Basketball Body and Mind
"Basketball, Body and Mind" is a podcast that is dedicated to youth basketball players. Each episode will provide practical strategies for basketball skills, body and/or mind for performance on the court.
Basketball Body and Mind
Latest Episodes
Ep. 61 | What Actually Predicts a Basketball Player's Long-Term Success
Episode 61Today is a conversation on what actually predicts long-term success in youth basketball. We cover the risks of early sport specialization, the relative age effect and why "late bloomers" often overtake early developers, and why...
Ep. 60 | Alan Stein Jr. - Why the Best Players Focus on Process
Episode 35 | Guest: Alan Stein Jr. Alan Stein Jr. spent fifteen years as a basketball performance coach working with some of the greatest players the game has seen — Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry among them. In...
Ep. 59 | Growth Spurts, Coordination, and Injury Risk in Young Basketball Players
Episode 35 | Guest: Gratas Stan and Gratas break down "adolescent awkwardness" — the clumsy, uncoordinated phase many young athletes go through during a growth spurt. They cover why it happens, how to spot when growth ...
Ep. 58 | Managing Youth Basketball Training Load Across School and Sport
In this episode, we break down how young players could manage training load across school practices, games, and strength training. We introduce a simple framework, separating everything into buckets, and explain why no more than 3 high-intensit...
Ep. 57 | Osgood-Schlatter and Sever's Disease: Causes, Testing, and Treatment
Episode 33 | Guest: Gratas In this episode, I'm joined by new co-host Gratas. We talk about the two most common growth-related pains in basketball: Osgood-Schlatter disease and Sever's disease. How to diagnose what the ...