Hardwood Hustle

Continuing our two-part Bringing the Juice series, Adam and TJ examine circumstances to cause the “juice” to not be present and discuss ways to get it back.

Keith Spencer at Kingdom Performance is a great example of how to take your passion and calling and turn it into your career. Be inspired by Coach Spencer as you hear how he began building his business while playing overseas and how Kingdom Performance is growing in Texas.

Bigger than X’s & O’s, in this episode Adam and TJ dig in deeper to uncover the secrets coaches can explore to help get their players to their optimal state of performance. Get your notebooks out as you’ll walk away with some good takeaways guaranteed to help you today.

Coach Bob Hoffman has done it all in his coaching career and has the wisdom and insight to prove it. Be inspired by Coach Hoffman’s journey that has led him to Mercer.

Coach Paul Hewitt loves the game of the basketball and has seen all the game has to offer at every level. In this episode Coach Hewitt shares some personal stories and experiences that have helped him achieve the success he’s experienced in his career.

Every basketball team in the country starts with their first day of practice.  With the excitement reminiscent of the first day of school, how do you properly set the tone for your year. We discuss in detail the dynamics of getting off to a great start on that first practice.

Playing for your parents and coaching your children is a very unique experience and one that seems to be growing in popularity. Former college basketball player Josh Templeton had such an amazing experience playing for his Dad he wrote a book titled “I Played for my Dad for 9 Years and We Still Talk” in […]

If you’re a college basketball fan you’ve seen the rise of Middle Tennessee State’s program. We peel back the layers of MTS’s success with head coach Kermit Davis.

You don’t get to over 700 wins by accident.  You must be doing something right.  Legendary Coach Eddie Martin shares his insight on what it takes to sustain a successful and prosperous coaching career.

In this episode Adam and TJ continue the conversation with Angela Lewis to discuss the dynamics associated with the recent actions by Colin Kaepernick.  How should this subject be handled by your team and how should you approach conversations with your players?   All this and more are discussed in this open-conversation on a difficult […]

In this episode Adam and TJ are joined by Angela Lewis from Athletes as Educators to discuss the dynamics associated with the recent actions by Colin Kaepernick.  How should this subject be handled by your team and how should you approach conversations with your players?  All this and more are discussed in this open-conversation on […]

What is your approach to pre and postgame talks? Are you fired up or calm and collective? Do you try to hype or just go through the game plan? What about after the game? Are you the only coach who speaks or do your assistants speak too? Adam and TJ go through all the various […]

In this episode Adam and TJ are joined by the Athletic Director at Adam’s alma-mater, Mr. Reggie Spears. Watkins Mill High School is like many schools in the country with limited resources but a surplus of challenges. How do you manage a program under difficult circumstances? We talk through those obstacles in today’s episode.

Someone once said life is nothing more than a long string of difficult decisions. That person was right. Of those decisions, there aren’t many more difficult than deciding which job to take. Do I take the assistant role at the bigger school? Do I take the head job at a smaller school? Do I just […]

The fellas break today’s episode into 4-quarters covering four powerful topics associated with the NBA today. NBA in Vegas, Dwayne Wade saying the Bulls are Jimmy Butler’s team, Derrick Rose and his “SuperTeam” Knicks as well as a salute to Tim Duncan and his career.