In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) discuss many issues dealing with high school basketball tryouts – from both the player and coach perspective. Listen Now ...
During one of my most recent Full-Timeouts during the Hardwood Hustle Podcast, I had an opportunity to speak on properly managing officials. As coaches, we all become frustrated with officials at some point of another. Let me tell you a secret, they aren't going anywhere any time...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) discuss and dissect the qualities, traits and characteristics of truly great players like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Listen Now ...
I was asked recently to speak about the process I went through to create the Read & React. I’ve written on this before, but usually from a standpoint of the problems I was trying to solve. This time I talked about a different aspect of the...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) take a stroll down memory lane and share their favorite memories from the first 100 episodes. Listen Now ...
Glue is an adhesive, and according to Webster’s Dictionary, the physics definition of adhesive is “a force that exists in the area of contact between unlike bodies and that acts to unite them.” That’s a tad too scientific for me. Let’s just say that glue holds...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) share a second installment of their popular series in which they tackle four mini-topics (broken down in to 4 quarters): Do you like consolation games? What are your thoughts on...
In my opinion one of the most difficult things to teach young players is where they should be standing on defense when they are not guarding the ball. I am going to give you a great tool that will give your players a visual aide...
We loved this article from Jon Gordon so much we had to share it with you! If you aren't a subscriber to his newsletter, we highly recommend you sign up for free. There’s a difference between being on a team and being a real team. People who...
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) share tips and insight on what it takes to hold truly successful basketball practices. They offer suggestions on preparation, goals and the 3 E’s – energy, effort...