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We sat down with Joey Wright, a coach with an extraordinary résumé, to talk about why, despite all the accolades, coaching isn’t actually about the coach. With more than two decades of experience across the NBL, Europe and player development, Joey has seen just about every version of the coaching journey. But his philosophy keeps coming back to one fundamental idea: the coach is there to help players achieve their goals. We talk about creating a vision of success, changing the language around what players believe they can achieve, and holding players to a higher standard while still being…
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Coach 2 Coach
Jason Belcourt · Sport · English
Coach 2 Coach is a podcast for anyone coaching youth basketball - whether you’re running your first under-8’s team, or you’ve been on the sidelines for years. Each episode, we sit down with a different coach to hear their stories, lessons, wins and mistakes — from grassroots through to high-performa
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