Often when I watch basketball on TV I feel like I need to take anxiety pills. Heck, my family won't even watch games in the same room as me. One aspect of the game that drove me to create the Read & React Offense, is...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) discuss the ways to avoid the common complacency bug after early success or a long winning streak. Listen Now ...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) review the steps you can take to reduce the occurrence and/or severity of injury as well as discuss ways for a player or team to handle and...
On a recent Hardwood Hustle Podcast, Adam Bradley and Alan Stein posed the question, "As an assistant coach how do you handle a situation where you disagree with the head coach?" Every head coach in the business has been an assistant at some point in their life. It is...
The following article comes from Jon Gordon. Positive, high performing teams don't happen by accident. They are built, cultivated and developed through great communication, shared experiences, positive interactions, common challenges, and vulnerable story telling that connect people at a deeper level. Having worked with many business...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) discuss why it is so important for coaches to stay healthy and fit during the season and explain how their behavior and habits will affect their team. ...
What does finishing strong mean in the game of basketball? To me, finishing strong applies to 3 distinct aspects of the game: Finishing around the basket Finishing the end of a game Finishing the end of the season (Playoffs) Finishing, in all three cases, has more to do with...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) pull back the curtain on DeMatha Basketball and outline the pre-game routine of one of the most successful and storied high school basketball programs on the planet. ...
READ: LOSING YOUR BEST PLAYER REACTION: THE TEAM BEGINS TO WIN The example I’m pulling from is a team that was in their third year of running the Read & React. This team’s leading scorer, leading 3-point shooter, and 5th leading scorer in their conference goes down...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) get inside the mind of Paul Rabil, the reigning LeBron James of lacrosse to talk mental toughness, preparation and what separates good players from great ones. This...