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Courtside Culture

32 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings

Host Dave Grendzynski is a firm believer in positive psychology, especially when it comes to building a high school basketball program. When coaches provide a positive pathway for their players and parents, they’ll start building a good team culture and the wins will take care of themselves.

On the “Courtside Culture Podcast,” we’ll talk to coaches, psychologists, authors, and players about how the right mindset causes everything else to fall into place—especially in high school. The psyche of 15-, 16-, and 17-year-old kids are very fragile and the approach a coach takes means everything.

If you’re a coach and you can learn to focus on positive emotions and building your players’ strengths, instead of repairing their weaknesses, you’ll find a role for everyone, win games, and build a good team culture at the same time.

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Episodes

Dr. Karissa Niehoff—The Connection Between Good Sportsmanship And Culture

March 09, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 49.1 MB

Dr. Karissa Niehoff is the Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) is the body that creates the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. Dr. Niehoff has also served on the Education Committee of the United States Olympic Committee, served as the Executive Director of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, and is a successful teacher and coach. ...

Dr. Dobie Moser, Director of CYO

February 28, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 42.5 MB

Dr. Dobie Moser is the Director of CYO - Catholic Youth Organization. He's a former college tennis player who was also a member of the U-S Olympic Committee and Co-Director of the University of Notre Dame's "Play Like a Champion Today" national coaches training program. Plus, he was a Head Tennis Pro at a camp and resort north of Toronto, Ontario, for five summers and in the North Shore area of Chicago at a private club. He also helped to coach at the Special Olympics. It was an email that...

Camilie Roney- The Learning Mom

November 18, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 30.7 MB

Camilie Romey, also known as “The Learning Mom”, has been schooled in Psychology and helps parents by providing them strategies to get the most out of their children when it comes to education. She developed her own study tips for non-traditional students and has turned it into a process that improves grades and quality of life. She’s coaching overwhelmed students who are juggling life in and outside school. You help them boost grades with your signature NTA process. But it can also be used...

Dr. Gary Epler —Benefits Of Stress Management For Players, Parents, & Coaches

October 18, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 37.4 MB

Dr. Gary Epler is a former team doctor for the Boston Celtics, an internationally-known Harvard Medical School Professor and thought leader on nutrition, peak performance, and executive health.  He is an expert on how coaches, players, and even parents can manage stress. He's developed a way they all can reap the benefits of stress management. He travels around the world speaking to audiences about fitness, happiness, and productivity at the workplace.  He also hosts the “Good Thoughts Po...

Dr. Tunisha Singleton—The Elements Of Culture

October 12, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Dr. Tunisha Singleton is a media psychologist, creative strategist, speaker, and sports entertainment professional with an expertise in fan engagement, digital communication, and consumer intelligence. She offers a lot of advice on the elements of culture, or the ingredients that are the foundation of a good culture. It’s advice that all facets of the P-P-C … players, parents, and coaches… can take and use. She offers a completely different point of view. In this episode she talks about ho...

Dr. Matthew Raidbard-What Does Leadership Mean?

September 17, 2021 17:15 - 54 minutes - 39.8 MB

Dr. Matthew Raidbard is the executive Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, and he’s responsible for compliance & student-athlete success. He’s been an Assistant Athletic Director at a couple of schools,  and an Assistant Coach at Chicago State, Dartmouth, and Western New Mexico. He’s also the author of a book titled:  ​”Lead Like A Pro: Effective Leadership Styles For Athletic Coaches.” In this episode of the Courtside Culture Pod...

Molly McQueary, Mental Performance Training

August 15, 2021 17:45 - 55 minutes - 41.5 MB

Molly McQueary is the Mental Performance Coach at T3 Performance just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Mental performance coaching incorporates exercises in a number of different areas. They include: Athletic identity Routines for readiness Self-talk Goal setting Focus, distraction and concentration Imagery Anxiety and emotional management Managing performance errors Her “mental reps” newsletter that you put out each month is spectacular, and that getting you on this podcast became extr...

Molly McQueary, Why Mental Performance Is So Important To Team Culture

August 15, 2021 16:45 - 55 minutes - 41.5 MB

Molly McQueary is the Mental Performance Coach at T3 Performance just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Mental performance coaching incorporates exercises in a number of different areas. They include: Athletic identity Routines for readiness Self-talk Goal setting Focus, distraction and concentration Imagery Anxiety and emotional management Managing performance errors Her “mental reps” newsletter that you put out each month is spectacular, and that getting you on this podcast became extremely impor...

Todd Wolfson- Saint Francis High School, La Canada Flintridge, California - Mindset Matters

July 25, 2021 15:11 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Todd Wolfson is the Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Saint Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge, California, which sits just outside of Los Angeles. In addition to his coaching duties at Saint Francis, Coach Wolfson also helps develop youth basketball players at rising stars basketball. He not only led St. Francis to a State Championship in 2020, but he also led Chaminade College Prep school to a California State Championship in Division 3 and was named California D3 state coac...

Mike Deegan - Head Baseball Coach at Denison University

July 02, 2021 01:30 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

Coach Mike Deegan just finished his 9th season as Head Baseball Coach at Denison University.  And in his time there, he’s guided his teams to...  Two NCAC tournament titles and one regular-season title Four Western Division championships and three straight appearances in the NCAC championship tournament He’s already established the best winning percentage in the 126-year history of Denison baseball, and he’s already the school’s all-time winningest baseball coach, but that’s only part of...

Doctor Brian Gearity - Director of the Master of Arts in Sport Coaching Degree program at University of Denver.

June 23, 2021 23:15 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Doctor Brian Gearity is the Director of the Master of Arts in Sport Coaching Degree program at University of Denver. Dr. Gearity played football at John Carroll University, interned with the Cleveland Indians and served as a strength and conditioning coach for the men’s athletic teams at the University of Tennessee and Southern Miss.  He’s also authoring a chapter on bully coaching for an upcoming book. His research uses sociological and psychological theory to enhance effective and ethica...

Whitney Frye - Director of USA Basketball’s Safe Sport Program

June 17, 2021 05:45 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

Whitney Frye is the director of USA Basketball’s Safe Sport program. The Safe Sport initiative raises awareness about misconduct in sports. It also serves to promote open dialogue and provide training and resources to all participants of the game—players, parents, and coaches. Safe Sport aims to create a healthy and supportive environment with a focus on safety. In this episode she talks about her responsibilities, which include coordinating the background screening process, and serving as...

Dr. Greg Dale: Director of Sports Psychology and Sports Ethics at Duke University

June 10, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

Dr. Gregory Dale is a Professor of Sports Psychology and Sports Ethics at Duke University.  He is also the Director of the Sport Psychology and Leadership Programs for Duke Athletics.  In addition to his work with Duke athletes and coaches, Dr. Dale consults with a number of colleges and professional athletes and teams... as well as high school teaching and coaching staff. He’s authored several books related to leadership, performance, and parenting and is considered to be an expert on the...

George Panagiotou- Former Marine Who's Building Team Culture The Right Way

June 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

George Panagiotou spent 14 years in the United States Marine Corps. He's been coaching soccer ever since he got out. He's taken a program that had one winning season in 20 years and turned it around. How? By rebuilding the culture off the field—first.  Since the culture change, his teams have put together three consecutive 10 win seasons, won a sectional title, and earned two first-round byes. Plus, over the past five seasons, his teams have contributed over 3400 hours of community service...

Charron Sumler- Athletic Counselor With The Ohio State University

May 25, 2021 05:15 - 57 minutes - 40.6 MB

Charron Sumler is an Athletic Counselor at the Ohio State University. Charron helps Ohio State's student-athletes in a number of different ways, including individual and group therapy as well as team presentations on topics related to mental health and wellness. Her experience is intriguing because she’s not only a former Division 2 basketball player at St. Edward’s University, but she works with athletes individually, and in team settings as well.  Some of the things we discuss in this e...

Jordan Eaton: Mild-Mannered Coach Building A Winning Team Culture

May 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

Coach Jordan Eaton has been the head coach of the Girls varsity basketball team at Olmsted Falls for 7 years now.  This past season he won his 100th game and won another Southwestern Conference title. That makes three in a row now for the Lady Bulldogs and this year’s team also made it to regionals, as did his team in 2017. But his style is far from hard-nosed.  In this episode, we talke about how such a mild-mannered, soft-spoken guy can put a team on the floor that ferocious on defense...

Coach Jon Beck: Building Team Cultures One Tweet At a Time

May 11, 2021 13:15 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Coach Beck played four years of Division 1 college basketball at Arkansas State. He now offers individual, small group, and team training... as well as skills academies and team clinics for “Pure Sweat Basketball.” He also has one of the best basketball Twitter feeds going. His Twitter feed hits the mark every time for coaches, players, and parents. It ticks a lot of the boxes we’re trying to cover on this podcast.  It's full of almost every message I am trying to send by doing this podca...

Dr. Kris Eiring- Connecting the Dots Between Performance Psychology and Team Culture

May 04, 2021 15:15 - 49 minutes - 36.3 MB

Dr. Kris Eiring is the former director of clinical and sport psychology for the University of Wisconsin Badgers. She helped to implement mental health and performance psychology services for Wisconsin’s athletes.  And she speaks from experience because she is also a former University of Wisconsin track star, having been a part of four Big Ten outdoor conference championship teams and broke two Badger indoor records. She is now living her dream supporting athletes (and others) with their me...

Mike D'Andrea, Former Ohio State Linebacker on Mental Training and Team Culture

April 27, 2021 08:15 - 47 minutes - 36 MB

Mike D'Andrea is a former Ohio State football player who now owns T3 performance, the top training facility for athletes in Northeast Ohio. But a big part of athletic training at T3 is the mental aspect of the games we play and mike is here to talk about how important it is and how it plays a role in building a great team culture.  The mental health of your players will go a long way to building good team cultures. You want to keep your players' psyche, or their mindset intact.   The ment...

Jamy Bechler, It's Not Just About the X's and O's When It Comes to Building A Winning Culture

April 22, 2021 06:30 - 50 minutes - 39.3 MB

Jamy Bechler is not only the host of the “Success Is a Choice” podcast, but he is also a professional speaker, leadership trainer and executive business coach who works with teams ranging from major corporations to the NBA.  He’s been a player; he’s been a coach and an administrator on the high school and college level... and now he combines his unique experiences to take teams and their leaders to the next level. In this episode of the Courtside Culture Podcast, Jamy talks about: How coa...

Leslie Ungar, Communication Expert, How Coaches Can Use "Horse Talk" To Better Communicate with Their Players

April 20, 2021 18:15 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MB

Leslie Ungar is an executive coach, speaker, and speechwriter, in other word— a communications expert. She empowers her clients to communicate with confidence, and part of her job is talking to basketball coaches. She also just wrote a new book called “Horse Talk” coaches can learn from. She lays out the "Three V's" and why they are critical for coaches and managers to know. Not only will they make you a better communicator, but the "Three V's" will make you a better leader as well. She exp...

Jeremy Sanchez, Building Team Culture from a Player's Perspective

April 15, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Jeremy Sanchez is a Point Guard on the Cleveland State University basketball team that just had its best season in years. It ended with a share of the regular season title, a Horizon League Tournament title, and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. In this episode, Jeremy talks about the team culture established by Coach Dennis Gates propelled his journey from walk-on to starter to "Bench Captain" and then being counted on the most when the team started to see their championship hopes slip away.  ...

Denny English, Building Team Culture in AAU

April 13, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

Denny English has coached and directed recruiting for AAU teams in Wisconsin, Texas, Georgia and Ohio at the high school level. He shares his thoughts on building team culture in an AAU program and within teams. Has an inspiring message for parents, and during "What's the Coolest?", he tells us that he played/coached in two of the coolest venues on the planet. Twitter- Denny English: @gopack92 Twitter Dave: @grizzer21 Twitter Podcast: @courtsidepod1

Lewis Shine, Building Team Cultures by Coaching Communications

April 08, 2021 14:00 - 58 minutes - 38.3 MB

Not only is Coach Lewis Shine a consultant in the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program, but he’s also held various titles in the professional, collegiate, high school and junior high ranks. And now he hosts clinics for coaches to not only break down the x's and o's of the game, but he's helping to build team cultures by coaching communications. In this episode, he explains the importance of gaining trust in your players and always making sure they understand "The Why?" He also plays "What's the Coo...

Beth Andrews, How to Keep A Winning Culture Alive

April 06, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MB

Beth Andrews is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at John Carroll University. She took over a very successful program, and didn't miss a beat her first season. Her team won the conference title and she was named "Coach of the Year." So, how did she do it? She credits the culture she established from the first day she was hired.  Twitter- John Carroll Women's Basketball:  @JohnCarroll_WBB Twitter Dave: @grizzer21 Twitter Podcast: @courtsidepod1

The Assistant Coach's Role In Building Team Culture

April 01, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

The Assistant Head Coach of the Boys Varsity Basketball Team at Fairview High School in Fairview Park, Ohio James Ranc (pronounced rantz) talks about what assistant coaches should be doing when it comes to building team culture. He has also shared a 3-bullet point list that contains advice every assistant coach needs to hear. And his answer to "What's the coolest place you've ever played, coached or watched a game" is the best one we've had so far.  Twitter Coach: @Coach_Ranc Program: @FP...

A Unique Way to Build Team Culture in the Offseason

March 30, 2021 05:00 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MB

The Head Coach of the Girls Varsity Basketball Team at Cleveland High School in Clayton, North Carolina, Robby White joins Dave Grendzynski to talk about building team culture in the offseason. He has a very unique way of doing it that involves a point system and teaches the girls life lessons at the same time.   Twitter: Coach Robby White:  @CoachRWhite94 Program: @ClevelandNCWBB Dave: @grizzer21 Podcast: @courtsidepod1

Colin Boldin, Mental Health Advocate for Student-Athletes

March 25, 2021 15:30 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Colin Boldin is finishing up his high school career. A three-sport athlete, and multiple varsity letter winner, Colin is now a Mental Health Advocate for student-athletes. He's hoping that other kids and their parents can learn from his story, which has a very happy ending. Twitter- Colin Boldin: @colinboldin Instagram: @colinboldin  Twitter Dave: @grizzer21 Twitter Podcast: @courtsidepod1

Dr. Scott Bea - What Is Positive Psychology And How Can Coaches Use It?

March 23, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 34.1 MB

Former psychologist for the Cleveland Cavaliers and current Cleveland Clinic psychologist, Dr. Scott Bea has advice for coaches of any sport on ways to implement positive psychology into their coaching style. He also offers advice to players and parents who may be struggling with a negative coach. Twitter Dr. Bea: @ClevelandClinic Dave: @grizzer21 Podcast: @courtsidepod1

A Good Team Culture Starts Off The Court with Chris DeLisio, Olmsted Falls (OH) High School Boys' Basketball Head Coach

March 16, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 36.7 MB

The Head Coach of the Boys Varsity Basketball Team at Olmsted Falls High School, Chris DeLisio joins Dave to talk about building a good team culture. He explains why he thinks culture cultivates winning and what parents can do to have a significantly positive effect on a program and contribute to the wins on the court. Coach: @ofbasketball @OFalls_Bulldogs Dave: @grizzer21 Podcast: @courtsidepod1

How To Build A Good Team Culture And Turn It Into Wins with Amy Esser, North Ridgeville (OH) High School Girls' Basketball Head Coach

March 11, 2021 11:45 - 59 minutes - 43.9 MB

Dave is joined by the Head Coach of the girls' varsity basketball team at North Ridgeville High School, Amy Esser. Coach Esser talks about how building a good team culture helped her team overcome adversity and carried them to the District finals in the OHSAA playoffs. She also has some great advice for parents, and the last thing we talk about are some of Coach Esser's "firsts." We call it "First Things Last." Twitter: Dave: @grizzer21 Amy: @NRHSGirlsBball   Champions For Life: @NRHSCha...

Introducing Courtside Culture

March 06, 2021 19:00 - 2 minutes - 3.69 MB

Welcome to Courtside Culture on the Hoop Heads Podcast Network! Host Dave Grendzynski is a firm believer in positive psychology, especially when it comes to building a high school basketball program. By providing a positive pathway for your players and parents, you’ll cultivate a good team culture and the wins will take care of themselves. On the “Courtside Culture Podcast,” we’ll talk to coaches, psychologists, authors, and players about how the right mindset causes everything else to fal...

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