Graham Betchart Featured on Coaching Youth Hoops: The Power of Next Play Speed

Publish Date: September 19, 2023 
Format: Podcast
Length: 1 hour 22 minutes 
Host and Outlet: Coaching Youth Hoops (Youth Basketball Coach) with Bill Flitter 

Summary

Graham Betchart, mental performance coach, was featured on Coaching Youth Hoops in an episode originally published September 19, 2023. The conversation breaks down Next Play Speed as a teachable skill and gives coaches a simple way to build mental training into practice without turning it into a lecture. The message translates beyond basketball: consistent, small reps create calm, focus, and better decisions when mistakes happen. 

Key takeaways

• Next Play Speed is the discipline of moving forward after mistakes, fast 

• Build mental training into practice with 5 minutes per session, bookended at the start and end 

• The WiFi Walk is a simple presence drill using breath plus feet awareness to reset the team 

• Coaches should stay patient and persistent, lessons click later even if kids resist early 

• Competitive compassion matters, including how players interact with referees

Why this matters

Most teams train skills and hope the mindset shows up on its own. This episode flips that. It shows how to operationalize mental training in small, repeatable reps so performance does not collapse when momentum swings. 

Listen

• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-youth-hoops-youth-basketball-coach/id1619185302?i=1000628407228

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