Episode 111: Free Play is More Important Than You Know
Free Play is undervalued. If adults realized how crucial free play is for the development of athleticism and creativity, they would start to...
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Lee Taft Performance Podcast
Lee Taft Performance Podcast is the official podcast of Lee Taft Athletic Consulting. Each episode is dedicated to providing the best strength & conditioning information from the world's top...
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20 of 100 episodesEpisode 110: Can You Make A Left Hand Lay Up?
Youth basketball has a problem. The cart is being put before the horse. If youth players can't make a left-hand lay-up or dribble with their...
Episode 109: Better Options
Any time we want to change something, we have to have a reason to do so. Parents who feel AAU is the only options need to know that it's one...
Episode 108: Stop Flopping
Only a few things can make me want to turn a basketball game off, and flopping is one. I have argued against it for decades. There is no den...
Episode 107: Shuffle, Lateral Run, or Both?
There has been a crazy trend of basketball coaches talking about not teaching their defenders to shuffle and ONLY laterally run. What a big...
Episode 106: Primary and Secondary Practice Focus
End your training sessions and practices with a WIN! Planning too much "stuff" in one practice is a sure way to eliminate wins. Concentrate...
Episode 105: How To Give Basketball Players Context
Give your basketball players better context when teaching them a new skill, concept, or method. It is crucial to "catch" them at the moment....
Episode 104: Running Basketball Camps
If you want to make more significant impacts with your programs, you need to consider running basketball camps. They are a great way to fund...
Episodes 103: Building your Basketball Program with a Phone Call
We have to stop thinking the only way to build your basketball program is by subjecting parents and kids to expensive AAU programs that requ...
Episode 102: Just Say No to Toes
Being on your toes is wrong! We have to stop telling players to get off their heels and way up on the balls of their feet. This position cau...
Episode 101: Building a Strong Basketball Program without AAU
How do you build a powerful basketball program without using AAU? Here is the 4-step system I have used for years to build a strong high sch...
Episode 100: Don't Punish for Doing the Right Thing
I hate when coaches make players run lines for honest mistakes. Why is attempting to make the correct decision but executed wrong, missing a...
Episode 99: Ban The Beep Test
I will make many people mad, especially in the Physical Education World, but the Beep Test needs to go! It teaches horrible running form, te...
Episode 98: Building a Program Not a Team
A coach's most significant role is to build a strong program from the feeder system through the varsity level. If not, the program will neve...
Episode 97: Why Not Strength Training for Basketball
It's tough to define a solid reason why NOT to strength training. It benefits in so many ways, and not being strong is showcased when seen—i...
Episode 96: When to Go Live on New Skill
There is way too much skill work going on for too long without live-action. Live-action teaches us if players are transferring the skill to...
Episode 95: Words to Help Communicate Our Training
It's sloppy coaching not to use specific or direct words to help athletes and other coaches understand what you want. When we use very gener...
Episode 94: Get Rid Of GPA to Play
This is a huge rant of mine—kids who are being punished because of low GPAs in schools and can't play basketball. If kids are simply not com...
Episode 93: Pre-Ads and Basketball
Nothing infuriates me more than parents who yell, scream and belittle their youngsters when teaching them basketball. It is such abusive, ir...
Episode 92: Tactical On-Ball Defense
When coaching on-ball defense, you have to find players that are okay with getting beat now and again- and still willing to get back in the...