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Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)

This Podcast will discuss basketball coaching with Coach Steve Collins. Coach Collins will do this with interviews and on topic discussions. (Discussion will revolve around basketball topics such as: Offense, Defense, Motivation, Team Building, Youth Basketball, High School Basketball, college basketball and much more...) We will publish weekly shows at 6:00 am..... Please check out our site if you like our podcast. www.teachhoops.com.

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9:37

Ep 2039 How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get...

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching... ·

2026/10/11

Making Practice Betterhttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE How Many Reps Did Your Players Actually Get Yesterday? SUBTITLE Practice quality is a number you can count, and most coaches have never once counted it. SHOW NOTES Coaches judge practice on how it felt. Felt sharp, felt flat. Coach Collins makes the case for judging it on something harder and more honest: how many real repetitions each player got, how much of the gym was moving at any

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12:38

Ep 2038 Are you picking captains or just holding an...

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2026/10/10

https://teachhoops.com/ Why the team vote usually crowns the most popular kid, and what to ask of a captain once you have actually named the job. SHOW NOTES The best captain Coach Steve Collins ever had averaged three points a game and never started. In this three part episode, Steve gets into how he stopped letting the team vote, why your leading scorer is often the wrong choice, and the three specific things he asks a captain to do. He also handles the part nobody plans for, which is what

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29:32

Ep 2037 What Happens When One Coach Gets an Hour on...

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2026/10/09

Teach Hoops One-on-One Callhttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Happens When One Coach Gets an Hour on His Own Program? SUBTITLE A Teach Hoops one on one call, where a single coach brings his actual situation and we work through it out loud. SHOW NOTES This is a recording of a Teach Hoops one on one call. Different from the group member calls: one coach, one program, and enough time to get past the surface of the problem to whatever is

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7:32

Ep 2036 What Should You Actually Be Watching in Your...

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2026/10/08

https://teachhoops.com/⁠https://coachingyouthhoops.com/⁠ ⁠https://heysammi.com/⁠ What Should You Actually Be Watching in Your First Scrimmage? The score is the least useful number in the gym, so here are the three you should write on your card instead.SHOW NOTESYour first scrimmage is the best information you will get all preseason, and most coaches throw it away by watching the ball and worrying about the score. Coach Steve Collins walks through how to decide what you are hunting for before

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12:06

Ep 2035 What if you built your first two weeks...

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2026/10/07

What if you built your first two weeks backwards from opening night? https://teachhoops.com/ Most coaches plan practice forwards and run out of calendar, so here is how to start at game one and work your way back. SHOW NOTES Ask most coaches how many practices they have before their first game and you get a guess. That guess is exactly why the Thursday before the opener turns into a panic session where you cram four installs into ninety minutes. In this two part episode, Coach Steve Collins

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15:56

Ep 2034 What Does a Great Assistant Coach Actually Do?

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2026/10/06

Being an Assistant Coachhttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Does a Great Assistant Coach Actually Do? SUBTITLE Nobody hands you a job description, most head coaches never write one, and the assistants who figure it out become impossible to replace. SHOW NOTES Being an assistant is its own craft, not a waiting room for a head job. Coach Collins talks through what the role really asks of you: how to disagree with your head coach the right

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7:24

Ep 2033 Do you have standards, or do you just have a...

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2026/10/05

Do you have standards, or do you just have a lot of rules? https://teachhoops.com/ Why three things you will stop practice for beat twenty things nobody enforces after Thanksgiving. SHOW NOTES Most programs walk into the first week of practice with a handbook full of rules and not one real standard. Coach Steve Collins breaks down the difference between a line you cannot cross and a level you hold, and why the long list actually teaches your team that you do not mean what you say. This one is

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19:01

Ep 2032 What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody...

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching... ·

2026/10/04

Teach Hoops Member Callhttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Are Coaches Actually Asking When Nobody Else Is Listening? SUBTITLE A look inside a Teach Hoops member call, where real coaches bring the problems they are living with this week. SHOW NOTES This one is a recording of a Teach Hoops member call. No prepared topic, no script, just coaches bringing what is actually going on in their gyms and working through it together. If you have

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12:31

Ep 2031 How do you cut a kid without cutting him badly?

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2026/10/03

https://teachhoops.com/ How do you cut a kid without cutting him badly? The roster number is a philosophy, the conversation is a skill, and neither one gets easier after thirty seven years. SHOW NOTES Twenty two kids in the gym, fourteen spots, and four of the five kids on the bubble are basically the same player. Steve has been in that room more times than he can count, and he never once slept well the night before cuts. This episode is not about evaluating. It is about the human cost of the

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13:04

Ep 2030 Are You Running Up the Score Without Meaning To?

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2026/10/02

3. Blowing a Team Out (on the right end) https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE Are You Running Up the Score Without Meaning To? SUBTITLE A thirty point lead is a coaching problem, not a victory lap, and garbage time can be the most useful stretch of your week. SHOW NOTES Winning big is more complicated than it looks. Press too long and you are that coach. Call everything off and your bench players learn that their minutes do not count. Coach

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6:52

Ep 2029 Who Is Going to Tell Him the Truth About His...

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2026/10/01

https://teachhoops.com/TITLEWho Is Going to Tell Him the Truth About His Role, You or the Scoreboard?SUBTITLEThe four minute conversation every kid on your roster has earned, and the cowardly answer most of us give instead.SHOW NOTESEvery player on your team already has a role, whether you named it or not. Coach Steve Collins tells the story of a senior who invented his own role and spent two months fighting the wrong battle because nobody would sit him down. This episode is about the coach to

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10:06

EP 2028 What Should Your Off-Season Actually Look Like?

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2026/09/30

Off-Season Practice Planninghttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Should Your Off-Season Actually Look Like? SUBTITLE Nobody is watching and nobody is keeping score, which is exactly why this is where programs separate. SHOW NOTES The season ends and most coaches take a breath, then look up and it is October again. This episode is about building an off-season with an actual plan behind it: what to evaluate while the season is still fresh,

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11:01

EP 2027 What Do You Say When Your Team Is Getting Run...

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2026/09/29

How Do You Coach a Blowout (on the wrong end)https://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE What Do You Say When Your Team Is Getting Run Off the Floor? SUBTITLE The game is decided, there are twelve minutes left, and how you handle them says more about your program than the final score. SHOW NOTES Every coach gets one. Down twenty five, the other team is still pressing, and your bench has stopped looking at you. This episode is about what to actually

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12:00

Ep 2026 What are you actually trying to find out at...

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2026/09/28

https://teachhoops.com/What are you actually trying to find out at tryouts? Most tryouts sort kids instead of learning anything about them, and that is a choice you make before the first whistle. SHOW NOTES Steve opens with a cut he still regrets: a kid who had one bad Tuesday and went on to start varsity somewhere else two years later. The problem was not the kid. The problem was a tryout built to confirm what Steve already believed instead of teaching him something new. This episode is about

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11:14

Ep 2025 Should You Be Teaching Fundamentals or...

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2026/09/27

Fundamentals vs. Game Tacticshttps://teachhoops.com/ · https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ · https://heysammi.com/ TITLE Should You Be Teaching Fundamentals or Running Your Offense? SUBTITLE Every practice plan is a trade between the two, and most coaches get the ratio wrong without ever noticing. SHOW NOTES There are only so many minutes in a practice, and every one you spend on footwork is a minute you did not spend on your offense. Coach Collins works through how to think about that trade

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6:34

Ep 2024 Are You Punishing the Exact Mistakes That...

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2026/09/25

https://teachhoops.com/ Are You Punishing the Exact Mistakes That Would Make Your Team Better?Tryout week, the quick hook, and what happens to a player who learns that trying something is dangerous. Show Notes A quick hook feels like standards. This episode argues it is often just fear, and that the lesson a player actually takes from it is that trying something is dangerous. With tryouts here, it is worth asking what your sideline reaction is teaching. What we cover: Sorting mistakes of

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6:56

Ep 2023 Are Your Drills Quietly Stealing Your...

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2026/09/24

https://teachhoops.com/Are Your Players Hearing You, or Actually Seeing It?Why installation week moves twice as fast when you stop explaining and start showing. Show Notes Installation week always sounds the same. A coach talking, a group of heads nodding, and then total chaos the second the ball goes up. This episode makes the case that the problem is not attention. It is that most young players learn with their eyes and we keep teaching with our mouths. What we cover: Show it before you

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37:32

Ep 2022 Why Did a Florist and a Lawyer Decide to Take...

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching... ·

2026/09/23

TeachHoops.comNukeHydration.com — ready to drink clean sports hydration, shipped nationwide. Sample pack (two Lime Time, two OG Orange, plus extras) is $19.99 with shipping included. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off, sample pack included CoachingYouthHoops.com Is Your Kid Actually Hydrated, or Just Drinking Something Blue? The couple taking on Gatorade from a Mississippi warehouse. Coach Bill sits down with Marty and Lesley Frascogna, the husband and wife team behind Nuke Hydration and a

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14:38

Ep 2021 Youth Parents Role in Tryouts

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching... ·

2026/09/22

NukeHydration.com — clean sports drink for kids and coaches, started by a couple out of Mississippi. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off any orderTeachHoops.com CoachingYouthHoops.com — print and go practice plans built from years of coaching, not ChatGPT Show Notes Fall basketball season is kicking off, tryouts are here, and Coach Bill wants to talk about the person nobody writes a rubric for: the parent. Two sides to it. What coaches should be teaching parents to expect, and how

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9:14

Ep 2020 Are Your Players Listening for You or Reading...

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching... ·

2026/09/21

⁠https://teachhoops.com/⁠If the play breaks down and five heads turn to the bench, that is not a basketball problem. That is a coaching habit. This episode is about moving from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side, and building players who can think when the gym gets loud. What we cover: Handing players real decisions, and why ownership is a muscle that has to be loaded Trading instructions for questions, because a rented answer disappears under pressure Killing excuses by

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