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In this episode we run a scientific simulation to see if DJ's journey was destiny or just a glitch in the matrix. We get into bad coaching fits, transferring, tough shots, garbage-time trauma, Chris's geography issues, Max's music slander, and why DJ's shot selection should come with a warning label If you've ever been overlooked, underestimated, or stuck in a warmup suit wondering why you're even there… welcome home.All The Socials: https://linktr.ee/SATB_PodTime Stamps:00:00 – DJ Introduction & Transfer Portal TalkSetting the stage, Springfield background, portal “two types of guys” discussion.02:00 – Thanksgiving Practice, Delayed Gratification, Early FrustrationLife at Springfield, confusion around role, lack of opportunity.05:00 – Why He Transferred & Coach Communication IssuesExpectations vs reality, lack of clear role, end-of-season conversations.09:30 – High School Origins & First OffersJV junior year, exposure camps, Kings College, decision between Kings & Springfield.14:00 – Life at Springfield & What He ExpectedCampus size, recruitment power, early struggles.17:40 – Shot Variance, Opportunity Windows, & “Simulations”Deep dive on confidence, stacking evidence, randomness of roles.21:00 – Off-Court Personality (Music, Biking, Routine)DJ's quiet nature, biking obsession, headphones lifestyle.26:00 – Garbage Time Psychology & Proving YourselfThe mental battle of small sample sizes, how one shot changes everything.33:30 – Role Players, Defense, & The Hidden Value GuysJamie talk, defense, contributions not shown in box score.43:00 – Thanksgiving Food & Cultural DifferencesMac and cheese, pork, seafood obsession, seafood boils, sushi.50:30 – Airports, Geography, & New Jersey ConfusionLaGuardia, Newark, Jersey size, is New Jersey a state?59:30 – Final Deep Questions & DJ's ValuesCore values, consistency, patience, personal growth, closing reflections through 1:12:17.

James Oliver built Atlas Bars from nothing but conviction, discipline, and an obsessive need to prove to himself he could do more. In this conversation, he breaks down the exact decisions that separated him from everyone around him: how he navigated early failures, what it took to build momentum, and the responsibility that comes with turning an idea into a real business.If you're in your early twenties and trying to figure out your path, this gives you firsthand insight from someone who's actually lived the pressure and uncertainty of building something real.Time Stamps 0:00 James Oliver1:32 Atlas Bar Beginnings3:00 Tufts Graduation5:01 What Allowed James To Succeed?7:01 Why Study Mandarin and Arabic?10:07 Separating Yourself From the Crowd13:57 Sales Experience16:02 What Exactly Are Atlas Bars?17:52 Personal Hurdles You Had to Overcome22:04 Day In The Life of A CEO23:47 What To Do After Graduating College?26:08 Book Recommendations29:25 Is James Happy?31:45 Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?32:40 Overcoming Introversion34:25 Traits of Successful People37:47 Hobbies Outside of Atlas Bars40:24 Managing Relationships While Being A CEO42:53 Ashwagandha In Early Atlas Bars44:27 Mistakes You Made In The Early Stages47:17 Ice Baths49:27 Atlas Bar Name Backstory52:39 Go Checkout Atlas Bars

In this episode, we're talking to Jamie Lawson, we talk about everything From his roots in North Carolina to the challenges of college life, Jamie opens up about family, faith, love, and finding purpose beyond the court.-Time Stamps:0:00 Intro 1:03 Gregory Jameson Lawson Jr2:06 North Carolina 12:45 Elms 24:54 Freshman Year Struggles 31:38 NIL Money 42:00 Recruiting Wave 49:19 Defining Love52:44 Who Is Jamie Without Basketball 55:10 The Meaning Of Life1:04:40 Random Food Tangent 1:07:28 The Infamous Last Question

In this episode of SATB we sit down with Aiden Dunlap to talk about his basketball journey, how to get recruited, and what it takes to stand out as a big. We also dive into his love for fishing and farming (aka the “hillbilly allegations”), his thoughts on the transfer portal, season expectations, and even a little talk about AI.- Time Stamps: Intro 0:00 Aiden's Career Path 1:37 How To Get Recruited 14:52 Aidens Basketball Journey 23:30Advice For Younger Bigs 33:50 Fishing/Hillbilly Allegations/Farming 40:30Transfer Portal 1:15:07Expectations For The Season 1:28:52Artificial Intelligence 1:32:32

In this episode, we sit down with Jaedon to talk about everything from building custom PCs to throwing punches and making music. We dive into his freshman year experiences, swap thoughts on the best snacks, and even talk travel and life after graduation. Whether you're looking for advice, entertainment, or just something to vibe to — this episode's got a bit of everything-Intro 0:00Who is Jadeon? 1:03Building PCs 13:50 Musical Talents/Fighting 17:54 Freshman Year Advice 27:33 Candy/Food Talk 46:45Travel 56:52Post Graduation 1:04:57One Piece Of Advice 1:12:48

In this episode, Jack Lo takes us through his journey—from military school days to playing football and basketball at the high school and college level. He talks about the fundamentals of the game, the challenges he faced after his injury, and what he plans to do outside of the court. We even get into golf and hear the one piece of advice he'd give his younger self. A real look at resilience, growth, and what it means to make a comeback.-Time Stamps: Time stamps0:00 Intro 1:00 Jackery/Military School 13:40 Football 16:34 Highschool Ball/College Ball28:25 Fundamental Basketball 33:30 Post Injury Basketball 38:17 Life Outside Of Basketball 46:50 Golf 55:12 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self

We're not dead, long time no see, we know you missed us.-Time Stamps0:00 - Intro 1:03 - We're Back5:09 - Chris Is a college athlete again15:20 Chris's Summer 20:22 Max's Summer 29:31 Chris's Psychology Rant 32:29 New Recruits For Elms basketball 40:00 Get Jacked Or Get Scratch? 47:50 Post Graduation?/ More Psychology Rants

Today we have a wild and long anticipated interview with Elms Basketball Student Assistant Coach Stephon Ridley. In this podcast he breaks down how he built a program for his computer science class that can show what lineups, individual players, and pairs of players are the most effective using specific stats like plus minus, effective field goal percentage, and free throw rate. We also talked about Steph's basketball career, what Steph's plans are for the future, and Steph attempts to explain to Max and I how coding works.

On Today's episode with talk with Jack Vegter who played for Denison University his freshman year of college and realized he wanted to pursue things other than collegiate level basketball. In this episode we talk about how he's joined a club basketball team and has found a way to fill that competitive hole left by deciding not to pursue college basketball anymore, if Chicago style pizza is the best, and how it is living in Detroit.

Lots of stuff going on this episode, Chris isn't sure if the podcast is worth continuing to pursue, trying to discover the why in our decisions, should everyone make a radical change in their lifestyle?, and why Chris is only motivated by other peoples doubt.

In this episode we talk to Kenyon College forward Juan Matabuena about tearing his ACL extremely early in the seaosn and how he managed to come back and still hit a huge three for his team in his final college game ever, how Spanish basketball compares to American basketball, and why the food in Spain is way better than America. -Time Stamps.0:00 Intro1:04 Life in Basketball Retirement/This Previous Season5:00 Dealing With Injuries 9:10 Spanish Food / Living in Spain19:23 Post Graduate Career29:10 Passion 32:00 Lifting/ Highschool40:00 Crazy Basketball Comeback 43:05 The Memories Are What Matters45:46 Piece of Advice46:59 Grade 11 Max Rolnick Stories

In this episode with Emerson College forward Shay Roban we talk about how to avoid letting your percentages affect your confidence in basketball, Shay's wild 11 day journey into the wilderness, and his goals for next year on the court.

This is Alex's 3rd time on the podcast and he's coming off a huge season at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. In this episode we talked about how Max can't guard Alex in ones, the feeling of going from injured, to benched, to becoming a starter for the back half of the season. -Time Stamps:0:00 Intro1:02 Technical Difficulties3:36 Imposter Syndrome13:09 College Basketball and Politics/ Off The Court17:10 March Madness19:08 Transfer Portal23:14 Game Day Superstitions 26:47 Summer Plans

Is cereal a top 5 food of all time? You decide.

Quick season recap, Max talks about his 2 threes in a playoff game against Mitchell, Drew talks about how he felt this season went and his goals for next season, and than sprinkl ontop small amounts of brain rot.

This episode we interviewed Elm's Mens volleyball player Nick Uschmann. Nick had played 0 volleyball until his senior year of high school, in this episode we dive into how Nick managed to play college volleyball after 1 year of experience, the new Elm's volleyball coach, Nick's sales aspirations, and dealing with pressure as a college volleyball player.-Time Stamps0:00 Intro1:37 Game Day Ritual4:12 Volleyball Beginnings 11:40 Volleyball Season / New Coach 18:36 You Can't Win Alone23:44 Dealing With Pressure26:00 Individual Work 28:10 Leaving Elms35:31 Playing Against an Olympic Coach39:50 Maxes Volleyball Skills43:54 Holding Players Accountable47:20 Becoming A Coach?52:12 Outside of Volleyball1:04:44 Piece Of Advice For Your Younger Self

I think it's time we finally just commit to turning this podcast into something, and in order to do that Max and I need to spend the next 6 months to a year putting a maniacal amount of conscious effort into learning and improving every single day. More of this discussed in the actual podcast episode. -Link To All Our Socials.https://linktr.ee/SATB_Pod-Time Stamps0:00 Intro1:02 Shenanigans2:56 The Attraction To Mastery 6:10 Leaning Into The Podcast Again15:30 Back To The Mastery 31:48 Internships 47:18 Pursuing Mastery Within The Podcast51:53 Anger Is A Choice57:40 Sleep

During COVID Coach Joe quit his 9-5 finance job and decided to hike the Appalachian trail end to end, this meant 5 months of hiking 20-30 miles a day, totaling 2200miles or 3500km (shoutout my Canadians). He said that the thing that drove him to do this was reading the book "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck. In this episode max gets quizzed on what he learned after reading the book which coach Joe gave him, why just working hard isn't enough to succeed, and how he used the lessons from this book to help push him through his toughest days and accomplish his goal of hiking the AT.-Time Stamps:0:00 Intro2:02 Podcasting4:10 Coach Joe's Story8:31 The Growth Mindset / Hiking Appalachian Mountains 16:13 The Book That Started It All22:00 Coach Joe Has No Social Media25:04 Back To The Book32:43 Intentionality35:23 Working With Olympians42:30 Getting To Elms College46:06 How To Actually Improve49:18 Goals54:21 Coach Joes Lifting Program57:54 The Bird Dog Row1:03:14 Life Outside Of Strength and Conditioning 1:08:14 Advice For Your Younger Self

Austin spent last year at Elms as a practice player and decided if he wanted to succeed at the college level he needed to transfer to a JUCO. Ok this episode we talk about his growth after transferring, what he wants to work on, and why creating memories is more important than winning in basketball. - Time Stamps 0:00 Intro 1:29 JUCO Basketball 8:59 Growing As A Player 11:54 Living A-ARon 14:03 Memories Are More Important 24:24 Look Beyond The Surface / Time Is the Ultimate Nullifier 30:30 Going Forward 36:08 Being Held Accountable 40:20 JUCO Academics

Another Episode of some attempted philosophical ramble, max getting his first college start, and New Year's resolutions.-Time Stamps0:00 Intro1:03 We're Back/ Max Is Moving Different11:00 What Did It Take?17:36 Playing A Division 1 Team23:28 Christmas Break Shenanigans29:55 Delusion and Men's Leagues * 37:12 Effort Vs Effortlessness45:23 Work Vs Play50:17 Cultivating The Image You Present to The World 1:05:23 Not All Seeds Planted Will Be Bear Fruit

The return of Addy, after he spent a semester abroad in New Zealand he has returned and we got the chance to spend an hour quizzing Addy on how travel has affected the way he views the world, Anthony Bourdain, and Addy's secret overseas wife and kids (for legal reasons this last one is obviously satire).

We each get 5 questions to expose our deepest darkest secrets.

Nancy Davis is the Assistant Dean of Academic Student Success and one of the many crucial pieces that makes Elms College function as well as it does. In this episode we talk about Nancy's previous job in recruiting, what made some people successful and others not so much, why networking is so important, and whether or not Nancy would be rich and anonymous or broke and famous. - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:26 Nancy's Athletic Career 3:05 How Did You Get To Elms? 5:07 What Do You Do? 8:52 Bringing in Old Students 13:02 Other Job Paths? 14:24 Chris Is A No Show 21:23 Being Motivated By Money 25:16 What Did You Do In Recruiting? 28:14 What Traits Made Someone Successful 30:05 What Makes a Team Successful? 52:05 The Importance Of Networking 55:09 Rich And Annonymous or Poor and Famous? 1:00:08 Cultivating a group of friends 1:08:33 Regrets From College 1:16:33 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self

Daniel made a huge leap from not even having a jersey his freshman year to playing double digit minutes in the first 2 games of this season, in this episode we go talk about Daniel's parents having him when they were still in high school, how Daniel was able to make such a big leap in one year, and how to hit people with the bong bong. - Time Stamps 0:00 Intro 1:00 Daniel Is Ducking Us 2:23 How Daniel Got To Elms 7:37 Growth From Freshman Year To This Year 11:40 Trash Talk 15:46 Hit Em With The Bong Bong 20:08 Balancing Basketball With Work 21:46 Avoiding Jealousy 32:21 Preparing For Freshman Year 37:22 Daniels Childhood 48:14 Daniels Love Story 50:09 Tony 51:17 Leaning On Your Family Unit / Childhood Stories 1:11:57 Life Outside of Basketball 1:19:08 Becoming Self Reliant 1:32:26 One Piece Of Advice to Your Younger Self

After Chris's borderline basketball comeback he's left with this odd longing for his basketball career to be longer, which sparks a conversation about what makes that feeling of being on the court so incredible, if it can be replaced, why there needs to be some level of risk involved, and if Joey Chestnut feels that way while gobbling glizzies. -Time Stamps0:00 Intro 1:24 Story Time 28:40 Takeaways From The Experience 35:32 Is It Just About Competing? 37:27 Is It Just About Winning? *39:57 The Three Pillars 47:29 Maxes First College Bucket (technically)49:21 The Immediate Resistance Of Basketball1:00:40 The Risk Of Embarrassment-

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Yapping about golf, Ryan getting screamed at while doing hill sprints, Ryan's thought process when stepping up to pitch, and how Ryan dealt with injury his freshman year in college. - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:14 Professional Baseball/Sports 7:32 Ryan's Highschool Basketball Spurt 9:13 Baseball/Golf 26:47 Dealing With Injury 37:56 Facing Adversity In Sport 47:34 Mindset When Pitching 55:54 One Piece Of Advice You Would Give Your Younger Self 58:44 How Ryan Got Recruited

90 Minutes of Mayhem is really what you've signed up for listening to this podcast. All you need to know is somebody refuses to wear underwear, somebody got stabbed, and nobody here has good taste in food. - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 2:01 Chronicles Of Chris 8:06 Coaching 11:43 College Career 13:19 Jobs Outside of Coaching Basketball 16:30 More Coaching 20:06 Connections 24:08 Tricks Of Coaching 33:00 The Affects Of Energy 39:41 Chemistry / Canadian Basketball 41:42 How Did Chris and Max Get Here? 54:16 Coach Rice's Wild Ride to College Basketball 1:06:30 College Pranks 1:09:12 Coach Rice's Friend Got Stabbed 1:13:55 I Guess Everybody Is Just Weird 1:23:21 Advice For Dealing With Anxiety and Doubt 1:29:00 Goals As A Coach 1:33:24 Advice For Your Younger Self -

In this episode we talk to maxes coach, Coach Pish, about how to get more minutes, what separates average players from great players, why you need to be a score first player, and some of his crazy basketball stories. - Time stamps :0:00 Intro 1:48 Did Coach Pish Hoop When Growing Up? / Early Basketball9:30 How To Command Respect as A Young Coach 11:58 Building a Relationship With Your Players 16:25 Elms Coaching Job 19:50 Building a Team From The Ground Up24:42 Recruiting For Next Year26:25 Freshman vs Transfers27:59 Tryouts 30:25 Current Elms Roster 33:10 Why Do Details Matter?36:13 The Pocket / The Slot 42:22 Nebraska Wesleyan 44:38 What Separates Great Players From Average Players 47:19 Halftimes during practices 51:36 The Worst Thing You Can Do In Basketball Is Not Look To Score 54:03 How Do You Decide Who To Sub And When?58:04 Chemistry Comes From Predictability1:00:30 Hobbies To Relax Away From Coaching?1:06:40 How To Get More Minutes?1:09:40 Metrics For Success 1:12:23 Head Coach Lessons 1:13:58 Crazy College Basketball Stories 1:16:34 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self-

Connor has a crazy story from dropping out of college, battling a cocaine addiction, making 20,000$ on a sports betting glitch, and playing college basketball after a year long hiatus. Join us as we dive into how basketball helped him through that tough time, our experiences with different styles of coaching, and whether or not Chris should make a d3 basketball comeback. -0:00 Intro 1:20 Connor's Story 6:19 Sports betting glitch 13:02 the turnaround moment 21:45 First Year Back 25:14 Second Year Back 30:12 How Did You Get To Elms?34:38 Coming Into Year 3 / Elms Team This Year 40:49 Chrises College Basketball Comeback?47:57 Lessons From Addiction / Confidence 54:21 Connors Aspirations Outside The Court 1:02:40 PSA To High-school Players 1:09:14 3 Traits Of A College Basketball Player * 1:14:27 What Do You Want People To Say About You When You Die?1:16:59 Lessons Basketball Has Given You?1:17:55 One Piece Of Advice You Would Give To Your Addicted Self?

Shawn was the only freshman to make the Elm's Men's basketball team this year, in this episode we try to break down the secrets for making freshman season as successful as possible. -Time Stamps0:00 Intro 1:30 why were you the only freshman to make the team3:46 How Did You Find Out About Elms?5:23 highschool 10:15 your role in college 11:28 Goals for this season 16:20 Skills That Make You Successful as a smal guard21:38 Creating “Comfortability” On The Court25:48 Learning From a 1000 Point Scorer 31:30 coaches need basketball experience35:30 Shawn's Questions For Us 39:14 Shawn's Hobbies Off The Court (or lack there of) 43:00 Piece of Advice For All Freshman Hoopers 44:06 What Made Max Keep Hooping?49:52 When Did You Know You Loved Basketball50:58 one message to highschool hoopers

Andrew Ciaglo joins us today to talk about his experience playing 2 years of D2 Basketball at Cameron university in Oklahoma, being an undersized guard, playing college baseball, and all you can eat sushi.-Time Stamps.0:00 Intro 1:00 Baseball5:32 How Did You End Up At Elms College 8:12 Andrew Meeting Max 10:24 Tryouts 18:12 Golf 20:55 All You Can Eat Sushi 22:41 Off Ball Movement 24:30 Scoring 1000 points in highschool 25:38 Making The Elms Team*30:46 Coaching Values And Principles 32:16 Goals For This Year/Summer34:56 Why Do You Keep Grinding?37:34 After Basketball 41:04 Balancing 2 College Sports 44:39 D2 vs D3 Basketball 46:24 Travelling At The D2 Level53:21 Living On A Farm56:51 Playing Up In Competition 57:40 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self

Breaking down how Aden developed mentally for basketball, why he thinks it's important to not just play 5 on 5 when trying to improve your game, and how Aden works on his addressing the weak points of his game.-Time stamps:0:00 Intro 0:45 How Do You Feel About Elms 4:50 Tryouts For College Teams16:49 Playing For Different Coaches 23:48 Recruitment32:39 The Mental Aspect of Sports 40:36 Never Underestimate Someone 41:44 Aiden's Goals On The Court 48:52 Handling Pressure On The Court50:31 Coaching Basketball 1:00:08 Working On Your Weaknesses 1:06:08 Outside of Basketball 1:07:08 Crazy College Basketball Stories 1:10:33 One Piece of Advice To Your Younger Self

Just Yapping for about an hour, some life updates, and Chrises sales experience . -Time Stamps:0:00 Intro 1:10 Updates 10:31 Technical difficulties 11:50 Chris Got Fired 13:00 Lessons 13:57 Confidence Can Make Up For Skill18:22 The Wrong Direction Is Better Than No Direction 19:56 Using Skills As Leverage 21:20 Level of Deprivation 31:44 Maxes Internship 34:21 Basketball Lessons For Max 38:45 What Would Younger Chris Think?41:30 Golf 46:31 The New Plan 1:00:07 Max Playing In Israel / Yapping 1:05:33 Underskilled Or Underlived 30 Year Old?

This is the second part of the Brad Matsugu episode, in this episode he breaks down how to create mental toughness and why it's important to develop at a young age, why you should focus on your strengths early in your basketball career, and why winning isn't the only important thing to prioritize as a coach.

In this episode we have Brad Matsugu, somebody we've name dropped many times on the podcast. He's been a long time mentor for me (Chris) in not just basketball but also life. In this episode we talk about the evolution of Brad's coaching career, why he cut Max from one of his teams in grade 7, and how heart can make up for lack of height on the court.

This is part 2 of the Dimitri Tessier podcast, in this second part we discuss everything from his music career, to religion, life after basketball, developing your mindset, spirituality, and so much more. Again this was an incredibly fun episode to record and I think there was even more gems dropped in this second part so I hope you guys find some value in this. And if you do find some value please share this and check out our other episodes.

This is part 1 of a 2 part episode with Dimitri “Meech” Tessier who is an ex college hooper from Elms College and current Music artist. In this episode he talks about his wild journey to make it to college basketball, how his perspective on the game changed throughout his career, and he even gave us a freestyle at one point. This was a super fun episode to record and and I think a lot of useful gems were dropped in both parts so I hope you guys find some value in it.

If this episode doesn't fire you up I don't really know what to tell you. Coach Cizz has coached an incredible number of Lacrosse teams ranging from division 3 all the way to the pros, his story is incredibly interesting and he's got a ton of lessons to share. In this episode he breaks down everything from the in depth tactics and strategies he uses to motivate players, stories from his many years of coaching and playing lacrosse, and how he's planning to turn the first year Elms Men's Lacrosse program into a dynasty.

D.J Edelen is an ex- college basketball player that scored just under 1000 points in his 4 years at Elms College. In this episode he breaks down the biggest mistakes he made in his college career, why you shouldn't watch the NBA if you want to play college basketball, and how to prepare your game for the college level.

Another 27 Minutes of two 20-year-olds trying to explain stuff that's wayyyy out of their depth. Aplologies in advance for the excessive amount of F Bombs.

Jason Plumondon has been an assistant coach here at Elm's College for 15 years, in his time here he's seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. In this episode he talks about why he's unapologetic about keeping it real as a coach, how he lost 100lbs in 6 months, his rock bottom moment, and why as a player you need to develop good character in order to play at the college level.

Denisha Parks is a Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Player and current Women's Basketball Coach at Elms College. She scored more than 2000 points, grabbed over 1000 rebounds, and currently holds 11 different record for the College. In this episode we talk about the keys to motivating players, how she developed a real work ethic, and the necessary ups and downs she experienced on her basketball journey.

Rob Southall is the current head coach of the Elms College Men's Basketball Team, a former college basketball player, and Maxes current coach. In this episode he talks about how he tries to lead a team, the common traits of the best players he's coached, and the ingredients of a winning basketball program.

40 Years of basketball coaching experience boiled down into 1 hour of conversation. In this episode we discussed what Coach Sutter looks for when recruiting players, the most important skills a player can learn at the high school level, and what it takes to excel at the college basketball level. This episode is packed with information that could be potentially useful to anyone trying to play college basketball, coach basketball, or just enjoys listening to the ins and outs of the game. ————————— Time stamps: 0:00 intro 0:50 Who is Coach Sutter? 3:45 Do You Feel Pressure to win from fans, alumni etc? 7:39 How Do You Define Success As A Coach? 10:19 Plan For Recruiting For Next Year? 14:31 What Is Coaching Philosophy? 20:08 The Ingredients Of A Successful Basketball Team 21:50 Strategies For Being A Leader 27:57 Dealing With No Playing Time 36:03 Playing Infront of Rowdy Crowds 38:49 Coaching Pet Peeve's 42:00 Creating A Winning Culture 44:20 Most Important Skill For High School Players To Develop? 45:41 Has Having Kids Affected The Way You Coach? 48:27 Lessons From 40 Years Of Basketball? 49:50 Do Your Kids Play Sports? 51:26 Hobbies Outside Of Basketball 56:30 Life Changing Events 1:02:00 Advice To New Coaches 1:02:53 Crazy College Basketball Story 1:05:47 Big Mistakes To Avoid Making 1:06:42 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self?

Luciano a.k.a "Lucci" is a first year freshman lacrosse player for the Elms College Blazers. In this episode we talk about his early childhood, how Lacrosse gave him an outlet for his not so ideal childhood, and how went from an insecure shut-in kid to being debatably the most care free person on campus. ---------------------------------------------------------------- If You Liked This Consider Checking Out Our Other Most Recent Episode: The 3 Sport College Athlete | Connor Tobin ---------------------------------------------------------------- Check Us Out. Instagram TikTok YouTube - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Lucci is the goat 1:15 Early Childhood 6:05 The beginning of lacrosse 8:42 Middle School 15:09 When Did You See Some Progress? 18:32 How Did You Stop Caring About Other Peoples Opinions? 21:55 How Did You End Up Playing College Lacrosse? 27:15 Difference Between High school and College Lacrosse? 28:53 Maxes Shot-clock Story 30:45 Work Ethic in Lacrosse 32:45 The Regis Loss 33:59 What Are the Traits of a Good Team? 35:23 Goals As A Player and A Team 38:10 Piece of Advice For Non-Ideal Childhoods 39:34 Who Were You're Role Models? 41:12 Major and Life Plans 42:50 Rooming With Declan 44:43 One Piece Of Advice To Your Younger Self

Connor Tobin, an ex college basketball player, current college lacrosse and golf player has had a wild ride to get where he is today. He spent 2 years at a JUCO basketball program before inevitably deciding he had a better opportunity to play college lacrosse at Elms. In this episode he breaks down what traits make up a good college athlete, the ins and outs of lacrosse, and his goals as a player. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Us Out. Instagram TikTok YouTube -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If You Liked This Consider Checking Out These Episodes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay Confident With No Playing Time | Jacob Edgardo Cancel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Undersized Big Man | Adam Sarlan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:52 Who Is Connor Tobin? 1:21 Sport Beginnings 3:47 High School Career 8:16 Lacrosse 9:16 College Recruitment 15:37 Coming Back To Lacrosse. 18:15 Lacrosse vs Basketball 19:05 Current Lacrosse Season 20:46 The Teams First Loss 25:31 Is Lacrosse Easy To Pick Up 28:19 What Makes a Good College Sports Team? 34:11 What Is Your Why? 35:20 Life Outside of Sports 36:26 Getting Work In For Lacrosse 39:22 Weight Room Stuff 40:50 Lucci 43:43 Goals as a Team/ as a player? 46:56 2 Lessons you've learned about yourself from sports? 50:50 Crazy College Sports Stories 51:39 One Piece of Advice For Your Younger Self

Just two 20 year olds attempting to explain topics that are wayyyyy beyond their depth for 37 minutes. - Check Us Out. Instagram TikTok YouTube - Other Episodes You Might Enjoy: How To Go From Unrecruited To The Hall Of Fame; Episode 25 Keith Hack Lessons For Freshman | Aaron Sanchez: Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:40 Ramble 2:23 Sacrificing For Basketball 4:06 Progress Over Fun 8:54 Volleyball Ferda 12:54 Plan For The Podcast 16:34 Life Outside of Basketball 23:14 Perspective Changes 27:51 Out Of Content 29:52 Separating The Outcome From Your Self Worth 36:14 Straight Ramble

Jacob got benched for 5 years in a row but remained insistent on being a college basketball player. He went from not playing to now serving a critical role and seeing 15 minutes a game on the college floor. In this episode he explains how he ended here at Elms, what he's doing to improve, and what he did to begin getting minutes on the floor. - Check Us Out. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satb_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shippedacrosstheborder?_t=8gjwzbzuU3a&_r=1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SATBpod/videos - Other Episodes You Might Enjoy: From Near Death To Starting College Point Guard: The Incredible Journey Of Daunt Moultrie. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2sUOl5kHh8cZAQOdanQWIV - How To Stop Losing Your Confidence On The Court W/ Neilon "Neil" Bridgeman. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GzOHhs4ruZ0HCCJ8TYBaO - How to Find Confidence When Shots Aren't Falling and Humbling Lessons From Playing at a JUCO https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YYGEHTphqnt8xx1IjucDJ - Time Stamps: JC Time Stamps 0:00 Intro 0:35 JC Has Been Avoiding Us 2:00 JC's Season 5:03 Recruiting For Next Year? 6:43 Unexpected Cuts 9:11 How Did You Start Playing Basketball 12:57 Why Did You Keep Going? 14:53 Losing Weight 17:21 Food Habits 18:37 High school career 21:33 Developing Guard Skills 24:03 Recruitment Out Of HighSchool 27:24 Expectations of college basketball 28:40 how to get more minutes 31:04 Dealing With Infrequent minutes 31:48 Steps for next year 32:48 Goals After Basketball 33:57 Lacrosse 42:22 Racist HighSchool Fanbase? 45:54 Lesson From Basketball 48:34 Piece of Advice

Adam Sarlan, the 6'3 college bigman breaks down what it takes to play when your undersized at your position, the importance of the fundamentals, and his craziest basketball story. - Check Us Out. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satb_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shippedacrosstheborder?_t=8gjwzbzuU3a&_r=1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SATBpod - Another Episode You Might Like: - Episode 11 Alex Semenov: Injury Recovery, Being patient during recruitment, and being a NARP. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Zza1N1INYjlnP1Q0iuoc6?si=hyltsFmARgmhHgRmC_PrLg - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:45 Who Is Adam? 1:33 Beginning of Basketball 2:36 Soccer I Guess….??.? 4:58 Back to Adam's Story 9:31 Weight Room 10:29 High school Career 17:01 The Fundamentals 20:18 American High School Setup 21:23 Senior Year 22:10 Did Your Parents Push You To Be a College Basketball Player? 23:19 Adam The Engineer…. But actually a teacher 24:22 Why Did You Decide to Commit to Elms ? 26:28 Adam's Injuries / Returning 29:21 Life After Basketball 32:45 Adam's only college bucket 33:35 College Basketball Expectations 34:41 Stealing Minutes 36:22 Prime Jake Midura 38:42 Post Injury Thoughts 39:56 How is Adam so Chill? 40:50 Crazy College Basketball Story 42:17 Declan's Questions 45:06 2 Lessons From Your Career 46:24 One Piece of Advice

Tahquell "TC" Cadle is a 1000 Point scorer at Elms College and just played his final game of college basketball ever. In this episode he talks about planning to play pro in Europe, how basketball has changed him as a person, and why no matter what you need to remain humble. - Check Us Out. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satb_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shippedacrosstheborder?_t=8gjwzbzuU3a&_r=1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SATBpod - Other Episodes You Might Like: We Interviewed Our College Basketball Coach!?!?: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FkZ1S115ixrTQ2YVWegti?si=OUUz_JJPTE-rLiFkRTqfIg From Court to Clothing Line: The Story of Two Basketball Players Turned Entrepreneurs: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YUFN6TFIC2bzHPsUdZDw1?si=REoay8ZUSSecdUfRqWdBjQ I Quit Basketball..... https://open.spotify.com/episode/5NPhlSvrufo4uI8B4Zi9uJ?si=R5z5oE5dS1K_70xjZJVX9Q - Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:35 Last College Basketball Ever 3:11 How Has Elms Culture Changed from Your 1st Year 4:20 Season Review 7:12 Differences between last years and this years team 9:20 Things You Want To See From Elms Basketball? 11:44 Playing Pro 13:14 Measure In Hundreds 16:32 Does TC Feel Pressure? 20:53 Off-Season Plan 22:16 How Has Elms Changed You? 23:54 TC Knows Everyone 25:07 What Has Changed About Elms? 27:48 How Basketball Has Shaped You As a Person? 28:33 What Would You Do If You Knew You Would Die in 10 years? 29:57 Where Would You Want To Play Pro? 31:05 Randomness 34:45 Never Too High Never Too Low 36:09 Stay Humble 38:23 Will TC Return?