No Off Season Podcast

Yannie Chan is the first ever locally school girl in the history of Hong Kong to play in the NCAA. Today I have the good fortune to sit down with her and talk to her about her experience as a sophomore in college.

Discussions that I have with Yannie are:

1.) Her outlook on the future of Hong Kong basketball.

2.) Her future plans in terms of basketball and life.

3.) What needs to be done for Hong Kong to reach its full potential in basketball.

Alex Sarama joins us on the basketball performance podcast. Alex is one of the brightest young coaches out there and is an out of the box thinker when it comes to challenging traditional ways of doing things to get better results. Today we go through:

1.) Alex's background and how he got into basketball

2.) How teaching through a games and constraints led approach has led to much better results.

3.) Conceptual offense and many many more interesting topics.

If anyone wanted to hone their skills in the late 90's and early 2000's Ganon Baker would probably be the name that first comes to mind.

I had the great fortune of catching up with Ganon on the podcast. We talked about:

1.) What it was like when the skill training industry was brand new.

2.) What it takes daily to have boundless energy and to bring passion to each and every training session.

3.) The proper ratio of skill developement to game exposure in order to give you the best possible results.

4.) Spiritual training that will in turn help fuel your journey no matter what field you are in.

Why decision making is the most important part of basketball skill development.

Modern basketball concepts such as "2 Side Transition" and the 32 Match up Zone.

Zach Kancher is the Associate Head Coach of the women's basketball team at Towson University. He has great deal of experience at all levels of the game. Today he shares with us: - His expertise in recruiting and film breakdown and scouting reports.

What a yearly plan looks like for a division 1 college player.

How Zach and his team go about building culture.

Off the court passion in educating student athletes on the process of voting.