Free — For Basketball Parents

The car ride home doesn't have to be tense.

The Car Ride Home Framework™ — 3 steps to save the car ride home after every game. The exact script I've walked more than 50 basketball families through.

  • What to say in the first 60 seconds — before you say anything about the game.
  • The one question that turns a quiet, defensive drive into a real conversation.
  • Save it on your phone. Use it after the next game.
A parent and teenager in the car after a basketball game
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From the host of The Rookie & The Vet Georgetown captain · NBA training camp · Pro in the G League, Russia & New Zealand · Son of 16-year NBA veteran and Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning

The Framework

Every parent has lost a car ride. Most never get it back.

I help the parents of elite youth basketball players make the right call for their teenager, and it starts in the car. Your teenager just played. Maybe it went great, maybe it didn't. Either way you've got 20 minutes and no idea what to say — and the wrong word turns the whole drive cold. Here's the exact 3-step script, so the drive home builds your player up instead of shutting them down.

1

Reset

The first thing out of your mouth — before any feedback — that tells them they're more than the scoreboard.

2

Open

The one question that hands them the wheel, so they talk instead of brace for a lecture.

3

Anchor

How to close the ride so they step out of the car more confident than they got in.

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