The Basketball Podcast

Guest: Bryce Tully, Mental Performance Consultant and Co-Founder of Inner Logic  Mental performance consultant and co-founder of inner logic, Bryce Tully joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights into how emotional intelligence and culture analytics can improve performance.Prior to a co-founding inner logic, Bryce Tully worked as a mental performance and culture consultant for the Canadian Olympic Team, attending the Tokyo Olympics and countless World Championships. As a member of COC’s mental health task force, culture task force, and gold medal profiling task force, Bryce has extensive knowledge and experience helping high-performance organizations enhance their results using social-emotion measures and assessments. Founded by sports scientists, including Bryce Tully, from the Canadian Olympic Team, inner logic was created to fill a meaningful gap in the sports landscape. We know from experience how critical culture is and how broad an impact it has on both people and performance. This led to the creation of a company that helps sports organizations measure the state of their culture at all levels, ensuring sports environments are not only safe and supportive but also high-performing and aligned. Breakdown1:00 - Argument with a Player4:00 - Emotional Intelligence5:30 - Self Talk Perspective11:00 - Ideal Performance State13:00 - Baseline of Emotional Intelligence16:00 - Detainment19:00 - Practical Coping Strategy19:14 - 19:57 - Dr. Dish ADS22:30 - Different Progressions27:00 - Regular Feedback33:00 - ABCs39:00 - Inner Logic39:44 - 40:23 - Just Play ADS46:30 - Finding Balance For Players52:00 - Solutions versus Data59:00 - 3-Man Weave1:00:00 - Being Better People1:03:00 -  ConclusionBryce Tully’s Bio:Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryce-tully-2531ab49/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryce_tullyWebsite: Innerlogic.comBasketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Josh Merkel, Randolph-Macon Head Coach  Randolph-Macon head coach Josh Merkel joins the Basketball Podcast to share lessons from building a national championship program.In 2021-22, Randolph Macon won its first national championship with the largest margin of victory in NCAA DIII history. The team won a program-best 33 games and capped a remarkable run of success for the program during Merkel’s time there. Merkel has made four trips to the NCAA tourney and has the most NCAA wins in program history. He has been ODAC Coach of the Year five times and was named the Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.The program is 148-38 in Merkel’s seven seasons as head coach. He also engineered a 12-0 record during the 2020-21 campaign. Josh Merkel is the first coach or player to win one of CollegeInsider.com awards in consecutive seasons.  Breakdown1:00 - Introduction4:30 - Every Player Doesn't Shoot the Same7:30 - Player Led Block10:30 - All-Star Game Concept12:30 - Building Connection15:30 - Truth over Harmony18:00 - Respond to Mistakes19:00 - Footwork19:37 - 20:16 - JUST PLAY AD22:00 - The Mouse Game25:00 - Two Foot Playing Off Two Foot29:00 - Ignition and Asking Too Many Questions32:00 - Language36:30 - Coaching with Constraints40:00 - Feedback Loop40:53 - 41:37 - Dr. Dish AD45:00 - 50 Point Game51:00 - Defensive Outstanding Program53:00 - Valuing Individual Differences56:00 - Building a Championship Program58:00 - Conclusion Josh Merkel’s Bio:Bio: https://www.rmcathletics.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/MerkelTwitter: https://twitter.com/joshmerkel4 Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Alex Sarama, Basketball Immersion  Basketball Immersion's Alex Sarama joins the Basketball Podcast to share practical applications of evidence based coaching ideas around constraints, affordances, movement solutions, and an ecological approach.Alex shares team and player development ideas for basketball coaches, teams, federations, and organizations all around the world. Alex’s focus is on helping coaches stimulate their thinking by combining their personal & practical experiences with evidence-based coaching ideas. He continues to inspire us all with his practical applications of evidenced-based coaching ideas and particularly of late his Twitter threads where he connects so many dots for us coaches asking is there a better way? Breakdown1:00 - Developing The Ability To Shoot7:00 - Constraint Led Approach10:30 - Understanding Constraints14:00 - Key Ideas on Constraint Led Approach18:00 - Representative Learning20:00 - Adding a Defender27:00 - Problem with Fundamentals30:00 - Ineffective Example Shooting32:00 - Two-Hand Shot37:30 - Player Development44:00 - Differential Learning46:00 - Creating Solution50:30 - Game Model54:00 - Take Advantage56:00 - Connecting Video Game Into Practice59:00 - Warm-Up and Adaptability1:05:00 - Critical Analysis1:07:00 - Importance of Positivity1:11:00 - Conclusion Alex Sarama’s Bio:Bio: https://basketballimmersion.com/alexsarama/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexJSarama Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Katie Meier, University of Miami Head Coach University of Miami head coach Katie Meier joins the Basketball Podcast to share her seek the gap philosophy and ideas on creating an effective learning environment.Katie Meier completed her 17th season at the helm of the Hurricanes’ women’s basketball program in 2021-22. A well-known and respected figure in women’s basketball with 21 years of head coaching experience, Meier has worked tirelessly to put her mark on Miami’s program and build a winning tradition.In her 17 seasons leading the Canes, Meier has amassed 10 20-win seasons and coached the team to 12 postseason appearances, including 10 straight from 2009 to 2019. Meier is the all-time winningest basketball coach – men’s or women’s – at Miami with 324 career victories.Through the 2021-22 campaign, Meier boasts a career record of 400-256 and holds a 324-210 mark during her time heading up the Miami program. Breakdown1:00 - Ball Screen Goes Follow3:00 - Adaptive and Gap Philosophy9:00 - Character People11:00 - Having Fun16:00 - Empowering Players20:00 - Confidence25:00 - Creating Opportunities28:00 - Learning Environment32:00 - Video in Practice35:00 - Scouting40:00 - Efficiency of Language43:00 - Specific Game Prep46:00 - Adaptability48:00 - Empowering People50:00 - Conclusion Katie Meier’s Bio:Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-laroche-976a86197/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noah_laroche Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Jason Terry, Former NBA player, and current NBA G-League Head Coach Former NBA player and current NBA G-League head coach Jason Terry joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on shaping his coaching philosophy from his playing experiences.NBA Champion. NBA Sixth Man of the Year. 19-Year NBA Career. NCAA Champion. Pac-12 Player of the Year.That is just a start to the list of accolades that former Arizona Wildcats All-American Jason Terry can boast.19-year NBA veteran brings a wealth of experience and basketball knowledge with him to the Denver Nuggets G League affiliate the Grand Rapids Gold. After wrapping up his prolific playing career in 2018, Terry spent the 2019-20 season as the Assistant General Manager for the G League’s Texas Legends and the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach with his alma mater Arizona Wildcats.The Atlanta Hawks selected Terry with the 10th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft and he earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors after averaging 19.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.3 steal in his first season in the league. After playing with the Hawks from 1999-2004, he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, where he played from 2004-2012. With the Mavericks, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2009 and won an NBA Championship in 2011.He would go on to play with the Boston Celtics (2012-13), Brooklyn Nets (2013-14), Houston Rockets (2014-16), and the Milwaukee Bucks (2016-18) to close out his professional playing career.Over the final 14 years of his career, he helped lead his team to the playoffs in 13 seasons. The sharpshooter currently sits in seventh place on the NBA's career 3-point field goals made list with 2,282. Terry finished his career playing in 1,410 career NBA games, a total that ranks ninth in NBA history. The sharp-shooting NBA Champion owns career averages of 13.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists. Breakdown1:00 - Why He is Coaching3:30 - Coaching in G-League and College6:00 - Best Practices in Managing People8:30 - Struggles as a Young Player11:00 - Mentorships13:00 - Advice to Point Guards17:00 - What's His Goal21:00 - Best Way to Correct a Player23:00 - Balancing Teaching and Coaching25:00 - Teachings from Kevin McHale28:00 - X Perspective on Defenders33:00 - Shaping Philosophy of Coaching39:00 - Yellers and Screamers43:00 - Observing The Players45:00 - Conclusion  Jason Terry’s Bio:Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_TerryTwitter: https://twitter.com/jasonterry31 Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Noah LaRoche, Player Development Basketball Coach In this week's coaching conversation, player development basketball coach Noah LaRoche joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights into researching and tinkering with basketball.Noah LaRoche is the owner of integrity hoops and as a player development consultant and coach he helps college players prepare for the draft he works with pros like Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Harrison Barnes, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, and Diana Taurasi to name a few.After his playing career at Saint Joseph’s of Maine playing for Rob Sanicola, LaRoche linked to Mike Procopio at Attack Athletics in Chicago, and for two summers he worked under world-renowned trainer Tim Grover, whose elite client list includes Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, and other NBA stars. This experience earned LaRoche a job at Tilton Academy in New Hampshire, followed by a stint with a successful Chinese Basketball Association team. The next year, he made it to the NBA, working with the coaching staff of the Oklahoma City Thunder.Today, Noah LaRoche splits his time between the East and West Coasts. As a player development consultant for the Wasserman Media Group, an agency that represents over 50 WNBA and NBA players, he flies each spring to Los Angeles, where he helps college players prepare for the draft. In the summer, he works with pros. And in the fall and winter, it’s back to Portsmouth and Integrity Hoops, where he helps players develop skills, character, and “basketball IQ.” The mission of Integrity Hoops is to positively transform lives through basketball. Breakdown1:00 - Blake Griffin Scientific Offseason4:00 - Positioning8:00 - Applying Evidence-Based Ideas17:00 - Job Preservation23:00 - Feedback28:00 - Playing Offense30:00 - Individual Player Development33:00 - Player and Coach Led Development36:00 - Differential Learning42:00 - Independent of Decisions48:00 - Shared Cognition50:00 - Random and Variable Reps56:00 - Intervention59:00 - Workout Coach1:01:00 - BDT1:08:00 - Jerome Robinson1:12:00 - Conclusion Noah Laroche’s Bio:Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-laroche-976a86197/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noah_laroche Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Jeremy Shulman, Eastern Florida State College Eastern Florida State College head coach Jeremy Shulman joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on his success and end-of-year meetings.Jeremy Shulman has built the Eastern Florida State College men's basketball program into a national power, reaching the Elite Eight of the NJCAA National Championship Tournament in five of the past seven seasons. In 12 seasons, Shulman has posted over 275 wins and been to the national championship tournament five times, finishing second in 2016-17 and third in 2017-18. He has been his conference's coach of the year eight times and the Titans have won their conference title nine straight years. Breakdown1:00 - Roster Turnover5:00 - Importance of Building Relationships7:00 - Learning Halfway10:00 - Relationships11:00 - Academics16:00 - Goals for Next Year19:00 - Peeling Off23:00 - Asking Questions26:00 - Feedbacks31:30 - Specific Basketball Stuff35:00 - Personal Experience38:00 - Focusing on Academics40:00 - Best Coach45:00 - Secrets48:00 - You Can't Be Dave Smart50:00 - Conclusion  Jeremy Shulman’s Bio:Bio: https://www.efsctitans.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/jeremy-shulman?view=bioTwitter: https://twitter.com/efcoachshulman Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Cody Royle, Author and Speaker Author and speaker Cody Royle joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on the optimization of the head coach.Cody Royle is an author, international keynote speaker, podcast host, and football coach. He is a former head coach of AFL Team Canada, the men's national program for Australian Rules football.Cody is a standout voice on how pro sports teams create sustained success. He has shared his coaching lessons with elite teams around the world. He challenges the status quo in coaching and is a driving voice in a change in coaching. Royle believes that the greatest opportunity for performance gains is in the optimization of the head coach.Cody is the author of two books The Tough Stuff and Where Others Won't.The Tough Stuff is a #1 Amazon bestseller in Australia and Canada. Focused on the human experience of head coaching, The Tough Stuff outlines how the emotional and mental toll placed on head coaches detracts from their ability to perform when it matters most. Where Others Won’t look at how intelligent teams are able to organize and utilize their people to create a competitive advantage. Often, the teams that create sustained success are those who break all the rules and search for ideas where others aren’t willing to go. Breakdown1:00 - Why Coaches Need a Coach3:30 - Third Party5:00 - Navigating The Weight8:00 - Stereotypes10:30 - Importance of Self Talk16:00 - Advocating Coaches22:00 - Cultural Barrier27:30 - Interpretation of Energy31:30 - Right Players Can Win35:00 - Experience38:00 - Bravery44:00 - Vision From His Team48:00 - Conclusion Cody Royle’s Bio:Bio: https://www.codyroyle.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/codyroyle Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Tobin Anderson, St. Thomas Aquinas Head Coach St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Tobin Anderson joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on teaching a pressing defensive system.Tobin Anderson is the head coach of the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans. During his tenure, he has averaged over 23 wins a season, has a .752 winning percentage and has led his team to six consecutive NCAA DII Tournament appearances. He has also been voted ECC Coach of the Year twice. Coach Anderson has over 16 years of coaching at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels.Anderson joined the Spartan staff in 2013, as the 7th head coach in the program's history, bringing over 16 years of coaching experience at Division I, II, and III levels. Anderson comes to STAC after a two-year stint as an assistant coach for Division I Siena College. He had an immediate impact on the Saints as he led them to one of the most remarkable seasons in school history. With only a 6-man player rotation, Siena greatly overachieved with an 11-4 home record and a run to the MAAC Tournament semifinals.Before his time at Siena, Tobin Anderson was an established head coach at the Division III level at Hamilton College and Clarkson University. While at Hamilton, he posted a 118-63 record over a seven-year span, with a .652 winning percentage. The Continentals reached the league tournament five out of his seven years, including a tournament championship and a trip to the NCAA DIII tournament. Anderson guided his team to the second round of the NCAA's in 2006 as well as three regular-season titles.Prior to arriving at Hamilton, Tobin Anderson earned his first head coaching position at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Anderson's first team finished the 1999-2000 season with a 14-12 record, its first .500 season in 25 years, earning the program's first-ever postseason bid. In his five years with the Golden Knights, he broke the school record for wins, with a 19-10 season in 2001-02. The team advanced to the ECAC regional championship game and was the third-most improved Division III men's basketball team from the previous season. Anderson spent three years as an assistant coach; two years at Le Moyne College, from 1997-1999. He also started his college coaching career as an assistant at Clarkson in 1996, where he would later return. Breakdown1:00 - Power of Question4:00 - Importance of Turnover Margin8:00 - Philosophy of Winning Runs10:00 - Rick Pitino System15:00 - Defensive Decision Making19:00 - Force Turnover Fatigue21:00 - Tweak According to Scout25:00 - Ball Defense28:00 - Off The Ball Defenders31:00 - Game-Based Play33:00 - Creating Situation36:00 - Recovery Aspect39:00 - Alive vs Dead Dribble Trapping42:00 - Psychology of Officials45:00 - Attack Pressure48:00 - Nike Clinic52:00 - Restrictions in Practice Time55:00 - Tobin Anderson Basketball Community58:00 - Conclusion Tobin Anderson’s Bio:Bio: https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/Anderson_TobinTwitter: https://twitter.com/andersontobin Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/

Guest: Jared Grasso, Bryant University Head Coach Bryant University head coach Jared Grasso joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on building a program by playing with pace. Jared Grasso enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Bryant University men's basketball program in 2021-22. Grasso, the 2021 USBWA District I Coach of the Year, has turned the Bryant men's basketball program around in three short years on the sidelines. Bryant is 40-44 in three seasons under Grasso, after going 23-71 in the three years prior to his arrival. Grasso has helped the Bulldogs grow into one of the region's top mid-major programs and guided the Black and Gold into the mid-major top 25 in 2021 for the first time in eight years. The 2020-21 season will go down as one of the best in program history for the Bulldogs as they went 15-7 overall, advanced to and hosted the Northeast Conference Championship for the first time in program history, and earned a postseason berth for the second time in DI program history. Grasso was tabbed to lead the Bryant program after most recently working for the last eight seasons at Iona, where he helped the Gaels to unparalleled success both at Iona and in the MAAC. Prior to Iona, Grasso spent four seasons on the staff at Fordham, including the majority of the final year as interim head coach. He also served as an assistant coach at his alma mater Quinnipiac. Breakdown1:00 - Inherited Three3:00 - Captive Audience5:00 - Tim Clews Influence7:00 - Running a Win9:30 - Teaching Points11:30 - Emphasizing For The Point Guard15:00 - Recruiting Talks18:00 - Flowing Into Concepts22:00 - Too Much In Retrospect25:00 - Diversity of Experience27:00 - Playing One Way29:00 - Shooting Test31:00 - Conditioning34:00 - Transition Defense39:00 - Recruiting46:00 - Evaluate Shooting in Recruiting48:00 - Toughness49:00 - Biggest Pieces of Turnaround Jared Grasso’s Bio:Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Grasso Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/