The By Any Means Coaches Podcast
The By Any Means Coaches Podcast: Exploring the Science, Art, and Culture of Modern Coaching.
The BAM Coaches Podcast takes coaches inside the evolution of player development. Grounded in modern skill acquisition science and Constraints-Led Approach but guided by balance and context. Hosts Coleman Ayers, Tyler Clark, and Alex Silva dive into how athletes truly learn - across cultures, systems, and environments. Each episode unpacks the intersection between science, experience, and intuition, equipping coaches to build players who think, adapt, and thrive anywhere in the world.
Episodes
75 episodes
Your Eyes Control Your Shot: The Quiet Eye Deep Dive
In this episode, we break down a mini meta-analysis of three peer-reviewed studies on the quiet eye, or the visual behavior that predicts shooting performance better than mechanics, “form,” or feel. We look at how elite shooters use their eyes ...
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23:27
Podcast Announcements, Environmental constraints, the balance with creativity and team practices (Pt. 1)
Welcome to the By Any Means Coaches Podcast! The podcast has a new look and format, and we're about to bring so much value it's not even funny. The important format changes: 1. Coleman Ayers (@byanymeansbasketball) will be giving yo...
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45:56
You’re Not a Robot: Motor Noise & The Real Reason Shooters Miss
Basketball coaches talk a lot about “consistency,” “repeatability,” and “perfect reps.” But the human body was never built to operate like a robot. It’s built with noise… unavoidable variability in the nervous system, muscles, perception, and m...
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20:46
10 SSGs That Build Complete Players (And Infinite Variations)
In this episode, we break down the 10 small-sided games I’d choose if I could only do 10 for the rest of my life! Because each game can be constrained and modified in countless ways, this list becomes an infinite toolbox for any coach or traine...
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19:22
How to ACTUALLY build shooters
Coleman puts shooting under the microscope in this episode, there's a ridiculous amount of value packed into this 20 min episode. If you want to really, truly develop yourself, your players and your team into lights out shooters... you need to ...
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20:05
Your best players should be the best at your drills
Yes, you read that title right, your best players should also be the best at your drills. Coleman takes a deep dive in a thought provoking prompt, a lot of coaches won't necessarily agree with this perspective and that's completely fine. There'...
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12:51
Confirmation Bias: The BIGGEST thing holding you back as a coach
"If it ain't broke don't fix it"“Well, these drills worked for me,”“The kids just need more reps,”“We’ll get to that later.”We've all heard these phrases and even used them ourselves, it a part of your evolution as a...
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Episode 68
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52:35
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation: What is it, when, why and how to use it?
This was a great episode expanding on our conversation about consistency, we dive much further into the concept of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation - what exactly the difference is and discussing from our own experience when we've been either...
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Episode 67
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57:27
Timeout Philosophies & In-game feedback (Part 1)
Alex and I talk about timeout philosophies and how we approach giving feedback in-game, whether that's in a timeout, pre game, half time or post gameAlex brings a plethora of experience from middle school AAU all the way up to division 2...
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Episode 66
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1:12:36
The Power of Showing Up: Is consistency the key to life?
Alex and I discuss the power of consistency, times we've struggled to be consistent in our own lives as well the times that consistency has helped take us to places that we didn't know we could goWe discuss the contrast between motivatio...
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Episode 65
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52:52
Alex Silva (@byanymeanssilva) talks his unique rise to coaching, importance of relationships, youth & middle school training, how to utilize social media and more
We're so back.Alex is one of the best people i know, as a person and coach, he's one of one and he has one of the more unique stories in the industry in my opinion. He brings an incredible variety of expertise and experience,...
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Episode 64
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48:20
WE'RE BACK!! Quick listen with updates on the show going forward, let's get to work.
Beyond excited to get back to it, thank you to everyone that was still listening to episodes while I wasn't posting consistently, y'all are the backbone of this show and I appreciate you greatly. I have so much in store for this pod...
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4:30
Alex Sarama (@transformingbasketball) talks ecological dynamics, practice design, rate limiters and much more!
Alex is a phenomenal coach and a pioneer in this space, he's an advocate for progressing and evolving the current state of development and basketball coaching as well as the overall approach to things like: performance training, front office wo...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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52:21
Jack Pyzynski (@jackpyzynski) pt. 2
Enjoy the rest of Jack and I's conversation!
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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52:06
Jack Pyzynski (@jackpyzynski) pt 1. brings us through struggles in covid to winning a national championship, playing NCAA D2 and what really matters in life outside of basketball
Jack is a great human & basketball player, he and I talk about his journey from being under recruited, having his freshman year taken away by covid, winning a national championship the next year and then back to back conference championship...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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50:42
What Is Skill & Constraints Explained
This week I touch on what exactly skill is, and how it differs from things like technique, as well as what exactly constraints are and how we can use/apply themThere's an important distinction that I think needs to be more known and tha...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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27:51
Trevor Ragan (@learnerlab) talks zoo tiger vs jungle tiger, the importance of representation, growth mindset and feedback
Trevor does an amazing job breaking down, what can be pretty dense, science about learning. In the weeds, talking to the researchers about their work and applying it constantly to his own work and then creating content and making it super consu...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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54:36
Drake Berberet (@strength2.speed) talks all things force plates, asymmetries, food spots in maine and much more!
Drake is true professional and currently working with one of the best force plate companies in the world (Hawkin Dynamics). Drake and I talk about force plates, interpreting data, applying the information you get from the technology, using that...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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45:50
NBA Performance Coach Erik Huddleston (@eph.24) talks NBA schedule, game-day lifts, addressing asymmetries and much more
Erik Huddleston is the assistant performance coach for the Indiana Pacers, Erik is a true professional and has equipped himself with so much knowledge & experience prior to entering the NBA. That education & experience presents itself d...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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1:36:37
Alex Sarama (@alexsarama) talks contemporary skill acquisition, practice design, the role of a coach and much more
We're back!! Our first guest since the hiatus us Alex Sarama, Alex is a basketball coach from the UK. He's extremely good at what he does, he's immersed himself in the literature of skill acquisition and ecological dynamics in order to develop ...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:00:29
Better Practice Design: How to Optimize Team Practices
This week I talk about how to design better practices and how to optimize those practices. I discuss some important mindset shifts, important concepts and much more in order to accomplish the goal of designing better practicesFollow me ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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26:24
3 Biggest Takeaways from Coaching in College
The past two seasons with SMCC have been beyond rewarding: 2 YSCC Conference championships (back-to-back), first ever USCAA Division 2 National Championship in program history, multiple All Conference and All American players. I was lucky to be...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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32:09
Ross Greenfield (@coach_ross_dpt) talks his approach to building athletes, fear of failure, narrow vs broad focus and much more!
Ross is one of the most passionate professionals in this field I've had the pleasure of connecting with, not only is he passionate but he knows what he's talking about! Ross gets in depth talking about how he builds athletes and so much more al...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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58:30
John Evans (@johnevans_thp) talks strength training for brand new athletes, olympic lifting, 1-foot bounce and much more
John Evans is one of the best jump coaches in the world and is notably the performance coach for pro dunkers Isaiah Rivera, & Jordan Southerland (1footgod), as well some other very incredible dunkers/jumpers and thousands of athletes all ov...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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57:35
Jon Giesbrecht (@playfreebball) talks basketball mindfulness, being involved but unattached, gears of breathing and more
Jon is on a mission to help athletes get to the next level with mental performance, he specializes in basketball mindfulness and it's clear by the way he talks about it and implements it that it's extremely effective.The mental performa...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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39:57