Talking Split

194: Managing Expectations

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Both internally, and externally, everyone expects something different from coaches. This week we unpack how to set yourself up as a coach for success ...

193: Think Like A Farmer

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Another week, another podcast debutant as the Metro State Development Coach, Nathan Geer, joins us this week. A piece of Coach Education that has been...

192: The Coaching Stall

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it can feel a bit like you’re running in mud with your own development as a coach, and that you’re not progressing as quickly as you wou...

191: Concussion with Daniel Hamilton

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Joining on the pod this week is Daniel Hamilton, the Director of the Ballarat (and Bendigo) Concussion Clinic. An unfortunate area of the sport is na...

190: Mailbag Question

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Making sure we get the topics that the listeners want to hear about, we asked for some questions and the listeners delivered! We go on to discuss adv...

189: But I Want It Now

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In sport and likely in life, we all want things to happen for us as soon as possible. Coaches and players can fall victims to this, but in most cases ...

188: Ins and Outs for 2026

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we all return to coaching for another year, we delve into what we are going to focus on in 2026, and what are we looking forward to leaving behind?...

187: The New Coach Development Framework

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

You may have noticed this week that there was an announcement around the Coach Development Framework in Australia coming up, and we dive all the way i...

186: Coaching with Nick Abdicevic

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Final episode for the year, and we are catching up with the Melbourne Tigers Head of High Performance, Nick Abdicevic, to discuss all things coaching ...

185: Early Coaching Advice

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whilst doing a bit of reflecting recently we looked back to some of the areas we wish we knew when we first started out as coaches. This probably coul...

184: Are you annoying your players?

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Making his podcast debut this week is Brenton O’Brien, the new Country Men’s Head Coach as we discuss some of the things that we as coaches can do...

183: Open Scrimmage, Where is the Fun?

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a while of pre-recorded pods, but for better or worse, we are back this week to talk about an area of basketball we can sometimes get caug...

182: Using Technology to Support Coaching

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak with Andy from The Hoops Geek tabout the development of digital tools designed to support coaches with diagramming, substitu...

181: Understanding Autism in Coaching with Aspect Autism Spectrum Australia

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joined this week with Matt & Bo from Autism Spectrum Australia to discuss the impact that coaches can have when coaching people who has Autism. ...

180: Coach Wellbeing Month - The 4 C's

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard 5 experts talk about some of the things we could all be doing better and now hear from 3 non-experts on how we can put some of these th...

179: Coach Wellbeing Month - The Importance of Sleep - With Bec Mihai

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last of our guests joins us this week, with Bec Mihai in to talk about sleep and the impact that it can have on us.  We cover what good sleep hy...

178: Coach Wellbeing Month - Mental Health with Francielle Wilson

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we are joined by Francielle Wilson from Inner Game Psychology for Coach Wellbeing Month, who brings a unique perspective on mental health...

177: Coach Wellbeing Month - Mental Wellbeing with Ben McKechnie

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joined by Ben McKechnie from Space Between Psychology this week, to discuss the Mental side of Coach Wellbeing Month. Ben does a great job of unpackin...

176: Coach Wellbeing Month - Physical with Durham McInnis

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Week 2 of Coach Wellbeing Month, and  we are joined by Durham McInnis from Core Advantage to talk to the physical side of wellbeing. Durham dives int...

175: Coach Wellbeing Month - Nutrition with Alex Parr

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Up first this week for Coach Wellbeing Month, is Alex Parr from Eight Nutrition, talking all the good, and more moderately good things in food and dri...

174: Coach Wellbeing Month

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a long run up from when the idea was first raised to now, but over the course of October we are focusing in on Coach Wellbeing. Over this ...

173: Panathinaikos Clinic Observations

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

172: Social Split Talk Part 2

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Back for Round 2 this week of clips that we have heard on socials over the past little bit, and how they can apply to our coaching and basketball envi...

171: Social Split Talk Part 1

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we delve into some of the social media clips that have been doing the rounds over the years and discuss how they might apply to our situatio...

170: Wrapping Up The Season

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As many of our seasons are drawing to a close or deep in finals, we look at the role the coach has to play in conducting end of season reviews both wi...

169: How to Lose A Game in 10 Ways

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of a rom-com special this week, and not just about Zoe’s love of a BBQ brisket. The topic this week is “How To Lose A Game in 10 Ways”, an...

S1 Ep168: Coaching with Errol Amerasekera

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fortunate and grateful to be joined by Errol Amerasekera from Bluestone Edge this week on the podcast as we dive into how to best give feedback in coa...

S1 Ep167: Zone & Presses

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you lose one hyphenated named coach, it’s only right that you replace them with another, and this week we have the State Development Coach for ...

166: Assistants Please

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bit of an extended break between pods, but back this week to talk about U16 Nationals review, and the world of Assistant Coaches. We discuss what thei...

165: Women & Girls in Basketball

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Making her podcast debut this week is Kat Gourley the Women’s & Girls Participation Manager at Basketball Victoria. The discussion this week is ...

164: Sports Psychology with Gavin Freeman

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A podcast for everyone involved in the game, as we are joined by 3 time author, Gavin Freeman, to discuss Sports Psychology. There is something in the...

163: Developing A Coaching Philosophy

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Delving into the world of coaching philosophies for this week. We discuss what they are, why they’re vital for coaches to have at all levels, how yo...

162: Coaching with Cassie Dover

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Great to welcome into the podcast Cassie Dover, Head Coach of the Women’s Indigenous Basketball Association (IBA) team. Cassie takes us through her ...

161: Inside Youth Basketball

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to one of our listeners Coach Funz, we were made aware of a report commissioned by Luka Doncic on the state of the junior game around the world...

160: End Of Game Thoughts

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the back half of many seasons fast approaching we are anticipating some tight games, so we discuss what the late game tactics are that coaches mi...

159: Mid Season Reviews

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For a lot of coaches, they’re approaching the mid-point of the season and what better time than now to get a check in with your players? It’s a gr...

158: What does development look like?

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have talked a lot about development on the podcast over the years, so we look to unpack it a little more this week. How does it feel, how does it h...

157: Thoughts From The Other Side

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Back for another block of podcasts, and we are discussing some of the things that might go unnoticed from players or parents, about the coaches. There...

156: Old Faithful, Shell Drill

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s taken us a while, but we’ve finally got Besty back on the podcast this week and the carrot we had to throw out there was talking about one of...

155: Coaching with Trig

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joined on the pod this week by one of the other people that make Nick has to answer to, Luke Brennan (Trig) the South East Melbourne Phoenix Assistant...

154: Inbounding the Ball

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the things coaches discuss the most, is how to get the ball inbounded against pressure defence. So we’ve got you, just over an hour of inboun...

153: Open Scrimmage Parents Edition Part 2

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We asked, and you delivered! We are back for a second round of parent questions, and how they apply to the coaches out there. Team Selection, Structur...

152: Coaching with Michelle de Highden

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fortunate to be joined this week by Michelle de Highden to discuss her coaching journey, and in particular the work that she has done with Fixing the ...

151: Open Scrimmage (Parent Questions)

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the years we have had heaps of questions from parents that listen to the Talking Split podcast, so whilst it’s a pod for the coaches we’ve th...

150: Pre Season Checklist

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whilst it seems like we have been going for a while, believe it or not we aren’t too far off the season actually starting for junior and senior repr...

S9 Ep148: Coach Wellbeing

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Back for another year of the Talking Split pod, and we are starting on the topic of Coach Wellbeing. We can’t have our coaches not in their best sha...

S9 Ep30: Mailbag

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our last pod for the year, and to make up for it, we doubled the length to a 2 hour Mailbag extravaganza! All the segments are in play this wee...

S9 Ep29: Strength & Conditioning with Durham McInnis

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you talk Strength & Conditioning in the Basketball Victoria space, Durham McInnis from Core Advantage springs to mind straight away. We put i...

S9 Ep28: Individual Player Workouts

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are getting into that time of year again as the competition winds down, and there is some downtime coming up – but only for some! This is also th...

S9 Ep27: Systems and Skillsets

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the age old debates in coaching, is do you teach the system first, or the skill set? And even then, do you start with the offence or the defenc...

S9 Ep26: Open Scrimmage

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There was a warning before we started the pod this week that this may not have been a good idea, and what was supposed to be a podcast coaching behavi...

S9 Ep25: Halloween Special

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the time of year where we focus on the other orange circular object and talk about the things that can scare us as players, coaches and spectat...

S9 Ep24: Coaching Progression

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the back of sometimes feeling we are an imposter last week, a little bit more self-reflection this week as we look at how coaches can progress with...

S9 Ep23: Imposter Syndrome in Coaching

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A topic this week that raises the question for a lot of coaches, am I good enough to do this? Imposter syndrome is something that a lot of coaches go ...

S9 Ep22: The First Training Session

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Busy time of year for everyone in the coaching world (is there ever a time where it isn’t?), with selection trials happening around the state, and n...

S9 Ep21: Selection Trials for Players

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bit of a different take on things this week, as we go over what players can do at their trials to give themselves the best possible chance of success....

S9 Ep20: Selection Trials for Coaches

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a crazy stressful time of year about to come up, with multiple clubs about to go through selection trials for the coming season and lots of kid...

S9 Ep19: Toughness

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bit of an extended Book Club this week, as we delve into the 2009 article from Jay Bilas, on Toughness. What it is, who exhibits it the most, how do w...

S9 Ep18: Tactical Changeups

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s finals time for a lot of our junior hoopers out there, and as coaches we want to have a couple of tricks up our sleeves to help give them the b...

S9 Ep17: The Inevitable Part 2

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Things that are inevitable extend to anytime that Zoe, Coops and Rob are on the pod together, it ends with a 2-part episode. Back again this week to d...

S9 Ep16: Death, Taxes, Helping off the Corner and...

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It doesn’t matter how often you try, sometimes things can’t be avoided. Same in the world of coaching. Timeout management, closeouts, guards dribb...

S9 Ep15: International Basketball Observations

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How incredible to have had so much international level basketball available to us over the past few months! We unpack what our observations have been ...

S9 Ep14: Smacktalk

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joined this week by Wayne Holdsworth to talk about SmackTalk, an initiative that started to talk suicide prevention, and make sure that people can hav...

S9 Ep13: Counterpoint

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All coaches have opinions (listen back a couple of episodes to hear some), but today we revisit some of the stronger opinions we have and see if we ca...

S9 Ep12: You Shall Not Pass (To the opposition)

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most frequent areas of frustration for coaches (and usually parents on the sidelines) is the skill of passing. For what is one of the more ...

S9 Ep11: It's a long way up the hill

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s always interesting to hear what opinions that coaches have, that they won’t waiver on, so this week we unpack a number opinions that the coac...

S9 Ep10: Training Areas of Focus

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are all time poor planning out training sessions, and even getting to games and training, and whilst we all do our best, there are times that we ca...

S9 Ep9: Tournament Play

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Big weekend of basketball for most coaches coming up, with tournaments a plenty around the country running. We discuss the balance of winning and deve...

S9 Ep8: Sound Bytes

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We get that sometimes you get a bit tired of hearing the same old voices, so we’ve gone looking for some additional sound bytes from around the spor...

S9 Ep7: Practice Standards

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever have those sessions where it’s just flat, or you’re struggling to find ways to get the attention to detail out of the session? Yep, you’re ...

S9 Ep6: Jade Melbourne

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you think of Melbourne, hopefully it’s because of the Traralgon based superstar Jade Melbourne, and not just because it’s the world’s most ...

S9 Ep5: Team Culture

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back again to discuss team culture and dynamics, an area that is always spoken about, but sometimes doesn’t get the attention it deserves from coach...

S9 Ep4: Game Preparation Part 2

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Too much for 1 pod, we are back this week to discuss the other components of the mental side of the game for our players. We discuss keeping them on t...

S9 Ep3: Game Preparation Part 1

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s only taken us a few weeks, and already we are into a 2-part pod topic! Great input from one of the listeners who suggested we discuss the menta...

S9 Ep2: 500 Miles

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Not travelling quite as far this week with the U.S. Tour covered off last week, but the HP staff are thankful that the chaos of January is now behind ...

S9 Ep1: A Thousand Miles

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Not just a Vanessa Carlton banger, but a small portion of the amount of distance travelled by the HP Crew over the December and January period. We kno...

S8 Ep29: The 12 Things to do over Christmas

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode of the year, last episode in the Gaze Room, and first appearance of Gary the dog! It’s time for the small window that coaches get to ha...

S8 Ep28: Playbooks, Kind of

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The topic was supposed to be Playbooks, we started off talking about Playbooks, and how to set them up, best programs for them and then diverted sligh...

S8 Ep27: The Sports Parent Solution

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 We are very much in the 4th quarter of the year, and it’s a great time for a guest on the podcast! This week we have J.P. Nerburn on the pod, the ...

S8 Ep26: Timeouts

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You wish you had more of them, and you try and use them to your advantage when you have them. Not lights out shooters, but timeouts! The team unpack h...

S8 Ep25: Age group coaching

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Once of the most frequently asked questions by junior coaches, is what should they focus on teaching in their age groups? We unpack a few of the diffe...

S8 Ep24: Mitsakes We've Made Part 2

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

That one’s a deliberate typo before the spelling police come for us to point it out, but it grabbed your attention, didn’t it? So now that we have...

S8 Ep23: Mistakes We've Made, Part 1

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mistakes, we all make them, and coaches aren’t immune either! In a humbling bit of self-reflection, we go through only some of the mistakes we have ...

S8 Ep22: Overrated or Underrated?

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s high time we got a new voice on the podcast, and making her Talking Split debut is none other than the High Performance coach for the Vic Metro...

S8 Ep21: Coaching Cues

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are visiting the teaching points and cues that coaches use for various skills involved with basketball this week. How do our players learn, how can...

S8 Ep20: The Top 10 Most Asked Questions

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Talking Split podcast is back and bringing the energy from the tip off! This week we discuss the 10 most asked questions at coaching courses that ...

S8 Ep19: Selection Trials

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that crazy time of year again, where we see masses of players attend trials for various teams around the state. They’re stressful times for p...

S8 Ep18: Child Safe Standards

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joined by Basketball Victoria’s Child Safety Advisor Sarah Wolokh, so discuss how as coaches, we can make a safe and welcoming environment for all o...

S8 Ep17: Coaching Mentor Programs

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joined this week by the “other” Australian Basketball Podcast host this week, in Game Development Manager for Basketball Australia, Neil Gray. Bas...

S8 Ep16: Marty Handson Scholarship Pod

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have gone international this week, as we are joined by Siale Bain-Vete from Tonga, and Marlene Lumabi from Northern Mariana Islands, who are the re...

S8 Ep15: The End of Season Pod

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are coming to the end of another season for juniors and seniors, and we explore what coaches need to focus on if there are no finals on the cards f...

S8 Ep14: Coaching Applications

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Seems like only yesterday that clubs were calling for coaching applications, but here we are again! We discuss how to work out which team to apply for...

S8 Ep13: Coaches & Officials with Bill Mildenhall

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oil and Water, long two’s and winning games, referees and coaches. Some things just traditionally haven’t mixed well together over the years, so w...

S8 Ep12: Coach Expectations

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back again this week, where we get another of our volunteer coach shout outs (send those in if there is a coach you want to thank), and we discuss how...

S8 Ep11: Feedback, not the audio kind

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest things to remember as a coach, is that we coach the person and not the sport, and a lot of time where we break down is when deliver...

S8 Ep10: Multi Sport Athletes

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all know that basketball is the greatest sport in the world – it’s why we do it! But we do need to remember we are coaching people, and not the...

S8 Ep9: Don't Call It A Comeback, She's Never Leaving

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Only big-time people get 2 runs on the podcast, and Kelsey Griffin is about as big time as they come! Kelsey returns to the podcast to talk through he...

S8 Ep8: Coaching Coordinators

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Some people love doing it, some try their best to avoid the role, but the role of a Director of Coaching or Coaching Coordinator is one that a good de...

S8 Ep7: Assistant Coaches

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Where would we be without the trusty assistant coaches? We explore how to find a good one, how to work with your assistants, roles and tasks for games...

S8 Ep6: The U16 State Combine

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It woudn’t be a long weekend without basketball, and the Labour Day long weekend is home to the U16 Combine, with nearly 100 of the best athletes fr...