Hardwood Hustle

Mano Watsa, President of PGC Basketball had a unique opportunity to observe the talents with Jamal Murray and Thon Maker up close and personal. In this episode Mano shares his observations and discusses the traits they have that you should emulate if you want to take your game to the next level.

As one of the most successful high school coaches in high school basketball history, Coach White shares some of his secrets and how he is approaching his next step in his journey at Georgia State University. You are certain to be inspired by Coach White in this episode.

Have you noticed it seems like everyone is on his or her hustle these days? Hustling is a great thing, but it’s only great if you do it the right way. Adam shares the two things you have to do in order to hustle the “right” way. You don’t want to miss this episode.

What goes into building out a coaching staff? What are all the things you should take into consideration? TJ who’s built four staff’s over his career shares his personal criteria and evaluation process to building a great staff.

On the heels of a “youth movement” in the NBA with Brad Stephens having so much success and Luke Walton embarking on his first season with the Lakers, is hiring a young coach more exciting or scary for your program? TJ, who was once the youngest college coach in the country at age 23, shares […]

We all have traits that we credit as to playing a role in our success, but if you had to pinpoint just ONE trait that was the biggest difference maker, what trait would that be? We each share our single most important trait to helping us become successful. Tweet us your most impactful trait, we’d […]

Based on the popular blog from PGC Basketball, we discuss the four main reasons players become so hard to coach and how to avoid falling into those player traps. This is the perfect episode for coaches to share with their players as another voice to help players play and behave the right way.

Based on the popular blog from PGC Basketball, we discuss the reasons that coaches become the type of coach that are extremely difficult to play for.  We also provide Coaches ways to avoid becoming that type of coach.

After a 6-week break the Hardwood Hustle is back.  In this episode, we welcome TJ Rosene from PGC Basketball on as the new co-host.  In addition, Adam shares some insight into the past 6-weeks and some lessons on how he navigated the transition.

Its been awhile since we’ve last connected, here’s a quick update on what’s happening with the Hardwood Hustle.

In this Overtime bonus episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Lead ‘Em Up) discuss the concept of slowing down, not being in a hurry and how to improve your self-awareness.

In Episode #205 of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Lead ‘Em Up) sit down with the better half of Pro Skills Basketball, Logan Kosmalski. They discuss his basketball journey through Baylor and Davidson, playing overseas, and how it led him to team up with Brendan Winters to create Pro Skills Basketball. Click here to visit Pro Skills Basketball and learn more!

In Episode #204 of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Lead ‘Em Up) share strategies for coaches on how to both maximize their practices and games.

In Episode #203 of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Lead ‘Em Up) sit down with Brendan Winters, a top 5 all-time scorer and 2nd in 3 point FGs made at Davidson, to discuss his college and pro playing career, Steph Curry, and how he helped build a basketball business and AAU program the right way. Click here to visit Pro Skills Basketball and learn more!

In Episode #202 of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Lead ‘Em Up) create the 10 commandments that every player should follow as a pillar of their game.