How To Lead On The Basketball Court w/ Adam Bradley

Welcome to Episode 021: How To Lead On The Basketball Court with Adam Bradley.

Adam is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, speaker & coach. He is one of the original founders of the Hardwood Hustle platform and has spent the past 3-years utilizing the podcast and it’s reach to pour into coaches & players across the country.

In 2015 Adam launched the nationally recognized leadership program Lead ‘Em Up, that provides coaches an engaging & cutting edge curriculum they can use with their players.

Having a heart to give back to his local community, Adam serves as a mentor to many youth programs & schools in the Baltimore/Washington market. In addition, Adam is the Director of one of the largest charitable golf tournaments in Maryland, the Bradley Open and is a regular speaker at his home church, Journey’s Crossing.

Today’s episode is all about creating better leaders on the basketball court. Here’s a quick overview of our conversation:

Why leading by example isn’t enough
How to turn, “we’re cool” into, “that’s my guy”
Why coaches should encourage mistakes
Are leaders created or born?
How basketball leadership is unique from football, baseball or soccer leadership