The 5 Minute Basketball Coaching Podcast

TeachHoops.com Thirty days in, it is time to look honestly at where you are. Coach Collins closes The First Thirty Days series with a simple audit you can do tonight. In this episode: Is your team closer to your three sentences than on day one? The questions to ask about standards, roles, parents, and rotation Your assignment: three sentences, one name, one change Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com There is one person on your team nobody is coaching: you. Coach Collins covers how to protect your energy before January. In this episode: Give every assistant a real job Protect your nights at home Build a one hour weekly reset Notice the moments that are the real scoreboard Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com Around day twenty, most teams are running more than they can execute. Coach Collins gives you a simple audit for your playbook. In this episode: Keep what your team runs well and uses often Drop what confuses players or never gets called Save for January what they are not ready for For every new thing you add, take something away Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com By the middle of the first month your players need to know what to expect. Coach Collins explains how to settle a rotation and communicate it. In this episode: Use practice scores and film to decide About eight players with defined jobs Tell the player first when the rotation changes Give the end of the bench a job that matters Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-sports-coach/id6831782683 Welcome to Episode 1 of The AI Sports Coach with Steve Collins, recorded at the Fifth Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. Steve coached high school basketball at Madison Memorial for 27 years, winning three state championships and fourteen straight conference titles. Today he runs TeachHoops, helping more than 200,000 coaches around the world. In this launch episode, he explains what this show is about and why every coach, in every sport, should be using AI right now. In this episode: The question every coach should ask about the hours they put in each week The moment AI clicked for Steve, and how it helped his team go 27 and 3 and reach the state finals What large language models are, in plain English, with no tech background needed Five ways AI saves coaches time: scouting, game prep, analytics, communication, and social media Why AI will never replace your coaching The assistant coach that never sleeps One simple tip to get better results from any AI tool Your homework for this week Timestamps (approximate): 0:00 Intro 0:15 How many of your hours actually made your team better? 0:50 Meet Steve Collins and the mission of the show 1:50 The moment AI clicked 3:15 What AI actually is 4:00 Five places AI saves you time 6:15 Will AI replace coaches? 7:15 How to get started, plus your homework 8:20 Wrap up Tools mentioned: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok Your homework: Pick one thing you don't want to do this week, like an email, a scouting report, or a social post. Let an AI tool take the first swing, then tell Steve how much time you got back. Connect with Steve: TeachHoops: teachhoops.com Subscribe so you never miss an episode, and share this one with a coach who needs their evenings back. "AI is another assistant coach. It's an assistant coach that never sleeps." AI for coaches, coaching with AI, ChatGPT for coaches, Claude, Gemini, Grok, sports coaching podcast, high school coaching, basketball coaching, youth sports, scouting reports, practice planning, coaching time management, Steve Collins, TeachHoops Episode quote for social graphicsKeywords and tags Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com How you handle the first loss teaches your team who you are. Coach Collins covers what to say, what to watch, and how to run the next practice. In this episode: Keep the postgame locker room short Watch the film before you decide what happened Make the next practice focused, not a punishment Protect your identity from the scoreboard Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com Great practice, ugly game. Coach Collins explains why that gap is normal and how to close it without throwing out everything you have taught. In this episode: Did they not know it, or could they not do it under pressure? Make practice feel more like a game Watch film for patterns, not single mistakes Be honest with your team about the gap Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com The most common problem in the first month is a player who does not know their role. Coach Collins walks through the conversation that fixes it, and why it has to happen early. In this episode: Why timing turns a defense into a plan Be specific about the role and how to earn more Ask what they think, then listen Your stars need a role too Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com Your first three practices teach your players more about your standards than anything you say all year. Coach Collins explains how to set them and hold them. In this episode: Players learn standards from what you allow Pick three or four things you enforce without exception Enforce without drama and catch them doing it right Write your three sentences for February Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TeachHoops.com The season has started and it already feels like too much. Coach Collins opens The First Thirty Days series with the one question that should guide every decision this month. In this episode: Why doing more is the wrong answer in the first month The question to ask: what must your team be by February? Picturing your team walking out for the game that decides your season Part of The First Thirty Days series with Coach Collins. For more practice plans, drills, and coaching systems, visit TeachHoops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices