#14: Breen Weeks

Facing Tragedy and The Art of Player Development

Breen Weeks is an NBA/WNBA trainer who takes a holistic approach to player development, emphasizing the mental side of basketball. Breen played collegially and then professionally in Germany, all the while helping his Father survive a deadly illness from a brown recluse bite. In this conversation we speak about Breen’s basketball journey and the tragedy he withstood, overcoming performance anxiety, Breen’s training philosophy, how to vet basketball trainers, the Pareto principle, the importance of reading, and other topics.

Books Mentioned:

Relentless

The Magic of Thinking Big

Zen in the Art of Archery

Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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