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How to Balance Your Coaching, Health & Spending Time With Those Who Matter
Work life balance is a fucking lie. Have you ever heard “where focus goes, energy flows”? That was Tony Robbins, however you can’t...
Jack Fleming
Jun 29, 20209 min read


Coaching: Learning Without Doing?
It’s possible. But it’s unlikely that you learn how to coach really well in games by watching a lot of NBA basketball. Or teach an...
Jack Fleming
Jun 29, 20203 min read


Monthly Top 5's — Books, Podcasts & Quotes
Here is a monthly dose of ‘Top 5’s’, a list of what I’m enjoying or pondering. Not all directly basketball related, but the concepts...
Jack Fleming
Jun 28, 20202 min read


Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course Recap
Welcome to my report on the recent Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course held in Melbourne, Australia. It was a 3 day event...
Jack Fleming
Jun 27, 20203 min read


7 Brian Goorjian-isms: Longevity in Coaching
I was fortunate enough to spend 5 days as team liaison working for Showtime Basketball with Brian Goorjian and his new team the Zhejiang...
Jack Fleming
Jun 23, 20203 min read


The Goldmine Effect Part 3: Secrets of Youth Talent Development
Secret 3: Genetics & Talent Might Get You in the Door, but Mindset Keeps You Improving Why frame it as either talent or practice? If you...
Jack Fleming
Jun 22, 20204 min read


The Power of Conversations
Famous life coach Tony Robbins said “Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” We are so...
Jack Fleming
Jun 21, 20203 min read


Do You Have a Pre-Season Check List?
In order of priority, what are the things you need to cover before your first game? As Stephen Covey said in the 7 Habits of Highly...
Jack Fleming
Jun 21, 20202 min read


Coaching Strategy & Tactics
Every coach (including myself) loves to geek out on coaching tactics — the Brad Stevens game winning SLOB plays with the Boston Celtics,...
Jack Fleming
Jun 20, 20203 min read


5 Rules for a Meaningful Basketball Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, and author of the book 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos. One of the most...
Jack Fleming
Jun 20, 20203 min read


My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 2
Italian 3v3 Credit this drill to Dean Vickerman, head coach of Melbourne United. In the last 12 months, this is by far my favourite...
Jack Fleming
Jun 20, 20204 min read


My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 1
During a more recent blog post I wrote called Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential I mentioned quite a few of my favourite drills. I...
Jack Fleming
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential
As basketball coaches in the information age, we are in a constant state of information overwhelm. I could find myself on Twitter...
Jack Fleming
Jun 18, 20205 min read


The Ultimate Team Building Exercise
You get a new team, new players, different backgrounds — how do you make them come together as quickly as possible? As famous NBA coach...
Jack Fleming
Jun 17, 20202 min read


10 Ways to Maximise Your Mindset as a Coach (Bonus Book Recommendations)
Some takeaways from a couple of books I have read this year, principles that can apply to your coaching or the way you lead your life....
Jack Fleming
Jun 17, 20203 min read


The Goldmine Effect Part 2: Secrets of Youth Talent Development
If you haven't read part 1, it is linked here. Part 2: The Talent Hotbeds Played More Games & Did Less Drills Credit - Chris Oliver @...
Jack Fleming
Jun 17, 20203 min read


The Goldmine Effect Part 1 : Secrets of Youth Talent Development
We all know want to know the answers to the question of talent development — in fact it’s a critical job of thousands of people across...
Jack Fleming
Jun 16, 20203 min read


You Can’t Fix What You Fake
The San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich so often uses the phrase “you’ve got to get over yourself’ with his players, but as...
Jack Fleming
Jun 15, 20203 min read
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