We capture parent stories about their journey so far, and what has worked, and not worked, for them.
Listen as parents share their wisdom across a wide spectrum of experience from beginners to college athletes, and their recommendations for you!
Latest episode with a college player and current pro on her basketball journey
Lyric is a senior at Rivier University, currently deciding between returning for her last year of college eligibility or playing professionally overseas.Incr...
Make it matter. 
Every Parent and Coach complains that “players don’t practice in the driveway anymore”
What I find is that your player has no context to relate practice (the way they are being told to practice) to the game they love in any way that is relevant to them.
The two ends of the spectrum of practice where coaches spend all their time are:
1) Stationary drills
2) 5v5 scripted offense
This leaves your player either:
A. Bored - pounding their dribble staring at the wall in the garage (doing what coach said just because he said to) or
B. Lost without 4 teammates and directions from a coach
They literally don’t know what to do, or how to do it in a way that fits into their game.
All we do is make it matter.
We start with game situations (context) to understand the problem (Play)
Then we help them think through and identify the best decision options for that specific situation (only 2)
Then we breakdown the skill needed to execute on each decision (Practice)
Then we play again and test it against live defense
We call this “building skills downstream from decisions.”
The outcome we see is every player practicing an average of 3x more per week in the driveway on their own.
We make skills MATTER to them, and in response, their motivation skyrockets.
New episode about our Confidence Formula summer program kicking off June 18! 
Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep Parent's Info Session - The Confidence Formula Summer 2024 - May 18, 2024
I gave a impromptu talk on Monday to a group of 6th grade players and our coaching staff about details and came up with an analogy that I have been thinking about more and more in the past 3 days:
Most players look at basketball as a very simple puzzle - like a 20-piece with large squares that a toddler could put together.
They think of it as easy and obvious and are frustrated when they can’t assemble it perfectly when it looks “so easy.”
What we do is “Zoom in” to help them see more detail in 3 important aspects -
1) Imagining a bigger future for themselves in great detail
2) show them that each of the 20 pieces they see is actually made up of 15 smaller pieces, that again are made up of 10 even smaller pieces - making a 3000 piece puzzle
3) show them how to practice so that instead of building a vague picture, or worse - a lot of disconnected pieces that don't fit- we build a cohesive understanding of basketball that works for them.
When you have a big exciting future, a detailed picture of what it looks like, and a system to build the skills you need to get there, then practice becomes exciting!
Working on shaping the next puzzle piece when you already know exactly how it fits into your game, makes motivation skyrocket!
And when each puzzle piece is so small, detailed, and focused, achieving mastery of that 1/3000th of a puzzle suddenly becomes reachable, instead of overwhelming.
This is why we do what we do!
New episode!
Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep The Confidence Formula 2.0 - Feb 20, 2024
Out of 96 players that participated in The Confidence Formula since January 2021:
- 25 have not yet reached HS age (but we have nice 8th grade "players to watch" list! 👀)
- 2 did not complete the program
- 5 chose not to try out for HS
- 7 started the program while already in HS (5 of them play varsity)
Of the remaining 56 players who started the program before their freshman tryouts, 53 of them are now playing HS basketball (94.6%)
Narrowing my focus this year:
I help 7th grade basketball players perform at a high school level, before their freshman tryouts.
New website coming soon…
Developing Concrete Confidence in Basketball Through Peaceful, Precision Coaching
This fall I’m celebrating 19 years of coaching basketball!
Thanks to Jameson Tiemann (coincidentally - age 19) for interviewing me and asking great questions yesterday, I was able to recount 7 major steps on my path to improving my coaching capabilities over the last 19 years:
1) Head coach at age 17 for Lighthouse Sports - LCHA
2) Mentored by NETWORKS BASKETBALL
3) Overseas coaching with St. Kitts Nevis Amateur Basketball Association
4) Mentorship by Ron Ekker
5) BSS degree from United States Sports Academy
6) Mentored by Noah LaRoche
7) Learning to use precision instructions from TAGteach International
# 1000! What’s been your favorite episode so far?
FREE - basketball backboard and rim donated to us to give away - it has mounting brackets for side of the house/ barn but could be adapted for in ground pole.
Message if you want it!
Great perspective on what I talk about with players pulling for more in their sport instead of parents pushing and nagging them!
Show , Ep Episode 72: Matthew Del Negro, Actor – Athlete – Parent, “The Best Directors are like Best Parents” - Aug 21, 2023
Coach Jeff Holmes of Exeter High School! Exeter Youth Basketball Exeter, New Hampshire
Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep The Jeff Holmes Interview - Aug 27, 2023
Do you know a 7th grader that is struggling with basketball confidence?
The latest episode is here with Howard Brown from Exeter Youth Basketball!
Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep The Howard Brown Interview - Aug 21, 2023
Are you involved with Unified sports programs or Special Olympics?
I’m starting a new collaboration between Play-Practice Basketball and the team at Constellations Behavioral Services, LLC to pilot a new Adaptive Basketball program for kids with special needs!
We are hosting a free clinic Saturday August 19th at 11am for ages 11 and up at Seacoast Hoops Lab
As some of you know, we have done a lot of work with TAGteach International to improve how we teach basketball to all kids - including certifying our coaches, and with the help of Constellations Behavioral we are now ready to expand to help more kids learn the skills they need to enjoy the game!
More to come…
I have had some great guests recently - our episode with Jay McKenna was just released, and Justin McIsaac and Howard Todd Brown interviews coming soon!
Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey so far and what has worked, and not worked, for them. Listen as parents share their wisdom across a wide spectrum of experiences from beginners...
The Jay McKenna episode is here! It's hard not to catch Coach McKenna's enthusiasm after hearing his great story of longevity keeping coaching fresh after 18 years!
Listen to Coach Jay McKenna describe his journey, as a player, as a parent, and as a coach in his 18th year as the Head coach at Winnicunnet High School!Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about thei...
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Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep The Tomaselli Interview - 2 parents share the story of their 8th grade daughter's journey - May 13, 2023
Latest episode now on Apple Podcasts! 
Show The Basketball Parent's Journey, Ep Episode #9 - Eric McCallister Interview - the journey of player and coaching development! - Apr 20, 2023
New episode is dropping! Great interview with Eric McCallister
Listen to Eric describe his player's journey through Covid, developing a love for basketball, and then his journey to becoming a coach for his daughter's middle school team!Is your player struggling with confidence? Find out your player's score on...
New Episode!
Listen as Tony, Michael and Coach BJ discuss some issues that have arisen this season so far with their 5/6th grade, some nuggets of advice on how to improve your practice efficiency and effectiveness, and some specifics advice of how to practice breaking through a trap and inbound plays!
Listen as Tony, Michael and Coach BJ discuss some issues that have arisen this season so far with their 5/6th grade, some nuggets of advice on how to improve your practice efficiency and effectiveness, and some specifics advice of how to practice ...
2022 was a great kick-off! I had no idea we were listened to in 10 countries around the world
A look back at podcast highlights 🔥 for The Basketball Parent's Journey in 2022. Top episodes, cities, countries, and more!
Who would you like to hear interviewed next?
🏀 Current college athlete
😎 Parent of current HS Varsity player
🤹 Parent juggling multi-sport athlete siblings
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