Jared Mocaby on Youth Basketball Coaching Strategies (EP417)
The Basketball Podcast
Chris Oliver
4.3 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This conversation was an opportunity to bring a typically offline discussion I have with coaches online to share with you. In it, Jared Mocaby from Kansas Select got to ask me a bunch of questions about youth basketball coaching strategies. We discussed solution-based coaching approaches, emphasizing the importance of letting players figure out problems rather than giving direct instructions, and the value of playing full-court transition basketball during practices.
The discussion covered topics including shot selection, position development, the balance between winning and player development, and the overuse of tournament play versus focused practice time. We explored how to implement constraint-based training and reduce reliance on traditional drills, while addressing the challenges of coaching younger players (10-12 years old) and managing parent expectations. The conversation concluded with recommendations for reducing tournament participation while increasing development-focused practice time, and the importance of monetizing coaching positions to support better player development.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | excited to welcome Jared McAbee to the basketball podcast. Coach McAbee in 2022 launched Kansas |
| 0:08.8 | Select in Wichita, a youth program that exploded from one to 13 teams, a youth program that |
| 0:14.5 | exploded from one to 13 teams by 2025 and is slated for nearly 20 next summer. In November 2025, he added a nonprofit arm to |
| 0:23.3 | Kansas select, eliminating financial barriers so every Kansas kid can chase the game the right way. |
| 0:29.1 | McAvey played two seasons at NAA Bethel College before he spent his junior and senior years as a student |
| 0:36.3 | assistant, a master's degree at Ottawa University dovetailed with a season as an assistant coach, |
| 0:42.0 | giving him hands-on experience in recruiting, practice, sign, and the day-to-day grind |
| 0:46.6 | of building a college program. |
| 0:48.4 | He then returned to Bethel as a men's assistant coach and assistant athletic director. |
| 0:52.6 | Coaches, today we have a unique podcast. |
| 0:55.9 | One of the coaches that follows basketball immersion and is part of our community, |
| 1:01.0 | reach out to be able to ask a number of questions about coaching youth basketball. |
| 1:04.9 | So today we're going to have Coach McAbee on the podcast to be able to ask some questions. |
| 1:10.6 | And I know already from the questions |
| 1:12.7 | he wants to ask that this is going to add value for all of us as coaches. Hey, coach, a brief time out |
| 1:17.8 | from the podcast to bring you the Analytics Minute, sponsored by Hoopsilletics. Do you really know |
| 1:22.8 | which play sets and actions are working for your team? On offense, how valuable are paint touches and post |
| 1:28.5 | entries? On defense, do you get more stops playing man or zone? Like high-level college and pro |
| 1:34.0 | teams, you can use an analytic system like Hoopsillics to get data-driven answers to help guide |
| 1:39.0 | your in-game strategy and practice emphasis. With Hoopsiletics, you can track any action or set and see the resulting points per possession. |
| 1:47.0 | Plus the video links stats you can view your successes and fails and see if it's a play design or execution issue. |
| 1:53.0 | And you can easily build organized film sessions from these video clips. |
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