# Ep 2013 What Makes a Film Clip Believable to a Sixteen-Year-Old?

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Podcast: [Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/basketball-coach-unplugged-a-basketball-coaching-podcast-174496)
Published: 2026-09-10T11:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 421

## Resource

https://teachhoops.com/ Today's episode is sponsored by TeachHoops.com, where veteran coaches mentor you through the exact challenges you're facing — because sometimes you need an answer tonight, not at the next clinic. In this episode, we challenge a habit almost every coach has: teaching with NBA clips. When a sixteenyear-old watches a professional make a play, he files it under entertainment, not instruction. The gap between him and that player is too wide to feel real. Enter the believable model: clips of players who look like your players — same age, same level, sometimes the same jersey — executing the concept correctly. We cover how to build a believablemodel clip library from your own game film, how one clip of your backup point guard making the right read outteaches an hour of professional highlights, and how peer modeling changes what players believe is possible for themselves. Belief, it turns out, is the real curriculum. Start clipping your own players doing it right this week, and watch how fast concepts start sticking. For clip organization tools and film-teaching courses built by coaches who use them, visit https://teachhoops.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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