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The Hardwood Hustle podcast brought to you by PGC Basketball seeks to educate, empower and encourage coaches around the world.
Your hosts, coaches TJ Rosene and Sam Allen share their experiences and perspectives centered around the game of basketball. Guest interviews from the biggest names in basketball and beyond, provide keen insights into how coaches can achieve a high level of success and be transformational in the lives of their players.
The Hardwood Hustle has been equipping and inspiring the basketball community since 2014. Allow our guides TJ and Sam to journey with you and help you enjoy a fulfilling coaching career season after season.
Your hosts, coaches TJ Rosene and Sam Allen share their experiences and perspectives centered around the game of basketball. Guest interviews from the biggest names in basketball and beyond, provide keen insights into how coaches can achieve a high level of success and be transformational in the lives of their players.
The Hardwood Hustle has been equipping and inspiring the basketball community since 2014. Allow our guides TJ and Sam to journey with you and help you enjoy a fulfilling coaching career season after season.
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This week, TJ and Sam discuss the critical elements of running an effective basketball offense. They emphasize the importance of clarity in understanding roles, triggers for actions, and the pace at which the game is played. The highlight how clarity can lead to better decision-making and performance, while teaching triggers gives players the tools to react instinctively during games. Show Notes: • Clarity is essential for effective offensive execution. • Players must understand their r...
There’s more to defense than the system. This week we discuss how you teach and implement your defense and getting your team bought into the details that make it work. Show Notes: • Teaching Defense Better • Installing Your Defense • Getting extreme clarity • Don't leave home base • Having a communication system • Give them the Why • Developing terminology • Slow it down to speed it up • Player Development on the Defensive end • Getting players to stay engaged and aggressive • What shou...
If you want to maximize your practice time you have to focus on both the what and the how. In this episode, TJ and Sam share the 3 most important aspects of your practice plan to ensure you're not spinning your wheels. Show Notes: • Talking about “Practice" • Where you're spending the most time • What is your team's identity? • How many things can you work on in practice? • Discipline = Freedom in practice • After Action Report on your coaching • More sound bites less monologues • Cultu...
A great way to maximize your upcoming season is by maximizing your team’s effort every possession. Though challenging, TJ and Sam share why it’s a worthwhile endeavor, and how to practically improve your team’s effort in practice. Show Notes: Playing hard is a SkillT.J. McConnell - Playing hard as a skill Coaching & Teaching it2-Way playersEffort and IQ not taught enough Coach Speak vs Teacher Talk Is your standard high enough?Practice shorter and harder Helping playe...
This week TJ and Sam go through 9 coaching questions from strategic scouting decisions to lifting on game days, there’s a lot you to be thinking about before your season starts. Show Notes: • Wall up? • Take out the other team's best player? • Choose not to guard a player on the other team? • Reminders v. complaining • Crash the boards even harder? • Lift weights on game day? • Zone every BLOB? • More time shooting in practice? • Emphasize drills or competing? Send us a Message. If you'd like...
This week the topic is about embracing the grind of coaching, but more importantly how to work hard while being at your best. Instead of going into survival mode during season, TJ and Sam discuss ways you can set expectations, make small changes, and gain advantages in creative ways. Show Notes: Are you a grinder?Is it worth it?Don’t deprive yourself of what you need to be at your bestThe cost of running a special programDo we need to be the last coach to leave the office?Gain Efficiency over...
This week, Chad Warner, assistant coach at the University of Minnesota joins TJ and Sam to discuss all things coaching. In this conversation they touch on the pressures and anxieties of coaching, what Chad's learned throughout his long and successful coaching journey, and what wins on the court. Show Notes: • Working through the stress of coaching • Being transformationally driven • Applying talent and people skills to your coaching • Learnings from various coaches • Changing offensive system...
There's a ton of strategic decisions coaches have to make. This week TJ and Sam go through four of them to uncover things you should be thinking about to put your team in the best place to be successful. Depending on your age and stage, there's likely enough games that get decided in the last minute of a game, and all four of these decisions have implications for late-game execution. Show Notes: • Who should inbound the ball? • Where, who and when... personnel-based decisions • System i...
Building teamwork has never been more challenging in today's culture. But if you can get individual players to buy-in to the importance of team and sacrifice for the greater good, it's quite a rewarding endeavor. In this episode, TJ and Sam discuss the challenges and practical ways you can overcome individualism and emphasize team throughout your season. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.
Blindspots are inevitable. We all have them. And how we find them and work through them can make or break our coaching careers. Having a growth mindset is part of the process, but in this episode TJ and Sam discuss the importance of figuring out both your strengths and your weaknesses as a coach. Show Notes: Blindspots for coachesFirst step is acknowledging your blindspotsIt’s called a blindspot for a reason Growth mindset and humilityAre you in pursuit of “mastery”?Blindspots hold you b...
This week TJ and Sam discuss 10 quotes from or about legendary UCLA coach, John Wooden and how we can apply wisdom that has stood the test of time and apply it to our own coaching. Show Notes: • Learning about yourself • Growing through adversity • Intensity with transformation • John Wooden's 3 rules • "Ability is a poor man's wealth." • "Listen if you want to be heard." • Leading by example • "Basketball is played between the ears..." • "Happiness begins where selfishness end...
This week TJ and Sam discuss pros and cons of different defensive decisions you’ll have to make for your team. This season, don't get caught without a process that allows you to identify the strength and weaknesses of your defense and knowing ahead of time where you'll need to invest more time. Show Notes: • Current trends • To pressure or not to pressure • What comes with pressuring the ball • Have a process that allows you to be great at what you do • Personnel factors • More pressure may e...
To kick off the Be A Light Pledge and we want to give you the opportunity to join like-minded transformational coaches, learn the L.I.G.H.T. framework to put your values into practice and receive free resources for coaching beyond the game. In this episode, TJ and Sam discuss what that looks like with the 4 must-wins to sustain success. Winning on the court and off the court The quadruple win Leaders put themselves last The impact of coaching on your body and health The va...
This week TJ and Sam talk all about offensive actions and what personnel they’re good for to give you ideas for building and enhancing your offensive strategy. Show Notes: • Figuring out the best offensive actions for your personnel • Learning from what we're seeing in the NBA • Best players and role players in their best spots • 1, 2, and 3 player actions and hammering out pros and cons • Reads, counters, & adjustments • Maintaining pace within your actions • What gives defenses the most...
Like your X’s and O’s, but not sure what’s missing? - This week TJ and Sam explore what it looks like to up your conditioning level and get your players to give max effort in practices and games. It might just be the x-factor you need for next season. Show Notes: • Defining max effort reps and rethinking conditioning • Why this is important • What’s good conditioning • Physical and mental fatigue • Sharing past experiences • Comparing to pick-up basketball • Fighting human nature • Coac...
This week we’re joined by Justin Joyner, Assistant Coach at Michigan to first breakdown all things ball screen defense. Then we dive into culture, leadership, and what he’s learned in his coaching journey. Justin Joyner spent 7 seasons at Saint Mary’s College under Head Coach Randy Bennett and this past season joined the staff Coach Dusty May’s staff at the University of Michigan. Last year they finished second in the Big Ten and reached the sweet sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Show Notes: ...
This week we discuss various ways and give tangible ideas for training leaders in your program. And coaches, if you want to go deeper on this topic with PGC Coaching staff and members there is an upcoming leadership track to help you master this facet of your coaching. Go to PGCCoaching.com to learn more. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.
This week TJ and Sam jump into the topic of player development and the 4 steps you need to take to ensure your players are improving for next season. Show Notes: Nick Saban quoteGetting talent v. developing talentWhen development is your only optionGetting to actionWhat if you focused on development over systems & strategiesEvaluating the quality of your player developmentVarious facets of player developmentHaving a shared vision & creating a planFocusing on strengths or weaknessesGoo...
This week TJ and Sam are joined by Head Coach Andre Cook from St. Edward’s University. With over 400 collegiate wins and 20 years of coaching experience Coach Cook shares how he coaches the offensive side of the ball - specifically looking at their pace, shot selection, player development and more. Show Notes: • Setting his offensive foundation & keeping the ball moving • Implementing sets & constant pressure on the defense • Defining shot selection for your team • Developing pace in ...
This week TJ and Sam tackle the topic of how to best approach summer basketball with your club or high school team because when it comes to spending your time and money wisely as a coach, parent, and player, you want to be confident you're getting it right. In this episode the topics range from having the right goals, understanding referees, setting expectations with parents, and ultimately how to think outside the box to ensure everyone wins. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, inc...
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