After having some good time off in NYC it really allowed me to collect my thoughts and allowed me to step back and see the big picture. Having trained so many players from youth to professional level, one of the topics that I feel like is not

Slappin Glass: Pat Carney and Dan Krikorian

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h 5m

Slappin Glass has been one of my Go-To websites for the longest time. So to have one founders on was so exciting for me. Pat and Dan are a wealth of knowledge and just flat out lovers of the game! The topics we covered today included: 1.) How t

Rob Gray "Skill Acquisition and Motor Learning Expert"

Dec 18th, 2023 37m 12s

Rob Gray is a skill acquisition and motor learning specialist who is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University. He is also the Host of the Perception & Action Podcast as well Skill Acquisition Specialist at Boston Red Sox. Rob is the

Max Schmarzo: "The Future of Basketball Strength and Conditioning"

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 11m

Max Schmarzo is the founder of the very popular athletic performance brand Strong By Science and provides very sound, scientifically backed program and methods for sports performance. Max is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to training ba

Will's Weekly Thoughts: Framing- The Lens We Choose to Take

Dec 5th, 2023 5m 24s

Have you ever had a misunderstanding with a teammate and get angry from something that they did, but when you asked them to explain why they did what they did they had a very moral and valid reason? All of a sudden you weren't so mad. That is b

Megan Griffith: "Turning Around An Elite Program"

Nov 27th, 2023 57m 9s

Megan Griffith is the Head Coach for Columbia University women’s basketball. She took over at the young age of 30 in 2016. 2017 the team went 8-21. Fastforward 7 years 2023 Columbia went 28-6 an unreal turnaround. During the 22-23 season they w

Will's Weekly Thoughts: How to Kill Procastination

Nov 20th, 2023 6m 44s

Procrastination is a topic that we all deal with. Today we talk about the four reasons that we procrastinate and what we can do to better prepare ourselves for when we encounter the feeling of procastination. Listen to this episode more than on

Mitch Kirsch: "A Dive into Evidence Based Basketball Training:"

Nov 13th, 2023 1h 3m

Mitch Kirsch is a basketball teacher based out of Mass and New Hampshire. Mitch is a huge advocate of Evidence based training when it comes to training The technical, tactical and physical aspect of the game. He has experience of training yout

Will's Weekly Thoughts: Discipline vs Motivation

Nov 6th, 2023 6m 44s

Discipline vs Motivation. What is the difference between the two? Aren't they the same thing and is one more important than the other? We are going to do a deep dive on how I define both of these words, and why motivation is definitely not some

Mike Dunn: "The Art of Shooting"

Oct 30th, 2023 48m 51s

Shooting coach based out of New Jersey (East Coast USA) Mike has a tremendous amount of experience working with all levels from you all the way to the professional ranks. Today Mike and I discuss: 1.) His assessment of a shot and tweaks he can

55. Will's Weekly Thoughts: Pain + Reflection= Progress

Oct 23rd, 2023 7m 55s

The equation of Pain+ Reflection= Progress is nothing new, it's been around before any of us were even thought of. It's an unbelievably simple formula but not at all easy to do. We talk about putting ourselves too emotional pain, the worst kind

52. Yannie Chan "What is the Future of Hong Kong Basketball?"

Oct 16th, 2023 1h 3m

Yannie Chan is the first ever locally school girl in the history of Hong Kong to play in the NCAA. Today I have the good fortune to sit down with her and talk to her about her experience as a sophomore in college. Discussions that I have with Y

54. Will's Weekly Thoughts: Adaptability is King

Oct 9th, 2023 10m 57s

For this episode of "Will's Weekly Thoughts" we discuss the concept of adaptability and how it plays a huge role on the court and in life. Growing up in the early 2000s you were always told that repetition was the mother of all skill. Fast forw

53. Glen Yang "Its not How You Start, It's Where You Are"

Oct 2nd, 2023 43m 49s

Glen Yang is a professional basketball player who has played for clubs such as South China athletic Association, Bay Area Dragons, as well as most recently the Winnipeg Sea Bears. Glen is actually the first player from Hong Kong who has played

51. Will's Thoughts: An Asian Perspective of American Basketball

Sep 26th, 2023 15m 56s

After spending three weeks in the United States with nine girls from Hong Kong I feel like this trip has truly been the most important experience of my career. I speak about this eye opening experience being one of the first team in Asia to bri

An Asian Perspective of American Basketball

Sep 25th, 2023 15m 52s

Jason Thompson: Fighting Against The Odds

Sep 18th, 2023 41m 10s

Jason Thompson is a special guest. I had the good fortune of playing with him when I was in high school in New Jersey during some ad hoc tournaments. It has been so cool to watch Jason develop from a kid that went to Lenape High School, that wa

49. Building a Community: You are The Average of the 5 People you Spend the Most Time With

Sep 11th, 2023 3m 32s

You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with! It is very likely you have heard this saying and there is any even better chance that you simply ignored it. Building a community of like minded people who have the same goals as

48. Ross Greenfield: Using "Good Drills" To Get To The Next Level

Sep 1st, 2023 1h

Ross Greenfield is one of the most innovative trainers in the fields of basketball and strength and conditoning. He does an amazing job combining the innovative and creative training methods along with scientific sound training technicques. Ros

47. Pat Dickert: The Journey of Dunking from the Free-throw Line

Aug 21st, 2023 38s

Pat Dickert is a professional basketball player as well as a skill development coach. Pat is very well travelled. He has been to many countries including China where he has a large following eager to learn from him. During high school he went v

46. Jon Giesbrecht: Playing Free

Mar 23rd, 2023 45m 11s

Jon Giesbrect is the Owner and Lead Instructor of Play Free, a membership training service that helps players enhance their basketball mindfulness, improving their confidence, resilience and focus. I have been a fan of Jon’s for a long time and

44. Todd Wright: Developing the A Truly ROBUST athlete

Oct 17th, 2022 50m 29s

Todd Wright is an assistant coach and Vice President of Player Performance at the Los Angeles Clippers. Todd is also Fellow of Applied Functional Science from the Gray Institute which is where I base the foundation of my training off of. Todd i

45. Andrew Rang: Creating a Red Belt Mentality

Oct 10th, 2022 44m 41s

Andrew Rang is the Head Coach of Trine University’s Women’s Basketball. In 2022 they made an amazing run in the D3 NCAA tournament and made it all the way to the Final 4. Topics that Coach Rang and I discussed today are: 1.) Culture building an

43. Coleman Ayers: Engineering a Worldclass Basketball Player

Oct 2nd, 2022 43m 17s

Coleman Ayers is the founder of ‘By Any Means Basketball” a globally known training service that shares world class information as well as an online platform for learning. He has also opened a state of the art training facility called “Detail”

42. Joe Mazzulla: Interim Head Coach of the Boston Celtics

Sep 24th, 2022 31m 48s

Joe Mazzulla is the interim Head Coach of the Boston Celtics. Before his career began in the NBA Joe was a star player at the University of West Virginia under coach Bob Huggins. After his career in college, Joe went into coaching at the coll