A state championship with the offense
Will Love · Sandpoint High School, 2023 Idaho 4A state champion
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The Success Pathway, 751 videos, a masterclass every month and coaches in over 40 countries to support your coaching journey!
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The Tansforming Basketball membership has been the hands down best resource for coaching I've ever had. I coach across a very wide range of age and ability and the breadth and depth of knowledge and resources in the Transforming membership can be applied across all of them. It helps me learn new things and gives me a helping hand when I am struggling to implemement something in my trainings and games. Could not recommend more.
Transforming Basketball Membership
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… I run a basketball school in Japan for players from U6 to U15, and this platform has given me strong inspiration to truly understand and apply the Constraints-Led Approach across all age groups and levels. What really stands out is the community. Being able to share discoveries, questions, and challenges with coaches from around the world is a huge strength of this membership. …
What’s in it
From Theory to Your Next Practice
- 01
The Success Pathway
Ten pathways, from the foundations of the constraints-led approach to coaching on game night. Each one ends with an assignment you run with your own team, and other coaches review it.
- 02
378 activity videos
Games filmed on court, in nine sections from warm-ups to defensive principles of play. Pick one tonight and run it at practice tomorrow.
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Clinics and workshops
72 videos from Alex’s clinics in Iceland, the UK, Sweden and at the University of Alabama, and 194 from his coaching workshops.
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All Access
Full practices, game film and Alex’s analysis from College Prep, London Lions and our camp in Italy.
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Live every month
A masterclass with a guest coach and a roundtable on one practical topic. Miss one and the recording is in the archive.
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Coaches to talk to
Post a question in the feed, message a coach directly, or find someone in your country in the member directory.
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A Minute Inside the Membership
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01 · The Success Pathway
Ten Pathways, in the Order We Teach Them.
Ten pathways, from the constraints-led approach to game night. Each one ends with an assignment you run at practice and other coaches review.
Pathway 03
Conceptual Offense
Teach spacing, reads and decisions through play rather than set plays.
Intro - What is Conceptual Offense?
- Intro to Conceptual Offense
- Learning Objectives - Understanding POPs
- PDF Offense - Principles of Play
- Glossary: Conceptual Offense
Shot Selection
- Shot Selection
- Top Tip: Shot Spectrum Learning Video
- 4-on-4 Continuous Dominoes - Around the Cone SSG
- Using the CLA to Teach Shot Selection
- Research Paper: Factors associated with basketball field goals made in the 2014 NBA finals
Dominoes
- 3 Rules of Dominoes
- Pro Clip: Dominoes
- Pro Clip: Playing with Dominoes from a Broken Play
- 3-on-3 Jelly Start Solo or Dominoes LONG FORM
- 4-on-4 Advantage Start Weakside Dunker Slot Cut and Corner SSG
- 3-on-3 Weakside Dunker and Slot Cut SSG
- 2-on-1 Shooting w Drive and Kick SSG
- Pro Clip: 2-side Drive and Kick
- Diagnose - Developing Principles of Play for Each Player
Dominoes Principle #1: 0-Second Decisions
- Explanation of 3-on-2 Dominoes Bursts Three Reps SSG
- 2-on-1+1 Shooting SSG
Dominoes Principle #2: Floor is Lava
- Floor is Lava Constraint - Clear and Short Spacing
- 3-on-3 Floor is Lava SSG
- Pro Clip: Out to Space
- 3-on-3 Jelly Start Solo or Dominoes SSG
- 2-on-2 Train Start Solo SSG
Dominoes Principle #3: 1 Can't Guard 2
- Weaponizing “1 Can’t Guard 2”
- 2-on-2 Weakside Dunker w Advantage Start SSG
- How to Leverage the Dunker Spot
- Playing with a Dunker
- 2-on-2 Weakside Dunker w Advantage Start SSG LONG FORM
- 2-on-2 Scripted Slot Cut Pass, Out to Space SSG
- Diagrams of Cutting Principles
- 2-on-2 Push, Pull, Hold Principles SSG
- Ghost Cuts
- Design - Exploration Space for Players to Find the Problems
Green - Transition Offense
- Green Principles of Play
- Transition Offense Principles (2-on-1+1 Continuous SSG)
- 3-on-3 Continuous w Transition Coach Advantage LONG FORM
- How To 'Create' Transition SSG's
- 4-on-4 PnR Aggressive Coverages w Trips SSG
- 1-on-1+1 Transition Leak Out build out SSG
- Coach George's Top 5 Green SSGs
Yellow - Half-Court Offense
- Triggers: Importance of Solos at Younger Age Groups
- 2-on-2 Blast Cuts Train Start LONG FORM
- Common Triggers for a Conceptual Offense
- 2-on-2 Train Start Solo or Stampede SSG
- 2-on-2 Gets Five Sec Clock SSG
- 2-on-2 Gets Pitch and Slip, Keep SSG
- Get - Coverage Solutions
- 4-on-4 PNR One Opportunity to Create Dominoes SSG
- The Problem With Pass and Cut as Youth Offense?
- 1-on-1 Post Up w 1 Pass SSG
- Pro Clip: Post Trigger - Mouse
- 3-on-3 w Wide Start SSG
- 3-on-3-on-3 Continuous Wide Trigger Full Court SSG
- Teaching the Pick and Roll
- Pick and Roll Coverage Matrix
- 2-on-2 Pick and Roll vs Switch LONG FORM
- 2-on-2 Side Pick and Roll Drop Defense SSG
- Pro Clip: Rub - Crack and Roll
- 2-on-2 Pick and Roll vs Over train start SSG
Red - Half-Court Offense
- How to Use Set Plays
- Challenge: Diagram the Following Plays
- Diagram Challenge: Paris Basketball - Euroleague
- Diagram Challenge: Los Angeles Lakers - NBA
- Diagram Challenge: France - U19 World Cup
- Diagram Challenge: CRVENA ZVEZDA - Euroleague
- How to Add Red Plays (5-on-5 Punish Switch Double Drag SSG)
- Re-trigger Rules (4-on-4 PNR Two Opportunities Ghost Screen Re-Trigger SSG)
- Getting into a Re-trigger
- Do - Record Practice Video
Outro - What's Next
- Outro - What's Next?
Test Your Knowledge
- Graded Quiz
Finish with the final assessment
Pass it, attend three masterclasses and three roundtables, and you are a Certified Transforming Coach™.
Certification
Become a Certified Transforming Coach
Finish the Success Pathway, pass the final assessment, and attend three masterclasses and three roundtables. Badges mark the steps along the way.
First Post
Masterclass Debut
Roundtable Rookie
Pathway Graduate
Inside the app
What You’ll Use Every Week
751 videos in one library
Pick a playlist, search, or describe the problem to Transform AI and it pulls up the games.
A guest every month
Coaches like Zay West of the Brooklyn Nets and Matt Cline of Missouri share how they work. 27 masterclasses so far.
Take it into your gym
Each challenge asks you to try something with your team and post what happened. There’s a winner each time, and points on the leaderboard.
In members’ words
Coaches Putting It into Practice.
500 career wins, still learning
Paul Wackerly · Ohio High School Hall of Fame, 500 Career Wins
I feel that the library of membership resources has certainly been a big help in my transformation as a coach…
Kane MastinHigh school, IllinoisThis product (the Transforming Membership) has completely changed my confidence going into any basketball setting.
As a coach, I found a teaching method that decreases my stress and connects me even more with my players!
Jonathan VanderlinckClub basketball, BelgiumWho you learn from
Alex and George
Alex Sarama
Founder of Transforming Basketball and author of the book Transforming Basketball. Former assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers and head coach of the WNBA’s Portland Fire. He teaches the Success Pathway.
George Vaz
Hosts the monthly roundtables and looks after the community. If you post a question, there’s a good chance George is the first to reply.
Who it’s for
Wherever You Are with It
You’re new to this
Start at Pathway 1 and take one game to practice this week. Post what happened and coaches will reply.
You’re in the middle of a season
Go straight to the problem you have now. If your team can’t score against a zone, Pathway 4 and the library have the games.
You’ve been doing this a while
Work toward becoming a Certified Transforming Coach, and keep learning from the guest coaches every month.
After you join
Your First Week
Day 1
Welcome lesson
Set up your profile and start Pathway 1.
Day 2
Say hello
Introduce yourself to the community and earn your first badge.
Day 3
First game at practice
Pick an SSG from the library and run it with your team.
Day 5
Ask a question
Post what happened. Coaches reply with ideas.
Next
Go live
Join the next masterclass or roundtable on the calendar.
Coaching a whole club?
The One Club System gives every team and age group in your club the same philosophy and a shared curriculum.
Enrollment is open
Start This Week.
Join today and everything is open the moment you sign in.
$399/ year
Billed $399 USD annually. Equivalent to $33.25/month.
- Success Pathway and certification
- 378 activity videos and Transform AI
- Monthly masterclass and roundtable
- Community, chat and monthly challenges
- Desktop, tablet and phone
Secure checkoutRenews once a year. Manage or cancel anytime in your account.
14-day money-back guaranteeTry everything. If it isn’t right for you, email us within 14 days for a full refund.
It’s self-paced. The Success Pathway is a structured route you can move through as quickly or slowly as your season allows, and the monthly sessions are short. Watch live or catch the recording later.
Yes. The methodology scales from grassroots and youth coaching through to experienced and high-performance environments. The ideas stay the same; how you apply them changes with your group.
Yes. You get everything the moment you join, so you can start with whatever your team needs this week and work through the pathway around your schedule.
Everything is recorded. Join the monthly masterclass and roundtable live if you can, or watch the recordings whenever it suits you. Nothing is lost by catching up later.
Work through every lesson across the ten modules, passing the quiz lessons as you go. The Success Pathway Final Quiz unlocks once the rest is done. Pass it to complete the pathway.
Yes. Complete every lesson and quiz in the Success Pathway, pass the final graded assessment, and attend three masterclasses plus three roundtables. Once all these requirements are met, you earn your Certified Transforming Coach™ certificate, included with your membership. To keep your certification current, attend six sessions each year across our masterclasses and roundtables.
Your membership includes the Success Pathway, the full video library, the community and the monthly sessions. A few standalone courses are sold separately. Get in touch if you’d like to know more.
You keep everything. Your membership access continues. The full video library, the monthly masterclasses, roundtables and community stay open, and new sessions are added each month. You can revisit any lesson whenever you like. Keep your Certified Transforming Coach™ status current by attending six masterclass or roundtable sessions each year.
Membership is $399 USD/year, billed annually, which works out to about $33.25/month. You get full access on desktop, tablet and phone.
Yes. Try the membership for 14 days. If it isn’t right for you, email us within 14 days of joining and we’ll refund you in full.
Membership is billed $399 USD once a year and renews annually. You can manage or cancel your membership through your account with our checkout provider, or contact us and we’ll help. For the full terms, see our Terms & conditions page linked below or reach out to our team.