The TCP Podcast
This podcast takes a deep dive into all things performance and basketball: movement quality, skill acquisition, psychology, nutrition, life, basketball IQ and much more. Hosted by Tyler Clark, the TCP podcast brings science-based information and real-life application to help improve all-aspects of performance and basketball. Join us and get started on your journey to becoming a better person, coach, athlete and basketball player.
Episodes
67 episodes
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
Mitchell Kirsch (@hoopin_mitch) talks sports psychology, player development, his experience as a pro and much more
Mitchell is a player development coach in southern New Hampshire, he integrates the science of motor learning/skill acquisition along with sports psychology in his practice. He develops his clients holistically as humans and not just as basketb...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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59:42
Trainer Table Talk with Coleman Ayers (@byanymeansbasketball), Gabe Macias (@gametimeelitetraining), Martin Andrade (@onlyaboutbball), Dario Saisan (@saisantraining) and Danny Metser (@dmhoops)
Different format to this weeks episode: I'm joined by Coleman Ayers, Gabe Macias, Dario Saisan, Martin Andrade and Danny Metser to talk about some really interesting topicsSome of the things we discuss were: psychological stressors and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:08:20
Shea Frazee (@shea.frazee) talks training philosophies, cognitive load, confidence and much more
Shea Frazee is a skill development coach in Southern California, he's worked with 35+ NBA athletes and a lot of the top high school prospects in that area. Shea is an extremely intuitive & intelligent individual, he understands training &am...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:14:42
Building Confidence for Hoopers
Our confidence starts during early childhood - how our parents nurture us, how our teachers teach us, how our youth coaches coach us, the people that have a position of influence at that stage so early actually have a massive influence on your ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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30:41
Martin Andrade (@onlyaboutbball) talks international hoops, constraints, can we build a Kyrie Irving, creativity and more!
Martin is a player development and sports performance coach in Uruguay, South America. He's a mad genius when it comes to player development, he's able to apply the science of skill acquisition to his sessions at an extremely high clip. I think...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:14:30
Lee Taft (@leetaft) talks AAU basketball, building speed, training power vs elastic athletes and more!
Lee Taft is renowned as "The Speed Guy", he's one of the most influential figures in the industry when it comes to speed work, change of direction and specifically basketball change of direction. He could easily be considered one of the GOATS i...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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40:59
Joel Smith (@justflysports) talks plyometric's, how to train deceleration, making training fun and much more
Joel Smith is one of the great minds in the performance industry, he has one of if not the best performance & strength and conditioning podcast with over 300 great episodes with great guests that bring a unique set of knowledge and a differ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:16:33
Drew Hanlen (@drewhanlen) talks his philosophies, off-season model, NBA players mentality and more!
Drew is one of, if not the best basketball skills trainers in the world. His resume speaks for itself, Jayson Tatum, Brad Beal, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Haliburton, Tyler Herro, the list goes on and on. It's safe to say he's really good at what he d...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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26:58