Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Authors of The Coffee Bean: Jon Gordon and Damon West. In this episode, the two authors give you an inside look at what led them to write this inspiring book together including Damon's unbelievable story of how he turned his mess into his message - His path into a life sentence in prison that led him to hear the unique story of the coffee bean that he uses to impact the lives of so many today. In this podcast Jon & Damon also share the 5 rules of being a coffee bean that we can apply to the coaching profession as well as our everyday lives. All that and more on Episode 148 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr! From bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Damon West comes The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change. Life is often difficult. It can be harsh, stressful, and feel like a pot of boiling hot water. The environments we find ourselves in can change, weaken, or harden us, and test who we truly are. We can be like the carrot that weakens in the pot or like the egg that hardens. Or, we can be like the coffee bean and discover the power inside us to transform our environment. The Coffee Bean is an inspiring tale that follows Abe, a young man filled with stress and fear as he faces challenges and pressure at school and home. One day after class, his teacher shares with him the life-changing lesson of the coffee bean, and this powerful message changes the way he thinks, acts, and sees the world. Abe discovers that instead of letting his environment change him for the worse, he can transform any environment he is in for the better. Equipped with this transformational truth, Abe embarks on an inspirational journey to live his life like the coffee bean. Wherever his life takes him, from school, to the military, to the business world, Abe demonstrates how this simple lesson can unleash the unstoppable power within you.  A delightful, quick read, The Coffee Bean is purposely written and designed for readers of all ages so that everyone can benefit from this transformational lesson. This is a book and message that, when read and shared, has the power to change your life and the world around you. You just have to decide: are you a carrot, egg, or coffee bean?  The Coffee Bean is available for purchase at CoffeeBeanBook.com or wherever books are sold.

Coach Brendan Suhr is once again joined by internationally recognized expert in fitness & nutrition, Angelo Poli to follow up on their previous conversation about personal health and fitness. Angelo is the Founder of MetPro, the world’s first algorithm based transformation engine. Using Metobolic Profiling, MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining your health goals. Poli has spent much of his career as a motivational speaker, speaking regulary at universities, and hospitals around the country. Poli was a featured speaker at TEDxChico where he discussed his own achievement in overcoming obstacles. After recovering from a crippling injury himself, Poli brought to light a whole new way of thinking about health, fitness, and weight loss. His high-profile clientele range in scope from Olympic Athletes, NFL MVPs to physique models, and business leaders. Those who have been fortunate enough to gain coaching from Poli consistently achieved exceptional results regardless of their demanding schedules, significant injuries, and crippled metabolisms. Poli has been featured for his specialty in Neuromuscular Re-education (Posture and Alignment) and weight loss sciences in major media outlets such as Men’s Health, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post. In his 20 years of educating the masses and challenging generalized health guidance, Poli has become one of the most celebrated body transformation experts in the world. In this episode, Angelo and Coach Suhr recap their last interview, discuss the best ways to go about goal setting, go over the benefits of group training, the importance of baseline testing. Angelo then shares the keys to maximizing your nutrition, exercise and time and also explains the 6 categories of training while giving you tips to help decide which would be the most productive for you. Finally, Angelo shares some LIFE HACKS, these disruptive behaviors that are sure to help you along your health and fitness journey. Also, Coaching U listeners will be given a complimentary Metabolic Profiling assessment and a 30-minute consultation with a MetPro expert. To claim this offer visit https://metpro.co/coachingu All that and more on Episode 147 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Sydney Kings Will Weaver. Coach Weaver spent last season as the Head Coach of the Long Island Nets, the G-League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, He is also an Assistant Coach for the Austrailian National Team Boomers. In this episode, Coach Weaver shares his thoughts on his former franchise - the Brooklyn Nets - free agency success, His path through coaching at all levels, how he plans to use what he learned in Brooklyn to establish a sustainable culture in his new position with the Kings, his time in the 76ers organization under Brett Brown as they rebuilt the franchise, his experience coaching the Australian National Team, as well as many other topics that are important to coaches such as: what you can learn from being self critical, how build deeper relationships with your players and what he's noticed the best decision makers do better than others. All that and more on Episode 146 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by career expert, best-selling author of The Proximity Principle and national radio host of The Ken Coleman Show. In this episode, Ken discusses his new book The Proximity Principle and how the lessons within the book apply to both up and coming coaches as well as veterans looking to further their career. Ken and Coach Brendan Suhr then give you a snapshot of some of the key areas in the book such as The Proximity Principle itself, the proximity mindset, patience while persevering, being present in the now, maximizing your role, importance of a clear message, being relentless in your preparation and how valuable mentors are even for coaches. All that and more on Episode 145 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr! You can also purchase Ken's new book The Proximity Principle here: https://www.kencoleman.com/store/product/the-proximity-principle-book

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the ESPN Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas for Coaching U's 3rd Annual NBA Draft Preview. In this Episode, we take a deep dive into this year's draft pool as Jay Bilas breaks down the key talent this draft has to offer including: Zion Williams, Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, DeAndre Hunter, Cam Reddish, Nassir Little, Rui Hachimura and Many more... He also lets you know who he believes are the sleepers in this years draft and how they can provide value for teams later in the Draft. Jay also gives you an inside look at how he prepares for the NBA Draft and how his evaluations and viewpoints have changed over time as he has covered the NBA Draft for 17 seasons with ESPN. All that and more on Episode 144 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Basketball Analytics & Schedule Engineering Experts Colton Houston & Matt Dover, co-founders of HD Intelligence. HD Intelligence is the first full-service analytics company to operate exclusively in the world of college basketball. In this episode, Houston and Dover break down the 3 main areas of analytics they have found most beneficial to college coaches: Schedule Engineering, Scouting Analysis & Self-Optimization.  Schedule Smarter: Optimize your team’s postseason resume with an intelligent, data driven approach to non-conference scheduling. Smart scheduling is often the distinguishing factor between teams that go dancing and those that end up on the wrong side of the bubble. It can also be the difference between receiving a 5 seed or a 3 seed. We customize our research and proprietary algorithms to your team’s situation in order to provide you with specific projections and practical scheduling guidance.  Prepare Smarter: Know your opponents better and prepare for games more effectively. From shot selection tendencies to pace-of-play factors to defensive strengths and weaknesses, our advanced statistical analyses of your opponents will help you gain a winning edge. Not only will we provide you with exclusive data before you begin to implement your game plan, but we’ll walk you through its implementation and debrief with you after the game. We want you to feel like we’re a member of your staff – available when you need us and fully invested in your success. Play Smarter: Leveraging data analytics to determine optimal lineup combinations, substitution patterns, and shot selection can result in measurable performance improvements. We use NBA-level analytics approaches to provide clients with best-in-class data about their teams and players. More importantly, we bring years of high level college basketball experience to bear in helping our clients build a bridge from data to practical application – after all, analytics on its own is useless without applicable insights. Simply put, we help you know your team better so that you can coach them better.  For more information on HD Intelligence contact: Colton Houston, colton@hdintelligence.com Matt Dover, matt@hdintelligence.com All that and more on Episode 143 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by internationally recognized expert in fitness & nutrition, Angelo Poli. Angelo is the Founder of MetPro, the world's first algorithm based transformation engine. Using Metobolic Profiling, MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining your health goals. Poli has spent much of his career as a motivational speaker, speaking regulary at universities, and hospitals around the country. Poli was a featured speaker at TEDxChico where he discussed his own achievement in overcoming obstacles. After recovering from a crippling injury himself, Poli brought to light a whole new way of thinking about health, fitness, and weight loss. His high-profile clientele range in scope from Olympic Athletes, NFL MVPs to physique models, and business leaders. Those who have been fortunate enough to gain coaching from Poli consistently achieved exceptional results regardless of their demanding schedules, significant injuries, and crippled metabolisms. Poli has been featured for his specialty in Neuromuscular Re-education (Posture and Alignment) and weight loss sciences in major media outlets such as Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post. In his 20 years of educating the masses and challenging generalized health guidance, Poli has become one of the most celebrated body transformation experts in the world. In this episode, Angelo and Coach Suhr discuss how MetPro works for both athletes who are looking to increase their performance or coaches who struggle maintaining proper nutrition and fitness strategies with their demanding schedules. Also, Coaching U listeners will be given a complimentary Metabolic Profiling assessment and a 30-minute consultation with a MetPro expert. To claim this offer visit https://metpro.co/coachingu All that and more on Episode 142 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the new Head Coach of the Lipsomb Bisons Lennie Acuff. In this episode, the coach known for his offensive style of play shares who his influences, the opportunity to take over and continue to build on the historic tradition of the Lipscomb basketball program, the importance of identifying the niche at your school and forming your mantra, as well as his thoughts on leadership, developing relationships with your players as well as other coaches for various reasons, the obligation he feels to help younger coaches in the profession as well as other key lessons he has learned as he enters his 30th year of coaching. All that and more on Episode 141 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Furman Paladins, Bob Richey. In this episode, Coach Richey shares with our listeners a unique learning opportunity designed to develop young, aspiring Division 1 coaches with his first ever All Din Coaching Development Camp. This camp includes special clinics in: practice & workout planning, video & technology, analytics, scouting, recruiting, basketball operations and includes guest speakers, clinics, networking opportunities, hands on exercises, chalk talks & Q&A times. This camp is open to current college athletes, student managers, graduate managers, graduate assistants and high school coaches. The All-Inclusive cost of $395 includes: room & board, all meals, coaching notebook, exclusive resources and all clinics/classes. For More Information or to register visit: www.furmanbasketballcamp.com

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by former Navy Seal & Author of "Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy Seal", Nick Hays. In this episode, Nick gives you an overview of some of the lessons and habits he covers in his book as well as some stories from his years as a Navy Seal. He also takes you through his decision to become a Navy Seal, what the process of enlisting and training was like, what military lessons apply to coaching & sports, how to best develop standards within your culture, the importance of mentors, the power of investing in other people and what life after being a Navy Seal is like. All that and more on Episode 139 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr! Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy Seal is a practical, no-nonsense guide to elevate your leadership skills and drive your team to their maximum potential. Before you can push your team to the max, you must push yourself - Elite teams require elite leaders. This invaluable guide supplies the tools you need to develop effective strategies to motivate, adapt and overcome. Author Nick Hays combines training with Harvard education to present a comprehensive program that will unlock the potential in yourself and your team. The book goes on sale May 29th, 2019. You can pre-order by CLICKING HERE 

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks Eric Musselman. In this episode, Coach Musselman discusses the job he and his staff did by growing the Nevada program on and off the floor, how he relates college scenarios and situations to his experiences in the NBA, how his experience as an NBA Head Coach helps him give the best advice to his players throughout the NBA Draft process, what he learned as an assistant coach under legendary head coach Chuck Daly,  his approach to preparing his players for life after basketball as well as the opportunity and expectations that come with taking over as the head coach of the Arkansas program. All that and more on Episode 138 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr welcomes Jason Mejeur, Founder & CEO of MaxOne. MaxOne is an all in one coaching app that empowers smart coaches to train better, communicate better, and coach better. This app was built by coaches for coaches to ensure the best results. Elite coaches know that in today’s coaching environment even more is required to rise with the best. Today’s athletes spend up to 6 hours a day with their eyes on a mobile device. Yet many coaches continue to use spreadsheets and paper handouts for schedules, workouts and basic communications. Today’s coaches have an exciting opportunity to be smarter. MaxOne is the all-in-one training app that empowers smart coaches to develop better athletes. The MaxOne platform was designed to put powerful tools at your fingertips and give your program an edge. MaxOne’s easy-to-use mobile app and online hub provides a single hub for all team communications instantly accessible from any device. MaxOne allows you to deliver custom strength and skill workouts right to an athlete’s phone. MaxOne also allows athletes to track results and post to live leaderboards while creating an atmosphere of accountability and competition. Here’s what Coaching U Founder and President Brendan Suhr says about MaxOne: “MaxOne is the most user friendly and convenient platform available to stay connected with your team. I’ve often said it is important that we continue to learn how to effectively communicate with our younger generation of players… MaxOne has given coaches a platform to do just that. I have been blown away by all the tools they offer their users. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION that you purchase MaxOne for YOUR TEAM or ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. Whether you are middle school, high school, college or professional team IN ANY SPORT; MaxOne is by far the most affordable coaching tool to help take you to the next level!”  Stay organized and save time so you can get back to what matters most: impacting athletes and building success! Designed by coaches, for coaches. The tools MaxOne deliver strengthens your entire program. From scheduling and communication, to skill and strength training, taking you to the next level. Step into the future of coaching and get started with MaxOne today! For More Information About MaxOne, schedule a quick demo on the MaxOne website or email Zach Phillips: Zach Phillips zachp@gomaxone.com MaxOne www.gomaxone.com   Don't forget to mention Coaching U or Coach Brendan Suhr to get another 10% OFF their already low price and get the MaxOne app for your team for ONLY $270 per year! 

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the newest member of the Coaching U faculty, Chris Oliver. Chris joins Coach Brendan Suhr to discuss the ins and outs of his Coaching U On Campus curriculum.  Coaching U On Campus is a 1 or 2 day campus visit by Coach Chris Oliver designed to give you a unique look into a variety of topics and basketball trends through discussion, instruction, video breakdown and play diagraming. Each session will be tailored to your program's specific needs. Our mission is to provide the best possible methodology to our coaches by providing a one-of-a-kind learning experience designed to equip you with the tools to keep improving yourself, your staff and your team while answering any questions you may have along the way. Ultimately, the goal is to stimulate your thinking! For more information visit: coachingulive.com/oliver All that and more on Episode 137 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Bob Taylor, Author of "The Old Man in the Gym". In his new book, Bob Taylor uses his 30 years of coaching experience to deliver a culmination of real-life methods that have worked time and time again on the basketball court. In this episode, Coach Brendan Suhr and Coach Taylor take you inside so many of the key concepts inside the book including the importance of valuing development and instincts over tactics, the original green light test, building habits from a young age, the "LAW", "SPONGES", "RIP", the secret to happiness and what he believes is the best way to coach youth basketball. All that and more on Episode 136 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Mercer Bears, Greg Gary. In this episode, Coach Gary shares his excitement for his new job as the Head Coach of Mercer, what he focused on as an assistant coach to prepare him to be a head coach again, how he will form his style of play on both ends of the floor, how he developed the offense for Purdue and approached playcalling, installs, counters, etc. He also shares many lessons he learned from Purdue's Head Coach Matt Painter. All that and more on Episode 135 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!