Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast

Mike MacKay & Brandon Brock

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Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 63

Join Coach Mike MacKay and Coach Brandon Brock as they dive into weekly conversations about transformational coaching, stewardship, and performance safety. The Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast is a place for all coaches to join in on a conversation to help grow the game of basketball.

Look forward to weekly episodes including conversations with coaches from across the country and around the world engaging in conversations around new concepts in the game of basketball.

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🇨🇦 Canada - basketball
31/08/2026
#19
🇫🇷 France - basketball
31/08/2026
#25
🇨🇦 Canada - basketball
30/08/2026
#25
🇫🇷 France - basketball
30/08/2026
#20

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Welcome to the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, November 17, 2025 • Duration 22:50

Welcome to the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast!

Join Coach Mike MacKay and Coach Brandon Brock as they preview and setup the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast. Look forward to weekly episodes including conversations with coaches from across the country and debrief conversations around new concepts in the game of basketball.

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Mike Meeks – Assistant General Manager Men's High Performance

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, November 21, 2025 • Duration 30:19

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Mike MacKay sits down with Mike Meeks, the Assistant General Manager of Men's High Performance at Canada Basketball. Coach Meeks, who shares his journey in basketball from a young athlete to a successful coach. They discuss the influence of coaches, the differences between North American and European coaching styles, and the importance of developing young athletes through the Junior Academy. Meeks emphasizes the need for a long-term approach to athlete development and the significance of building a supportive environment for aspiring players. The conversation highlights the evolution of coaching and the collaborative effort required to nurture talent in basketball.

Topics Discussed:

Basketball opening doors.
Influential coaches shape future athletes.

Coaching is about giving back to the community.
European coaching focuses on business and precision.
Long-term development is crucial for young athletes.
Creating a love for the game is essential.
Building trust among athletes, parents, and coaches is key.
Holistic training approaches are becoming more common.
A supportive environment fosters growth and success.

The Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast is all about having conversations that help to connect, inspire, and build a better basketball for the future.

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Murriel Page - Assistant Coach, Senior Women's National Team

Season 1 · Episode 5

Monday, December 15, 2025 • Duration 28:52

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Coach Mike sits down with Murriel Page, Assistant Coach for the Senior Women's National Team.

The conversation explores the unexpected journey of a coach from Mississippi State to Team Canada, emphasizing the importance of building relationships with players and specializing in post play. Murriel reflects on her pride in coaching and the unique experiences that shaped her approach to the game.

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Stewardship in Basketball

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, December 8, 2025 • Duration 35:54

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Brandon and Mike sit down to chat about Stewardship in the Game of Basketball.

Mike provides a recap of his recent clinics in Montreal, Victoria, and Toronto which all surround the idea of building Stewardship. He follows up the learnings from those clinics with some stories that help to bring home the idea along with why it's so important.

Be sure to tune in!

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Micaëlla Riché - Executive Director, Layup Basketball

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, December 1, 2025 • Duration 01:09:10

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Mike sits down with Micaëlla Riché — former NCAA Division I athlete, coach, Executive Director of Layup Basketball, and now a doctoral researcher exploring coaching methodology and athlete psychosocial needs.

Key Topics Discussed

1. Coaching as Stewardship & the Human Side of the Game

Micaëlla and the hosts explore why coaches must act as protectors of the sport — especially for young athletes navigating pressure, ego, NIL culture, social media influence, and performance environments.

2. Her Playing Journey & Shift into Leadership

Micaëlla shares her early start in basketball, development at Louis Riel with coach Andre, her NCAA career at Minnesota, working as a GA at Kansas State, and her overseas stint in Greece — and how each experience shaped her understanding of strategy, constraints, and player freedom.

3. Layup Basketball: Access, Belonging, and Community Stewardship

She breaks down Layup’s mission and model — using basketball as a vehicle to teach life skills, build community pride, and develop youth coaches from within the neighborhoods they serve.

4. Creating Psychological Safety & Trauma-Informed Coaching

The conversation dives deep into:

limbic system responses (fight/flight/freeze/fawn)
why kids’ “misbehavior” is often stress-based
rhythmic activities for regulation
interpreting behaviour through cultural and developmental lenses
the importance of co-regulation, compassion, and avoiding public punishments

5. Autonomy, Competence & Relatedness (Self-Determination Theory)

A major thread throughout the episode is Micaella’s research focus:

Phil Jevtovic - Assistant General Manager, Men's 3x3 and HP Analytics

Season 1 · Episode 8

Monday, January 5, 2026 • Duration 59:56

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Coach Mike sits down with Phil Jevtovic, Assistant General Manager of Men's 3x3 and High Performance Analytics to talk about Phil's journey in basketball and how he ended up as an Assistant Coach with the Senior Men's National Team.

This episode does a deep dive into using 3x3 to teach the game as well as using performance analytics in basketball. Tune in, this is a good one!

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Keira Dyck - Coaching with Compassion in Basketball

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, December 29, 2025 • Duration 44:44

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Coach Mike sits down with Keira Dyck, a Master's student at the University of Saskatchewan and Provincial Team assistant coach to discuss her journey in basketball, along with her research surrounding coaching with compassion.

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2025 Year in Reivew

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, December 22, 2025 • Duration 41:13

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast Mike and Brandon sit down to review some of the trends in basketball from the past year. From the resurgence of motion offenses and zone defenses, the coaches explore some of the big concepts that really took off.

Happy Holidays

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Performance Safety

Season 1 · Episode 9

Monday, January 12, 2026 • Duration 34:51

On this episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Mike and Brandon sit down to reflect on the episode with Keira Dyck and explore more concepts around Performance Safety. The coaches chat through some important concepts like coaching through Clarity, Compassion, and Curiosity, as well as balancing the Challenge and Support the athletes we work with are facing.

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Marlo Davis - U19 Women's National Team Head Coach

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, January 19, 2026 • Duration 42:47

On this Episode of the Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast, Coach Mike sits down with Marlo Davis, the Head Coach of the U19 Women's National Team to talk about his journey from playing to coaching, coaching styles, and building relationships with the athletes he works with.

Editor Notes: This was an episode recorded back in 2025 before the team competed.

Tune in and enjoy!

Visit gameplanbasketball.ca for more information.

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Canada Basketball Coaching Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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