The Hours

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How a SAVI Member Won a State Title

🏀 TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach Most offenses don't stall because of bad plays. They stall because players are taking the wrong shots at the wrong times, and nobody has given them a clear standard to fix it. Jeremy Monroe just won the Idaho 6A Girls State Championship at Eagle High School. His team averaged 62.8 points per game, had three D1-level players on the floor, and finished the season with three different leading scorers across their three state tournament games. The offense didn't run through one player. It ran through a principle: hunt sevens, eights, and nines. In this episode, Jeremy breaks down exactly how he installed that shot quality culture, what changed when his best scorer finally bought in, and why a principle-based offense is almost impossible to scout or stop. But the offense is only half the story. Jeremy also shares what changed in his coaching after three losing seasons, how he became one of the most composed sideline coaches we've seen, and what he was intentional about all season that showed up in the biggest moment of the year. This is a conversation for any coach who wants to coach smarter, build real trust with players, and create an offense that adapts instead of breaks. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Catalyst Training by SAVI Basketball: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and direct access to world-renowned skill development coach Reid Ouse. https://www.skool.com/catalyst-basketball/about 🏀 TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach 📩 JOIN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Coaching notes, practice tools, and episode breakdowns delivered to your inbox every week. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @SAVI_coaching #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching

What The Best College Basketball Teams Are Doing

🏀 TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach We pulled up Iowa State vs. Houston on Synergy and broke it down live — no prep, no pre-watch, just two coaches watching film and calling what they see. What came out of it goes deeper than any one game. We found a clear pattern that shows up at every level: teams spend most of their practice time running actions. But winning games requires something different - the ability to recognize and punish advantage once you have it. There's a gap between those two things, and most coaches aren't training it. In this episode we break down ball screen coverages, transition offense, constrained games, lock left principles, inbound sets, and what separates a SAVI coach from a reactive one. If you coach at any level and want to think more clearly about how you watch film and design practice, this one is for you. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach 📩 JOIN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Coaching notes, practice tools, and episode breakdowns delivered to your inbox every week. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @SAVI_coaching Reid Ouse: Catalyst Basketball Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachouse X: https://x.com/reidouse YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wsd8qI0nAv53L6Lv3q6tw CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Cold Open: Coaching From Aggression 1:39 – Welcome to The Hours + What We're Doing Today 4:10 – The SAVI Lens: How to Watch Film Like a Coach 5:29 – Live Film Breakdown Begins: Off-Ball Defense and the Stunt and Hunt 8:13 – The Most Important Question: Did the Action Create Advantage? 15:15 – How to Use Constrained Games to Train Defensive Scenarios 23:23 – Ball Screen Coverage Hierarchy: Blitz, Switch, and Drop 27:47 – Play Fast Without the Ball, Play Slow With the Ball 29:22 – Transition Offense: Why Neither Team Is Cracking the Shell 36:43 – Inbound Sets: 1-4 Flat, Flare Screens, and Scoring Off the First Pass 42:18 – Three Takeaways from the Film: Pace, Dominoes, and Coaching With Aggression 45:18 – Actions vs. Advantage: What These Teams Did Well and Where the Gap Is Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ The Hours is a podcast for basketball coaches at all levels who want to think, teach, and lead better. Hosted by Mark Cascio and Tyler Coston of SAVI Basketball, each episode goes deep on the things that actually move the needle - practice design, offensive and defensive concepts, player development, culture, and the craft of coaching. #BasketballCoaching #LateSeasonBasketball #OffensiveBasketball #BallScreens #CoachingTips #BasketballStrategy #HighSchoolBasketball #CollegeBasketball #SAVIBasketball #PracticeDesign

How to Beat Switching Defenses

SAVI Basketball Membership 7-day free trial: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach Late in the season, most coaches try to fix too many things at once. In this episode, Mark and Tyler break down a simpler, higher-leverage approach: identify your best action, identify the coverage hurting you most, and decide — do you prevent it or punish it? You'll also learn why coaches revert to the same tools under pressure, how to build offensive vocabulary that actually transfers to games, and how the Hedgehog vs. Fox framework can sharpen your late-season game planning. Whether you're a high school, youth, or college coach, these are ideas you can take into practice this week. 🏀 TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach 📩 JOIN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Coaching notes, practice tools, and episode breakdowns delivered to your inbox every week. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @SAVI_coaching CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Introduction & What It Means to Peak at the Right Time 2:44 – Fox vs. Hedgehog: How to Narrow Your Late-Season Focus 5:16 – Why Coaches and Players Revert Under Pressure 6:32 – The Three-Step Framework for Hunting Advantages 14:27 – In-Game Adjustments: Observe and Remind vs. Pre-Scripting 16:20 – How to Prevent a Coverage: Ram Screens and Angle Flips 19:28 – Isolation vs. Action: What to Run When You Have to Score 21:11 – Player Type Matters: What LeBron's Late-Game Struggles Teach Us 33:33 – The Fox Mindset: Why the Best Coaches Are Curious About Everything 41:20 – Wrap-Up: Pick One Thing and Go All In Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #LateSeasonBasketball #OffensiveBasketball #BallScreens #CoachingTips #BasketballStrategy #HighSchoolBasketball #CollegeBasketball #SAVIBasketball #PracticeDesign

How to Be A Head Coach

SAVI Basketball Membership 7-day free trial: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach Whoever has the highest standards in your program should be leading it. If that's not you, that's a problem—and your biggest opportunity for growth. In this episode, Mark and Tyler break down why standards matter more than schemes at the end of the season, how to identify who's really holding the line on your team, and why you should focus on the middle 80% instead of the bottom 10%. Plus: the Water Test, a story that will change how you think about commitment. This isn't about being tougher. It's about being clearer. 🏀 Try SAVI Basketball Free (7-Day Trial): https://www.skool.com/savi-coach 📧 Get Weekly Coaching Notes in Your Inbox: https://savi.beehiiv.com/ 📚 Dick DiVenzio's Books: Stuff Good Players Should Know https://a.co/d/0i7H7UNa Smart Moves https://a.co/d/0ec1lijq Runnin the Show https://a.co/d/08y9Y7Jz 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @SAVI_coaching CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Intro: What's Your Highest Leverage Thing Right Now? 0:54 – Standards at the End of the Season 3:08 – Who Has the Highest Standards in Your Program? 5:30 – The 10/80/10 Rule: Where to Focus Your Energy 7:47 – Cut Bad Teammates, Not Bad Players 11:27 – The Pain of Not Changing Has to Be Greater 13:00 – The Water Test: Do You Want It as Much as You Want to Breathe? 17:25 – The Water Glass Effect: Stop Holding Dead Weight 18:01 – Spacing Is the Highest Leverage Move You Can Make 19:17 – Share This Episode, Grow the Game Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #PracticePlanning #BasketballDrills #YouthBasketball #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballTraining

How to Structure a Better Basketball Practice

Stop overcomplicating your practices. In this episode, we break down a "Four Quarter" basketball practice plan designed to eliminate distractions and build game-ready toughness, pressure defense, and high-volume shooting. Ready to simplify your coaching? Get instant access to our SAVI Basketball Membership with a 7-day free trial. Unlock our full classroom of courses, weekly live coaching calls, and exclusive community support here: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach Most coaches try to fix too many things at once and leave the gym wondering if they actually got better. We discuss how to use "the process of elimination" to prioritize what your team needs right now, whether it’s disruptive full-court pressure or hitting a 200-shot daily goal. In this video, you’ll learn: How to structure a 4-Quarter Practice Plan to maximize game-like transfer. The difference between Pre-Practice (building habits) and Prime (high-level teaching). Specific small-sided games like 3-on-4 Keep Away and Streak Shooting to build mental toughness. Why a "neat and tidy" practice plan is often less effective than one that addresses immediate team needs. Chapters: 0:00 - The secret to a good practice plan 1:09 - Improving practice through the process of elimination 2:01 - Challenge: Practice WITHOUT offense, rebounding, or layups 3:42 - How to get every player 200 shots per practice 5:52 - Elements of the 4-Quarter Practice Plan 8:06 - Pre-Practice: Tune shooting and defensive stance vitamins 10:05 - Prime: Teaching the trap and recovery 13:00 - Priming toughness: The Tough One-on-One drill 14:32 - Quarter 1: 3-on-4 Keep Away game 15:39 - Quarter 2: 4-on-4 Passing out of a trap 16:50 - Quarter 3: 5-on-5 "And One" (Press & Press Break) 17:31 - Quarter 4: Streak Shooting and Crack Back/Skip Backs 19:57 - Final thoughts: Coach the team you have, not the one you saw at a clinic Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ SAVI Shooting Tune Up Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqP8AYSjLg&list=PLzZDMmtdN3QO2_JQLRHcXtUUu2dsBxdVl Youth Shooting: https://youtu.be/8R219feDhGk?si=EE-sAe_KKHt0W1kw #BasketballCoaching #PracticePlanning #BasketballDrills #YouthBasketball #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballTraining

How to Teach Decision Making

Why do players struggle to execute in games what they can do in practice? The answer isn't more reps, it's understanding the difference between recognition, decision-making, and execution. 📧 Get weekly coaching insights in our newsletter:: https://savi.beehiiv.com/ Tyler sits down with Kyle Koszuta, a former Division I basketball player turned professional pickleball athlete, to break down what he's learned about skill development by going from never playing pickleball to pro in 15 months. Kyle shares the three-step framework (recognize, decide, execute) that's transforming how he trains, and how it applies directly to basketball coaching. You'll learn why most players think their problem is execution when it's actually recognition, how to coach aggressive mistakes vs. bad mistakes, and why your press break fails even though you've practiced it 100 times. Try SAVI Basketball Membership (7-Day Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/savi-coach/about Watch WNBA legend Debbie Black Breakdown How to be a Lockdown Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQE3Wb930c Kyle's YouTube Channel (That Pickleball Guy): https://youtube.com/@thatpickleballguy SLAM IT Hydration (Use Code: KYLE10): https://slamit.com/ CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Introduction: From Basketball to Pro Pickleball 2:34 - Getting on the Right Bus: Coach K's Story 7:10 - Why Kyle Left Basketball Coaching 11:02 - The Decision to Go Pro in Pickleball 18:14 - What Pickleball Taught Me About Coaching 23:27 - Coach Players Into Aggressive Mistakes 25:17 - The Timeout Trap: Adjustments Players Can't Execute 29:01 - The Three-Step Framework: Recognize, Decide, Execute 36:00 - "Don't Gamble" vs. "Make Better Decisions" 42:11 - Why Pressure Compounds Over Time 45:48 - Closing Thoughts #basketballcoaching #coachingbasketball #basketballpractice #playerdevelopment #pickleballtraining #youthbasketball #highschoolbasketball

A Simple Tool for a Better Practice

In this episode of The Hours, Tyler and Mark break down one of the most powerful yet underutilized coaching tools. The best coaches don't just demonstrate perfect execution—they show corrections in real-time, create contrast between wrong and right, and let their athletes see the learning process unfold. This builds buy-in, accelerates learning, and creates a culture where mistakes become opportunities. Chapters 0:00 - Introduction & The Trap Young Coaches Fall Into 0:53 - Welcome to The Hours 2:14 - Show Improvement, Not Perfection 3:53 - Check for Understanding & Give Redos 4:54 - Staff Development Through Showing 9:32 - Show Don't Tell in Film Sessions 11:33 - Applying Show Don't Tell to Scouting 13:04 - Teaching Culture: The 1-2-3 Game 14:16 - Modeling vs. Telling 16:48 - The Scorebook Story 17:29 - Action Challenge: Plan Your Demos Ready to level up your coaching? Join the SAVI Basketball Membership for weekly live coaching calls, exclusive courses, and a community of coaches committed to getting better. Try it free for 7 days: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach/about 📧 Get weekly coaching insights in our newsletter: https://savi.beehiiv.com/ 🎙️ This is The Hours - deep conversations on the things that actually matter in coaching.

The Best Way to Start Practice

Your filter into practice might be killing your gym before you even blow the whistle. Most coaches walk in scanning for mistakes. That means your players feel like they're failing before they even start. In this episode, we break down the 6-to-1 encouragement ratio—why it matters, how to implement it, and what changes when you commit to looking for the good first. This isn't about being soft. It's about being smart with how you coach. Join the Art of Coaching Challenge (Free): https://www.skool.com/toccoach/about SAVI Basketball Newsletter: https://savi.beehiiv.com/ Try SAVI Basketball Membership (7-Day Free Trial): https://www.skool.com/savi-coach/about ABOUT THE HOURS: The Hours is a podcast for basketball coaches at all levels. Each week, Mark Cascio and Tyler Coston sit down for real conversations about how to be a better coach, teacher, and leader. If you're a youth coach just starting out or a pro coach looking to win at the margins, this is where we spend more time on what actually matters. CONNECT WITH US: Newsletter: https://savi.beehiiv.com/ Instagram: @SAVI_coaching Membership: 7-day free trial available: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach/about #basketballcoaching #coachingbasketball #basketballpractice #youthbasketball #coachingphilosophy

How to Get Players to Learn Faster

Coaches talk too much. Players learn too little. This episode fixes that. In this episode of The Hours, Mark Cassio and Tyler Coston break down one of the most powerful (and misunderstood) teaching tools in coaching: The Plus One Principle. If you’ve ever: Overloaded your players with feedback Watched practice look good but games fall apart Felt like you’re “teaching” but players aren’t improving This conversation is for you. The Plus One Principle is simple: 👉 Teach one thing 👉 Let players apply it 👉 Then — and only then — plus one We unpack: Why most coaches try to build the entire house at once The three most common teaching mistakes coaches make How simplicity actually speeds up learning How to use Plus One in practice, player development, film, and shooting Why “intangibles” are not soft — they’re trainable skills This isn’t about running better drills. It’s about becoming a better teacher of the game. Our mission is clear: We’re here to push back against traditional, toxic coaching and help coaches create environments where players actually learn. If you’re a youth coach, high school coach, college coach, or pro — this applies to you. 🔗 Want more support? Join our SAVI Basketball Membership (7-day free trial) Subscribe for weekly conversations that make you a better coach. Stay curious. Stay simple. Stay SAVI.

The 10 Levels of Coaching

Welcome to The Hours podcast by SAVI Basketball! In this episode, Tyler and Mark dive deep into the 10 Levels of Coaching, a framework designed to help you identify exactly where you are in your career and what you need to do to reach the next stage. Whether you are just starting out or leading a championship program, understanding these levels will help you decide where you can become the best coach possible. If you’ve ever felt like you were just "reacting" to problems rather than building a program with intent, this episode is your roadmap to leveling up. 🏆 Join TOC Coach for FREE: https://www.skool.com/toccoach/about 🏀 Join SAVI Basketball with a 7-Day Free Trial: https://www.skool.com/savi-coach/about Key Points & Timestamps [0:00] Intro & Backgrounds: Meet Tyler and Mark, the consultants behind Savvy Basketball. [1:13] The Assistant vs. Head Coach Debate: Why humbling yourself to be an assistant early in your career can lead to reaching higher peaks later. [7:10] Stage 0: The Grasping Coach: Characterized by lack of systems and reacting to problems as they break. [9:00] Stage 1: The Searching Coach: Knowing there is a better way and intentionally seeking out mentors and systems. [10:50] Stage 2: The Defining Coach: Identifying what truly matters and establishing a clear program identity. [12:00] Stage 3: The Stabilized Coach: Implementing systems that automate processes and make the program feel "easier" to run. [15:11] Stage 4: The Prioritized Coach: Learning the power of "No" and focusing on the 3 things that have the greatest impact. [17:24] Stage 5: The Systematized Coach: Creating through-lines where culture and X’s & O’s are perfectly aligned. [18:22] Stage 6: The Simple Coach: The ability to verbalize deep understanding in seconds rather than minutes. [21:12] Stage 7: The Adversity Coach: Intentionally producing challenges and training players to thrive in "messiness". [24:23] Stage 8: The Victory Coach: Systems are so dialed in they operate independently of the head coach. [27:00] Stage 9: The Identity (Transformational) Coach: Impact that outlives your presence and a purpose higher than winning. [28:47] Recap & The "Leap": Why the jump from Grasping to Searching is the hardest and most important step. Action Items for Coaches Self-Audit: Review the 10 stages and honestly identify which stage you are currently in. Remember, you can be at different levels for different areas of your program (e.g., Stage 5 in culture, but Stage 1 in X's & O's). Practice the Power of "No": To move toward the "Simplify" stage, look at your current drills or plays. If they don't fall into your core principles, have the courage to remove them. Train for Messiness: If your team freezes without complete instructions, start giving limited information and letting them "figure it out" to build adversity-tested "Jungle Tigers". Seek a Mentor: If you are in the Searching stage, find a coach or a system (like Savvy Basketball) to help you define your path.

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