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Hardwood Hustle

Episode 653 - The Hidden Skills of Player Development

Hardwood Hustle

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Education, Educational, Basketball, College & High School, Motivational, Training, Professional, Higher Education, Sports & Recreation, Podcast, Amateur

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Most coaches spend hours teaching skills—but are you spending enough time on the skills that matter most? In this episode, TJ and Sam break down three often-overlooked areas that can dramatically change your team: developing effort as a trainable skill, teaching players to think the game, and building elite passing habits. They share specific drills, practical examples, and coaching strategies you can implement immediately. If you want your team to play harder, smarter, and more connected, th...

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0:00.0

coaches i'm super excited about this offseason let me tell you why we've all heard before the repetition

0:04.8

matters but repetition without correction is just a bad habit we just finished using the noa backboard

0:10.4

in season for the first time and i'm telling you it is a complete game changer for player development

0:15.9

seeing the way my guys adjusted their arc in depth throughout the year was incredible. But what I'm really excited about is using it this offseason.

0:24.1

This is the time of year where we can actually tear down and rebuild mechanics.

0:27.9

And having the real-time data is like having an extra shooting coach in the gym 24-7.

0:33.2

When I say 24-7, my guys actually used it about 24-7.

0:37.3

It's the same science-backed tech used by 28 NBA teams in almost every top D-1 program.

0:43.2

And now, through our partnership with NOAA basketball, it's available to you.

0:46.6

My guys are thriving with it right now and our off-season workouts, and your team should be, too.

0:51.3

Don't wait for next November to start fixing shots. Go to noabasketball.com

0:56.3

and get a NOAA system installed at your school as soon as next week. That's NOAAHbasketball.com.

1:03.5

Inquire while supplies last.

1:14.0

You're listening to the Harwood Hust hustle powered by PGC coaching.

1:18.6

This week, Sam and TJ dive into two areas of player development that are often overlooked.

1:23.9

If you're looking to have a team that plays harder and smarter next season, this episode is for you.

1:25.2

Let's get started.

1:31.9

Welcome to the hardwood hustle. Sam and I here. And today, coaches, we're just going to have a simple coach talk. You know, Sam and I have these talks all the time. And sometimes we bring

1:36.8

them to air and we thought, well, this would be a good one to bring to air because a lot of coaches

1:39.9

probably think about this or question themselves and they want to be better as a coach. But we're going to talk about the things that you don't do enough of in player development. Now, this is going to take a little bit of a different direction. A lot of times we'll talk about, you know, the skills that you need to work on to develop players, what's important in developing a player. We talk a lot about player development. But one of the things is kind of like

2:01.0

the secret sauce, the things that maybe, you know, everybody's doing ball handling, everybody's doing

2:06.4

shooting, everybody's doing passing. And for you to think that your players are getting better

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