Episode Details

https://teachhoops.com/ — Coach Collins' coaching resource site, 14 day free trial (also said as "teachgroups.com" and "t-tubes.com" in the transcript, both transcription errors for TeachHoops)

https://coachingyouthhoops.com/ — practice plans and season planning, the one stop shop pitched in the sponsor reads

https://heysammi.com/ — text based team communication app, spelled out on air as H E Y S A M M I (Sammi with an i)

Coach Collins and Coach Steve tackle one of the most common questions in youth basketball: how do you get kids to stop jacking up bad shots without killing their confidence? The answer is a three word framework you can run live in practice, no film room required.

Coach Steve shares the exact language he uses with his teams, why he asks "why" instead of correcting, and how a shot that is terrible for one player can be the right shot for another. Coach Collins connects it back to what he does at the varsity level in film sessions, and explains why immediate feedback in a scrimmage may actually beat watching it on tape two days later.

The episode opens with a candid conversation about retirement, giving the next coach space, and the hardest part of walking away from a program you built.

• The good shot, great shot, no shot framework and how to define each one for your age group
• Why efficient scoring belongs in your program pillars, and what it actually looks like in practice
• How to teach range so players honestly know their own shooting distance
• The whistle and question method: pause the scrimmage, ask what kind of shot that was, then ask why
• Why you should not answer for the player, and what happens when they answer for themselves
• How shot selection standards should differ by player without singling anyone out
• Handling the parent problem, when mom and dad are yelling "shoot it" right after you said do not
• The retirement conversation: why the best thing a retiring coach can do is stay out of the gym

00:00 Welcome and a word about TeachHoops.com, the 7 and 14 first season, and finding mentors that changed everything

01:02 Retirement talk, no more tests to grade, and the practice plans Coach Collins will miss

01:35 The retired coach who now shows up to critique his son's practices, and why space matters

02:24 "I will help you, but you have to ask." Setting the boundary with a former assistant

02:48 Why walking back into the gym is complicated when the kids were on your team

03:15 Sponsors: CoachingYouthHoops.com for practice plans and season planning, and HeySammi.com for cutting administrative work

04:53 Today's topic arrives from the Facebook group: teaching shot selection at the youth level

05:00 The real problem, kids get asked how many points they scored, never how many stops they made

05:38 Quick break, TeachHoops.com and the 14 day free trial

05:59 Coach Steve defines a great shot: on balance, no hand in your face, inside your range

06:45 How do players learn their own range? They know more than you think

07:28 The live teaching method, blow the whistle, name the shot, then ask why

07:56 The unexpected result: players start passing to the teammate who has the great shot

08:00 Great shot, good shot, no shot examples for third through fifth grade

08:29 Coach Collins on film sessions at the high school level versus live correction at the youth level

09:23 Why immediate feedback is th