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Episode #62 | Guest: Gratas

This Ask Me Anything episode of Basketball Body and Mind answers four listener questions with co-host Gratas. Topics include what it means to be different in a team environment, how to safely start post-game lifts and strength coaching, and how to build weight room buy-in with skeptical football players and coaches. Direct, practical answers for players, parents, and coaches navigating team culture and training load.

Mentioned in this episode:

- Book: The Chimp Paradox

- Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow

- Book: Think Again by Adam Grant

- Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Instagram — @gratasgudavicius

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Website — www.balticmove.net

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Episode 61

Today is a conversation on what actually predicts long-term success in youth basketball. We cover the risks of early sport specialization, the relative age effect and why "late bloomers" often overtake early developers, and why overcoming setbacks and staying engaged with the game matters more than current skill level. Direct value for parents and coaches deciding how hard to push a young player.

Links/books mentioned in this episode:

• Previous episode with Alan Stein Jr. — https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cDW7mYvnVoLr6UAZ94gDA?si=110df76123a54f0c

• The Sports Gene by David Epstein

• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

• Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant

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Episode 35 | Guest: Alan Stein Jr.

Alan Stein Jr. spent fifteen years as a basketball performance coach working with some of the greatest players the game has seen — Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry among them. In this episode he breaks down the mindset that separates elite players from everyone else, why "next play" thinking has to be practiced daily, and what parents and young athletes get wrong about the process.

Links mentioned in this episode:

"Can You Make It to Pro? The Honest Truth Nobody Tells You" — https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AVv1z22Hzh3Kb674YsXJ5

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Instagram — @AlanSteinJr

Website — alansteinjr.com

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Instagram — @balticmove

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