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Gonzaga Prep boys basketball coach Matty McIntyre joined to talk about building toughness in a program and getting players to buy in to being program- and team-first using his Defining Dozen. He also talks about how Dick and Tony Bennett influenced his Pack Line defense and how he’s continued to have success with it as more programs evolve into “modern” basketball strategies, playing with pace and space. 
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Former USWNT defender Stephanie Cox is back playing with OL Reign FC after five seasons coaching the Gig Harbor High School girls soccer team, which included winning the WIAA 3A state championship in 2018, the school’s first. She joined to discuss how to teach work ethic, how she pushes herself, how she motivated her players in her time at Gig Harbor, as well as how she’s seen some of her teammates at the professional level,
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When Jon Eagle took over the Camas High School football program 13 years ago, he said he made a trip to every prospective player’s home, learning about them and asking how they see themselves contributing on the football field. Eagle, a two-time 4A state championship coach (2016, 2019), joined to discuss his philosophies and strategies on player development since he’s been at Camas.
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Longtime former Steilacoom (Wash.) coach Gary Wusterbarth joined to address how coaches ought to cope with the burnout that comes today with the seemingly mounting challenges and expectations on high school coaches, the qualities necessary to be a successful coach today and best practices for navigating relationships with players, parents and school administrators. Wusterbarth is the ninth winningest coach in Washington state history, and a Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association hall of fame inductee.
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The best athletes spend countless hours on strength training and skills training. What former Washington State University two-sport standout Collin Henderson has been asking, though, is how much time are they spending on mindset training? Henderson is now the CEO of Master your Mindset after a stellar career at Puyallup High School and then WSU. He’s the author of five books and he regularly speaks to athletes, coaches and companies across the country talking about the importance of mindset training. He joins SBLive’s The Preps Lab with TJ Cotterill to talk about an important message he both lived and continues to see in programs today – that we tell kids to be tough mentally, but we’re not teaching it.Statewide coverage of Washington high school sports: https://scorebooklive.com/washington/Follow host TJ Cotterill on Twitter: @TJCotterill 

How do schools define what makes their athletic programs successful? Curtis High School athletic director Suzanne Vick says it’s not nearly as much about the end-of-season win-loss record as some people would believe. In the latest episode of SBLive’s The Prep’s Lab with TJ Cotterill, Vick discusses her philosophies and how she determines what makes her school’s programs successful. Vick is a lifelong athlete in several halls of fame who has made a career of impacting young people through athletics. She's a recent appointee to the WIAA Representative Assembly.Statewide coverage of Washington high school sports: https://scorebooklive.com/washington/Follow host TJ Cotterill on Twitter: @TJCotterill