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The Basketball Academy is brought to you by Changing The Game
Changing The Game is the first-ever completely women-led coach development conference.
They've brought together some of the greatest minds in leadership, biomechanics, practice design, culture creation, skill adaptation, player development, motor behavior, applied performance, sports psychology... and more.
The vision is to multiply the value coaches currently bring to their teams, their families, and their colleagues.
The mission is to flip a culture.
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SPECIAL GUEST 🚨 - Becky Burleigh
Becky, formerly also a college soccer player, is best known for her 26-year tenure as the first head coach of the Florida Gators women's soccer team at the University of Florida, where she led the Gators soccer team to a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championship in 1998. In 2021, Burleigh had a three-month spell as interim head coach of professional National Women's Soccer League team Orlando Pride. Becky is the co-founder of the What Drives Winning revolution and teaches grad classes at the University of Florida. She helps players, coaches, and teams all around the world.
Here’s what we’re serving up:
🏀 #1 - Going All In 🟢
🏀 #2 - Favorite Action 🎥
🏀 #3 - Next Play 💭
LET’S DIVE IN ⬇️
Playing Green 🟢
Going all in while playing green 🟢
🔑 Getting your values aligned
🔑 Don’t create mixed signals
Must Add Action 🎥
Kings 👑 🔦 spam same “Horns” Action 17x in one half… check it out
•One screener pops to space.
• The other puts pressure on the rim.
Next Play Speed 💭
Life lesson from Comedians
“My grandfather came to America because he was told the streets were paved w/ gold.”
When he arrived he learned 3 things:
1. The streets were not paved with gold.
2. The streets were not paved.
3. He’d be the one paving them.
A lesson when you start anything new, you’ll have to do the work.
Listen to the pod here ⬇️👇
BONUS - 🚨 Best thing we heard
Team Offense & Skill improvement