The Elevation Basketball Podcast

In this edition of the 30 second timeout, we welcome in Will Trumm. Coach Trumm is one of the most successful AAU coaches in the entire south east and runs one the largest and best fall exposure leagues in the entire country. Coach Trumm is from the Knoxville Tennessee and we are checking in with to see how high school basketball season is going in Tennessee and get a wrap up on the Elite 80 from this past fall. You love hearing Coach Trumm's prospective on the relationship between high school coaches and AAU coaches. Thank you for listening and hope you enjoy!

Welcome to our 30 second timeout editions, these short episodes are packed with great conversations as we check in with coaches from all across the country. Stay tuned for our next full length episode but until then, enjoy these great basketball conversations.

In this episode, 3x Big South Coach of the Year, Ronnie Fisher talks about how to build and sustain a championship defensive culture. Coach Fisher's teams have routinely ranked among the nations best defensive teams. The unique part of that is that he has done that at two different schools using to complete different styles of play. How did he build them in one of the nations best defensive programs and sustain that mind set even when he went to another program, well tune in and find out! Truly one of the best persons you will ever meet, Coach Fisher opens up about the things that make his program great! Stay tuned for the section on his "Toughness Chart" you will want to get your hands on a copy of this. Thanks again for listening the to the Elevation Podcast.

In this episode we break down the 2 side break in great detail. This is the episode to answer all your questions about playing with pace and space, creating big advantages, small advantages, the terrible two's of defense and how to make better decision making skills in our players. Brent does an amazing all the questions that Aaron and I had to help us to really understand the 2 side break concept. Even if you have no idea what this is or plan to use the 2 side break, you can learn a ton from this episode as we discuss concepts that can improve skill in any offense!

In this episode, we dive into the challenges of coaching and recruiting at the D3 level. We attach many of the myths about D3 basketball. Don't think  your team is as athletic or as big as your competition, do you want a wrinkle on defense that is unique, than this is the episode for you! Coach Neeley takes a look at his unusual 2-1-2 zone defense which is unlike any other that you've ever seen. Don't sleep on this episode, I promise you are going to learn a lot.

In this campfire, get your pen and paper ready! Coach Davis will deliver the goods! Coach Davis is a 5x Hall of Famer, in his 28 years as a Head Coach, his teams have won an amazing 21 championships. Playing a break-neck pace, his teams have led the nation in scoring 5 times and averaged 103 points per game in 2010. Moving on to WInthrop was like throwing gas on a fire, his philosophy lined up perfectly with Coach Pat Kelsey. Coach Davis will take us on a journey of how to play fast, things he's learned along the way, what he's learned from Pat Kelcey. Pay close attention to the section on how to make your practices better, more game like, and more competitive.  Even if you don't play fast, you will learn a lot from this episode of the Elevation Basketball Campfire with Coach Dave Davis.

In today's episode, Coach Hill will talk about how to rebuild a program from the ground up. Coach Hill was a highly successful Division 2 coach at Valdosta State which was a program that he built into a perennial National Championship contender. He inherited a program at WCU that has been on hard times. The last real success the program enjoyed was 2008-2010 when current Tennessee Lady Vols coach Kelly Harper was at the helm. Coming off a 2 win season, WCU made a late coaching change in July of 2019. Coach Hill agreed to take on the task of rebuilding this program into a contender again. You will enjoy his heartfelt honesty as he lays out the blueprint to make any program into a contender. 

This is our first episode and we certainly hope you enjoy it! It was never really intended to be a PODCAST but after taping a interview about leadership in coaching with my good friend Anthony Barringer, I decided to make it my 1st episode of the Elevation Basketball Podcast. Coming from a college coach whos won a national championship, Anthony provides an excellent look at what it took to be a leader of a program at the highest level. A huge thank you to our sponsors on the episode the WNC SPORTS NETWORK and for everyone who has supported all our projects here at Elevation Basketball. We look forward to our coming episodes.