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Episode 023: Dustan Lang is a Physical Therapist of twenty plus years and has experience with athletes from all levels (local, national, international, professional) in various sports.  More and more Dustan is treating young adolescent athletes with chronic sport injuries. These injuries can lead to mental health struggles, self destructive behaviors, and an unhealthy perception of exercise. Sadly, these type of injuries could be avoided.

Dustan has a vision the Champion’s Triangle will foster an empowering relationship between the athlete and sport that lasts a lifetime through remodeling the philosophy of practice.

Learn more about Dustan at LangPhysio.com

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Episode 022:  Known to most simply as “The Speed Guy”, Lee Taft is highly respected as one of the top athletic movement specialist in the world. The last 30 years he has devoted the majority of his time training multi-directional speed to all ages and ability.

He has spent much of this time teaching his multi-directional speed methods to top performance coaches and fitness professionals all over the world. Lee has also dedicated countless hours mentoring up and coming sports performance trainers, many who have gone into the profession and made a big impact themselves.

Since 1989, Lee has taught foundation movement to beginning youngsters and helped young amateur athletes to professional athletes become quicker, faster and stronger. Lee’s entire philosophy is based off one of his most notable quote, “Learning athletic movement correctly from the start is the foundation for athletic success.”

Lee brought to light the importance and fine points of the “Plyo Step”, “Hip Turn”, “Directional Crossover Step” and athletic stance. According to Lee, “Speed and agility done right is about making sure we marry the natural movements athletes have with effective and efficient body control to maximize speed and quickness”.

In addition, Lee has written several eBooks specifically on movement techniques and speed development. Lee and his wife Jenn have 3 children, Jae, Bailee and Brennen and currently reside in Indiana.

In today's episode, Lee & I discussed basketball speed training and how to design basketball-specific training programs.  Check out this week's podcast and learn...

• Lee's 3-tier reaction system
• How to transfer exercises in the weight room to success on the court
• What core strength really means
• When you should train speed and when you should train quickness
• Why every program should include 3-dimensional exercises

Here's where you can find out more about Lee:
LeeTaft.com
Complete Sports Performance Podcast
@LeeTaft

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Episode 021: Adam Bradley is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, speaker & coach.  Adam is one of the original founders of the Hardwood Hustle platform and has spent the past 3-years utilizing the podcast and it’s reach to pour into coaches & players across the country.

In 2015 Adam launched the nationally recognized leadership program Lead ‘Em Up, that provides coaches an engaging & cutting edge curriculum they can use with their players.

Having a heart to give back to his local community, Adam serves as a mentor to many youth programs & schools in the Baltimore/Washington market. 

Here's where you can find out more about Adam:
Hardwood Hustle Podcast
Leademup.com
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Episode 020: Jon Gordon is a best selling author and keynote speaker who wrote one of my favorite books, The Energy Bus.

His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies and professional sports teams, including the LA Clippers and Miami Heat.

He is the author of 18 books including multiple best-sellers: The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, You Win in the Locker Room First, The Power of Positive Leadership and The Power of a Positive Team.

His latest book is The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change.

I picked Jon's brain on how we can harness the power of positive energy for basketball.  Check out this week's podcast and learn:

• How to address negative teammates and coaches
• Why we can't be stressed and thankful at the same time
• That the physical world is an illusion because everything is energy
• The equation E + P = O
• Why commitments are more helpful than goals

If you want to learn more about Jon, you can find him:

Online: JonGordon.com
Podcast: Positive University Podcast
Social Media: JonGordon11

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Episode 19:  Max Schmarzo is the Director of Sport Science at Resilience Code, in Englewood, Colorado, the Chief Science Officer at Exsurgo Technologies and the founder of Strong by Science.

Max has authored three books, “Applied Principles of Power Development”, “Isometrics for Performance” and “Force is King.” He specializes in multidisciplinary care, sport science data solutions and athlete development. Acting as a consultant, he has worked with professional teams to help develop evidence based, data driven, sport science and training practices.

I picked Max's brain about the latest research on basketball performance and how we can implement the science into our training programs. Check out this week's podcast and learn the answers to these questions...

• How do I increase my vertical jump for basketball?
• What are the biggest injury risk factors?
• Is there a way to make a workout program basketball-specific?
• What are complex systems?
• Where does static stretching fit into a training program?

If you want to learn more about Max, you can find him at:
@strong_by_science

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Episode 18:  Luka Hocevar is an entrepreneur, author, strength/fitness/business coach, world traveler, life enjoyer and former pro-basketball player.  He co-wrote a national best seller, The Fit Formula, and self-published, The Fitness Business Mixtape.

He also runs a successful gym in Seattle, Vigor Ground Fitness.

Today we sat down and talked about the basketball lessons he's learned that have helped him become successful in business and life.

If you want to learn more about Luka, you can find him at:
lukahocevar.com
vigorgroundfitness.com

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Episode 17:  They say that failing to prepare is preparing to fail.  Are you prepared to make 2020 the best year of your life?

Episode 016:  Scott Baptie, MSc, is a physique and sports nutrition specialist and fitness model who specializes in fat loss, muscle gain, physique transformations and nutrition for sports performance.

He likes to challenge and encourage his clients to surpass their physical and mental boundaries by using effective, scientifically-proven nutritional strategies to help them achieve their goals. Scott also provides nutrition advice for several of UK’s leading sports nutrition companies, presents on the topic of nutrition and fitness and contributes to a wide range of publications.

I asked Scott to lay out what a weekly meal plan for basketball players should look like.  Check out this week's podcast and learn...

• Simple and fast breakfast ideas
• What you should pack for snacks
• When you need sports drinks
• How to order at fast food restaurants
• The best supplements for basketball players (if any)

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Episode 015:  Brian Cain, MPM is the creator of The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification Course, a #1 International Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Coach and Consultant.

Brian is widely regarded as the foremost authority on Mental Performance Mastery.  He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, executives and organizations as well as coaches, athletes, and teams at the Olympic level, in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in the Professional Golf Association (PGA) and in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Brian has taught his 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery System on stages all over the world to audiences such as John Paul Mitchell Systems, Whirlpool, Fuddruckers and Burton Snowboards.

His client list includes 2 Major League Baseball Cy-Young Award winners, a Heisman Trophy Winner, 5 UFC World Champion Mixed Martial Artists, World Series and Super Bowl Champions, Olympic Medalists, Team USA Baseball, Team USA Bowling and multiple NCAA National Players of The Year, NCAA National Champions and over 900 professional sports draft selections.

As a former adjunct university professor and high school athletic director, he was the youngest ever to receive the prestigious Certified Master Athletic Administration “CMAA” Certification from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

Highly sought after for his energetic, empowering and engaging educational training sessions, Brian separates himself from the competition by providing a system and not a speech. 

An avid Ironman Triathlete and 100 Mile Ultra Marathoner, Brian practices what he teaches and is a living example of the power of The 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery and what an Elite Mindset (Pillar#1) can do for you.

Brian and I discussed the 10 Pillars of Mental Performance and how thoughts impact player's performance.  Check out this week's podcast and learn..

- How to grow and train an elite mindset
- What to do when you're in a shooting slump
- The process to become more aggressive on offense
- How to refocus when facing unavoidable obstacles
- Why winning isn't as important as the process
- When to use mediation and imagery

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Episode 014:  Mike Robertson is the President of Robertson Training Systems and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training (IFAST) in Indianapolis, Indiana. IFAST has been named one of the Top 10 Gyms in America by Men’s Health magazine numerous times, as was also a fitness award winner by Women’s Health Magazine.

Over his 20 year coaching career, Mike has worked with athletes from every major professional sport including all-stars in both the NBA and MLS. He also serves as a writer, speaker, consultant and educator across the fitness industry.

We caught up to discuss basketball weight training for high school athletes. Mike has a unique background because he started his career as a powerlifter, and eventually transitioned to coaching athletes in sports performance.  Combining both worlds allows him to use an endless amount of tools and techniques to help his basketball players.

Check out this week's podcast and learn the answers to these questions...

 - How many days per week should players train in the off-season?
 - What exercises should you avoid in-season?
 - At what age should players begin weight training?
 - What's the difference between power lifting and basketball weight training?

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