https://teachhoops.com/ Episode Title: How Do You Stop the One-Mistake Spiral Before It Destroys a Game? Every coach has seen it: one mistake turns into two, body language collapses, and a player checks out mentally. This episode gives you a simple, repeatable system to stop the spiral in real time—without speeches, posters, or “shake it off” coaching. You’ll learn how to train the reset like a skill so it ...
https://heysammi.com/coaches Episode Title: Is the Best Sports Management App No App at All? Coaches don’t lose parents because they “don’t care.” They lose them because families are drowning in platforms, notifications, and logins. This episode breaks down the real reason team apps stop working by mid-season—and why Sammi was built around the one thing parents always read: text messages. Sammi is designe...
https://teachhoops.com/ What does real leadership look like at halftime? In this episode, Coach Collins talks about one of the biggest in-game leadership moments coaches face and why halftime is about much more than drawing up plays. This episode breaks down why teams often borrow the emotional level of their coach, how great halftime leaders settle the room, simplify the message, and give players both truth and be...
https://teachhoops.com/ Are your X’s and O’s actually helping your players, or are they just making the game more complicated? In this episode, Coach Collins talks about one of the biggest mistakes coaches make in the offseason: adding more instead of teaching better. This episode is about the difference between having a system and overwhelming your team with too much. Coach Collins breaks down why good X’s a...
https://teachhoops.com/ Are you building a team that can actually handle hard conversations? In this episode, Coach Collins talks about one of the biggest leadership jobs of early May: bringing clarity to players and the program before summer begins. This is the time of year when coaches can either plant truth or plant confusion. Honest conversations about habits, body language, toughness, commitment, leadership, a...
https://teachhoops.com/ Who is really leading your program when the coaches are not in the room? In this episode, Coach Collins talks about one of the biggest leadership questions of the offseason and why the end of April is the perfect time for coaches to examine it. This is the stretch of the year when the season is over, the emotion has settled, and attention starts to shift toward summer. That makes it one of t...
https://teachhoops.com/ How do you build a basketball program that lasts beyond one season, one group, or even one coach? In this episode, Coach Collins uses lessons from his own career to talk about what really builds staying power in a program: standards, rituals, trust, authenticity, and a deep commitment to coaching the whole person. This episode is especially timely for coaches heading into the offseason. Ever...
https://teachhoops.com/ What does the end of a career teach a coach about leadership? In this episode, Coach Collins uses the close of his own coaching journey to talk about what every coach faces this time of year: the emotion of endings, the temptation to judge everything by the final score, and the challenge of turning pain into perspective. This is a conversation about what really lasts. Not just wins, banners,...
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Got a coaching problem you can't Google? You're in the right place. Playing time decisions, parent conflicts, building a roster, running a practice that actually works — every week we dig into the real challenges youth sports coaches are dealing with right now. Tips. Techniques. Secrets from coaches who have been in the trenches. Ten minutes. Every week. No fluff. This is The Sports Coach. Let's get to work.
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Creator
Steve Collins
Years Active
2026 - 2023
Episodes
230
Copyright
Coach Market LLC
