Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach)

26:57

Ep 377 What Does It Actually Take to Build a Twenty...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/10/06

Interview: Joey Fuca, Lake ShowLinks mentioned in this episode TeachHoops.com LakeShowHoops.com — Joey's club in the Bay Area. Contact info is on the About Us page CoachingYouthHoops.com Beyond Pulse — the wearable band Coach Bill is testing with his team NukeHydration.com — the fifteen second voice note evaluation app Coach Bill is also testing What Does It Actually Take to Build a Twenty Six Team Club? Gym time, good coaches, and the myth of arriving. Coach Bill sits down

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14:34

Ep 376 Are You Sure the Kid Heard What You Actually...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/10/01

Cuts During TryoutsLinks mentioned in this episode TeachHoops.com NukeHydration.com — clean sports drink started by a sports mom and dad out of Mississippi. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off your first order CoachingYouthHoops.com — build a custom practice plan or print and go. As Coach Bill puts it, more state titles than ChatGPT Are You Sure the Kid Heard What You Actually Said? Cut conversations, and the telephone game that follows. The follow up to tryouts: the conversations

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44:31

Ep 375 How GameChanger Is Building for the Future of...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/29

https://gc.com/basketballhttps://nukehydration.com/ Youth basketball has become more connected, more measurable and more shareable and GameChanger is rebuilding its basketball experience around that shift. The new update combines personalized player profiles, automatic highlights, flexible stat tracking and ball-tracking video with tools that make life easier for coaches and club directors. It’s an attempt to bring the video, data and storytelling once reserved for higher levels of basketball

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14:42

Ep 374 Should Your Kid Be Playing Up, or Is That Just...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/29

Playing at the Proper Level Links mentioned in this episode TeachHoops.com NukeHydration.com — clean sports hydration, no additives, low sugar. Coach Bill is drinking the Lime Time. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off CoachingYouthHoops.com — practice plans and everything else you need as a youth coach Should Your Kid Be Playing Up, or Is That Just You? Talent, maturity, and the parent in the parking lot. Tryout season continues, and this one is about the hardest call a youth coach

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36:32

Ep 373 Is Your Kid Actually Hydrated, or Just...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/24

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 372 What Is a Parent Actually Supposed to Do...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/22

Parents' Role in Tryouts Links mentioned in this episode TeachHoops.com CoachingYouthHoops.com — print and go practice plans built from years of coaching, not ChatGPT NukeHydration.com — clean sports drink for kids and coaches, started by a couple out of Mississippi. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off any order What Is a Parent Actually Supposed to Do During Tryouts? Shoes, snacks, and getting out of the way. Fall basketball season is kicking off, tryouts are here, and Coach Bill wants

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20:30

Ep 371 How Do You Run a Tryout That Actually Gets You...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/17

https://teachhoops.com/Tryout season is here, and Coach Collins frames the stakes right away: the two most important days for a high school coach are the day you pick your staff and the day you pick your team. At the youth level, the day you pick your team is just as big. Tryouts matter. Youth basketball has several flavors and you do not always get to choose. Sometimes you are assigned players by area. Sometimes it is a snake draft. Sometimes it is a club tryout where you evaluate and then pick

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16:48

Ep 370 Should Saturday's Result Change Monday's...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/15

⁠⁠nukehydration.com⁠⁠, or follow along on Instagram @nukehydration.Use Youthhoops15 for 15% off ⁠⁠TeachHoops.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CoachingYouthHoops.com⁠⁠ — practice plans, season resources, and the free tryout structure guide under the Free Resources menu ⁠⁠HeySami.com⁠⁠ — new text based youth sports organization tool (Sami with an i) The Hey Sami Podcast — available on Spotify, Apple, and anywhere you listen Questions for Hey Sami: ⁠⁠hey@heysami.com⁠⁠ Coaching Youth Hoops Facebook Group —

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36:02

Ep 369 What If Player Evaluations Took Fifteen...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/10

TeachHoops.comUPLVL.com — the player evaluation app Joni and Mike built (Coach Bill also references it as "Get UpLvl" on the show) CoachingYouthHoops.com Show Notes Coach Bill welcomes the first married couple in podcast history to the show: Joni and Mike Kazantzis, founders of UpLvl, an app that turns a fifteen second voice note into a full player evaluation. They met at an advertising agency in 2008, started a secret office romance in 2009, and UpLvl is now their second company together

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37:33

Ep 368 What If Player Evaluations Took Fifteen...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/08

TeachHoops.comUPLVL.com — the player evaluation app Joni and Mike built (Coach Bill also references it as "Get UpLvl" on the show) CoachingYouthHoops.com Show Notes Coach Bill welcomes the first married couple in podcast history to the show: Joni and Mike Kazantzis, founders of UpLvl, an app that turns a fifteen second voice note into a full player evaluation. They met at an advertising agency in 2008, started a secret office romance in 2009, and UpLvl is now their second company together

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18:57

Ep 367 When the Other Team Goes on a Run, Do You...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/03

⁠nukehydration.com⁠, or follow along on Instagram @nukehydration.Use Youthhoops15 for 15% off ⁠TeachHoops.com⁠ ⁠CoachingYouthHoops.com⁠ — practice plans, season resources, and the free tryout structure guide under the Free Resources menu ⁠HeySami.com⁠ — new text based youth sports organization tool (Sami with an i) The Hey Sami Podcast — available on Spotify, Apple, and anywhere you listen Questions for Hey Sami: ⁠hey@heysami.com⁠ Coaching Youth Hoops Facebook Group — search

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14:35

Ep 366 Why Won't Your Players Listen, and What Can...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/09/01

nukehydration.com, or follow along on Instagram @nukehydration.Use Youthhoops15 for 15% off TeachHoops.com CoachingYouthHoops.com — practice plans, season resources, and the free tryout structure guide under the Free Resources menu HeySami.com — new text based youth sports organization tool (Sami with an i) The Hey Sami Podcast — available on Spotify, Apple, and anywhere you listen Questions for Hey Sami: hey@heysami.com Coaching Youth Hoops Facebook Group — search "Coaching

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34:25

Ep 365 How Do You Run a 5,400 Player Club and Still...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/27

MustangSoccer.com: Fred Wilson's club in the East Bay. Founded 1972, roughly 5,400 players across Mustang and the Mt. Diablo Mustang affiliate. Fred's email is fred.wilson@mustangsoccer.com and he means it when he says he will take the meeting.Mustang Soccer Data and Analytics: The club's public page on what they measure and why. BeyondPulse.com: Heart rate and workload monitoring worn on a belt, no vest to plug in. Matt Pell is the CEO. All 445 competitive players at Mustang are on it.

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37:16

Bonus: Can a 7 and 14 Season Turn Into One of the...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/26

https://teachhoops.com/teachhoops-memberships/2000/https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ https://teachhoops.com/ When Your Tank Is Only 80% Full, Is It Time to Walk Away?Episode 2000: Coach Bill turns the microphone on Steve Collins for a conversation about 37 years on the sideline, three state titles, one 7 and 14 season, and what the game actually owes the kids who never become stars.For the 2000th episode of Coach Unplugged, the format flips. Coach Bill takes over the questions and Steve

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31:57

Ep 364 How Do You Run a 5,400 Player Club and Still...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/25

MustangSoccer.com: Fred Wilson's club in the East Bay. Founded 1972, roughly 5,400 players across Mustang and the Mt. Diablo Mustang affiliate. Fred's email is fred.wilson@mustangsoccer.com and he means it when he says he will take the meeting.Mustang Soccer Data and Analytics: The club's public page on what they measure and why. BeyondPulse.com: Heart rate and workload monitoring worn on a belt, no vest to plug in. Matt Pell is the CEO. All 445 competitive players at Mustang are on it.

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12:55

Ep 363 What Is the Biggest Character Lesson You Are...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/20

CoachingYouthHoops.com: The one stop shop for youth basketball coaches. Practice plans with life lessons built right in. If we don't have it, you don't need it, or we'll make it.HeySai.com: Text based assistant that takes the administrative pain out of youth sports. One place for all your kids' teams, updates by text, no app to install. Versions coming for parents and for coaches. Get on the wait list, launching this fall. (Say it "Hey Sammy," spelled H E Y S A I.) Coaching Youth Hoops on

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13:06

Ep 362 Good Shot, Great Shot, No Shot: Teaching Shot...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/18

CoachingYouthHoops.com — Practice plans, season planning, and everything you need to be a youth coach. Stop wasting time on ChatGPT and learn from two coaches who have been in the game for decades.HeySai.com — Text based assistant that takes the administrative load off coaches and parents. Syncs all your team sports apps under one roof, no app to download, auto updates your calendar, and sends a daily rundown of what is ahead for all your kids. A coach solution is coming too. Get on the wait

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43:39

Ep 361 How can coaches help prevent common youth...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/13

https://teachhoops.com/Think “just rest” is the magic fix for youth injuries? Coaches often assume a little downtime solves everything, but that’s only half the story. In this episode, Coach Bill Flitter and sports injury expert Rob Walters break down what really keeps young athletes healthy and in the game. How do you handle pain, fear, or burnout on your team? Hit play to discover: How to spot real injury vs. growing pains.Why “active rest” beats doing nothing.Keeping kids involved, even

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42:07

Ep 360 How can coaches help prevent common youth...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/11

https://teachhoops.com/Think “just rest” is the magic fix for youth injuries? Coaches often assume a little downtime solves everything, but that’s only half the story. In this episode, Coach Bill Flitter and sports injury expert Rob Walters break down what really keeps young athletes healthy and in the game. How do you handle pain, fear, or burnout on your team? Hit play to discover: How to spot real injury vs. growing pains.Why “active rest” beats doing nothing.Keeping kids involved, even

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14:04

Ep 359 Are You Running a Practice Engine or an...

Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) ·

2026/08/06

https://teachhoops.com/If you audit a standard, average basketball practice on a cold Tuesday afternoon in January, you will see a gym overflowing with unintentional friction. You will witness coaches who blow the whistle to deliver ten-minute lectures while twelve players stand completely still, watching their core body temperatures plummet. You will see long, single-file lines where athletes wait passively for two minutes just to take a single, un-contested layup. And you will see head coaches

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