentally toughest athletes he has worked with and why. Shout outs to Isaac White, Mattaes Phillipou, Lat Mayen, Brendan TeysThis is a great podcast series for athletes (young and older), their parents, coaches and supporters to bring this important characteristic to their thinking and developing a deep understanding how and why it develops it develops in athletes.  The hosts will provide unique insights from an athlete that has played on the big stage, experienced success in Australian pathways and overseas too, and a coach that has helped develop it in many highly successful young athletes over many years.We look forward to hearing your input, feedback and ideas for the next couple of episodes.Runsheet00:00:16 Intro to HPN, Isaac White and the Mental Toughness Podseries00:02:51 Start. Update since the last ep. NBL season overview, Isaac's first Pro season, pre-season with the Hawks00:04:30 The Adelaide game last season. Shout out to Al Mudronja!00:05:53 Ideas from Instagram followers on mental toughness. Visualisation. Journaling. Shout out to Luke Mollett 00:14:47 Overview of discussion items in the episode.00:16:09 What is mental toughness as discussed in other episodes. The Hawks freethrow drill.00:20:16 What is the main differences between elite college hoops and pro life in terms of mental and physical toughness00:27:58 Times when mental toughness was needed in first season as a pro. How mental toughness helped Isaac re sign with the Hawks. QBL Season.00:36:08 As a junior athlete the top 5 times when is mental toughness needed most00:43:10 5 step process to overcome adversity and come out mentally tougher at the other end of it00:47:05 "The Project" concept. A concept to apply to our lives for personal growth and planning00:50:06 Sneak peak into next 3 part podcast series and shoutout to Joey Wright00:50:34 Isaac's top 4 mentally toughest athletes he has worked with and why. Shout outs to Tyler Harvey, Tim Coenraad, Spencer Jones, Angus Rodman00:56:10 Andrew's top 4 mentally toughest athletes he has worked with and why. Shout outs to Isaac White, Mattaes Phillipou, Lat Mayen, Brendan Teys01:02:12 Closing it out and conclusion__________________________Please helps us 🏫educate, ℹ️ inform and 💡 inspire by🔗 Sharing > 👍 Liking > 💬 Discussing our articles.__________________________👍www.highperformancehoopsnetwork.com is Australia's number 1 source for unofficial insider blogs on elite youth basket

🏀 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PODCAST | S2. Ep1. Introduction to mental toughness. What is it? How can we talent ID it? How it develops?__________________________Here it is! The 1st episode of our 3 part podcast series on Mental Toughness.We welcome special guest cohost Isaac White to this all new podcast series.  Isaac has recently graduated from Stanford University, playing in the Pac-12 Conference, one of the biggest and toughest conferences in all of American College basketball, and is about to commence his pro career with the Hawks Basketball in the NBL.Isaac and Coach Andrew Jantke will discuss all aspects of Mental Toughness in this 3 part podcast series.  This first episode lays the groundwork, introducing many ideas that will be expanded upon in the next 2 episodes.  Isaac openly discusses challenges and big games where he applied mental toughness along the way, as Janx and Isaac deep dive into what mental tougness means, how to talent ID it in others, how to develop it and how others can help you develop it.This is a great podcast series for athletes (young and older), their parents, coaches and supporters to bring this important characteristic to their thinking and developing a deep understanding how and why it develops it develops in athletes.  The hosts will provide unique insights from an athlete that has played on the big stage, experienced success in Australian pathways and overseas too, and a coach that has helped develop it in many highly successful young athletes over many years.We look forward to hearing your input, feedback and ideas for the next couple of episodes.__________________________Please helps us 🏫educate, ℹ️ inform and 💡 inspire by🔗 Sharing > 👍 Liking > 💬 Discussing our articles.__________________________👍www.highperformancehoopsnetwork.com is Australia's number 1 source for unofficial insider blogs on elite youth basketball and basketball development. With a spotlight on youth basketball in South Australia, all Aussies in college basketball and beyond. You can also find information on our countries' top prospects out of South Australia