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This week, T.J. and Sam go through nine coaching questions.

From strategic scouting decisions to lifting on game days, there's a lot to be thinking about before your season starts.

Let's get started.

Welcome back at Harwood Hustle, Sam and T.J. with you today and excited about this one. TJ, you don't know what I'm about to share, but here's what we're going to do.

I've got nine things that I'm going to share. We're going to go one by one here, and you're

going to pick a side on and say, yeah,

I agree with that or I disagree.

Also knowing, hey, there's a lot of nuance and decision making as a coach and leadership.

There's a lot of gray area.

And, you know, our friend, Seth food Bernard has a great article that says, it depends.

Should we play zone defense or man defense?

It depends.

Should we play fast or slow? It depends. Should we play zone defense or man defense? It depends. Should we play fast or slow?

It depends.

So we know that going in, coaches, as you listen,

but we're just picking aside for the sake of a basketball discussion here.

So here we go, TJ.

Number one here, and this is a lot of like on-court basketball stuff, a little bit of

intangibles. On defense, you should always wall up and never go for blocks. Do you agree or

disagree? Well, one of the reasons we didn't talk about this prior is because just what the

gut reaction, like what would

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