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The Transforming Basketball Podcast

Booking Overview

An interview-focused basketball coaching podcast centered on evidence-based skill acquisition, practice design, and player development, typically featuring specialist coaches and high-level professional basketball figures. Suitable pitches include NBA/WNBA or international coaches, player-development specialists, sport-science researchers, and authors with practical expertise; booking difficulty is high because recent guests include NBA/WNBA personnel and an award-winning G League coach.

Metrics

Episodes: 177

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 13.0k subscribers

Instagram: 51.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@transformingbball.com

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Host

George - Host of The Transforming Basketball Podcast, presenting evidence-based coaching ideas and joining guests to discuss coaching approaches, modern learning principles, and skill acquisition in basketb...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Professional basketball coaches, NBA/WNBA or international player-development specialists, and recognized practitioners of evidence-based coaching and skill acquisition
Required Achievements:  
NBA or WNBA coaching experience, NBA G League coaching recognition, Leadership of a professional basketball development organization, Expertise in evidence-based player development and practice design

Recent Guest Discussions

Adam Omiecinski - Functional Perception-action Coupling, Representative Practice Design, Guided Defense, Variability, And Decision-making

Chris Palmer - Film- And Data-informed Player Development, Representative Learning Environments, Constraints, Variability, Shot Selection, And Individualized Decision-making

Vitor Galvani - Player Development, Balancing Development With Winning, Game-based Learning, Experimentation, Youth-to-professional Transitions, And Team Culture

Recent Topics

Basketball, Coaching, Skill Acquisition, Player Development, Sports Science

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Transforming Basketball Podcast
:

EP175: Former France National Team Head Coach Vincent Collet on the Evolution of Principles of Play

August 12, 2026

In this episode, George is joined by Vincent Collet, one of Europe's most accomplished basketball coaches and former head coach of the French National Team, to discuss what modern team defense really looks like. Vincent shares how his defensive philosophy has evolved from teaching fixed systems to defending offensive threats, why transition defense and paint protection are the foundation of elite teams, and how deception, decision-making, and representative learning design can elevate defende...

EP174: Mike Mackay: Culture Building Through The BioPsychoSocial Lens

August 05, 2026

In this episode, George is joined by Coach Mike Mackay, one of Canada's most respected coach developers and former Canada Basketball coach educator, to explore what it truly means to create transformational coaching environments. Coach Mike shares why playfulness, curiosity, and connection are essential for learning, how coaches can design practices that better transfer to games, and why developing self-aware players through intentional feedback and meaningful questions creates lasting impact...

EP173: Functional Perception Action Coupling with Adam Omiecinski

July 22, 2026

In this episode, George is joined by Adam Omiecinski for a deep dive into one of the most common practice design mistakes coaches make: creating defensive environments that are too predictable.    Chapters: 00:00 – Adam Omiecinski Returns 01:00 – Functional Perception-Action Coupling Explained 02:00 – When Skill Drills Accidentally Become Capacity Drills 03:30 – Why Predictable Defenders Limit Decision-Making 04:30 – Creating Representative Driving Situations 05:00 – Adding Variability to Def...

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