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High School Hoops (Coaching High School Basketball)

High School Hoops (Coaching High School Basketball)

Teachhoops.com 435 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

A discussion all about coaching basketball at the high school level. Topics include scrimmages, preparation, practice planning, dealing with parents, and getting players to play hard. Published on Wednesday mornings.

Episodes

Ep 425 Why Is There No Clean Sports Drink in a Bottle?
Ep 425 Why Is There No Clean Sports Drink in a Bottle? Oct 14, 2026 2192 Links mentioned in this episode TeachHoops.com NukeHydration.com — ready to drink clean sports hydration, shipped nationwide. Sample pack (two Lime Time, two OG Orange, plus extras) is $19.99 with shipping included. Use code YOUTHHOOPS15 for 15% off, sample pack included CoachingYouthHoops.com Is Your Kid Actually Hydrated, or Just Drinking Something Blue? The couple taking on Gatorad
Ep 424 What Is Your Team's Worst Shot, And Why Do You Keep Taking It?
Ep 424 What Is Your Team's Worst Shot, And Why Do You Keep Taking It? Oct 7, 2026 558 https://teachhoops.com/ Most of us coach shot selection with two buckets. Good shot. Bad shot. And then we wonder why a kid pulls up from eighteen feet with twenty two on the shot clock and looks genuinely confused when we take him out. Two buckets is not a system. It is a feeling, and it changes depending on whether the shot went in. This episode builds something better before your first practi
Ep 423 Are You Still Scrubbing YouTube at Midnight for One More Drill?
Ep 423 Are You Still Scrubbing YouTube at Midnight for One More Drill? Sep 30, 2026 508 https://teachhoops.com/ Show Notes Episode Title: Are You Building Your Program With a System… or Just Grabbing Drills? In this episode, Coach breaks down why teachhoops.com was built and why basketball coaches need more than random drills, plays, clips, and opinions. The modern coach does not suffer from a lack of information. The real problem is knowing what fits, what to use, when to use it,
Ep 422  Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season?
Ep 422 Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season? Sep 23, 2026 3138 https://teachhoops.com/ Title: Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season? Subtitle: An unfiltered conversation with the person who has watched every game from the other side of the scorer's table Show Notes Coaches talk to other coaches all the time. They rarely hand the microphone to the person who actually lives with the job. In this episode Coach Collins interviews his wife, and
Ep 421 Why Doesn't Your Team Play Hard?
Ep 421 Why Doesn't Your Team Play Hard? Sep 16, 2026 509 https://teachhoops.com/ My kids do not play hard. It might be the oldest complaint in coaching, and in this episode Coach Collins argues that most coaches are diagnosing it wrong. When a team does not play hard, we tend to treat it like a character problem. That kid is lazy. This group is soft. But playing hard is not a personality trait. It is a standard, and standards have to be taught, defined
Ep 420 Does Your Team Represent Something Bigger Than the Scoreboard?
Ep 420 Does Your Team Represent Something Bigger Than the Scoreboard? Sep 9, 2026 552 https://teachhoops.com/ What makes a team memorable long after the final buzzer? In this episode, Coach Collins takes a deep dive into one of the most important leadership questions in coaching: is winning enough, or does a truly lasting program have to mean more than the scoreboard? This episode explores the idea that the teams people remember most are not always the teams that won the champion
Ep 419 Why does your Team forget everything from the Film Session?
Ep 419 Why does your Team forget everything from the Film Session? Sep 2, 2026 405 This episode is brought to you by TeachHoops.com, where ready-made film-study frameworks and practice plans give you hours of your life back every week. Today we fix the most common mistake in film study: pressing play without framing the clip. When you don't tell players exactly what to look for, they watch like fans — tracking the ball, admiring the highlight, missing the lesson entirely. We bre
Ep 418 Can 7 and 14 Become a Dynasty?
Ep 418 Can 7 and 14 Become a Dynasty? Aug 26, 2026 2281 https://teachhoops.com/teachhoops-memberships/2000/ https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ When Your Tank Is Only 80% Full, Is It Time to Walk Away? Episode 2000: Coach Bill turns the microphone on Steve Collins for a conversation about 37 years on the sideline, three state titles, one 7 and 14 season, and what the game actually owes the kids who never become stars. For the 2000th epi
Ep 417 What is Your Coaching Why? The Anchor Behind the Architecture
Ep 417 What is Your Coaching Why? The Anchor Behind the Architecture Aug 19, 2026 854 https://teachhoops.com/ If you track the motivations of an average basketball coach, their "Why" is almost always tied directly to a collection of superficial, transactional trailing indicators. They copy tactical systems because they want to chase a flashier tournament trophy, they stay up until 2:00 AM breaking down tape because they are terrified of a bad scoreboard tally, or they pace the sid
Ep 416 Wishes with Better Branding: The Real Work of Goal Setting
Ep 416 Wishes with Better Branding: The Real Work of Goal Setting Aug 12, 2026 471 https://teachhoops.com/ Are your goals helping you achieve something, or become someone? In this episode, Coach Collins breaks down why the best athletes do not just focus on outcomes—they focus on the habits, character, and daily choices required to deserve them. Writing down a big dream is easy; the hard part is becoming the kind of person who can carry it. This episode dives deep into the
Ep 415 Why Are Smart Coaches Squeezing the Floor Instead of Pressuring the Ball?
Ep 415 Why Are Smart Coaches Squeezing the Floor Instead of Pressuring the Ball? Aug 5, 2026 402 https://teachhoops.com/ Today's episode is brought to you by TeachHoops.com, home to thousands of organized drill videos, defensive breakdowns, and course templates — everything in one click instead of scrubbing through random YouTube videos. In this episode, we install the LockLeft defensive framework: a simple, teachable system built on one ruthless idea — force every ball handler to his left h
Ep 414 Is July Your Creative Laboratory or Are You Just Chasing Empty Summer Wins?
Ep 414 Is July Your Creative Laboratory or Are You Just Chasing Empty Summer Wins? Jul 29, 2026 1362 https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out

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