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Listen to the story of Alex Tavares - a Portsmouth native who came up from Little Harbour Elementary, to Portsmouth Middle School, Portsmouth High, Great Bay Community College, and finally UNH as a walk-on before turning his aspirations to play overseas!

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Evaluating basketball efficiency boils down to points per shot value. Understand how contested vs. uncontested shots, free throws, and fast breaks impact team scoring. Discover the math behind smart shot selection!

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In Designing for learning, discover how focusing on learning, not just teaching, can transform coaching. Understand how to keep players engaged, avoid boredom and overwhelm, and foster a lifelong love for the game. Study learning!

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Coaching Credibility Week 4 - Defense - Contain, Contest, Rebound

In Defense we cover:

- How to get better at individual skills of containing, contesting and rebounding

- How to utilize all 3 of these as a team strategy

- Basketball math behind why defense wins games when you connect rebounding to fast break opportunities

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In this podcast, we cover:

• How accountability is essential to maintaining credibility
• Why owning your mistakes increases trust
• How coaching with purpose (why, not just what) strengthens influence
• The importance of consistency in both actions and messaging
• Why coaches should lead from a growth mindset
• How vulnerability paired with competence builds deeper respect

We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year)

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Coaching Credibility Week 2

In this episode, we explore:
What builds and sustains credibility as a coach
The difference between positional vs relational authority
Why doing what you say matters more than saying what you’ll do
How consistency over time forges trust
The role of vulnerability and humility in building connection
How feedback, listening, and being coachable increase your credibility
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We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team)

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We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year)

Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!

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More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media

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Coaching Credibility Week 1 - Practice Design (2025)

In Practice design, we discuss:
- How we approach building skills downstream from decisions,
- How to structure practice to prioritize what happens most frequently
- Why we use live play to start and end practice
- Why we allow players to experience a problem first, before a solution
- How we use constraints to create channels of attention
- Our model for getting 6 things done in 60 minutes of practice
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We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team)

Get started here:
https://playpracticebasketball.com/confidenceindex

More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media

Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year)

Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!

https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com

More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media

Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893

Send us a text

We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year)

Fill out our Confidence Index to get started!

https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com

More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media

Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893