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Send us Fan MailThe confidence is elite. The self-awareness is missing.Aaron breaks down footage allegedly showing a group of Navy SEALs in Venezuela doing their best impression of “totally inconspicuous Americans”—complete with backward hats, full-sleeve tattoos, and oversized fanny packs.Then Jake Paul cranks the delusion up another level by claiming he could walk into the NFL as a slot receiver. Boxing is brutally difficult, but dismissing the experience, athleticism, and football IQ required to compete against the best players on Earth is world-class rage bait.From terrible disguises to comparing yourself with Wes Welker, this edition of Outside The Wire is a master class in confidence outrunning reality.Links: OnesReady.comChapters: 00:00 - Purpose Over Motivation 01:00 - Welcome Outside The Wire 01:29 - SEALs Blending In…Badly 03:15 - Jake Paul Enters the Chat 04:34 - When a Real Boxer Shows Up 05:35 - Manifesting an NFL Career 06:32 - Shout-Out to the Haters 07:58 - Boxing Versus Football 09:01 - “I'll Just Play Slot” 09:45 - The Wes Welker Disrespect 10:19 - Confidence Versus RealitySupport the showJoin this channel to get access to perks: HEREBuzzsprout Subscription page:  HERERegister for our Operator Training Summit:  OperatorTrainingSummit.comFind an Air Force Recruiter: AirForce.comCollabs:Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code:  ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code):  ATACLeteDanger Close Apparel - Promo Code:  ONESREADYDFND Apparel...

It's mid summer time. We are more than half way through the year. Are you on pace to hit your annual goals?If you haven't paused to evaluate and recalibrate your annual plan, now is the time. Here are a few things to get you started...—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I solve problems in your business and make you more money.  Guaranteed. For over a decade, I've been working with gym owners (via one-on-one consulting) to help create tailored solutions to solve their business problems, engineer the game plan and empower them to execute the strategy.Stop wishing your business problems are going to magically go away.  Invest in your business and let me solve your problems and optimize your business fast and efficiently. We'll work together daily/weekly, with a monthly call until the problem is solved and then I want you to fire me.  Because this is YOUR business, I'm just here to solve a specific problem and then get out of your way.⁠Learn more about what it's like for us to work together.⁠—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Want to increase your business IQ by 100x for only $50? Get enrolled in Microgym University - the only online business school that teaches you the best practices and business frameworks from some of the most successful brands in our industry, and then lets you decide which ones to install in your business.New courses are added every month. ⁠⁠www.microgymuniversity.com⁠⁠ —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Need help leasing or buying a building?I created the Gym Real Estate Company so that gym owners had someone who could go beyond the duties of a typical real estate broker and actually advise them on business aspects as they relate to site selection, market location fit, operational capacity, facility layout, pre-sell marketing, and more.If you're looking for help with your next lease or if you want us to help you along the journey of buying a building -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠head over to www.gymrealestate.co and book a Discovery Call.⁠—--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This term, several important questions of criminal law and procedure reached the Supreme Court, ranging from digital privacy and criminal venue to appeal waivers and capital sentencing.In Chatrie v. United States, the Court held that law enforcement conducts a Fourth Amendment search when it obtains a person’s cell-phone location history from a company through a geofence warrant.In Abouammo v. United States, the Court unanimously held that a defendant charged under 18 U.S.C. § 1519 with falsifying a document to obstruct a federal investigation must be tried in the district where the alleged falsification occurred, not in a different district where the investigation was based.In Hamm v. Smith, the Court dismissed as improvidently granted a capital case concerning whether and how courts may consider multiple IQ scores when evaluating a claim that a defendant is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution under the Eighth Amendment.And in Hunter v. United States, the Court held that appeal waivers are generally enforceable but recognized a “miscarriage of justice” exception for egregious sentencing errors that would bring the judicial system into disrepute.Join us for a webinar breaking down these decisions, the separate opinions, and what they may mean for the criminal justice system.Featuring:Matthew Cavedon, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato InstituteKent Scheidegger, Legal Director & General Counsel, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(Moderator) Marc Levin, Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice and Senior Advisor, Right on Crime

Unforeseen improvement in sugar deliveries, up 2% Reduced sugar beet acreage, lower projected production Recalibration of imports, larger quota for Mexico reduces high-tier Sugar prices for 2027 have bottomed Did you miss our webinar on Wednesday? Behind the Packaging Price with Nicole Thomas and special guest, Michael Workman, Executive Director at RTi Global/ResinSmart Watch now on our IQ platform! Not an IQ subscriber? Reach out to us to learn more! Host: Shawn Bingham, Director of Commodity Risk Management Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist

This week, in Gulfport, Mississippi, it's a race to find a woman, who was snatched from her home, before it's too late! All while her husband takes ransom calls, and the police set up roadblocks. But will any of it matter? Or, will this seemingly bloodthirsty kidnapper jump right to murder, if he gets impatient? In the end, a brutal murder takes place. And the killer is complete riddle, with his claimed genius IQ, wild past, and what he was actually trying to accomplish with this murder!!   Along the way, we find out that Gulfport should lean into the mud, that just giving a banking executive's name out is apparently a dangerous thing, and that it's hard to claim a murder went a certain way, when the forensics tell a totally different story!!   New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Check us out on VIDEO Wednesday and Friday evenings on Netflix! www.netflix.com/smalltownmurder Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions!   Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod   Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out over a single missed recovery on a Tuesday afternoon. They treat July like a final exam instead of a research and development lab. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that locking your team into a rigid, familiar structure during the summer is an operational leak. If you aren't using July to stretch your roster's boundaries, test your staff's unconventional ideas, and experiment with high-friction constraints, you are completely wasting a premium developmental window. In this episode, we unpack why July is the ultimate sandbox for an elite program builder. We discuss how to use this warm off-season block to try entirely new offensive spaces, install aggressive defensive variations, and challenge your roster's independent Decision IQ when the scoreboard doesn't matter. Discover how to transform your summer calendar into a creative laboratory that expands your program's ceiling before the real winter grinding begins. To accurately audit whether your summer schedule is serving as a progressive incubator for growth or just a comfortable holding pattern for old habits, evaluate your bench through this lens: "Are you utilizing your July tournament minutes to actively stress-test new tactical concepts, unconventional lineup structures, and alternative defensive shells, or are you retreating into your old, comfortable playbook just to secure a meaningless summer win?" If you spend July running the exact same offensive patterns you ran last winter, your culture is leaking value. But if you turn the floor over to experimental, socratic trial-and-error, you build deep Resilience Equity across your entire depth chart. July is the perfect window to expand your team's tactical playbook because the consequences of failure are exactly zero. Here are three ways to weaponize your summer minutes: If your program has historically relied on a traditional, slow, set-heavy half-court offense, July is your window to completely open up the floor. Try installing a fluid, read-and-react philosophy like the Princeton Offense or a high-velocity Dribble Drive shell. The Constraint: Remove your standard set plays entirely from the clipboard. Force your players to share the space, read the defender's hips, and hunt the paint through continuous cutting geometry. This spikes your team's autonomous Decision IQ and forces them to discover how to maximize their Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) without a joystick instruction from the baseline: Don't wait until January to find out if your roster can handle an aggressive, high-friction trapping system. Use July to roll out a hyper-extended 1-3-1 Zone Press or a dynamic Match-Up Zone. The Constraint: Challenge your perimeter defenders to play with unyielding High Hands on every catch, and use The Antagonist on your staff to fiercely police the communication hand-offs. Even if your players give up straight-line drives or blow a coverage, let them play through the exhaust. You are using the summer friction to find your team's absolute Standard of Tolerance before the real stakes are introduced. Summer league is the perfect laboratory to put your players in high-stress, unfamiliar tactical situations. Take your primary ball-handlers and force them to operate off the ball as cutters. Take your interior post threats, drag them to the perimeter, and force them to play as high-low passing hubs. The Return: Inverting your positions builds multi-angle versatility across your depth chart. It forces your 8th, 9th, and 10th rotational players to step up, speak loudly, and Own The Room while your star options learn how to affect the game without dominating the basketball. Coach's Note: "July is not the time to be safe, and it's certainly not the time to care about what a bunch of summer league spectators think about the scoreboard. If you enter the winter season with the exact same tactical boundaries you had last spring, you didn't coach this summer—you just babysat. Use these weeks to stretch your kids. Throw them into the tactical deep end, let them make mistakes, let them play through the friction, and align your staff lenses to audit the data. Build a bigger, bolder version of your program standard right now." Title Ideas: Are You Wasting Your July Basketball Scrimmages? (The Summer Lab Blueprint) Why the Best Basketball Coaches Intentionally Make Mistakes in July How to Use Summer Basketball Tournaments to Test New Defensive Systems Stop Chasing Summer Wins! How to Experiment With Your Roster in July Primary Keywords: Trying new things in summer basketball, coaching basketball in July, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball offensive spacing adjustments, small-sided games basketball, basketball defensive press installation. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, match-up zone defense installation, 1-3-1 zone trapping rules, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you letting your fear of losing meaningless summer league games stop you from expanding your program's playbook? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins explains why the month of July must be treated as your program's ultimate creative laboratory. Learn how to implement new read-and-react offensive spaces, test aggressive trapping zone defenses, and invert your roster's roles to build elite decision IQ and deep resilience equity before the winter season arrives." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #SummerLeague #PracticeDesign #BasketballTactics #ChampionshipMindset #HighSchoolBasketball Are you utilizing this July experimental framework to test out a brand-new, fast-paced transition offense with your returning varsity squad during your upcoming weekend shootouts, or are you looking to design a specific set of defensive press constraints to see which of your incoming underclassmen can handle high-friction trapping responsibilities under fatigue? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Masterclass Innovator Must AskThe July Lab: 3 High-Leverage Summer Experiments1. Shift Your Offensive Spacing GeometryeFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)​2. Stress-Test Aggressive Defensive Variation3. Invert Your Roster RolesThe Summer Mindset: The Win-Chaser vs. The Masterclass InnovatorJuly VariableThe Transactional Win-Chaser (Leak)The Transformational Innovator (Standard)Playbook ExecutionRelies on old, familiar sets to guarantee summer winsInstalls new cutting shells and experimental spacing geometryRotational DepthShortens the bench; rides starters into physical exhaustDeepens the bench; tests untried lineups in high-stress spotsHandling MistakesScreams from the baseline; panics over bad turnoversUses socratic "drive-by" corrections; demands Next Play SpeedDefensive PhilosophyStays in a safe, passive shell to prevent easy bucketsExperiments with trapping angles and aggressive zone pressesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), host Mark Tebbs is joined by Dr. Elaine Clark, postdoctoral researcher at the Lifespan Autism Lab, Rutgers University.Dr. Clark shares findings from her recently published paper in JCPP Advances, ACAMH's open-access research journal, co-authored with Dr. Vanessa Ball and Dr. Katherine Lord. Drawing on the Longitudinal Study of Autism (LSA) — tracking autistic individuals from ages 2–3 through to their mid-twenties — the study examines how daily living skills develop across the lifespan in autistic individuals, both with and without a co-occurring intellectual disability.Daily living skills — the practical abilities that underpin independent adult life — are broken down into three domains: personal skills (hygiene, dressing, grooming), domestic skills (cooking, household chores), and community skills (managing money, navigating public spaces, vocational readiness). These are the skills that shape autism outcomes across education, employment, and quality of life, yet they have been chronically under-researched, particularly for autistic individuals with co-occurring intellectual disability.The headline finding is striking: approximately 80% of autistic individuals with co-occurring intellectual disability demonstrated daily living skills equal to or stronger than their measured cognitive ability — directly challenging the widespread assumption that adaptive behaviour in autism is constrained by IQ. Developmental trajectories between groups were indistinguishable up to age five, clearly differentiated by age nine, and those differences strengthened into adulthood.Dr. Clark and Mark discuss why domestic skills represent the most promising early intervention target, why community skills are the hardest to move, and how schools, IEP goals, and caregivers can reshape expectations to create opportunity-rich learning environments for autistic young people. The conversation closes with a look ahead at Dr. Clark's next research phase — examining individual skills for adults with profound autism and the caregivers who support them.A must-listen for anyone working in autism education, autism support, early intervention, or child and adolescent mental health.Read the JCPP paper ‘Relative strengths in daily living skills among autistic individuals and individuals with related developmental conditions who have co-occurring intellectual disability' - https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70124Elaine B. Clarke, Catherine Lord, Vanessa Hus BalFirst published: 28 January 2026Get a free CPD/CME certificate for listening to this podcast by registering for a FREE ACAMH Learn account at https://bit.ly/4fF4BBWVisit https://www.acamh.orgFacebook and LinkedIn search / ACAMHInstagram https://www.instagram.com/assoc.camhBluesky https://bsky.app/profile/acamh.bsky.socialX https://x.com/acamh

This week, we tell you all about an NFL player, who didn't last very long in the league. Instead, he buried himself in mountains of cocaine. But with no money coming in, he turned to crime to pay for his ever growing habit. He also had some terrible tragedy, that he almost made even worse. Teammates, coaches & family all try to help him, but he won't stop getting arrested. Maybe it's the cocaine. Maybe it's his 71 IQ. But either way, he destroys hsi life, almost beyond repair. Can he turn it all around??   Have your choice of college scholarship offers, get REALLY into cocaine, and break into a police officer's house, and steal his guns with Ramsey Dardar!!   Check us out, every Tuesday! We will continue to bring you the biggest idiots in sports history!!   Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman   Donate at... patreon.com/crimeinsports or with paypal.com using our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Get all the CIS, STM & YSO merch at crimeinsports.threadless.com   Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things CIS, STM & YSO!!   Contact us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/crimeinsports crimeinsports@gmail.com

In this video, Brandy shares powerful insights to help you transform and heal your relationships love and physical health. Also, if you'd like to go deeper, there is a free Free Mind-body Healing training deep dive training you can access here.https://brandygillmore.com/mind-body-training If you've been working on loving yourself, setting healthy boundaries, and creating healthier relationships, yet still find yourself feeling unloved, unappreciated, or hurt, this episode offers a powerful new perspective. Brandy explores why genuine self-love doesn't always lead to feeling more loved and reveals an important missing piece that is often overlooked, even by those who are deeply committed to personal growth and healing. In this quick IQ episode, Brandy shares a counterintuitive insight into relationship healing and explains why the same emotional patterns can continue showing up despite doing all the "right" inner work. She explores how deeper awareness can help you create more meaningful love, connection, and lasting emotional healing. In this episode, you'll discover: Why working on self-love may not automatically change how loved you feel What may be overlooked when the same painful feelings continue returning Why doing the "right" inner work may still leave an important piece unresolved How to maintain healthy standards while creating greater love and connection What may need to shift for self-love to feel more healing, peaceful, and complete This episode is not about lowering your standards, tolerating unhealthy behaviour, or ignoring your own needs. Instead, it offers a fresh perspective that can help you create deeper healing, stronger relationships, and the genuine love and connection you've been seeking. -- Important Note: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a replacement for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please continue to consult your doctor or qualified healthcare provider as recommended. Click here to view our full disclaimer- https://brandygillmore.com/terms/. © Brandy Gilmore / Human Potential Revolution, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This content, including the audio, voice, likeness, transcript, and all associated materials, may not be reproduced, distributed, stored, used, or incorporated into artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, or derivative technologies without prior written permission. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Ann Coulter: The Anchor-Baby Case Is Really About Welfare with Jason Richwine UNSAFE w/ Ann Coulter - live on 07/20/2026 Ann Coulter's guest is Jason Richwine - the Harvard PhD the left tried to erase for studying immigration and IQ, now at the Center for Immigration Studies. Together they take apart 'Barbara v. Trump,' the Supreme Court's birthright-citizenship case whose plaintiff is really suing for welfare on behalf of her anchor baby, and show why immigration and welfare can't be separated - from Tren de Aragua taking over apartment complexes to the illegal alien freed despite three ICE detainers who then stabbed two people to death at a San Jose church, to a Miami where two-thirds of residents now speak Spanish at home. Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/7LEWffVarMI?si=6L9L4CqiApERBLST Ann Coulter 1,159 views Jul 21, 2026 Watch live on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/AnnCoulter TikTok:   / realanncoulter   X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/anncoulter Substack: https://anncoulter.substack.com/  

We've sanitized the buying and selling of human beings in the West, and it's time to call it out. You can go online right now, customize a baby's eye color and IQ, rent a woman's womb for nine months, and pay to take home a child. That's not "assisted reproduction." It's the buying and selling of a human life. In this episode, I'm exposing the dark truth behind the multi-billion dollar surrogacy and IVF industries. We're talking about the shocking UN findings on the exploitation of women, the real science of mother-baby bonding, and why an adult's desire to parent will never override a child's right not to be bought and sold.   Follow me - I'm chronically online Instagram  @kristanmercerhawkins   X - https://x.com/KristanHawkins Facebook  @hawkinskristan   TikTok - @kristanmercerhawkins  

有美國神經科學家在參議院作證時，引用研究的測試成績顯示，Z 世代 (Gen Z) 幾乎在所有認知能力範疇的表現，都不及千禧世代 (Millennials，又稱 Y 世代) 及 X 世代，包括注意力、記憶力、讀寫能力、閱讀理解、數學能力、執行表現及整體智商 (IQ)。

Hustle is loud, but clarity is what lasts.We sit down with Willem Venter, founder of ZEDMEN - Men premium custom menswear with boutiques in Cape Town and Johannesburg, to unpack how Willem sustained a demanding entrepreneurial life for 20 years WITHOUT letting his health, relationships, or mindset collapse under the weight of growth.Willem Venter has spent 2 decades in business and never stopped training — not because he has to, but because he's built a system where health, family, and business all get equal weight.In this episode, the founder of ZEDMEN shares the exact framework he's used since discovering Stephen Covey's The 8th Habit over 15 years ago — and why he still lives by it today.What stood out most: Willem doesn't talk about "hustle." He talks about scripting your life on purpose — training, sleep, nutrition, and family all scheduled with the same seriousness as a client meeting, because "how you do something is how you do everything."In this episode:How Willem splits his week between two cities and adapts his training schedule to protect family time in eachThe "4 intelligences" framework from Covey's The 8th Habit (SQ, IQ, EQ, PQ) and how Willem uses it to keep business and personal life in balanceWillem's non-negotiable: 7+ hours of sleep, even when travelling — including how he schedules flights around itWhy he treats his gym memberships as a wellness and happiness investmentThe "sharpen the saw" principle for avoiding burnout when business gets stressfulThe Tony Robbins racing-driver story he uses to explain focus under pressure: "don't look at the wall, look at the track forward"How a clear, specific vision (down to a picture on your phone) accelerates goals Willem's reading list for entrepreneursBIO Willem Venter is the founder and owner of ZEDMEN, a premium custom and tailored menswear house with boutiques in Johannesburg (Rosebank) and Cape Town (Century City). Since 2005, ZEDMEN has built a reputation — and a 5-star Google rating in Johannesburg and in Cape Town — on what Willem calls "Personality Dressing": engineering a client's wardrobe and personal brand around who they actually are, not what's trending. Twenty years in, Willem applies the same discipline to his own life that ZEDMEN applies to its clients — treating health, family, and personal development as non-negotiables, not afterthoughts.

https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the modern grassroots basketball landscape, you will see a massive, high-pressure push toward year-round, single-sport specialization. Club directors, private trainers, and over-eager parents will tell you that if your athletes aren't holding a basketball twelve months a year, playing in seventy summer showcase games, and skipping the fall football schedule or spring baseball tracks, they are falling behind the developmental curve. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that this intense, hyper-specialized model is introducing an enormous operational leak into youth sports. Year-round specialization doesn't build better basketball players; it builds physically burnt-out, mentally exhausted, and highly fragile athletes who are prone to overuse injuries and emotional fatigue long before they reach their varsity peak. In this episode, we tackle one of the most critical cultural debates in high school sports: The Multi-Sport Athlete. We look at why the absolute best program builders don't just tolerate multi-sport athletes—they actively actively recruit them out of their school's hallways. Discover how playing multiple sports accelerates an athlete's physical coordination, protects their mental health, and sharpens a high-volume Decision IQ that transfers perfectly to the hardwood when the winter schedule tips off. To evaluate whether your program's culture actively fosters versatile athletic development or is quietly contributing to the single-sport specialization trap, ask yourself this question: "Are your off-season training expectations and summer scheduling demands designed to accommodate and value the kid who is currently competing on the gridiron, soccer pitch, or track, or are you quietly penalizing them on your winter depth chart because they chose to own another room during the basketball off-season?" If your gym standard treats a multi-sport athlete like an outsider who has "missed too much time," your culture is stuck in a transactional leak. But if you embrace the overlapping traits of multi-sport competition, you unlock a diverse roster of resilient, battle-tested winners. An elite multi-sport athlete brings unique physical and psychological traits to your winter roster that cannot be replicated by spending twelve straight months playing standard 5-on-5 basketball: The Hardwood Transfer: A kid who spent their fall absorbing contact on a football field or navigating tight spatial vision constraints on a soccer pitch does not shrink when physical friction arrives on a Friday night basketball court. They understand how to establish a low center of gravity, anchor their stance in the low post, and play through heavy contact to secure an interior rebound. They naturally protect your defensive Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$) because they possess an inherent standard of physical toughness. The Hardwood Transfer: Track athletes understand baseline stride efficiency, linear deceleration, and explosive leaping mechanics. Baseball and softball players possess elite hand-eye coordination and kinetic rotational timing. When you jam these diverse movement profiles into a 120-minute basketball practice script, their physical Rep Density scales rapidly because their bodies are structurally balanced and resilient against overuse strains. The Hardwood Transfer: When a multi-sport athlete walks into your locker room in November, they are starving for basketball. They aren't carrying the psychological exhaust of playing one hundred meaningless summer showcase games. They bring a fresh, competitive energy to the floor. They are experts at adjusting to different coaching lenses—knowing exactly how to submit to The Antagonist's defensive demands or follow The Yoda's tactical schemes because they've operated under different leadership models all year. Coach's Note: "Stop listening to the multi-million dollar club circuits telling you your kids need to specialize at fourteen years old. Look at the data: the absolute best competitors, the ones who know how to close out games under extreme pressure, are the kids who have spent their entire lives competing in every arena possible. When an athlete is a quarterback in the fall, a point guard in the winter, and a shortstop in the spring, they spend all year learning how to lead, how to handle adversity, and how to win. Share the kids, cooperate with your fellow coaches, and let's build complete athletes." Title Ideas: Should Basketball Players Specialize or Play Multiple Sports? Why the Best Basketball Coaches Active Hire Multi-Sport Athletes The Hidden Danger of Year-Round Basketball Specialization How Other Varsity Sports Can Maximize Your Team's Game-Night eFG% Primary Keywords: The multi-sport athlete basketball coaching, sports specialization vs multi-sport, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball team culture development, high school basketball athletic cross-training, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, active density practice scripts, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, effective field goal percentage focus, decision IQ constraints, player-led team autonomy, preventing athlete burnout. Description Snippet: "Are you forcing your basketball players into a year-round specialization trap, or are you leveraging the massive competitive benefits of the multi-sport athlete? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down why the absolute best coaches actively welcome multi-sport players into their programs. Discover the physical and psychological data behind athletic cross-training, and learn how to structure your off-season to build durable, high-IQ winners." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #MultiSportAthlete #CoachingPhilosophy #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #AthleteDevelopment Are you navigating this multi-sport dynamic to design a unified off-season workout schedule alongside your school's football and soccer coaching staffs to protect your athletes from physical overload, or are you looking for specific communication strategies to present to parents who are feeling heavy external club-circuit pressure to specialize their children early? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Varsity Leader Must AskThe Cross-Training Symmetry: How Other Sports Drive Basketball Efficiency [FOOTBALL / SOCCER] ───► Physical Friction & Spatial Vision ───► High-Hands Posture [TRACK / BASEBALL] ───► Explosive Footwork & Kinetic Timing ───► Next Play Speed 1. The Physicality & Contact Shield (Football/Soccer)2. The Multi-Angle Acceleration (Track/Baseball)3. The Psychological Clean SlateThe Program Audit: The Specialization Leak vs. The Versatile StandardProgram AttributeThe Year-Round Specialization Trap (Leak)The Multi-Sport Championship StandardOff-Season FilterMandatory summer demands; forcing kids to chooseCoordinated scheduling with other varsity head coachesPhysical ProfileOveruse patterns; chronic fatigue; soft-tissue issuesBalanced kinetic development; elite structural durabilityCompetitive MindsetBurnt-out; robotic compliance; low emotional varianceHigh-volume winner; thrives under pressure and frictionLocker Room VibeQuiet, single-track focus; individual stat huntingA dynamic, Player-Led shield focused on winningYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bret Boone and Pete Rose Jr. have a chat about Pete Rose, the real person off the field. Junior says his IQ traveled way beyond the baseball field.

A Quick Note to Listners: Before this week’s interview, Will Parker and Jen Schwanke take some time to answer a listener question. This week’s question is: I'm thinking about retiring in a year, but I want to do something part time. What are some options you've learned about consulting that I might be able to develop for me? Listen in to hear their response! Meet Brad Johnson and Rachel Edoho-Eket: In this episode of Principal Matters, Dr. Schwanke is joined by two heavy hitters in the education world: Dr. Brad Johnson, author of over 20 books including the newly released Coffee with the Custodian, and Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket, a Blue Ribbon school principal, TEDx speaker, and President of the Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals. Together, we dive into the core philosophy of their co-authored book, Relational Intelligence. We challenge the outdated “command and control” model of leadership, shifting the focus from technical systems to the human systems that actually drive school success. As we discuss, while strategy is important, it simply doesn't move the needle if the foundational relationships aren't in place. Emotional Intelligence and Relational Intelligence: In our conversation, we explore the critical distinction between Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Relational Intelligence (RQ). While EQ helps a leader understand themselves, RQ is what allows them to effectively lead others by navigating the complex web of stakeholders—from students and staff to parents and the central office. Brad and Rachel share practical advice on how busy administrators can prioritize “connection over compliance.” We talk about making “relational deposits,” the power of being vulnerable enough to admit when we don’t have all the answers, and why research shows that RQ is actually a better predictor of leadership success than IQ. The Million Dollar Questions: Finally, we tackle the “million-dollar questions” of school leadership: handling toxic staff members and preventing burnout. Dr. Johnson shares his “HOPE” framework—focusing on Help, Opportunity, Praise, and Encouragement—to flip the script on our natural tendency toward negativity. We wrap up with a look at his narrative approach to leadership in his new book, reminding us that the best insights often come from the most “invisible” people in our buildings. This conversation is a powerful reminder that while your title gives you your position, your relationships are what truly define your impact. Staying Connected: If you wish to stay connected with the work of Dr. Brad Johnson or Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket, you can learn about them via the following channels: Dr. Johnson: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drbradjohnson Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBradJohnson Website: www.DoctorBradJohnson.com Dr. Edoho-Eket: Website: www.racheledohoeket.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racheledohoeket/ Linkedin: Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket | LinkedIn Twitter: Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket (@RachelEdohoEket) / X Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@racheledoho-eket Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/dr.edoho-eket Thanks for doing what matters! The post PMP510: Redefining Leadership Through Relational Intelligence with Brad Johnson and Rachel Edoho-Eket appeared first on Principal Matters.

Executives climbing the corporate ladder to the top seem to lose IQ the higher up they get.That might explain why John Deere's top corporate bosses have imposed an astonishingly stupid policy on America's farmers. For years, they've decreed that while a farmer “technically owns” a tractor or other John Deere product, the owner is prohibited from making any repairs when the machinery breaks down, stalls out, etc. Instead, owners must call an authorized Deere dealer to fix what most farmers could handle by themselves.The monopolistic profiteer refuses to make its repair manuals available to customers or local repair shops, so… gotcha!But in 2020, Walter Schweitzer rallied with other mad-as-hell farmers and ranchers to rebel. The Montana rancher's tractor had gone kaput in hay baling season – but, “no,” said a Deere dealer, a technician is not available; and “no,” you can't have access to the diagnostic computer to do it yourself. So, he had to wait weeks before Deere finally got his tractor running – a fairly basic job worth about $600… but they billed Walter nearly $4,000.That's what's called “a monopoly fix.” But they messed with the wrong farmer. Schweitzer, president of the Montana Farmers Union, mobilized grassroots pressure from five states, forcing federal officials to sue Deere. This month, Deere's aloof executives settled that suit, finally letting its farm customers take charge of the equipment that – hello! – they own!Schweitzer points out that this landmark win over the arrogance of Deere executives is just one stepping stone to a right-to-repair law for all products. To help push this right forward, go to repair.org.Jim Hightower's Lowdown is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimhightower.substack.com/subscribe

In this video, Brandy shares powerful insights to help you transform and heal your relationships love and physical health. Also, if you'd like to go deeper, there is a free Free Mind-body Healing training deep dive training you can access here. https://brandygillmore.com/mind-body-training If you've ever struggled with people-pleasing, setting boundaries, or feeling torn between honoring yourself and maintaining healthy relationships, this episode offers a refreshing perspective. Brandy explores why simply trying to stop people-pleasing or forcing yourself to say "no" may not create the healing, connection, or freedom you're looking for—and how focusing only on the behavior can sometimes create even more tension and disconnection. In this powerful IQ episode, Brandy reveals what may actually be happening beneath the people-pleasing pattern and explains how true transformation comes from addressing the deeper emotional dynamics involved. Rather than creating cold or defensive boundaries, you'll discover how to honor yourself while remaining loving, thoughtful, and genuinely connected to others. In this episode, you'll discover: Why common advice about people-pleasing can sometimes backfire The important issue that may be overlooked when trying to change this pattern Why setting boundaries do not need to feel cold, harsh, or disconnected How to honor yourself while remaining loving and thoughtful How to create relationships with greater sweetness, reciprocity, and genuine connection When you shift this pattern at its core, you can learn to say no when needed, care for yourself in a healthy way, and create relationships that feel more loving, harmonious, and deeply fulfilling. The goal isn't to become less loving—it's to create a healthier way of loving both yourself and others. -- Important Note: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a replacement for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please continue to consult your doctor or qualified healthcare provider as recommended. Click here to view our full disclaimer- https://brandygillmore.com/terms/. © Brandy Gilmore / Human Potential Revolution, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This content, including the audio, voice, likeness, transcript, and all associated materials, may not be reproduced, distributed, stored, used, or incorporated into artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, or derivative technologies without prior written permission. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Shannon Flynn was a former close associate of the notorious Mormon forger and bomber, Mark Hofmann. Recorded before Flynn's 2021 passing, this conversation provides a chilling, up-close look at Hofmann’s methods, his personality, and the desperate unraveling that led to two murders. We’ll get up close and personal and discuss this crazy chapter of Mormon History. https://youtu.be/9QcITtuSxLo Don't miss our other conversations Shannon: https://gospeltangents.com/people/shannon-flynn Copyright © 2026 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Check out a transcript of the interview on Amazon. Mark Hofmann’s Beginnings The Origins of a Forger (Early Life & Coins): Hofmann's life of deception began long before he forged church documents; he started electroplating fake mint marks onto coins at just 12 years old. Flynn reveals that Mark Hofmann successfully fooled experts for years, though a simple block of dry ice would cause the forged mint marks to flake right off. Fabricating Provenance (The “Oath of a Freeman”): Flynn details the ingenious ways Mark Hofmann established legitimate backstories for his fake documents. For the highly valuable “Oath of a Freeman,” Hofmann slipped a forged copy into a stack of pamphlets at a massive New York bookstore, took it to the register, and obtained a genuine receipt to prove where he “found” it. Mastering the Art of Deception (Forgery Techniques): Mark Hofmann’s historical research and chemical techniques were unprecedented. He would steal blank flyleaves from 19th-century books at the University of Utah and BYU so the paper would pass carbon dating. To age the ink instantly, he placed documents in a fish tank with an old electric train motor, using the ozone (O3) to oxidize the ink. This technique eventually led to his downfall, as the rapid drying caused the ink to crack—a telltale sign investigators later used against him. Beating the Polygraph: Despite murdering two people and fabricating dozens of documents, Mark Hofmann passed a polygraph test with a highly truthful score of +14. Flynn explains that Hofmann had a genius-level IQ of 137 and used intense self-hypnosis and biofeedback—skills he learned from a hypnotist at age 13—to suppress his physical stress responses. Police Coercion and Flynn's Arrest: Flynn was briefly caught up in the investigation and was arrested for possessing an unregistered automatic weapon that actually belonged to Hofmann. Flynn vividly recounts how the police lied to the media about finding a “bomb factory” in his storage unit, which initially made Flynn believe that the police were framing Hofmann for the bombings too. The Murders and Mark Hofmann’s Unraveling: Hofmann operated heavily on a “forgery on demand” basis, constantly producing documents to put out financial fires. The pressure reached a breaking point when a $185,000 bank loan for the nonexistent “McLellin collection” came due. Hofmann built pipe bombs to kill Steve Christensen and Kathy Sheets purely to buy himself time and distract investigators. The third bomb, which injured Hofmann himself, was likely triggered in a moment of desperation as he realized his web of lies had trapped him. Life in Prison & Church Fallout: Flynn visited Mark Hofmann several times in prison during the early 1990s, noting that Hofmann had fully adapted to convict life and still practiced self-hypnosis daily. Flynn also addresses the faith crises many experienced over the Hofmann saga, arguing that it is unreasonable to leave the LDS Church just because its leaders failed to detect the forgeries, pointing out that general authorities “don’t have magic powers.” 00:00 Introduction 01:39 How Shannon Met Mark 02:32 Mark’s Early Forgery Career – Coins 09:07 Shannon’s Work with Mark 11:33 Oath of a Freeman Forgery 16:57 Mark’s Legitimate Collecting & Financial Dealings 20:31 McLellin Collection Scheme & First Interstate Bank Loan 25:12 Mark’s Personality 27:57 Beating the Polygraph 51:49 Shannon’s Arrest & Jail Time 1:02:09 The Bombings – Initial Response 1:32:03 Document Forgery Techniques – Paper & Ink 1:38:04 Advanced Forgery Methods – Oxidation & Cracking 1:23:16 Bombing Motives & Third Bomb 1:11:20 Mark’s Production to Demand Strategy 1:15:45 Impact on LDS Scholarship 1:43:40 Prison Life & Suicide Attempt 1:46:05 Shannon’s Prison Visits & Correspondence 1:57:28 Legal Strategy & Plea Agreement 1:40:03 Parole Hearing & Life Sentence 2:04:30 Closing Thoughts on Church Authority Don't miss our other conversations Shannon: https://gospeltangents.com/people/shannon-flynn Copyright © 2026 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Bo and the crew critique Trae Young's recent claims about his basketball IQ and leadership style following his departure from the Atlanta Hawks. They discuss Zaccharie Risacher's exit, compare the Hawks' rebuild to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and check in on an Atlanta Braves promotion involving a Ha-Seong Kim bobblehead. 01:02 - Soccer Halftime Reactions 03:11 - Braves Promotional Updates 05:36 - Trae Young Leadership Debate

Stake Shapiro and Sandra Golden analyze Kirby Smart's influence at SEC Media Days and the Atlanta Braves' momentum following the All-Star break. They explore Alex Anthopoulos' trade deadline plans and address Trae Young's polarizing comments regarding his basketball IQ. Additionally, the conversation touches on the Michigan athletic department scandal and the new Cosm experience in Atlanta. 01:50 - Kirby Smart SEC Presence 05:20 - Atlanta Cosm Bar Experience 09:15 - Anthopoulos Braves Strategy 16:30 - Michigan Athletics Scandal 20:28 - Masters Rejection Tradition 24:00 - Matt Damon Oppenheimer Discussion 30:00 - Soccer Dive Comedy 35:00 - Trae Young IQ Controversy 39:15 - Hawks Rebuild Comparisons

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The AI revolution is quietly rewriting what makes a leader effective, and most executives haven't noticed. In this episode of DarrenDaily On-Demand, Darren Hardy makes the case that as AI masters technical work, the real advantage shifts from IQ to emotional intelligence, handing women a statistical edge and the greatest leadership opportunity in decades. He contrasts two companies facing identical crises. One leader used pressure and lost millions. The other used empathy and beat revenue targets by 27%. Darren also breaks down five signals that reveal high-EQ talent in any interview, and how to spot the leaders already hiding in plain sight on your team. Join the A-Team. One Mission. One Team. One Standard. Are you ready to #BeTheException -https://darrenhardy.com/careers/ Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.

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Unlock the future where quantum computing, AI, and human intelligence collide—discover why the critical skill of emotional quotient (EQ) may soon trump IQ in this fast-evolving landscape. In this captivating episode, Dr. Atif Farid Mohammed, chief AI officer at CyQuint and author of Least Intelligence, takes us on a journey through the depths of quantum physics, AI's limitations, and the profound impact of energy and consciousness on our existence. You'll discover how quantum mechanics reshapes our understanding of reality, the true potential of large language models versus sentient AI, and why learning — in all its forms — remains the ultimate driver of human evolution. We break down complex concepts like decoherence, space folding, and the nature of energy, translating these into practical insights for navigating tomorrow's technological challenges. If you're curious about the mysteries of the universe, the future of AI, or how to harness emotional intelligence in an AI-driven world, this episode is essential listening. Dr. Mohammed's expertise in quantum computing, cybersecurity, and AI ethics provides a rare perspective on the forces shaping our future. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a futurist, or simply intrigued by the big questions of existence, this episode will leave you inspired and enlightened. Get ready to rethink what you thought you knew about intelligence, consciousness, and the endless possibilities of the quantum era. Tap in now - your leap into the future starts here. I hope you enjoy it!

Tate is joined by Rockvale Rockets Head Football Coach, James Counce, as he enters his second year at the helm. Coach Counce breaks down his strategy for closing the gap in one of the state's most brutal regions. He shares insights from their early spring practices, the ongoing mission to boost the team's overall "football IQ," and their recent 7-on-7 work against BGA and Nashville Christian. With a veteran roster of 33 seniors and a dynamic southpaw quarterback, the Rockets are gearing up to be a highly physical force this fall. Coach Counce also reflects on the coaching philosophy passed down from his Hall of Fame father, James Counce Sr., and his time playing under Francis "Boots" Donnelly at MTSUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

https://teachhoops.com/ Welcome to 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. In this episode of Coach Unplugged, we dive straight into an uncomfortable question that might just ruin your week: Why do your drills look great, but your games look bad? Be honest with yourself. You've lived this exact nightmare. Tuesday's practice was a masterpiece. The three-man weave was humming, the shell drill was textbook, and the baseline energy was electric. But when Friday night comes around, your team looks like a group of complete strangers who have never shared a floor. Here is the blunt truth: It's probably not your players. It's your drills. Most drills teach kids to execute a rigid pattern, while games demand that kids independently solve fluid problems. Those are two completely different skills, and the first one does not automatically translate into the second. We break down the absolute science of motor learning, expose the hidden trap of "clean" block practice, and reveal how corrupting your favorite drills with simple live variables will completely transform your program's game-night execution. Many coaches fall into the trap of prioritizing aesthetic compliance over functional retention. The motor learning research has been definitive on this dynamic for decades: When you run a traditional three-man weave, there is zero defense, zero decision, and the pass is predetermined before the ball is even inbounded. Your athletes can run it flawlessly for four years and never once make an actual basketball read. They didn't forget how to play when the weekend arrives; they never learned it. They just learned how to run the drill. Clean practice feels like great coaching, but it is often just comfortable compliance. Random practice—introducing messy repetitions packed with real friction and visual triggers—looks significantly worse on Tuesday afternoon. Turnovers spike, spacing breaks down, and your assistant coaches might look at you funny. But this exact friction is what builds authentic Resilience Equity. Messy training forces your roster to scan the floor, read defensive hips, and think on the fly, directly optimizing your team's collective Decision IQ. To evaluate whether your daily practice architecture is actually preparing your athletes to win under postseason pressure, you must put every single drill track through this unyielding filter: "If this drill features zero defenders, zero live choices, and zero competitive consequences, are my players actively learning how to play basketball, or are they simply practicing choreography?" While foundational block work has a place for raw mechanics and youth form shooting, an elite varsity practice cannot survive on choreography. If your athletes spend less than ten minutes of a 120-minute practice script making a live read against a live body, your team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$) and Next Play Speed will plummet the second a defender scrambles their rhythm. You don't need to throw away your playbook or hunt for hundreds of new drills on the internet. You just need to intentionally corrupt the drills you already use by injecting one of three elements: Add a Defender: Introduce an active body—even a lazy or restricted one—to force a visual closeout read. Turn your standard two-ball passing drill into a dynamic 2-on-1 puzzle. Add a Decision: Give the offensive player two fluid options instead of one scripted path. Force them to read whether the defender has High Hands or a dropped hip. Add a Consequence: Keep score on everything. Make the drills highly competitive, put a clock on the execution, and ensure that someone wins and someone loses. Coach's Note: "Let practice be ugly. An ugly Tuesday is exactly how you buy a clean, efficient Friday night victory. Stop trying to protect your ego by keeping your gym tidy and structured. Throw your kids into the tactical deep end, force them to make live reads through the exhaust of a competitive drill, and watch your program's ceiling skyrocket. Pick just one drill this week and corrupt it. Step back, put the whistle away, and force your players to own the room." Title Ideas: Are Your Drills Destined to Fail? Why Great Practices Lead to Bad Games Stop Doing Basketball Choreography! How to Fix Your Practice Drills Why Messy Basketball Practices Actually Win More Games on Friday Night How to Add Decisions and Constraints to Your Favorite Basketball Drills Primary Keywords: Why basketball drills look great and games look bad, Coach Unplugged, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball practice organization, small-sided games basketball, basketball decision IQ drills. Secondary Keywords: Block practice vs random practice motor learning, effective field goal percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, high-hands closeout reads, corrupting basketball drills, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, The Championship Coaching Fellowship. Description Snippet: "Why does your team look like a textbook powerhouse on Tuesday afternoon but completely freeze up when Friday night arrives? In this episode of Coach Unplugged, broadcast from 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Coach Collins exposes the ultimate coaching trap: running clean, robotic drills that feature zero live decisions. Discover how to 'corrupt' your favorite practice tracks by adding defenders, choices, and competitive consequences to build a player-led powerhouse that thrives under game-night pressure." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachUnplugged #PracticeDesign #MotorLearning #BasketballIQ #HighSchoolBasketball #TeamCulture Are you looking to corrupt a specific half-court shooting drill this week to help your team transition out of a robotic perimeter rhythm, or are you preparing your application for The Championship Coaching Fellowship to get direct, season-long masterclass mentorship on your actual team workflows? Show NotesThe Motor Learning Paradox: Clean Tuesdays vs. Clean Fridays [BLOCKED PRACTICE] ───► Repetitive/No Defense ───► Looks Clean Tuesday ───► Fails Friday Night [RANDOM PRACTICE] ───► Messy/Live Decisions ───► Looks Ugly Tuesday ───► Wins Friday Night The Illusion of "Clean" Block PracticeThe Reality of "Messy" Contextual PracticeThe Ultimate Drills Filter: Where is the Decision?Corrupting Your Playbook: The 3 Simple VariablesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A CEO walks into a board meeting knowing exactly what to say then freezes. A sales rep doomscrolls between calls and shows up to the next one flat. A founder grinds toward the exit, only to sacrifice their relationships and themselves along the way. The problem isn't always strategy, skill, or effort. Sometimes, it's the nervous system. Kevin Bailey knows this firsthand. After building a high-growth tech company with around 100 employees, he noticed something strange: some days he was exceptionally creative and productive. Other days, he'd stare at his computer for hours and accomplish almost nothing. That experience eventually led him to earn a master's in applied neuroscience from King's College London and co-found Dream Fuel, a mental performance coaching company helping founders, executives, and sales teams perform at their best under pressure. Sam Jacobs sits down with Kevin to unpack the neuroscience of peak performance and why the mental skills used by professional athletes, fighter pilots, and special forces operators may be just as critical for CEOs and revenue leaders. What we get into: Why founders and executives need mental performance coaching not just executive coaching or therapy The four nervous system states that shape how you perform under pressure Why a freeze response can lower your IQ and leave you struggling for words How doomscrolling between calls can hurt your performance on the next one The neuroscience behind breathwork and nervous system regulation Why presence and awareness are the foundations of peak performance How to move from fight, flight, or freeze back to a state of centeredness Why grinding doesn't have to come at the expense of your relationships or your life The mental performance advantage professional athletes have understood for years How to reach the end of the founder journey with both the outcomeand yourself intact Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 Meet Kevin Bailey and Dream Fuel 01:44 From tech founder to mental performance coaching 04:19 Why mental performance matters more in the age of AI 05:57 Why CEOs need the kind of coaching elite athletes already have 07:24 Therapy vs. mental performance coaching 09:03 What Michael Jordan can teach us about presence under pressure 11:31 The four nervous system performance zones 12:38 Why executives get stuck in fight, flight, and freeze 13:46 What doomscrolling does to your dopamine and performance 15:07 How to regulate your nervous system 15:30 The neuroscience of breathwork and centeredness 17:08 What changes when you master mental performance 18:55 How to win without sacrificing everything that matters 20:19 Kevin's biggest influences and recommended resources 21:49 Where to find Kevin Bailey and Dream Fuel 22:35 Outro Try Dreamfuel: dreamfuel.com

Turn off the tablets and fire up the imagination with this week's ultimate episode of family trivia! Whether you're looking for the perfect screen free entertainment or planning a long family road trip, this episode is packed with high-energy fun designed specifically as trivia for kids and parents alike.Join your Dad and Lad duo as we dive deep, for the second time, into the fascinating world of Cooking! Together, we'll explore the unexpected history of cooking, test your knowledge on famous chefs and all things culinary. With 15 questions, this kid friendly game show experience will have the whole car laughing, debating, and learning together. Press play, test your culinary IQ, and transform your next drive or gathering into an unforgettable family game night!

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https://teachhoops.com/ You can devour every single podcast episode on this channel, fill up a dozen legal pads with advanced multi-ball drills, and spend hours analyzing spatial cutting geometry. But at the end of the day, passive consumption will only get your program so far. Every single gym ecosystem faces its own highly specific, highly isolated operational leaks. Maybe you are staring at a roster trapped in a robotic rut of coach-fed compliance and you can't figure out the exact socratic constraints needed to jumpstart their Decision IQ. Maybe your assistant coaches have grown passive, and you need an exact blueprint to realign their organizational lenses. Or maybe you are heading into an intense winter stretch and you are wrestling with how to protect your team's Next Play Speed under heavy community pressure. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to talk about the power of direct, personalized mentorship. We break down why the absolute best program builders never coach in a vacuum. Discover what happens when you stop guessing through the off-season and instead lock in a private, 1-on-1 Coaching Call with Coach Collins to audit your practice scripts, maximize your gym's Activity Density, and map out a definitive, level 4 championship workflow. When you jump on a private consulting call, we bypass empty generalities and immediately put your entire program through a sharp, analytical filter: The Filter: We pull apart your current 120-minute practice timeline down to the exact second. We find the hidden time leaks where players are standing in lines or listening to long lectures, and we inject high-transfer Multi-Ball architectures and Small-Sided Games ($SSGs$) that force players to read defensive hips through the exhaust. The Filter: We map out your staff's unique DNA. I will show you exactly how to weaponize your assistant coaches by deploying them through distinct lenses—empowering your Organizer to command the transitions and utilizing your Antagonist to fiercely police your closeouts and vocal habits. The Filter: We evaluate your offensive entries and defensive coverages to ensure they are engineered to maximize your Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): Coach's Note: "The loneliest place in sports is sitting in an empty gym office late at night trying to solve all your program's cultural and tactical puzzles by yourself. The best coaches I've ever been around aren't lone wolves—they seek out direct, high-signal mentorship to sharpen their edge. Don't waste another season running into the exact same operational bottlenecks. Let's get on a call, unpack your tape, audit your standard of tolerance, and build an unshakeable blueprint to take your program to the next level." Title Ideas: Are You Ready to Lock In a 1-on-1 Coaching Call With Coach Collins? Stop Guessing Your Strategy! (The Power of Personalized Basketball Mentorship) How to Audit Your Basketball Program With a Private Consulting Call The Missing Piece in Your Leadership: Finding a Masterclass Coaching Mentor Primary Keywords: Coaching call with Coach Collins, basketball coaching mentorship program, TeachHoops, The Championship Coach, basketball program consulting, high school basketball practice design audit, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, own the room vocabulary, rep density basketball drills, coaching staff lenses, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you tired of feeling stuck in a coaching vacuum, trying to solve your team's spacing problems, staff alignment leaks, and cultural bottlenecks all on your own? In this episode, Coach Collins outlines the massive, transformational impact of locking in a private, 1-on-1 coaching consultation. Discover how a personalized program audit can completely clean up your practice activity density, optimize your game-night eFG%, and establish an unyielding standard of excellence." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #TheChampionshipCoach #CoachingMentorship #ProgramBuilding #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #PracticeDesign Are you looking to schedule your 1-on-1 strategy call right now in July to completely revolutionize your offensive cutting geometry and masterclass practice scripts before the intense winter season arrives, or are you hoping to use a private consulting session to design a highly specific leadership curriculum that will empower your returning upperclassmen to step up and own the room? Show NotesThe Executive Diagnostic Audit[YOUR GYM SCRIPT] ───► Audit Activity Density & Rep Bottlenecks [YOUR PLAYBOOK] ───► Optimize Spacing Geometry & eFG% Return [YOUR LEADERSHIP] ───► Establish an Unyielding Standard of Tolerance 1. Practice Architecture Deconstruction2. Staff & Culture Alignment Mapping3. Mathematical Efficiency Optimization$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Mentorship Divide: Isolated Guessing vs. Collaborative BlueprintingProgram Overhaul ElementIsolated Guessing (Level 2 Leak)Direct 1-on-1 Coaching Call (Level 4)Problem SolvingSifting through random internet drills; trial-and-errorTargeted, immediate diagnostic solutions built for your rosterPractice DesignCopying standard layouts that allow conversational lazinessTailored scripts engineered for elite Rep Density and flowCulture ExecutionHoping your players eventually step up to Own The RoomA concrete communication workflow to drive player-led autonomyStaff ManagementAllowing unaligned assistant voices to create a passive benchClear, structural delegation strategies for your entire staffYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Travis Makes Money, Travis sits down solo to unpack one of the most important success themes from nearly 2,000 episodes: thinking long term and staying in the game when most people tap out early. Rather than featuring a single guest, Travis pulls together stories and lessons from a diverse roster of past guests—comedians, pro athletes, coaches, and entertainers—who all built durable careers by embracing the long road. On this episode we talk about: Why “if you're not in the long game, you're in the wrong game” applies to money, business, and creative careers. Joe Gatto's “18‑year overnight success” story and the Impractical Jokers crew turning down a bigger MTV deal to bet on the long-term TrueTV opportunity. Drew Dunne's brick‑by‑brick approach to comedy and the power of saying no to distractions so you can build a skyscraper instead of popsicle-stick success. What the research on grit actually says—why passion plus perseverance beats raw IQ over long timelines. How Henry Ford's early failures, podcast graveyard stats, and Travis's own nine‑year journey prove most people overestimate one year and underestimate ten. Top 3 Takeaways Durable success takes longer than you think. Nearly every high‑performer Travis references built something meaningful on a timeline far longer than they expected, their peers expected, or social media says is “normal.” Passion fuels grit and smart persistence. Research on grit shows that perseverance only pays off when it is paired with genuine interest; grinding without passion doesn't create the same outcomes, but passion can live inside “boring” businesses via what you optimize and care about. Stay in the game long enough to benefit from compounding. From Ford Motor Company to Impractical Jokers to Travis's own nine‑year podcast journey, the win comes from refusing short‑term relief, learning from failures, and making relationship and career decisions with a ten‑year lens instead of a ten‑episode lens. Notable Quotes “We're an 18‑year overnight success. You have to outlast the nos. You have to just keep going against the nos.” – Joe Gatto “It is the longest possible road you can have in a career. Every opportunity I've gotten, I've gotten it two years after I thought I should have had it. I'm building a skyscraper. You can get a lot higher than me if you're building with popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue, but I'm just going to keep laying bricks.” – Drew Dunne “Most people will overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years.” – Travis Connect with Travis Chappell: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travischappell Website: https://travischappell.com A Word from Our Sponsors: - Visit DrinkAG1.com/TMM to get a free AG1 Travel Case with 7 free AG1Travel Packs in your Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order while supplies last.  - Go to Leesa.com for 25% OFF select mattresses (through July 26, 2026) PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code TMM, exclusive for my listeners  - To learn more about Mode Mobile and its investor community, go to https://invest.modemobile.com/travismakesmoney -Travis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency.Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform.Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlington Attack head coach Nick Crimmins joins Adam to discuss his hockey journey, from attending the first Dallas Stars game in Texas to playing and training in Slovakia. They break down why skating is the foundation of player development, how backchecking and gap control support a complete 200-foot game, and why players need unstructured ice time to build creativity and hockey IQ. Nick also introduces Bar Down Hockey, an Arlington training facility designed for shooting, stickhandling, passing, and off-ice skill development.

We learned in grad school that working on joint attention and language will lead to speech development. But for the estimated 30% of autistic children who never develop functional, fluent speech, that's not the whole story. Dr. Karen Chenausky, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a speech scientist, SLP, and director of the SPAN Lab at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She takes us beneath the iceberg to explore the hidden contributors to speech development in autism, including the motor-speech disorder component our field rarely talks about. In this episode, you'll learn: -Challenges that can limit spoken language in autism include joint attention, receptive language, speech perception, sensory differences, fine/gross motor cascades, and motor speech challenges -Minimally speaking vs. minimally verbal vs. pre-verbal: what each term really means, and why we wait until about age 5 to classify a child as 'minimally verbal' -How Dr. Chenausky identifies suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) in minimally speaking children using Iuzzini-Siegel's (2015) criteria, plus the catch-22 when a child doesn't produce enough speech to diagnose speech motor disorders -What to evaluate in a minimally speaking preschooler: the motor component of speech, language comprehension and expression, nonverbal IQ, and gross/fine motor skills -An invaluable assessment tool you may not know SLPs can use: the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales for capturing fine and gross motor performance -Auditory-Motor Mapping Training (AMMT), the intonation-based treatment inspired by Melodic Intonation Therapy, and the promising findings on who benefits most (hint: phonemic repertoire and readiness-to-learn skills mattered) -JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation), Connie Kasari's play-based intervention that builds the prerequisite skills for language -A Monday-morning session framework: three-tiered tasks (mastered, on-the-cusp, challenge) that keep the child at a 70-80% success point in their zone of proximal development -Writing pivotal speech goals that expand the phonemic repertoire while diversifying language expression -When to prioritize robust AAC, because every child deserves access to all the ways of communicating -Dr. Chenausky's call to the field to develop more reliable methods to assess nonverbal IQ and receptive language in children with motor praxis and visual processing/visualmotor challenges Research referenced in this episode Chenausky, K., Norton, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Schlaug, G. (2018). Behavioral predictors of improved speech output in minimally verbal children with autism. Autism Research, 11(10), 1356-1365. Free link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30230700/ Chenausky, K., Brignell, A., Morgan, A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2019). Motor speech impairment predicts expressive language in minimally verbal, but not low verbal, individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 4. Free link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35155816/ *To connect with Dr. Chenausky, Google search "Karen Chenausky SPAN Lab"

Jason Whitlock plays the receipts. Ben Crump can't read basic English. Jasmine Crockett is spewing anti-white bigotry. Comedian Damona Love is on video telling black kids to shoot police. And all three are using the death of Nolan Wells to fan the flames of racial violence. The racial grievance machine doesn't care about Nolan Wells. It cares about the narrative. Whitlock and the Fearless Soldiers break down why these low-IQ influencers are more dangerous to black America than any of their manufactured targets. ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockBYOG?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockClips?sub_confirmation=1 ➢ Connect with Jason on Social Media:  https://x.com/JasonWhitlock  https://www.instagram.com/realjasonwhitlock/ https://www.facebook.com/jasonwhitlock ➢ Send Jason an Email FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com ➢ Support The Blaze Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://www.fearlessmission.com and get $20 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://teachhoops.com/ https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out over a single missed recovery on a Tuesday afternoon. They treat July like a final exam instead of a research and development lab. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that locking your team into a rigid, familiar structure during the summer is an operational leak. If you aren't using July to stretch your roster's boundaries, test your staff's unconventional ideas, and experiment with high-friction constraints, you are completely wasting a premium developmental window. In this episode, we unpack why July is the ultimate sandbox for an elite program builder. We discuss how to use this warm off-season block to try entirely new offensive spaces, install aggressive defensive variations, and challenge your roster's independent Decision IQ when the scoreboard doesn't matter. Discover how to transform your summer calendar into a creative laboratory that expands your program's ceiling before the real winter grinding begins. To accurately audit whether your summer schedule is serving as a progressive incubator for growth or just a comfortable holding pattern for old habits, evaluate your bench through this lens: "Are you utilizing your July tournament minutes to actively stress-test new tactical concepts, unconventional lineup structures, and alternative defensive shells, or are you retreating into your old, comfortable playbook just to secure a meaningless summer win?" If you spend July running the exact same offensive patterns you ran last winter, your culture is leaking value. But if you turn the floor over to experimental, socratic trial-and-error, you build deep Resilience Equity across your entire depth chart. July is the perfect window to expand your team's tactical playbook because the consequences of failure are exactly zero. Here are three ways to weaponize your summer minutes: If your program has historically relied on a traditional, slow, set-heavy half-court offense, July is your window to completely open up the floor. Try installing a fluid, read-and-react philosophy like the Princeton Offense or a high-velocity Dribble Drive shell. The Constraint: Remove your standard set plays entirely from the clipboard. Force your players to share the space, read the defender's hips, and hunt the paint through continuous cutting geometry. This spikes your team's autonomous Decision IQ and forces them to discover how to maximize their Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) without a joystick instruction from the baseline: Don't wait until January to find out if your roster can handle an aggressive, high-friction trapping system. Use July to roll out a hyper-extended 1-3-1 Zone Press or a dynamic Match-Up Zone. The Constraint: Challenge your perimeter defenders to play with unyielding High Hands on every catch, and use The Antagonist on your staff to fiercely police the communication hand-offs. Even if your players give up straight-line drives or blow a coverage, let them play through the exhaust. You are using the summer friction to find your team's absolute Standard of Tolerance before the real stakes are introduced. Summer league is the perfect laboratory to put your players in high-stress, unfamiliar tactical situations. Take your primary ball-handlers and force them to operate off the ball as cutters. Take your interior post threats, drag them to the perimeter, and force them to play as high-low passing hubs. The Return: Inverting your positions builds multi-angle versatility across your depth chart. It forces your 8th, 9th, and 10th rotational players to step up, speak loudly, and Own The Room while your star options learn how to affect the game without dominating the basketball. Coach's Note: "July is not the time to be safe, and it's certainly not the time to care about what a bunch of summer league spectators think about the scoreboard. If you enter the winter season with the exact same tactical boundaries you had last spring, you didn't coach this summer—you just babysat. Use these weeks to stretch your kids. Throw them into the tactical deep end, let them make mistakes, let them play through the friction, and align your staff lenses to audit the data. Build a bigger, bolder version of your program standard right now." Title Ideas: Are You Wasting Your July Basketball Scrimmages? (The Summer Lab Blueprint) Why the Best Basketball Coaches Intentionally Make Mistakes in July How to Use Summer Basketball Tournaments to Test New Defensive Systems Stop Chasing Summer Wins! How to Experiment With Your Roster in July Primary Keywords: Trying new things in summer basketball, coaching basketball in July, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball offensive spacing adjustments, small-sided games basketball, basketball defensive press installation. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, match-up zone defense installation, 1-3-1 zone trapping rules, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you letting your fear of losing meaningless summer league games stop you from expanding your program's playbook? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins explains why the month of July must be treated as your program's ultimate creative laboratory. Learn how to implement new read-and-react offensive spaces, test aggressive trapping zone defenses, and invert your roster's roles to build elite decision IQ and deep resilience equity before the winter season arrives." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #SummerLeague #PracticeDesign #BasketballTactics #ChampionshipMindset #HighSchoolBasketball Are you utilizing this July experimental framework to test out a brand-new, fast-paced transition offense with your returning varsity squad during your upcoming weekend shootouts, or are you looking to design a specific set of defensive press constraints to see which of your incoming underclassmen can handle high-friction trapping responsibilities under fatigue? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Masterclass Innovator Must AskThe July Lab: 3 High-Leverage Summer Experiments1. Shift Your Offensive Spacing GeometryeFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)​2. Stress-Test Aggressive Defensive Variation3. Invert Your Roster RolesThe Summer Mindset: The Win-Chaser vs. The Masterclass InnovatorJuly VariableThe Transactional Win-Chaser (Leak)The Transformational Innovator (Standard)Playbook ExecutionRelies on old, familiar sets to guarantee summer winsInstalls new cutting shells and experimental spacing geometryRotational DepthShortens the bench; rides starters into physical exhaustDeepens the bench; tests untried lineups in high-stress spotsHandling MistakesScreams from the baseline; panics over bad turnoversUses socratic "drive-by" corrections; demands Next Play SpeedDefensive PhilosophyStays in a safe, passive shell to prevent easy bucketsExperiments with trapping angles and aggressive zone pressesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Kayla Logue and Benjamin Knight are the powerhouse life and business partners who own and operate the JETSET Pilates studios in the Charlotte, NC area.  We sat down to discuss owning two studios in two very different markets, future studio growth, HR/staffing challenges, and industry insights.  —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I solve problems in your business and make you more money.  Guaranteed. For over a decade, I've been working with gym owners (via one-on-one consulting) to help create tailored solutions to solve their business problems, engineer the game plan and empower them to execute the strategy.Stop wishing your business problems are going to magically go away.  Invest in your business and let me solve your problems and optimize your business fast and efficiently. We'll work together daily/weekly, with a monthly call until the problem is solved and then I want you to fire me.  Because this is YOUR business, I'm just here to solve a specific problem and then get out of your way.⁠Learn more about what it's like for us to work together.⁠—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Want to increase your business IQ by 100x for only $50? Get enrolled in Microgym University - the only online business school that teaches you the best practices and business frameworks from some of the most successful brands in our industry, and then lets you decide which ones to install in your business.New courses are added every month. ⁠⁠www.microgymuniversity.com⁠⁠ —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Need help leasing or buying a building?I created the Gym Real Estate Company so that gym owners had someone who could go beyond the duties of a typical real estate broker and actually advise them on business aspects as they relate to site selection, market location fit, operational capacity, facility layout, pre-sell marketing, and more.If you're looking for help with your next lease or if you want us to help you along the journey of buying a building -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠head over to www.gymrealestate.co and book a Discovery Call.⁠—--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If your child speaks fluently, does well in school, and can hold a conversation with any adult in the room, you have probably heard someone say, "At least he's high functioning." And you have probably also lived the part nobody else sees, the meltdown in the car, the falling apart over a small change in plans, the bedtime routine you are still walking through with a teenager. In this episode, Lisa explains why the high-functioning autism label is so confusing for parents, what is actually happening underneath it, and why the gap between what people expect from your child and what you experience at home is not a sign that you are getting it wrong.In this episode, you'll learn:Why abilities in autistic children develop unevenly, so a child can have advanced language or an above average IQ and still have very little capacity to handle a change in plans.How language, intelligence, and masking hide your child's struggles from teachers, family, and the general public, and sometimes from you as well.Why autism is never the only thing at the table, and how ADHD, anxiety, sleep, puberty, and hormones all shape what your child is able to do on any given day.

https://teachhoops.com/ Every single coach in the country is sitting on one. One conversion they know they absolutely need to have, but continue to push off. A player who needs a heavy dose of the truth regarding their body language. An assistant coach who is quietly slipping below the program's operational standard. A parent whose unrealistic expectations need an immediate, firm boundary reset. A team leader who has quietly drifted away from the collective vision. And yet, the conversation waits. Tomorrow becomes next week, next week becomes next month, and a minor operational leak slowly turns into an unmanageable crisis. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to confront the psychology of delayed candor. We pull back the curtain on why coaches avoid these high-friction moments. It isn't a communication problem; it is a fear problem. We unpack how hiding from discomfort under the guise of "protecting the relationship" is actually an act of self-preservation that destroys your culture. Discover how to balance personal care with direct challenge, and learn why unspoken truth quietly becomes accepted behavior inside a level 4 championship program. True, transformational program building requires a leader to navigate the tight space between supporting an individual and demanding adherence to the program's unyielding Standard of Tolerance. The Fallout: When you prioritize an athlete's short-term comfort or fear their defensive reaction, you choose silence. This passive avoidance creates a massive cultural drift. Your silence actively teaches the rest of the roster that your stated standard is flexible when the confrontation becomes uncomfortable. The Execution: The absolute best coaches do not look at a difficult conversation as an act of criticism; they view it as an investment of Trust Capital and an act of absolute belief. If you challenge an assistant or a player through the exhaust, it is because you care too much about their long-term growth to let them settle for mediocrity. When you step into the room to address a boundary line that has been crossed, bypass emotional lectures and utilize this high-signal, socratic framework to maintain absolute control of the environment: Step 1: State the Objective Observation ───► "I see this specific behavior occurring on the floor..." Step 2: Define the Functional Impact ───► "It is actively hurting your development and stalling our team's Next Play Speed..." Step 3: Mandate the Explicit Correction ───► "This is the exact structural adjustment that needs to change immediately..." Step 4: Reaffirm Unshakable Belief ───► "I am holding you to this line because I know you are capable of leading this program." Coach's Note: "Delayed candor always increases the cost. Every single day you choose to look the other way because a conversation feels too heavy or uncomfortable, you are actively training your gym to accept a lower standard. Stop letting fear manage your program's ceiling. Step up, look them in the eye, care personally, but challenge directly. Speak the truth through the exhaust, and let your culture carry the weight." Title Ideas: Are You Delaying the Conversation Your Basketball Team Needs Most? Why Avoiding Hard Conversations is Silently Destroying Your Culture How Elite Basketball Coaches Deliver Honest Feedback Without Losing the Team The Hidden Danger of Delayed Candor in a Basketball Program Primary Keywords: Handling difficult conversations in basketball, building a basketball program culture, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball coaching staff communication, standard of tolerance, coach-player accountability workflows. Secondary Keywords: Next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, active density practice scripts, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, effective field goal percentage focus, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, player-led team autonomy. Description Snippet: "Are you holding back from having a difficult, honest conversation with a shifting player, a passive assistant, or an overreaching parent? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down why avoiding tough feedback is a fear problem, not a communication problem. Discover how unspoken truth quickly becomes accepted behavior inside a gym, and learn a simple 4-step candor framework to challenge your roster directly while building unshakeable trust capital." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachingPhilosophy #LeadershipTips #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingCommunication Are you preparing to have this critical candor conversation with a key varsity player whose poor body language has been creating an environmental leak during your July tournament workouts, or are you looking to realign your assistant coaching staff before your official pre-season onboarding schedule begins this fall? Show NotesThe Leadership Balance: Care vs. Candor [HIGH CHALLENGE] │ │ Championship Standard Harsh & Abrasive │ (Care Personally + (Truth Without │ Challenge Directly) Care) │ │ ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────── [HIGH CARE] │ Passive Avoidance │ Weak Compliance (The Fear Trap) │ (Care Without │ Truth) │ 1. The Danger of Care Without Truth (The Compliance Leak)2. The Power of Truth Delivered with Care (The Championship Standard)The 4-Step Candor FrameworkThe Candor Audit: Delayed Fear vs. Immediate StandardLeadership VariableThe Delayed Fear Trap (Level 2 Leak)The Immediate Candor Standard (Level 4)Primary MotivationProtecting yourself from temporary relational discomfortProtecting the long-term integrity of the program's brandCultural ResultUnspoken truth quietly becomes accepted behaviorAccountability forces a rapid Next Play Speed resetStaff AlignmentAllowing an assistant's low edge to slide; passive frictionAddressing slipping metrics early to maintain a unified staffLocker Room VibeCoach-Fed frustration; athletes sensing a double standardPlayer-Led clarity; the roster knows exactly where it standsYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if your practices could build basketball IQ, sharpen habits, and raise engagement all at once? In this episode, Sam and TJ break down how to use a games-based and constraints-led approach to make sure what your team works on in practice actually transfers to games. They share specific games you can steal — from five-point plays and golden guns to weak-hand assist rules — plus the coaching framework behind them. TJ also unpacks the master-teaching skill of "loading and unloading" constraints so players are challenged without being overwhelmed. Whether you coach seventh graders or college players, this conversation will change how you design your next practice.Show NotesWhy practice design builds cultureTJ's freshman year shaped his philosophyCoaching today's "epic learner"Fun and winning aren't oppositesEngagement drives retention and improvementFilter every idea through your teamKirby Smart's lesson on evolving practicesBeware the copycat coaching trapPick three habits to be elite atGames that check multiple boxesLet players choose the five-point playEmpowering players builds basketball IQThe whistle is the teacherDon't remove yourself from the gameTie games to the Key 5 BlueprintBuild habits like the "peek" ruleLoading and unloading constraints properlyRight dosage beats more rulesUse point values to create gravityCoaches should be learning, tooSend us a Message. If you'd like us to reply, include your contact info.After analyzing over 100 million shots, basketball data scientists at Noah Basketball have uncovered the formula of the perfect shot, helping players on 28 of 30 NBA teams improve their accuracy faster than ever before.This same patented shot-tracking technology is now available to you in the Noah Backboard for a fraction of the cost. Learn more today at noahbasketball.com. Inquire while supplies last! Every fall, over 2,700 players from elementary school to high school attend a PGC Shooting College. PGC is the place for dedicated players who are serious about becoming better shooters. At a Fall Shooting College, they'll get the knowledge, skills and blueprint needed to quickly become a great shooter before the season starts.Learn more & Register: https://pgcbasketball.com/camps/shooting-college/

https://teachhoops.com/ Summer basketball is a wild landscape. You can walk into a gym for a weekend shootout and find yourself facing a high-major AAU-loaded powerhouse in the morning, and a developing squad that can barely cross half-court in the afternoon. If your team treats these games like standard winter matchups, you are introducing a massive operational leak. When you play a team that is vastly superior or inferior to you, the scoreboard becomes completely irrelevant. If you base your success on the final tally, you will either leave the gym with fake confidence after beating a weaker opponent by forty, or with shattered spirits after getting ran out of the gym by thirty. In this episode, we step into the "Truth Room" to look at how to manage the extremes of summer ball. We break down the precise constraints you must put on your roster to protect your Resilience Equity, challenge your team's Decision IQ, and ensure that every single summer possession moves your program closer to a level 4 championship standard. When you run into a team that possesses elite length, supreme athleticism, and high-major roster depth, the temptation for a high school group is to curl up into a ball, play scared, and split into isolated cliques. To prevent this, you must shift your metrics completely. The Metric: Ignore the score. Your primary goal is to control your own Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$) by refusing to give away live-ball turnovers that fuel their transition engine. The Constraint: Implement a strict "Paint Touch Before Shot" rule. You do not release a perimeter jumper unless the ball has actively penetrated the paint via the bounce or a post entry. This forces the elite defense to collapse and tests your offensive spacing geometry. The Cultural Standard: This is the ultimate laboratory to test your Next Play Speed. When they throw an aggressive punch—like a spectacular transition dunk or a trapping 30-second blitz—how fast does your huddle connect? If your players look at the floor or blame the officials, The Antagonist on your staff must hold the line. Demand that they meet extreme friction with an unyielding, player-led shield. Playing a team that you are vastly better than is actually the most dangerous game on your summer calendar. It is a breeding ground for bad habits. Players start hunting individual isolation packages, taking lazy steps on defense, skipping closeouts, and playing quiet, sloppy basketball. To maximize your practice Activity Density in a blowout, you must manipulate the game rules internally: The "No-Dribble" or "3-Dribble" Boundary: Strip away their ability to play individual isolation ball. Impose a constraint where no player can take more than two or three dribbles upon catching. This forces them to pass through the exhaust, move their bodies without the ball, and rely entirely on cutting geometry to generate high-probability looks. The Defensive Trigger: Switch out of your standard man-to-man look and utilize the game to reps-test your complex hybrid coverages under low-stress conditions. This is the perfect window to fine-tune the communication hand-offs of your Match-Up Zone or test the trapping angles of your 1-3-1 Zone Defense. Demand High-Hands Precision: If a player soft-recovers on a closeout or plays with their hands down just because the opponent isn't a threat, you address it instantly. Hold an unyielding Standard of Tolerance. You are not disrespecting the opponent by playing hard; you are disrespecting your own program's brand if you allow sloppy habits to leak into your system. Coach's Note: "Championship teams don't let their environment dictate their character. If your squad only plays with high intensity when the opponent is big-name, and drops their standard when the gym is quiet, you haven't built a culture yet—you've just built a group of reactive performers. Use the summer extremes as a tool. Force them to lock ears, protect the shield, and play to our standard, regardless of who is wearing the jersey across from us." Title Ideas: How to Handle Summer Basketball Games When Outmatched or Unchallenged Stop Wasting Summer Scrimmages! (The Blowout Constraint Blueprint) How to Keep Your Team Focused When Playing Weaker Opponents The Best Basketball Constraints for Summer League Blowouts Primary Keywords: Summer league basketball coaching, handling blowout basketball games, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball small-sided constraints, high school basketball team culture, practice activity density. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, match-up zone defense installation, 1-3-1 zone trapping rules, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, building team trust capital. Description Snippet: "Are you letting your players code lazy, selfish habits into their game during easy summer blowouts, or are they completely falling apart when facing elite, athletic powerhouses? In this video, Coach Collins unpacks the definitive masterclass blueprint for navigating the extreme talent gaps of summer basketball. Learn how to implement strategic offensive constraints, test your defensive shell alignments, and protect your team's collective next play speed, regardless of what the scoreboard says." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #SummerLeague #TeamCulture #BasketballTactics #ChampionshipMindset #HighSchoolBasketball Are you preparing your team for a specific upcoming summer shootout where you know you will be facing a gauntlet of top-tier, shoe-circuit programs and want to design a special low-turnover half-court set to keep possessions close, or are you looking for creative ways to motivate your bench players during games where your starters build a massive first-half lead? Show NotesScenario A: Facing a Superior Opponent (The David vs. Goliath Filter)Scenario B: Facing an Inferior Opponent (The Trap of Arrogance)Summer Game Management: The Performance AuditThe Summer ExtremeThe Transactional Approach (Leak)The Transformational Standard (Value)Facing an Elite TeamPlay slow, hold the ball, or panic and shoot quick, contested heaves.Hunt the paint relentlessly; measure success by execution under extreme physical exhaust.Facing a Weaker TeamShowboat, play lazy defense, and let individual stars hunt selfish isolation stats.Implement strict dribble or passing constraints; demand loud, continuous communication.Locker Room VibeEnergy dictated entirely by what the scoreboard says.Roster remains anchored in a singular frequency: Next Play Speed and Own The Room.YouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is part two of a two-part series where I teach gym owners how to monitor macro-level KPIs like leads and prospects but focus on the micro details that we can later compound or avoid to achieve our desired end-state. —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I solve problems in your business and make you more money.  Guaranteed. For over a decade, I've been working with gym owners (via one-on-one consulting) to help create tailored solutions to solve their business problems, engineer the game plan and empower them to execute the strategy.Stop wishing your business problems are going to magically go away.  Invest in your business and let me solve your problems and optimize your business fast and efficiently. We'll work together daily/weekly, with a monthly call until the problem is solved and then I want you to fire me.  Because this is YOUR business, I'm just here to solve a specific problem and then get out of your way.⁠Learn more about what it's like for us to work together.⁠—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Want to increase your business IQ by 100x for only $50? Get enrolled in Microgym University - the only online business school that teaches you the best practices and business frameworks from some of the most successful brands in our industry, and then lets you decide which ones to install in your business.New courses are added every month. ⁠⁠www.microgymuniversity.com⁠⁠ —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Need help leasing or buying a building?I created the Gym Real Estate Company so that gym owners had someone who could go beyond the duties of a typical real estate broker and actually advise them on business aspects as they relate to site selection, market location fit, operational capacity, facility layout, pre-sell marketing, and more.If you're looking for help with your next lease or if you want us to help you along the journey of buying a building -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠head over to www.gymrealestate.co and book a Discovery Call.⁠—--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lead poisoning robs the world's kids of millions of IQ points a day and kills more people than wars, natural disasters and road accidents combined — yet we treat it as a problem we've already solved. Drew McCartor, who runs the nonprofit Pure Earth, has spent nearly two decades proving it doesn't have to be this way. He presents their three-step fix that's already working in places from Georgia to Ghana, and makes the case that we can finally beat a crisis hiding in plain sight. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

https://teachhoops.com/⁠ If you spend enough time around the grassroots basketball ecosystem, you will inevitably hear coaches, parents, and directors argue over a seemingly endless debate: Winning vs. Player Development. The traditional crowd tells you that if you aren't cutting down nets and chasing trophies, you are failing your program's legacy. The developmental crowd argues that rings don't matter if your bench players aren't getting equal minutes and your stars aren't showcasing individual isolation packages for scouts. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to expose this debate for what it truly is: a false dichotomy. In a level 4 championship program, winning and player development are not competing interests—they are two sides of the exact same coin. We break down how to escape the trap of transactional, short-sighted tournament chasing without sacrificing your program's competitive edge. Discover how to build an elite ecosystem where individual skill growth directly drives your team's collective winning percentage. When a program sacrifices development in the short-sighted pursuit of a weekend trophy, they fall into the "Joystick Coaching" trap. They run rigid, over-scripted sets that hide their weaker players' limitations rather than forcing them to grow. True, transformational program building focuses on a different math. Our ultimate goal is to optimize our team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): If your player development workflow is weak, only your top one or two options can generate an efficient shot. When postseason defenses take those options away, your offensive efficiency plummets. By utilizing your entire coaching staff—leveraging The Yoda to design high-transfer, small-sided game constraints and The Antagonist to demand defensive edge through the exhaust—you turn your 8th, 9th, and 10th players into high-IQ decision-makers. True player development expands your depth, elevates your collective Decision IQ, and acts as the ultimate engine behind sustainable, long-term winning. Coach's Note: "If you only focus on winning the next game, you will find yourself micromanaging every single possession, treating your players like chess pieces, and destroying their confidence. But if you focus relentlessly on daily player development—holding an unyielding standard of tolerance for laziness while building up their skills and decision-making—winning becomes a natural, inevitable byproduct of your daily habits. Stop chasing trophies and start building an unshakeable system." Title Ideas: Winning vs. Player Development: The Ultimate Basketball Coaching Trap Why Short-Term Winning is Silently Destroying Your Basketball Program How to Build a Championship Team Culture Through Player Development The False Choice: Balancing Individual Skill and Team Success Primary Keywords: Basketball winning vs player development, building a basketball program, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, high school basketball team culture, small-sided games basketball, player development workflows. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density practice design, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, joystick coaching method, level 4 championship culture carriers. Description Snippet: "Are you catching yourself sacrificing your players' long-term development just to chase a short-term win on a Tuesday night? In this episode, Coach Collins tackles the ultimate coaching paradox: Winning vs. Player Development. Discover why tracking transactional trophies leads to an empty culture, and learn how to implement an elite development framework where individual skill progression and high-IQ decision-making naturally translate into a championship standard on the scoreboard." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PlayerDevelopment #TeamCulture #ChampionshipMindset #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you navigating this winning-versus-development balance for a varsity program where you are facing heavy external booster and community pressure to produce immediate postseason results, or are you looking to establish a developmental template for your program's feeder system to ensure youth coaches are prioritizing foundational habits over winning games with zone presses? Show NotesThe Analytical Symmetry: Individual Growth Drives $eFG%$$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: Transactional Winning vs. Transformational DevelopmentProgram MetricTransactional "Winning-Only" (Leak)Transformational Development (Standard)Offensive DesignRigid, over-scripted sets; players are robotsDynamic spacing geometry; players read defender's hipsPractice StructureLow Rep Density; starters get all the live repsHigh activity density; multi-ball drills maximize touchesAdversity ResponseBlaming players; high emotional hang-timeImmediate player-led huddle; elite Next Play SpeedRoster CultureCoach-Fed compliance; bench feels isolatedPlayer-Led autonomy; entire roster owns the standardYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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https://teachhoops.com/ If you spend enough time around the grassroots basketball ecosystem, you will inevitably hear coaches, parents, and directors argue over a seemingly endless debate: Winning vs. Player Development. The traditional crowd tells you that if you aren't cutting down nets and chasing trophies, you are failing your program's legacy. The developmental crowd argues that rings don't matter if your bench players aren't getting equal minutes and your stars aren't showcasing individual isolation packages for scouts. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to expose this debate for what it truly is: a false dichotomy. In a level 4 championship program, winning and player development are not competing interests—they are two sides of the exact same coin. We break down how to escape the trap of transactional, short-sighted tournament chasing without sacrificing your program's competitive edge. Discover how to build an elite ecosystem where individual skill growth directly drives your team's collective winning percentage. When a program sacrifices development in the short-sighted pursuit of a weekend trophy, they fall into the "Joystick Coaching" trap. They run rigid, over-scripted sets that hide their weaker players' limitations rather than forcing them to grow. True, transformational program building focuses on a different math. Our ultimate goal is to optimize our team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): If your player development workflow is weak, only your top one or two options can generate an efficient shot. When postseason defenses take those options away, your offensive efficiency plummets. By utilizing your entire coaching staff—leveraging The Yoda to design high-transfer, small-sided game constraints and The Antagonist to demand defensive edge through the exhaust—you turn your 8th, 9th, and 10th players into high-IQ decision-makers. True player development expands your depth, elevates your collective Decision IQ, and acts as the ultimate engine behind sustainable, long-term winning. Coach's Note: "If you only focus on winning the next game, you will find yourself micromanaging every single possession, treating your players like chess pieces, and destroying their confidence. But if you focus relentlessly on daily player development—holding an unyielding standard of tolerance for laziness while building up their skills and decision-making—winning becomes a natural, inevitable byproduct of your daily habits. Stop chasing trophies and start building an unshakeable system." Title Ideas: Winning vs. Player Development: The Ultimate Basketball Coaching Trap Why Short-Term Winning is Silently Destroying Your Basketball Program How to Build a Championship Team Culture Through Player Development The False Choice: Balancing Individual Skill and Team Success Primary Keywords: Basketball winning vs player development, building a basketball program, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, high school basketball team culture, small-sided games basketball, player development workflows. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density practice design, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, joystick coaching method, level 4 championship culture carriers. Description Snippet: "Are you catching yourself sacrificing your players' long-term development just to chase a short-term win on a Tuesday night? In this episode, Coach Collins tackles the ultimate coaching paradox: Winning vs. Player Development. Discover why tracking transactional trophies leads to an empty culture, and learn how to implement an elite development framework where individual skill progression and high-IQ decision-making naturally translate into a championship standard on the scoreboard." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PlayerDevelopment #TeamCulture #ChampionshipMindset #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you navigating this winning-versus-development balance for a varsity program where you are facing heavy external booster and community pressure to produce immediate postseason results, or are you looking to establish a developmental template for your program's feeder system to ensure youth coaches are prioritizing foundational habits over winning games with zone presses? Show NotesThe Analytical Symmetry: Individual Growth Drives $eFG%$$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: Transactional Winning vs. Transformational DevelopmentProgram MetricTransactional "Winning-Only" (Leak)Transformational Development (Standard)Offensive DesignRigid, over-scripted sets; players are robotsDynamic spacing geometry; players read defender's hipsPractice StructureLow Rep Density; starters get all the live repsHigh activity density; multi-ball drills maximize touchesAdversity ResponseBlaming players; high emotional hang-timeImmediate player-led huddle; elite Next Play SpeedRoster CultureCoach-Fed compliance; bench feels isolatedPlayer-Led autonomy; entire roster owns the standardYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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teachhoops.com Episode Title: Are Your Drills Teaching Players to Read… or Just Run to Spots? Every coach wants smarter players — better decisions, better shot selection, better reads, and better basketball IQ. But too often, practices are filled with drills where players already know exactly what to do. In this episode, Coach breaks down how to turn ordinary drills into decision-making drills that actually transfer to games. Players do not become better decision-makers by running routes. They become better decision-makers by making decisions. If practice is too clean, too scripted, and too predictable, players may look good in drills but struggle when the game gets messy. A drill can look organized and still fail to transfer. The ball moves perfectly.The footwork looks good.The coach feels organized. But if there is no defender, no choice, and no consequence, there is no real read. That is rehearsal. Not basketball. Take drills you already run and add three things: 1) Add a DefenderNow the player has to see something. 2) Add a ChoiceNow the player has to decide. 3) Add a ConsequenceNow the decision matters. These three additions make practice more game-like. Instead of always giving answers, ask questions: What did you see? Was the defender high or low? Was the help early or late? Was the shot a rhythm shot or a rescue shot? Was the pass on time? What was the next right play? If you always tell players what to do, they wait for you. If you teach them what to see, they play faster. Use simple language players can remember: Ready. Open. Advantage. Before a shot, players should learn to ask: Am I ready? Am I open? Did this shot come from an advantage? If yes, you can live with it. If no, the team probably needs one more pass, one more drive, or one better read. Do not only score makes and misses. Score decisions. Winning Reads: great shot, even if missed on-time pass paint touch and kick extra pass advantage attack correct drive or finish decision Losing Reads: bad shot, even if made dribbling into traffic holding the ball too long missing the open teammate driving without a plan If you only reward the ball going in, players chase shots. If you reward the right decision, players chase winning basketball. Play 3-on-3. Every possession must include one advantage action: closeout attack paint touch post touch cut that forces help drive and kick The offense gets one point for a basket and one point for the right read. A great drive and kick to an open shot counts, even if the shot misses. During a live possession, call “freeze.” Ask the player with the ball: What are your two options? If they can answer, play on. If they cannot, teach. Good players see two plays ahead.Average players only see the ball. This week, take one drill you already run and upgrade it. Do not throw it away. Just add: A defender A choice A consequence Then ask better questions: What did you see? What was the advantage? What was the next right play? Game transfer requires decisions Clean drills are not always better drills Players need reads, not just repetitions Shot selection needs shared language Coaches should score decisions, not only results The game tests reads, not drills Stop building practice around perfect lines. Build it around real decisions. Because the game does not test your drills. It tests your reads. For decision-making drills, advantage games, and practice plans, go to: teachhoops.com Show NotesEpisode SummaryThe Big IdeaThe Problem With “Clean” DrillsThe Simple UpgradeTeach Players What to SeeShot Selection LanguageScore the ReadDrill of the Episode: The Read GameAwareness Tool: Freeze and AskCoach ChallengeKey TakeawaysClosing Thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices