In today's episode, Julian sits down with former NBL professional basketball player and strength and conditioning coach, Ben Anderson.

TALKING POINTS:

• Ben's unique story from the NBL to becoming "The Basketball Strength Guy"
• What ultimately led Ben down the path of becoming a strength and conditioning coach
• Glaring issues seen at the youth level
• Ben's big rocks and overarching philosophies when training his athletes
• Developing the young hooper and how Ben goes about programming over the course of months to years
• Ben's training non-negotiables
• The biggest challenges when training young athletes and how Ben creates buy-in
  • Ben's tips for young coaches looking to get buy-in with younger athletes
• Biggest mistakes seen when approaching training youth athletes
• BIG QUESTION!

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Ben Anderson
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Julian Lo Casto
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