# Should You Run Up The Score in Youth Basketball? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hours-6952182/should-you-run-up-the-score-in-youth-basketball Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hours-6952182/should-you-run-up-the-score-in-youth-basketball.md Podcast: [The Hours](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hours-6952182) Published: 2026-03-31T16:00:06+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/savi/2677856 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/277211/2677856/savi/2026_03_31_15_22_26_61ee7871-f73e-42a0-9adc-c22d0efe6dce.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hours-6952182/episodes/should-you-run-up-the-score-in-youth-basketball Duration seconds: 2040 ## Resource πŸ€ TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach As a youth basketball coach, or a coach of any youth sport, should you run up the score against the other team? It's the age old question of developing a killer mentality in your players versus letting the other team develop a love for the game. This discussion came up between Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson recently and sparked a massive debate online, so we had to give our two cents on the matter here on The Hours. πŸ”” Follow so you never miss an episode of The Hours. πŸ€ Catalyst Training by SAVI Basketball: A player community for basketball education, structured programs, and direct access to world-renowned skill development coach Reid Ouse. https://www.skool.com/catalyst-basketball/about πŸ€ TRY SAVI BASKETBALL FREE FOR 7 DAYS Get access to our full course library, weekly live coaching calls, and a community of coaches working through the same questions. https://www.skool.com/savi-coach πŸ“© JOIN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Coaching notes, practice tools, and episode breakdowns delivered to your inbox every week. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ πŸ“± Follow us on Instagram: @SAVI_coaching Stay SAVI! Subscribe for more weekly coaching insights, practical tools, and drills that translate to wins. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ And if you want tools, frameworks, and coaching notes like the ones from this episode delivered straight to you, try the SAVI free membership at savicoaching.com . It's built for coaches who want to keep getting better. New episodes drop weekly. Coaching notes from every episode go out in our free newsletter at. https://savi.beehiiv.com/ #BasketballCoaching #HighSchool… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hours-6952182/episodes/should-you-run-up-the-score-in-youth-basketball/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hours-6952182/should-you-run-up-the-score-in-youth-basketball.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.