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Hardwood Hustle

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The Hardwood Hustle is a basketball podcast brought to you by PGC Basketball seeks to educate, empower and encourage coaches around the world. Your hosts, TJ Rosene, Sam Allen, and Lisa O"Meara 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.

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Episode 592 - Processing the End of Your Season

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/03/11

Having just finished their seasons, TJ and Sam discuss how they process that end of season feeling we all have as coaches. Show Notes: • The feeling of it being over • Approach to the locker room • Expressing gratitude • Modeling for your players • Approaching individual players • Adapting to the new reality • How recruiting has changed • Transitioning to a new routine • Turning the page to growth • Finding shortcuts and mentors • Post season evaluations and exit interviews • How to hel...

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47:59

Episode 591 - Coach Charli Turner Thorne, Phoenix...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/03/04

This week we’re joined by Coach Charli Turner Thorne winningest coach in Arizona State program history and now assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury. In this episode she shares both successes and learnings from her long coaching career. Show Notes: • What's changing in the game • Everyday fundamentals • Characteristics of the best teams • Investing in your culture • Role of rest and recovery • Creatively holding your team accountable • How to build toughness • EFT • Helping your play...

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41:50

Episode 587 - Leadership, Culture, and Xs & Os with...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/02/04

This week, Coach Graham Maxwell joins Sam and TJ to discuss how your leadership and team culture affect your Xs and Os, especially your team’s shot selection. Show Notes: • The art of coaching - mastering all facets • Identifying what each team needs • Getting buy-in about shot selection • Playing CIA - Confident, Intelligent, and Aggressive • FG%'s - Educating players and coaches • Hearing the player's perspective • How players earn freedom • Being able to 'show' players • Playing fearless a...

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40:14

Episode 586 - 4 Tips for Player Development

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/01/28

This week, Sam and TJ discuss 4 important tips and strategies for your player development that you’re going to want to incorporate right away.If you're interested in going deeper on this topic, or joining our community of coaches, go to https://coach.pgcbasketball.com/ to learn more about upcoming coaching tracks and membership.Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.Mark your calendars! The first 300 coaches to register for a PGC Basketball camp this summer wi...

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35:14

Episode 585 - Avoiding Complacency

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/01/21

This week, is a reminder of the importance of the mindset and approach you bring to every practice and every game throughout the entire season. TJ and Sam discuss how to avoid complacency and maintain enthusiasm for the standards.Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.Mark your calendars! The first 300 coaches to register for a PGC Basketball camp this summer will receive FREE tuition! 2025 camp dates and locations will be announced Jan 21st and registra...

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50:49

Episode 584 - Maximizing Your Next Season with Mano...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/01/14

For most of us, the off-season is closer than we think. This week we’re joined by Mano Watsa, president of PGC Basketball to discuss how players, coaches, and parents can focus on the most important aspects of player development. Show Notes:• Introduction• Preparing players• Personal trainers and how to utilize them• Overskilled and underdeveloped• The quality of the experience: Time, Energy, and Money• Dreams, Direction, and Discipline• Matching the player's aspirations, not the parent's• In...

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39:00

Episode 583 - Win More Games

Hardwood Hustle ·

2025/01/07

This week TJ and Sam discuss coaching tips and strategies that impact winning and can make a big difference for your team and season.Show Notes:• Playing harder• Play hard, smart, and together• What loses• Coaching effort• Coaching examples• Identifying the standard without emotion• Avoid coaching out of frustration• The game is held hostage• Coaching the mistake• The role of analytics• Effecting winning - What gets lost• Shot generation & Shot selection• Getting the map right• Substituti...

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38:06

Episode 582 - Obsessing Over the Game

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/12/31

This week we discuss a quote from UCONN Men’s Coach, Dan Hurley about wanting his players to be obsessed, how we agree and disagree with his statement, and what that might look like for your team.Show Notes:• Coach Dan Hurley's quote• Helping your players love the game• Baseline standards and expectations• Understanding individual player perspectives• Not wanting obsessed players• How to help players who aren't as committed• Players want high standards• Identify your non-negotiables• Modeling...

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41:11

Episode 581 - 4 Quarters: Ball Pressure, Preparation,...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/12/25

This week is a 4 quarters episode with TJ and Lisa discussing ball pressure, preparation, rebounding, and what we do in our culture when we’re winning versus when we’re losing.Show Notes:• Ball pressure• Compete and anticipate• Anticipate what they do if you apply pressure• Changing pressure – keep offense guessing• Mental pressure = mental fatigue• Teach players the nuance of pressure• What types of teams to pressure• Preparation & Scouting• What you do physically to prepare matters• Lay...

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41:41

Episode 580 - Handling Confrontation as a Coach

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/12/17

This week TJ and Sam hit on an important topic for coaches which is how you confront your players and be honest with where they’re at while also creating a team culture that genuinely cares about each other. Send us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.Mark your calendars! The first 300 coaches to register for a PGC Basketball camp this summer will receive FREE tuition! 2025 camp dates and locations will be announced Jan 21st and registration opens Monday...

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39:52

Episode 578 - How to Manage Your Roster

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/12/03

This week TJ and Sam discuss managing your roster in terms of number of players along with playing time decisions in order to limit the headaches and maximize the potential of your team.Send us a Message.

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39:57

Episode 577 - Culture, Standards & Accountability

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/11/26

This week we’re talking about aspects of your program that make for a winning culture such as setting high standards, building accountability, and growing through conflict and adversity.Show Notes:Intro episodeLevels to coaching and winningReality of Accountability and holding the line on standardsBeing unattached emotionally to standards Standards vs RulesSetting the BarHaving a powerful WHYRelationships and RebellionCoach mode at homeTransformational v Transactional Approach to Ad...

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54:48

Episode 576 - A Coaching Conversation with Jason Peery

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/11/19

Joined by special guest, Jason Peery, this week we dive into how he built a successful high school program as he shares his best practices when it comes to creating drills, teaching the game, and developing players. Show Notes:Coach Jason Peery's backgroundBlood DrillsYour motive in care is really important Creating Connection Clear expectations Positive, negative or neutral coachingCoachabilityTeaching the little things What basketball can learn from pickleball ...

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38:50

Episode 575 - Starting the Season Right

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/11/12

This week TJ and Sam discuss how to start the season off right by knowing what you need out of your first practices, how to evaluate your first games, and setting up your team for success not just at the start, but throughout the season.Show Notes:• General Thoughts on how to prepare your team for the first game of the season• First week of practice• Identifying the goal• How can you stack things• Balance Offense and Defense• Creating standards of practice• Attitude and effort• Capturing the ...

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34:02

Episode 574 - The 3pt Line

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/11/05

This week we discuss the offensive and defensive implications of the 3pt line, how it affects your players and it's changed all levels of the game.Show Notes:How the 3 is changing the game.Defensive implicationsThe equalizerThe Steph Curry effectWhere coaching mattersThe next trendA coaching mistakeGuess TJ’s favorite NBA player right nowValue of players beyond the 3The hardest teams to play against The risk of being 3 point heavy Coaching shot quality Send us a Message.

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43:42

Episode 573 - Building Winning Relationships with...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/10/29

This week Graham Maxwell joins the show to discuss how coaches can win in their relationships with opponents, players, and staff and why it can be the difference maker for you this season.Show Notes:• Opponent relationships• Healthy competition• Finding middle ground• Setting the example• Tony Bennett example• Staff relationships• Who over What• Coaching hard• Jockeying for positions• Being a generous listener• Acknowledging and celebrating• Catch them doing something good• What hurts relatio...

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41:46

Episode 572 - Coach Tony Bennett, University of...

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/10/22

In light of Coach Tony Bennett’s recent retirement announcement, we thought we’d honor his legacy and what he’s given to the game by reposting his 2021 interview with us where he laid out his foundation as a coach and how his team bounced back to win a National Championship.Show Notes:• 5 Pillars / Core Values• Getting player buy-in• How you face adversity• Knowing your Why• Vulnerability & Leading by example• Developing leaders• Style of play & paying the price• Becoming a great teac...

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29:00

Episode 571 - Coaching Truths & Lies

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/10/15

In the world of coaching and leadership we often hear phrases and mantras that serve our coaching in a positive way. And there's also statements and quotes that initial appeal to us and may even carry some truth, but if we put too much stock in them, they could also steer us in the wrong direction. Before we know it, we may end up be off course. This week TJ and Sam discuss different 'coachisms' in the form of 3 truths and 3 lies and debate what's reasonable, what's practical, and what ultima...

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35:13

Episode 570 - 5 Practice Design Mistakes to Avoid

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/10/08

This week TJ and Sam discuss the importance of practice design and share common mistakes you’ll want to avoid in your practice planning this season.Show Notes:• 1. Lack of preparation• Communication and delegation + more tips• Picking the right things to practice• Enrolling your players• Knowing your strengths and practices• What to pay attention to• 2. Distributing roles in practice• "If you try and watch everything, you'll see nothing."• 3. Identifying influential practice factors• Doing yo...

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47:42

Episode 569 - Energy, Emotions, & Ego

Hardwood Hustle ·

2024/10/01

This week we’re joined by Micah Mills, head coach at Wilmington College and PGC Coaching mentor to discuss managing the energy, emotions, and egos of your players as well as yourself.Show Notes:• Bringing energy & being your authentic self as a coach• Teach players how to bring their own energy• Individual hype numbers• Engaging with individual players• Managing your own energy• Changes with time• Consistency with the option to change it up• "Don't let your circumstances dictate your beha...

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