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The SAVI Coaching Podcast covers the latest insights and trends in the game. Join us as we delve deeper into the questions and topics raised by our SAVI members. Whether you're a coach at any level or simply a basketball enthusiast, you'll find valuable discussions and practical advice for your best season yet. Tune in to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving landscape of coaching.Join our free community: skool.com/savicoaching
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- Yesterday36 min
How to Coach an Offense That Doesn't Break Under Pressure
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership The best coaches don't control every decision on the court—they prepare their players to make the right reads when a play breaks down. In this episode of The Hours by Savi Coaching, host Mark Cascio is joined by Director of Player Development and former 10-year pro Mike Carlson to break down the unscripted moments of basketball that you can't call from the sideline. Together, they dive into the "gray areas" of the game—the fine line between cutting and clogging space, when to gamble on defense, and how to build an aggressive, relentless offensive rebounding system. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. https://www.skool.com/training-savi/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - The Gray Areas of gameplay 03:53 - Biggest Gray Area as a player 16:57 - Offensive Rebounding Gray Area 23:37 - Savi transition defensive philosophy 28:42 - When do you gamble on defense? Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- 1 weeks ago35 min
Do You Have A System Around HOW You Coach?
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership Most coaches have a clear system for their offense or defense, but if someone asks you what your system is for coaching itself, do you have a ready answer? The reality is that how you coach is far more valuable than what you coach. In this episode of The Hours, Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio break down the "Savi Method"—a powerful, 3-step framework designed to turn basketball information into real, game-day application. If you want to stop chasing robotic compliance and start building a high-leverage environment where players instinctively know how to solve problems, this episode is a must-watch. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. https://www.skool.com/training-savi/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - Developing your own coaching system 01:15 - The Savi Method 06:26 - #1 shape the environment 15:27 - #2 productive feedback patterns 22:46 - #3 problem solving Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- 2 weeks ago45 min
Cutting Your Playbook in Half Could Make You Twice As Good
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership Most basketball coaches could throw out half of their offense and get better overnight. If your offense feels stagnant, crowded, or too rigid, you don't need more plays—you need a clearer framework. In this episode of The Hours, Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio are joined by pro basketball player Mike to break down the 5 Essential Rules for a Revolutionized Conceptual Offense. They debate the perfect order of importance and installation for these 5 pillars, sharing powerful frameworks to unleash your players, maximize efficiency, and coach your best offensive season yet. Plus, Tyler shares a new, game-changing way to redefine "Eight" on the shot scale to maximize small advantages and hunt for those crucial And-1 opportunities. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. https://www.skool.com/training-savi/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - Kill your offensive system 05:00 - The 5 aspects of the Savi Offense 15:27 - Technical difficulties 15:57 - 1. Our Pattern 19:25 - 2. Our People 27:03 - 3. Our Spots 31:00 - 4. Our Pace 37:25 - 5. Our Shots Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- 3 weeks ago40 min
Euroleague Pro Challenges our 5 Rules For Defense
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership Every basketball coach has a set of core beliefs about the "right" way to teach the game. But as the game rapidly evolves, are your rules holding your team back? Some of our longest-held coaching rules need to die, some need to be kept, and others need a massive upgrade. In this episode of The Hours, Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio are joined live by Savi’s brand-new Director of Player Development, Mike Carlson (former Euroleague pro). Together, they put 5 major principles in each of the 4 categories on the chopping block to decide what actually moves the needle in the modern era. If you want to stop running predictable coverages, force the exact shots you want, and build a disruptive defensive identity, this deep dive is for you. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. https://www.skool.com/training-savi/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - What do you believe? 01:23 - Introducing our new Player Development coach 07:19 - Our Shots 09:14 - Our Spots 12:39 - Our Pace 15:34 - Our Pattern 21:18 - How this integrates with Lock Left 27:57 - Too Much? 34:46 - Biggest Coaching Takeaway Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- 4 weeks ago26 min
You Might Not Realize That You Already Lost The Team
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership Can you push your players to compete at the highest level while still maintaining psychological safety? In Part 2 of this deep-dive debate, Coaches Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio break down the exact actionable frameworks you need to balance high-stakes internal competition with a cooperative team culture. They face off on some of the most controversial topics in modern sports: Are leaderboards actually toxic? Is sports culture becoming soft? And how do you maintain elite standards without using shame to motivate? Plus, Coach Cascio shares his "Magical Feedback" framework—a 3-step process to deliver hard truths while building deeper trust. If you want to revolutionize your practice design, player development, and team culture, this episode is a must-listen. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. https://www.skool.com/training-savi/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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 Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- Jun 23, 202620 min
Conflict vs Cooperation: Which Actually Wins Championships? (Part 1)
🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership It's the age old debate: Does internal competition actually breed greatness inside a team, or does it lead to a toxic environment that youth players run from? Decorated coaches Tyler Coston and Mark Cascio debate each other to get to find the best way to lead your team through both competition and cooperation. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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:00:00 - Competition vs Coorperation 01:33 - A common coaching debate 08:10 - Tyler's competition story 12:11 - Competition to develop the self 15:51 - The result of fractured competition & the search for balance Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- Jun 16, 202625 min
How The Best Coaches Stay Organized
Find out what your Coaching Personality is: https://coach-personality-test.fly.dev/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership Notebooks, spreadsheets, stacks of paper, red string on a wall... As coach, planning your practices (or worse, the full season) can feel daunting when you have information spread out between your brain and 16 other mediums. A couple decades into coaching it still felt like that for me, so Savi Coaching teamed up with developer Shane Shearer to create the all in one tool for basketball coaches to keep track of players, staff, practices, games, all the way up to the full season. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - Disorganization becomes destructive 01:40 - Introducing Savi Sync 04:10 - How & Why Shane found Savi 09:38 - Diving into Savi Sync 15:38 - How to create your season 19:27 - Evolution of the app and it's features Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
- Jun 9, 202627 min
Four Words That Changed How I Coach Forever
Find out what your Coaching Personality is: https://coach-personality-test.fly.dev/ 🏀 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://savicoach.com/membership The Connector is the coaching archetype that builds the most trust with players and helps them see their potential most clearly. Not a commander barking orders from the bench, someone that looks into the future and works to realize that vision both on the macro and the micro. But Connectors sometimes fall short, that's why we're breaking down the good the bad and the ugly about this coaching archetype on this episode of The Hours. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Hours. 🏀 Basketball Training by SAVI: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and skill development. 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://savicoach.com/membership 📩 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: 00:00 - The most empathetic Coach 01:47 - What kind of coach is the connector 09:13 - 5 ways to grow in connection 16:57 - Blind spots of a connector 21:16 - Connector Growth Opportunities Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com. It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchoolBasketball #GirlsBasketball #CoachingTips #BasketballOffense #StateChampionship #YouthBasketball #CollegeBasketball #PracticeDesign #PlayerDevelopment #ShotSelection #BasketballCoach #WinningCulture #SAVICoaching
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The SAVI Coaching Podcast covers the latest insights and trends in the game. Join us as we delve deeper into the questions and topics raised by our SAVI members. Whether you're a coach at any level or simply a basketball enthusiast, you'll find valuable discussions and practical advice for your best season yet. Tune in to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving landscape of coaching.Join our free community: skool.com/savicoaching
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