Create Your Shot

The guys talk all things AAU hoops, scouting and event operations with Eric Hampford from future150.com. Eric is the GM and National Director of scouting for one of the fastest rising basketball media and event operations companies in the united states.

0:35 - Tyler Introduction

3:15 - Smallz and Tyler break down Eric's Interview

5:30 - Not going to college/doing what you want to do

7:45 - Smallz learns social media - Gregg Popovich and what separates scouts

9:45 - The importance of working with scouts and evaluators

12:10 - Being ready to take advantage of opportunities

14:35 - BOOK GIVEAWAY - RT podcast link, where did Chris Herren play college basketball?

16:00 - Welcome Eric Hampford

17:15 - What Future150 is, and what Eric does for them from an event and scouting standpoint

20:35 - Eric's past while trying to make it in scouting

23:50 - How to improve as a scout

26:40 - Focusing on and off the court when evaluating prospects

29:40 - Lonnie Walker and Nassir Little as young prospects

34:30 - Missing prospects and why it happens

39:10 - Dealing with coaches on both sides of the spectrum

43:00 - College coaches recruiting communications

44:05 - The craziness of AAU and youth basketball

45:30 - Tyler has nightmares about middle school basketball parents

47:30 - Eric/Tyler share funny AAU stories

51:12 - Writing a New York Times bestseller about AAU basketball

53:22: @AAUBingo and working to not show up on the account.

55:40 - TRACKBACK SMALLZ - What changes would Eric make to AAU basketball 

57:00 - How Create Your Shot would allow college athletes to make money

59:01 - Tyler loves complaining about the NCAA 

1:02:30: The Big Baller Brand and LaVar and LaMelo Ball

1:05:34 - Eric's ultimate career goals 

1:08:10 - NEW SEGMENT - Rothstein's

1:08:37 - Zion Williamson

1:10:02 - Romeo Langford

1:10:35 - Mo Bamba

1:11:16 - Michael Porter

1:12:12 - Miles Bridges

1:12:30 - Who would Eric take number 1 overall in the NBA draft

1:15:10 - City Review - Charleston, SC 

1:21:10 - Ten Touches 

1:21:32 - Funniest interview

1:22:15 - Worst travel experience 

1:22:59 - Craziest AAU event Eric has ever covered

1:23:58 - Favorite book and TV Show

1:24:25 - Best AAU matchup of all time

1:24:51 - First time Eric saw someone he knew was a pro

1:25:10 - Eric's hospitality room experience 

1:26:22 - Best city for HS basketball talent

1:26:40 - Best and worst thing about planning a wedding

1:28:10 - TRACKBACK ERIC!!! - Damontrae Jefferson 

1:29:10 - Best advice you've ever been given

1:30:10 - Face-to-face with 18-year-old self

1:30:50 - Fomobia rears its ugly head

1:33:35 - Get in touch with Eric for advice, [email protected] and @F150Eric on twitter

The guys get back on the hardwood with former Providence Friar and current Hartford assistant, John Linehan. One of the best defenders in NCAA history, John raps with the guys about his journey into coaching, his pro-career, playing AAU ball with Kobe Bryant and much more. Currently, John is the NCAA all-time leader in steals, sign this petition to get him into the Providence athletics HOF.

2:39: Tyler and Smallz Intro

3:40: Tyler butters up all the guests on CYS

6:05: "Secret Scrimmages": Understanding the hours of coaching

6:58: Tyler admits he was wrong about something for the second week in a row!

8:25: Sign the petition on change.org to get John Linehan in the Providence HOF

10:03: Welcome John Linehan

11:00: John's coaching journey

11:25: When did John decide he wanted to coach?

12:05: The transition from playing to being the low man on the totem pole

12:57: Staying humble and doing whatever it takes to get in the door

13:28: What is it like going to class and making no money after being a pro basketball player

14:45: John's start in the coaching world and meeting Tyler for the first time

16:25: Former players getting back into coaching and trying to get a job

17:28: What in John's background prepared him to be able to work/grind

17:50: What Chester, PA means to John

18:28: Is Jameer Nelson better than John at basketball

19:30: Fred Pickett: Former head coach at Chester

19:40: John's AAU team with Kobe Bryant and Rip Hamilton

20:00: John gets cold feet about going to Howard

21:10: How he convinced his Mom to let him go to prep school

21:50: Kids chasing their dreams and going to prep school.

22:53: John's playing career after college

24:10: NBA training camp and playing in the D-League

25:20: How tall John really is

26:03: Culture of being other places than Chester, PA

27:00: How John ended up at Winchindon School for Prep School

27:19: John doesn't know how to put his phone on silent x 2.

28:25: Living in the US without your family while trying to make it in coaching

30:00: John on working in college vs. the NBA

30:55: Shedding the title of being "just" a workout guy

32:04: Lloyd Pierce's impact on John's career

33:40: Learning from great basketball minds

34:09: Tyler drops a great interview tip while John's boss tries to get in touch with him

35:05: John's networking strategy: Be honest and open

35:57: Not having preconceived notions about working

37:05: John throws Tyler under the bus/Tyler's negativity

37:20: Tyler/John love fest continues

37:55: John is unreliable

38:10: John's ultimate career goals

39:05: Coach Speak

39:30: Tyler digs at Butch Jones again

39:40: Being a leader but not being a great player: Butch Jones quote

42:15: Young players that need to play: John Fox quote

42:40: John's experience with Ryan Gomes

44:45: City Review: Providence, Rhode Island

46:30: John doesn't drink and the podcast almost ends

47:20: 10 touches

47:35: Funniest teammate

48:10: Worst basketball travel experience

48:58: Toughest cover of John's career

49:28: Best part about living overseas

50:15: JOHN CAN'T BE A HEAD COACH

50:53: Create Your Shot book club

51:05: John calls out Bobby Jordan/Chester HS vs. Roman Catholic HS

52:25: Smallz tells a story from when he was 7 with perfect memory

52:50: Smallz argues with John about games John played in!

53:00: Tyler disses Lower Merion and drops some knowledge

54:00: John shares two AWESOME stories about Kobe Bryant: Featuring Tim Thomas

56:45: John's pregame routine

58:10: John is a terrible rebounder

59:00: 4 quarters in NCAA games and shorter shot clocks

59:40: Winning a state title at Chester, PA

1:00:10: Who would win at 1 on 1, John or Jameer

1:00:50: John on staying humble

1:01:26: Having no regrets/read more books

1:02:20: Is John going to get fired from big timing his head coach

Smallz and Tyler step off the court and into the halls of Academia with Dr. Doug Polster. A former shot creator on the hardwood, Dr. Doug is a Sports Neuropsychologist specializing in sports performance, injury recovery, and sports concussion. He is based in Los Angeles and works at the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT concussion clinic and also runs his own private practice, Polster Performance.

0:30: Tyler Intro

3:16: Tyler and Smallz Intro

4:25: Sports Psychology across all platforms

4:40: Being introspective as an individual

6:12: Mental Toughness in players and coaches

7:10: Why do you do what you do?

10:22: Tapping into the mental side of sports

12:30: Sports as a relationship business, how can young coaches help

14:37: Does clutch exist? Let us know in the iTunes comments: Tyler vs. Smallz

15:44: Welcome Dr. Doug

16:07: Doug's background and concentration in psychology

17:50: The difference between Doug and a typical Sports psychologist

20:38: Playing basketball at Johns Hopkins/managing time between sports and academics

22:40: Social life at Johns Hopkins/Forbes listers Dr. Doug went to school with

24:31: Academic and Athletic Pressure and the Ricky Bobby mentality

25:42: The impact of Dr. Doug being told he wasn't going to be an NBA player

28:25: Dr. Doug on what he knows now and how it could have helped him as a player

29:40: The stigma of sports psychology

31:02: The role of coaches and captains in legitimizing sports psychology

42:29: Dr. Doug and his run club

42:47: It's all in your head

43:50: Athletes not listening to coaches/Smallz is an egomaniac

44:45: Controlling what you can control

45:20: How smart is smallz?

45:35: Understanding the message not the delivery

50:45: Showing tangible sports psychology results

52:16: Dr. Doug's work with a UCLA athlete recovering from a concussion

53:48: Understanding sports performance and blending every piece of athletics

55:58: How do you deal with failure

56:37: Being comfortable enough to allow yourself to not be at your best

1:02:33: Doug's ultimate career goals

1:04:30: On the couch with Dr. Doug

1:08:50: Dr. Doug tells Smallz to drink more beer

1:09:09: Tyler scientifically breaks down why he's the GOAT at beer pong

1:09:40: Polster Performance disclaimer

1:09:55: Dr. Doug breaks down what alcohol does to your brain

1:13:10: How failure effects athletes

1:15:45: City Review: Baltimore, MD

1:18:27: Natty Boh and Baltimore beer stories

1:21:10: Funniest teammate

1:22:40: Dr. Doug's dream patient

1:23:33: Doctors are nerds and don't know sports

1:24:40: Best and worst thing about living in LA

1:25:47: Favorite book and TV Show

1:26:45: Dr. Doug's Phobias

1:27:15: Dr. Doug invents a new Phobia

1:27:45: Does clutch exist

1:30:03: Dr. Doug's best college basketball memory

1:31:31: Parting shots: Best advice Dr. Doug has ever gotten

1:32:48: Face-to-Face with 18-year-old self

1:33:50: The nerdiest podcast of all time

1:35:11: polsterperformance.com and Drdougpolster on Instagram

1:35:47: Play us out

Smallz and Tyler have Philadelphia legend Bobby Jordan on Create Your Shot this week. As shot creators generally do, Bobby gets buckets telling the guys about his life as a HS athletic director, AAU coach, college assistant and being a husband and father. Bobby raps about his favorite spots on Drexel's campus, breaks down what its like to have your best player get hurt multiple years in a row and whether he or his wife is the better basketball player. Coach speak features Doug Pederson and Bruiser Flint, and we take a deep dive down the AAU rabbit hole.

2:46: Smallz and Tyler Introduce Bobby Jordan

3:40: Smallz background

5:45: Coaches impacting lives

9:30: Welcome Bobby Jordan

10:00: How is Bobby's season going so far

11:00: Pennsylvania high school basketball

11:30: How Bobby became the head coach at Girard College

13:46: The difference between being an HS head coach and college assistant

16:08: Bobby's level of preparation to teach basketball/be a head coach

17:25: Bobby on coaching AAU

18:28: Bobby's experience with Team Final

22:25: The evolution of coaching in AAU basketball

24:01: Bobby on his playing AAU and coaches who are still around

26:28: Working for Bruiser Flint at 24 years old

28:40: Bruisers Flint stories

30:35: Bruiser Flint's honesty and love for his players

32:00: Remembering how hard Drexel played

33:20: How playing for Drexel made Bobby a better coach

34:45: Coaching a season under pressure of being fired if Drexel didn't win enough games

37:15: Emotions and next steps after the staff was let go

38:55: The Philadelphia basketball community

39:45: Balancing family life with a wife who is also a D1 assistant

42:48: How Bobby built his network and how he networks now

45:58: Building genuine relationships and how his networking has changed

48:07: Bobby's ultimate career goals and how they have changed

49:38: Coach Speak

49:55: Doug Pederson "Next man up mentality"

53:50: Bruiser Flint "When you get robbed, they don't give you your stuff back"

56:57: Tyler #1 NCAA tournament selection committee hater

58:30: City Review: University City, Philadelphia, PA

59:15: Drexel Pizza

1:00:35: The Blarney Stone

1:01:28: Diverse Philly bar scene

1:02:02: Tyler's Blarney Stone story

1:02:31: MarBar and how Bobby met his wife

1:03:18: A northeast Philly staple: WAWA

1:04:08: Late night cheesesteak spot

1:05:27: Tyler's Abners story during

1:06:10: CofC vs. Drexel in 2014

1:07:03: Ten Touches

1:07:29: Funniest teammates

1:08:39: Worst travel experience

1:09:58: Bruiser's vertical leap after bad calls

1:11:31: Craziest task a coach has ever made him do

1:12:33: Bobby's favorite books

1:13:15: Wildest AAU craziest experience

1:15:01: Bobby's pregame routine

1:15:50: Bobby's least favorite drill

1:18:31: What would Bobby change about college basketball

1:20:06: Tyler derails ten touches!

1:21:56: Going to Hawaii for a HS basketball tournament

1:22:57: Who is the better basketball player in the Jordan family

1:24:03: New segment: HUSBAND SPEAK

1:24:25: Best advice Bobby has ever been given

1:25:56: Face to face with your 18-year-old self

1:27:10: Having a backup plan for coaching

Tyler and Smallz talk to Kristen Lappas of ESPN. Kristen is an Emmy award-winning producer on SC Featured after having spent the last six years working for College Gameday. A true shot creator, Kristen takes the guys behind the scenes at the World Wide Leader and talks about her rise at ESPN, her relationships with on-air talent, College Gameday traditions and what it's like to be a storyteller.

03:10: Tyler and Smallz Intro

10:05: Welcome Kristen

11:00: Kristen's past jobs at ESPN

12:08: Kristen's ESPN journey

14:00: Why Kristen wanted to get on Gameday and how she did it

16:47: The grind of media/coaching

18:20: Never looking at the clock during a shift at ESPN

18:55: Confidence in speaking to ESPN higher-ups and famous on-air talent

20:40: Young people having confidence in pitching ideas

22:12: Interacting with athletes at ESPN

22:53: Athletes transitioning to being in-front of the camera and relying on producers

24:30: TRACKBACK SMALLZ: Kristen growing up in a basketball family

26:18: Sports are the best stories, where Kristen's curiosity came from

27:32: What goes into producing a feature

28:50: Cultivating relationships for stories

31:45: Kristen's process when doing a feature with Tom Rinaldi

33:04: Doing the Arthur feature in Sweden

36:13: Finishing a feature after shooting

37:29: The ease of working with talent with Tom Rinaldi

39:58: Tom Rinaldi: The most interesting man in the world

41:57: Being a woman in media and growing in her role of being in charge

44:49: A moment in her career that changed how she managed people

49:30: The rise of social media and digital media

52:09: Kristen's role models

53:45: Kristen's career goals

57:20: Desean Jackson's ESPY's tweet

59:10: Lee Corso on College Gameday

1:02:10: Can Lee Corso get an elephant on College Gameday?

1:03:18: Is Smallz going to be Lee Corso?

1:03:30: City Review: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

1:04:56: Tailgating on Shay Field

1:07:00: Tyler is bitter about Tennessee-Georgia

1:08:24: 10 Touches

1:08:50: Funniest on-air talent at ESPN

1:09:43: Traveling to Katmandu, Nepal

1:10:22: Favorite book

1:10:55: Favorite off-day activity

1:11:25: Kristen's Oscar Pick

1:12:09: What would you do if you weren't in sports

1:13:10: Craziest fan's in the country

1:13:39: South Carolina football fans > Clemson football fans

1:14:15: Best college gameday sign

1:15:10: Pre-show ritual

1:15:48: Best and Worst thing about living in NYC

1:16:25: Best food in the ESPN cafeteria

1:17:22: Best advice Kristen has ever received

1:19:10: Face-to-face with 19-year-old self

This week Tyler and Smallz talk with Stephanie Gaitley of the Fordham women's basketball team. Stephanie is a basketball lifer, she played at Villanova and then immediately went into coaching. A 31 year head coach, she has 584 career wins during her time at Richmond, St. Josephs, LIU Brooklyn, Monmouth and Fordham.

2:46: Tyler and Smallz intro

6:35: Stephanie comes on

7:08: Fordham foreign tour

7:40: Changing as a coach

8:57: Raising a family as a head coach

10:18: Steph's family

10:40: Advice for younger coaches with families

12:50: Flexibility in coaching

14:10: Taking over a program and goal setting

16:10: Handling getting fired

16:45: Faith in coaching

19:30: Reaching out to other coaches

20:46: Relying on your family

22:00: Not being a big yeller

23:00: 100-0 in High school basketball/relationship with HS coaches

24:10: Playing pick-up with her staff

25:53: Changes in women's basketball

28:41: Her future in coaching

30:14: Learning from other coaches

31:45: Hunger in coaching

32:30: Coach Speak: Geno Auriemma

33:31: Blowing a big home lead to Pat Summit Tennessee

34:55: Coach Speak: Stephanie Gaitley

36:48: Owning what you do

38:55: Recruiting philosophies

41:05: City Review: Ocean City, NJ

41:43: Super Liquor in OCNJ

42:40: Living in beach town

43:58: Food options in OCNJ

45:40: Gambling in Atlantic City with Coach Gaitley

46:08: 10 Touches

46:48: Funniest player she's ever coached

47:15: Recruiting Rebecca Lobo against UConn

48:15: Pre-game routine

48:31: Worst travel experience

49:53: Favorite book

50:15: Most intense pick-up game

51:18: Leasing a Mercedes to try and sign Rebecca Lobo

52:24: What would you do if you weren't coaching

52:47: Favorite player of all-time

55:06: Not playing Tennessee at the Palesta

56:30: Favorite man in the family

57:34: Steph interviewing with Fordham in 2011

59:22: Best advice ever given

1:00:44: Face to Face with 25-year-old self

Tyler and Smallz talk to Jimmy Fenerty of the Lafayette Leopards. Jimmy is a 27 year old division 1 assistant coach which is a rarity in today's industry. His playing career was average at best, he described himself as the hype man on a good Division 3 team, the Dickinson Red Devils. Listen to Jimmy tell about gaining confidence and credibility on a daily basis as he works to make his dreams a reality.

6:00 - Jimmy Interview Starts

7:00 - How things are going at Lafayette this year with a new staff.

7:37 - working with an older HC

9:01 - Technology in coaching

10:20 - Jimmy's background

12:12 - Jimmy's work ethic

15:10 - Scouting/Evaluating/Recruiting

16:30 - Parents impact on his life

18:00 - Jimmy's HS basketball career/roles of players and recruits

19:52 - Taking advantage of opportunities/spending time learning and studying

20:55 - being a yes man

22:00 - What's your ultimate goal

23:43 - -Jimmy's dad telling him to go to law school

25:25 - Taking chances on players/stealing from his father

26:35 - Becoming better at your craft

28:55 - Finding diamonds in the rough

31:09 - Trackback Smallz, dealing with insecurities

34:30 - Owning your own personality/FENERGY

36:06 - Passion in coaching

38:29 - Coach Speak

38:47 - James Franklin on beating Pitt

40:04 - Iphone Alarm to remind himself to text recruits

41:10 - Marvin Lewis on closers

43:00 - Pressure in coaching

44:15 - Learning/mastering coach speak at a young age

45:30: City Review - Carlisle, PA

46:02 - Alibis in Carlisle, PA

47:04 - Living in Central PA

48:00 - Dickinson College experience

49:36 - What would Alibis say about Jimmy

51:29 - 10 Touches

52:00 - Funniest person he's worked with

52:54 - Worst travel experience

53:30 - Craziest task a coach has ever made you do

54:40 - Favorite Book

55:22 - What were you doing if you weren't coaching

55:59 - Wildest AAU experience

56:33 - Pregame routine

57:08 - NBA Comparison

59:10 - Least favorite drill

1:00:05 - Expanding the NCAA tournament

1:05:08 - Parting Shots

1:05:19 - Best advice ever given to you

1:06:11 - Face to face with 17 year old self

On the inaugural episode of the Create Your Shot podcast, Tyler and Chris talk with TJ Dekmar, Head Coach of the Goldey Beacom Lighting.