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Oct 17 2019

Episode 129: Pure Sweat Basketball’s Jon Beck

Jon Beck is a must-follow on twitter for coaches and athletes. After his stellar playing career at Division I Arkansas State University, he went on to have a successful career as both a boys and girls basketball coach in Tennessee. He has been trained at Nike Skills and Pure Sweat clinics and coaches academies and has worked Nike Elite camps and completed a summer internship in Los Angeles, CA for Drew Hanlen of Pure Sweat Basketball, where he has worked with several NBA players.

He now offers skills academies and team clinics, as well as individual and team training to players as a Skills Coach for Pure Sweat Basketball. Throughout his career, his focus has been on player development and skills coaching. His passion is to help players reach their full potential on and off the court. He is continually working to improve his craft as a coach, while developing great relationships with coaches and players.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • How to coach today’s athletes
  • What the best players do when they work out
  • Building a strong culture
  • Pure Sweat Basketball
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: alan Stein Jr., basketball coach, Basketball Skills, Bill Walton, championship rebounding, College Recruiting, drew Hanlon, dwane casey, John Wooden, Jon Beck, Kobe Bryant, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Training, Lebron James, NCAA, Overcoming Adversity, pure sweat, pure sweat basketball show, recruiting, Skills Training, Unseen Hours, Working With Players

Oct 09 2019

Episode 128: Swen Nater, Only player to lead ABA & NBA in Rebounding

Swen Nater won two NCAA Championships as a basketball player for the legendary John Wooden at UCLA. He would become the first player to ever be a NBA first round draft choice despite never starting a college game. During the 1973-74 season, Swen would earn ABA Rookie of the Year status. He would go on to play professional basketball for 12 years for the Lakers, Clippers, Bucks, Spurs, and Nets. He is the only player in basketball history to lead the ABA and the NBA in rebounding. At the 2004 NBA All-Star game, he was officially named “Mr. Clipper”. After retiring as a player, he would go on to help start the Christian Heritage athletic department and lead the men’s basketball team to a National Championship. Today, he is a highly sought-after motivational speaker and executive of a Fortune 500 company. 

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • His unbelievable story of going from an orphanage to finding his parents on an American TV show.
  • Playing for the legendary coach John Wooden
  • What made him such a great rebounder
  • The journey of not playing basketball in high school to being a bench player in college to being selected as a first-round draft pick in the NBA
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Sports · Tagged: Bill Walton, championship rebounding, dwane casey, John Wooden, kareem abdul-jabbar, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Training, NCAA, Overcoming Adversity, rebounding, Sue Enquist, UCLA

Aug 19 2017

Episode 011: CoachTube Founder Wade Floyd

Wade Floyd is the founder of CoachTube.com, which is the world’s #1 marketplace for online sports education.  CoachTube empowers coaches to create courses online by providing tools, technical support and guidance, so they can quickly and easily get their content online. There are thousands of online courses at CoachTube.com for all sports. Both coaches and athletes can benefit from these on-demand online videos.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Ideas for starting a business and being an entrepreneur
  • Why CoachTube fills a strong need that coaches and athletes have
  • How to better build your business

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Abilene Christian University, Business Building, calendly, championship rebounding, Coaching, entrepreneur, Google, Jamy Bechler, need to, online course, Podcast, podcast episode, professional development, rebounding, Success is a Choice, trello, videos, wade floyd

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