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The Basketball Parent's Journey

Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey so far and what has worked, and not worked, for them. Listen as parents share their wisdom across a wide spectrum of experiences from beginners to college athletes and their recommendations for you as your player embarks on the next stage of their basketball journey from beginner to high school player and beyond!Hosted by BJ Mumford, Owner and CEO of Playpracticebasketball.com, and author of The Confidence Puzzle: A Parent's Guide To Charting A Course From The Rec League To High School Basketball

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Episodes

Footwork Fanatic: Basketball Confidence Training

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jul 07, 202512 min

Defensive Dictator: Basketball Training Program

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 30, 202519 min

Renegade Rebounder Basketball Training

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 23, 202515 min

Flannagan Brothers Interview

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 19, 202534 min

Zach Chamblee Interview

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 19, 202529 min

Bryant Mitchell Interview Part 2

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 18, 202538 min

Bryant Mitchell Interview Part 1

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 18, 202525 min

The Layup Maker: Basketball Finishing Program

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Jun 17, 202516 min

Confidence and Ambition: Interview with Ollie Davis

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Apr 14, 202533 min

50 obstacles your player will experience on their way to high school basketball

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Mar 27, 202526 min

A consult call with Coach Gustavo Indarose

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Mar 01, 202532 min

Footwork Focus

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Feb 11, 202517 min

The confidence puzzle summarized: a review of core concepts discussed by Google notebook

Send us a text We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social media Have a quick question? Text us at 603-932-5893...

Feb 04, 202520 min

Confidence Puzzle Q&A (Throwback from 2021)

Send us a text Listen to Coach BJ break down The Confidence Puzzle, published in 2021 about our philosophy of training, and the common obstacles and misperceptions parents have to face every day on the journey to high school basketball! We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceinde...

Aug 23, 20241 hrSeason 2Ep. 4

Are you the Right Fit to work with us?

Send us a text Here are 8 questions we ask every client before moving forward to work with them on the court! What is your motivation for seeking training? What has your player's basketball experience been like so far? What is their biggest basketball aspiration? What is the next level they are striving toward? What is the biggest gap you see between where they are now and that next level? What is the biggest danger if they don't improve? What is the biggest opportunity if they do improve? What ...

Jul 25, 202411 minSeason 2Ep. 3

The Lyric Grumblatt Interview

Send us a text Lyric is a senior at Rivier University, currently deciding between returning for her last year of college eligibility or playing professionally overseas. Incredible journey from 6 years old starting with Granddad, through elementary school, travel teams, AAU, MS, HS, and now college, Lyric personifies the true lifelong baller and passionate athlete that our youth players can aspire to follow! We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman...

May 25, 20241 hr 9 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Parent's Info Session - The Confidence Formula Summer 2024

Send us a text Listen to Coach BJ walk through the Confidence Formula and all that is involved for Summer 2024 If your player is in 7th grade or older and plans to make a go at playing varsity high school basketball, this is the program designed for them! We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! htt...

May 18, 202437 min

The Devin Gilligan Interview

Send us a text Devin Gilligan is a professional 3X3 basketball player competing in Tokyo Japan, with a great story of coming up as a player in NH, college career, and after a colorful 5v5 pro career, and now settling into life as a pro in 3X3 basketball with a big dream of making NH the mecca for 3X3 in the states! We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before soph...

Mar 13, 202453 min

The Confidence Formula 2.0

Send us a text Hear an overview of our most popular program - The Confidence Formula - as we prepare to launch version 2.0 in March 2024 We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketball on social ...

Feb 20, 202455 minSeason 3Ep. 1

The Brian Elkevizth Interview

Send us a text Listen as Brian talks about his family's experience at Play Practice. Their family has multiple kids who have gone through a number of different programs offered at Play Practice and this is the in depth response to how it has transformed their games as well as things off the court. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill o...

Dec 02, 202323 minSeason 2Ep. 11

The Joe Manzi Interview

Send us a text Listen as Joe talks about his journey in the coaching world as well as lessons he's learned through sports and passed to his children. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.playpracticebasketball.com or @playpracticebasketba...

Nov 14, 202355 minSeason 2Ep. 10

The Justin McIsaac Interview

Send us a text Listen as Coach Bj talks with Justin McIssac about his unique background in athletics and his own journey as well as his kids' experiences growing up in New Hampshire. Justin also gets into his career as a broadcaster. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.s...

Oct 16, 202347 minSeason 2Ep. 9

The Jim Gallagher Interview

Send us a text Listen as Coach Jim Gallagher talks through his experiences in the State of New Hampshire from an athlete growing up in Goffstown and becoming a father and starting his journey as a coach on the recreation, school and travel levels, progressing into middle school and AAU programs and into his current role as a head coach at Raymond High School. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS tea...

Sep 18, 20231 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 8

The Matthew Glode Interview

Send us a text Listen as Matthew takes you through his path as a multi sport athlete growing up in New Hampshire as well as his role over the years as a sport and recreation director and as a parent. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working with us before sophomore year) Fill out our Confidence Index to get started! https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com More about us at www.p...

Sep 08, 202345 minSeason 2Ep. 7

The Matt Fenessey Interview

Send us a text Listen as Coach Fennessy speaks about his experiences as a young athlete, finding his love for basketball, and his journey coaching both the golf and basketball teams at Dover High School in New Hampshire. Matt talks about communication, passion and teamwork playing such key roles in success and enjoyment on the court. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a high school level BEFORE their freshman tryouts! (94.6% of our players make their HS team - if they start working ...

Aug 31, 202348 minSeason 2Ep. 6

The Jeff Holmes Interview

Send us a text Listen as Coach Jeff Holmes takes us through his journey as a young, multisport athlete in New Hampshire who eventually focused solely on the game of basketball leading into a successful college career and a life centered about teaching and coaching. Jeff talks about what has helped his longevity coaching basketball at Exeter High School as well as his favorite lessons raising and supporting his kids in an athletic environment. We help 7th-grade basketball players perform at a hig...

Aug 27, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 5

The Howard Brown Interview

Send us a text Listen as coach Howard Brown talks through his journey from a young athlete, student and artist to a coach, parent and professional. Growing up in Montana Howard caught the sport bug early, became a 5 sport high school athlete and applied a ton of the lessons he learned from sports to use in his professional realm. He continues to coach basketball on a town and travel level, helping with his kids' teams and working to develop on the court and life skills to his young student athle...

Aug 21, 20231 hr 17 minSeason 2Ep. 4

The Jay McKenna Interview

Send us a text Listen to Coach Jay McKenna describe his journey, as a player, as a parent, and as a coach in his 18th year as the Head coach at Winnicunnet High School! Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey and what has worked and not worked for them. Listen as parents share their wisdom across a broad spectrum of experience from beginners to college athletes and their recommendations for you as your player embarks on the next sta...

Jul 15, 20231 hr 10 minSeason 2Ep. 3

The Jeff and Laurie Tomaselli Interview

Send us a text Jeff and Laurie share their perspective on what has worked and not worked for their daughter Lily through her 8th-grade year, and their advice for parents following in their footsteps. Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey and what has worked and not worked for them. Listen as parents share their wisdom across a broad spectrum of experience from beginners to college athletes and their recommendations for you as your...

May 14, 202356 minSeason 2Ep. 2

The Eric McCallister Interview

Send us a text Listen to Eric describe his player's journey through Covid, developing a love for basketball, and then his journey to becoming a coach for his daughter's middle school team! Is your player struggling with confidence? Find out your player's score on the Confidence Index at https://confidenceindex.scoreapp.com/ Welcome to The Basketball Parent's Journey Podcast, where we capture parent stories about their journey so far and what has worked and not worked for them. Listen as parents ...

Apr 20, 202356 minSeason 2Ep. 1
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