Hardwood Hustle

Adam and TJ share a powerful conversation about the state of the coach-player relationship in 2019. With players seemingly taking more and more ownership of teams and the influence of social media on relationships, where can coaches find the balance with their players?Send us a Message.

Adam is joined by Kyle Cowan, Vice President of the Oregon Athletic Directors Association, Head Coach and Athletic Director of Portland Christian High School. Adam and Kyle sit down at the OADA annual conference to talk about balancing multiple roles within an athletic department, bringing a shot clock into the high school level, and much […]Send us a Message.

In this week’s player episode Adam and TJ lay out guidelines to help players think through their off-season planning. TJ also shares a 100/50/25 approach to improving your game that will help you clarify the priorities you have as you maximize your ability to play the game at a high level.Send us a Message.

Adam and TJ speak to one of the most pressing situations many coaches face; going all in on winning now or doing whatever it takes to build a solid foundation for future success if winning now is not feasible. As a coach, you are sure to face a situation like this throughout your career. Don’t […]Send us a Message.

Adam and TJ sit down for another fun NBA episode covering different topics surrounding the NBA including, are the NBA tribute videos getting out of hand? Who is the most ready to take down Golden State? They also share their opinion on Magic Johnson stepping away from the Lakers in the way that he did, […]Send us a Message.

Today we dive into a discussion involving one of the most popular websites for coaches, HoopDirt.com, a great resource for the latest updates on all things coaching. During the episode Adam asks if sites like this that revolve around coaching changes feed into the constant coaching turnover that we see in today’s college basketball world. […]Send us a Message.

In the recent men’s NCAA Final Four, all four participating teams ran a man to man defense for over 90% of possessions. This stat lead co-host TJ Rosene and assistant coach Graham Maxwell to discuss the strategies behind using one or many styles of defense, as well as how to think through this decision making […]Send us a Message.

It’s the end of the basketball season. As teams experience the highs of championships and the lows of tough defeats, the coaching carousel begins to turn. Are you looking for a new job? Are you happy and content to make your current job your dream job? We cover these topics and much more!Send us a Message.

TJ Rosene is joined by assistant coach Graham Maxwell to discuss the impact of the college basketball transfer rate on high school basketball. With transfer lists now becoming available at the high school level, this topic is something almost every coach may be impacted by going forward.Send us a Message.

As we continue covering stories from the NCAA tournament, TJ Rosene and Graham Maxwell share their thoughts on what became a national story with Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Aaron Henry. They share their perspective as college basketball coaches and discuss how this situation was handled. Please reply with your thoughts with a tweet @hardwood_hustle!Send us a Message.

We take a deep dive into a few valuable lessons players and coaches can learn from the men’s NCAA tournament games that took place this past weekend. From field goal and turnover percentages to strategies used by coaches, you will take away something for your team in this March Madness episode!Send us a Message.

In today’s episode we outline storylines from the upcoming NCAA tournament. Send us a tweet @hardwood_hustle to share your biggest upset picks and final four locks!Send us a Message.

In this week’s player episode Adam offers up a strategy for players to improve their game. It starts with understanding every players role on all the offensive and defensive sets your team runs. Most players know their role on each set, but few players know and understand everyone’s role on every set, and coaches put […]Send us a Message.

Adam and TJ are back with a powerful episode discussing one of the hardest components of sport, and that is the pressure to win. Should winning games be the only metric for success, or should it be more related to how well your team performs in relation to its potential? As always, we’d love your […]Send us a Message.

We recently received questions from our Hustlers about the impact of faith on their coaching, and took this opportunity to share our experience with our Hustlers. We hope this episode allows you to consider how faith impacts your coaching, relationships, mindset, and more!Send us a Message.

What causes teams to underachieve or not be as successful as they look to be “on paper”? Adam and TJ share their thoughts on why this occurs, as well as ways for players to keep themselves and their teams out of these situations.  Make sure to share this week’s player episode with your team if […]Send us a Message.

In this special episode TJ Rosene and Sam Allen share a conversation with national championship coach Donnie Bostwick. Donnie shares his heart for players and coaches, as well as the release of the Spirit Led Coach movement. Please visit spiritledcoach.com to learn more about this incredible coaching movement!Send us a Message.

We recently collected questions from our Instagram followers (@hardwood_hustle) for a mailbag episode! Here are the questions we cover: (1) What is the biggest difference for players between the high school and college level? (2) Do you prefer to run zone or man defense in out of bounds situations? (3) Best youth basketball leadership exercise […]Send us a Message.

Adam and TJ share an important conversation for players trying to stand out and maximize their potential. As an underdog, almost everyone will support your journey up to a certain point of success. If you are the best, people will do their best to bring you down to their level. Most people are happy if […]Send us a Message.

In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Adam and TJ bring up one of the most important conversations a team can have, and without it, can be one of the most destructive things a program can experience. That conversation is about how a senior led team can mesh with talented underclassmen in order to reach […]Send us a Message.