29 | Alan Stein Jr. on strategies to improve performance, how NBA stars Kevin Durant and Victor Oladipo blend confidence with humility, and his new book, Sustain Your Game

Peak Performance
Written By Evan Burk
 

Alan Stein Jr. is a speaker, author, and performance coach who spent 15 years working with the highest-performing basketball players on the planet, including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant.

In this conversation, Evan Burk talks with Alan about how he embraced being “the warm-up guy” to set the foundation for his career, how great athletes raise their game by focusing on the basics, and how professional basketball players hone their mental management techniques to sustain their game in basketball and in life.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • How does one become a basketball performance coach?

  • How performance coaching differs from Strength & Conditioning

  • Working with Great NBA players early in their careers

  • Starting his career as the “warm up guy”

  • “Star where you are” and the value of accepting your role

  • Social Media and placing self-worth internally

  • Avoiding the comparison game

  • How the people that surround you influence your own performance

  • Dealing with negativity in your life and having compassion for others

  • Alan’s new book, Sustain Your Game

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Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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