In this episode I am joined by Carl Bergstrom. Bergstrom ahs been the head performance coach for the Warriors after being the assistant performance for Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps. Bergstrom also holds a bachelor’s degree in human kinetics, kinesiology and exercise science as well as his Masters of Kinesiology from The University of British Columbia. In [...]

In this week's episode I am joined by the all time leader in assists at Gonzaga, Josh Perkins. Josh played at Gonzaga for 5 years and was part of the 2017 team that went to the national championship. After his career at Gonzaga he spent time with the charlotte hornets and played in the NBA G-league. Josh [...]

In this week's episode, I am going solo and talking about training and how to improve without the weight room becoming monotonous. I go over the nine ways to progress and enhance skills so that players do not have to use the same repetitive movements. Through the use of loads, rate, duration, height, distance, angles, environment, positions, [...]

In this week's episode I am joined by Eric Schmitt who is the strength and conditioning coach from the Memphis grizzlies. Eric trains a multitude of highly athletic NBA players some of which, are former Zags. We go in depth on How Eric became a NBA strength coach and how it differs from coaching college kids. I [...]

In this episode I am joined by South Carolina's Molly Binetti. We talk about Off-season Training for basketball and how impactful it can be for a player's season.Here is a little about her:Molly Binetti joined the University of South Carolina staff in June 2018 as the Performance Coach for the women’s basketball team, under Hall of Fame coach [...]

Today's podcast is an interview with Pat McCloskey.  Pat serves as the Director of Training Development at 1 to 1 Fitness in Washington D.C. and helped create the Gray Institute's Certification in Applied Functional Science. In the episode We discuss what creating the Applied Functional Science program was like and how it can be implemented in any [...]

Instead of waiting to get injured and doing rehab, use prehab to keep you healthy on the court.  Physical Therapist, Brian Cronin, joined me on the show to share the exercises that he uses with his athletes to reduce the chance of injury. In 2004, Brian co-founded U-District Physical Therapy with myself and our third partner, Jeff Hart.  [...]

Do you want to know learn more about NBA basketball conditioning and getting your players in optimal shape on the court? Conditioning is a lot more than just running until you're tired.  There's an art and science to getting players ready for a long season and keeping them in shape through playoffs. Willie Cruz is the Director [...]

Ali Kershner is the sports performance coach for Stanford’s Women’s Basketball and shares how lateral thinking has helped her and her team maximize performance.  They spent 6 weeks as the #1 ranked team in the nation until finally being knocked off this past weekend. Ali has a master’s degree in Exercise physiology from Kansas, where she was [...]

Do you know how to train to become a better defender?  I brought on the strength & conditioning coach for Jerusalem Basketball to talk about the mobility, strength, agility and conditioning drills that he does to help players become lock-down defenders. Roberto Iezzi is currently the strength coach of Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball and is responsible for player performance [...]

Before you can help basketball players in the weight room, you need a movement assessment that will quickly show a player's strengths and deficits. Dr. Gary Gray, founder of the Gray Institute and creator of 3DMAPS, joined me on the podcast to share how in just 6 movements you can assess 66 vital motions of the human body.  Dr. [...]

Donny Daniels begins his second season as the Director of Basketball Player Development with the University of Utah's men's basketball program. Daniels makes his way back to the U following coaching stops at Cal State Fullerton, UCLA and, most recently, Gonzaga. In his nine seasons in Spokane, Daniels was instrumental in helping lead the Bulldogs to an [...]

Basketball ankle sprains can sideline even the strongest and most athletic players.  Are you doing everything you can in your training to reduce the chance of rolling an ankle? Andre Mattson is a strength & conditioning coach for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and is the inventor of The Ankle Saver.  The Ankle Saver is a revolutionary training [...]

Inventor, entrepreneur and the trainer of basketball trainers, Micah Lancaster, joins us on the podcast to share his system for basketball skill training. Known as a basketball scientist, he invented the rip cone, weighted tennis ball, was the originator of the medicine basketball training methodology and created the first & only basketball footwork training system. Athletes from [...]

Basketball training should mirror the demands of the game.  Since players jab step in the sagittal plane, shuffle in the frontal plane and pivot in the transverse plane, the movements you do in the weight room should also be in 3D. 3D Athletes was founded in 2009 by Nate Schafer and continues its quest to elevate the [...]

Learn how to get quicker on the basketball court from the LA Clippers' Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, Daniel Shapiro. Daniel is in his 3rd year as Head of Strength & Conditioning for the LA Clippers.  Before joining the Clippers, he spent 4 seasons at the University of Washington where he was Director of Basketball Athletic Performance [...]

Want to increase vertical jump for basketball?  Skeptical of the claims of adding 8-12 inches to your jump height in only 6 weeks?  Listen to this week's podcast and get the truth about how to jump higher from an expert in basketball performance training. Dr. Ramsey Nijem is Men’s Basketball Director of Sports Performance at the university [...]

Are you wondering how to get recruited to play college basketball if there aren't exposure tournaments and maybe not even a high school season?  I brought on college basketball coach and Showcase Director, Brant Minor, to share how players can get discovered. Coach Brant is in his second year as an assistant coach with the Pacific University [...]

We can't prevent injuries on the basketball court.  If we could, Klay Thompson wouldn't have torn his ACL or Kevin Durant wouldn't have torn his Achilles tendon.  But there are a lot of things we can do to reduce the chance of getting hurt. Ashleigh Beaver is the Head Sports Performance Coach for Duke Women’s Basketball and [...]

Do you want to know how to improve HRV for hoops?  Heart Rate Variability is the measure of variation between heart beats and is a great marker for recovery. Understanding recovery is crucial to maximizing performance because you don't get stronger in the weight room... you actually get weaker.  If you can do 20 pull ups at [...]

The ACL recovery journey is full of highs and lows. Unfortunately, injuries are a part of basketball and ACL are all too common. Laura Stockton was an all-league player at Gonzaga University when she tore her ACL in the first round of the conference tournament. She was kind enough to share the intimate details of her injury [...]

Travis Knight is a master at creating learning environments in the weight room.  He's got a unique perspective on basketball strength & conditioning, combining complex systems and motor learning theory with vision and mindset training. Travis and I were classmates at Gonzaga back in the 90's and have worked together professionally since 2006.  He's currently the strength [...]

Not all professional basketball players have a pro mindset.  People with a pro mindset take care of their body, consistently train their mind, prioritize their workouts and treat people with respect. Jake Wiley's mindset helped him make the jump from playing college basketball at a NAIA school, to being Player of The Year at a Division 1 [...]

With all the emerging sports performance technology, player monitoring for basketball can be expensive and overwhelming.  I've asked my friend Bryce Daub to help us sift through the data and find the best bang for our buck. Bryce Daub is entering his fifth season as the men’s basketball director of strength and performance. In his role, Daub [...]

Garrett Medenwald, Director Men's Basketball Sports Performance at the University of Tennessee, shares his principles of basketball performance in today's podcast interview. In 2017-18, Tennessee navigated a 35-game campaign without any serious injuries, won 26 games (fourth-most in program history), captured the 2018 SEC Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. During 2018-19, [...]

Optimizing sleep and showering are two ways to improve your game without increasing your time output. Time is the great equalizer.  It doesn't matter how rich or famous you are, we all have the same twenty four hours to work on being our best self.  So it makes sense to maximize our time and be as effective [...]

Mike Guevara, also known as Mike G, joins me on the podcast to share his thought process behind creating NBA workouts. Mike G provides performance coaching expertise for athletes looking to maximize their abilities during competition as well as in their daily lives.  He's a certified strength and conditioning coach as recognized by the NSCA among many [...]

Soft Tissue Hygiene for Hoops is an interview with Lenny Parracino.  He is a former author, hands on instructor, and clinician for The National Academy of Sports Medicine. Currently, he serves as a faculty member of the Gray Institute of Applied Functional Science, is the Soft Tissue Therapist for the Los Angeles Clippers, and serves as a [...]

Today's podcast is about Basketball Specific Training with Charles Stephenson.  He brings nearly 25 years of experience as a strength coach at the collegiate level. He joined the Utah men’s basketball staff as the first basketball-specific strength coach in the program’s history and is entering his 6th season with program. In addition to coaching at Utah, Charles [...]

Welcome to Episode 030: How To Become A NBA Skills Trainer w/ Jordan Lawley.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place!Today's podcast is an interview with NBA Skill Trainer, Jordan Lawley.  He's was a four-year starter at UC San [...]

Welcome to Episode 023: Coaching for Development vs. Basketball Performance w/ Henry Barrera.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's I get to interview the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Men's Basketball at Liberty University, Henry [...]

Welcome to Episode 023: Avoiding Chronic Basketball Injury with Dustan Lang.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Dustan Lang, BScPT, GCOMT, Cert Sport Physiotherapy, FAFS, Physiotherapist.  Dustan has twenty plus years [...]

Welcome to Episode 022: Basketball Speed Training with Lee Taft.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Lee Taft.  He's known to most simply as “The Speed Guy” and  is highly respected [...]

Welcome to Episode 019: Basketball Strong By Science with Max Schmarzo.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Max Schmarzo. He is the Director of Sport Science at Resilience Code, in Englewood, [...]

Welcome to Episode 014: Basketball Weight Training w/ Mike Robertson.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with strength & conditioning coach, Mike Robertson.  He's the President of Robertson Training Systems and the [...]

Welcome to Episode 011: Building Healthy Basketball Players with Logan Schwartz.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Logan Schwartz. He has dedicated his life to helping individuals achieve a state of optimal [...]

Welcome to Episode 009: Sleep for Basketball with Nick Lambe.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Nick Lambe.  He is a massage therapist, strength coach, sleep coach and health coach, but [...]

Welcome to Episode 008: Basketball Conditioning w/ Joel Jamieson.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Joel Jamieson. He's a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and [...]

Welcome to Episode 005: Basketball Movement with Doug Gray, FAFS.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! Today's podcast is an interview with Doug Gray, FAFS.  He's an accomplished businessman, entrepreneur, national lecturer, author, coach, trainer, and athlete [...]

Welcome to Episode 004: 3 Levels of Basketball Training.  If you want to listen to the greatest minds in basketball talk about sports nutrition, strength & conditioning and leadership, you've come to the right place! There are so many great basketball training resources on the internet and and endless exercises on social media, that it's easy to [...]