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

The Highest Level Podcast with 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.

Buy Alan’s book, Sustain Your Game

Get Evan’s book, Finding Intangibles, to learn about how high-performing teams are built and the hidden character traits that drive all elite performers and organizations.

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EVAN BURK is an author, 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. Learn more about having Evan come speak to your team by visiting his website, or email him at: [e-mail]

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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