Taylor Hendricks asks the TOUGH questions 🏔️ | UTAH JAZZ

Taylor Hendricks asks the TOUGH questions 🏔️ | UTAH JAZZ

What’s good y’all? It’s Taylor Hendricks and I’m with my player development coach, Andrew Warren, and we’re about to get into some mountain Q&A. Question number one, what do you enjoy most about coaching? Seeing your guys’ improvement out on the court, actually daytoday, to be honest, not necessarily just in the games, but something we’re working on, whether it’s footwork, whether it’s uh some type of playmaking skill, whatever. You start to see the process of you making those improvements. Um, it’s like it’s a feeling I can’t describe, but it’s what drives me to coach. So, that’s that’s what I enjoy. I feel that. I feel that. What is your favorite drill to go through and why? Form shooting. And you know why? Cuz, you know, I’m kind of like the shooting guy or whatever. So, and it’s very basic, super simple and and easy, but um I think it’s something that, you know, for people that want to get better at shooting and even people that are already good shooters should do every day. Every single day. You can’t get bored with the basics. Mhm. Yeah. You are a pretty good shooter. So that’s probably why. Is there any drill you hated as a player but now enjoy as a coach? Yeah, having defensive scouts kind of going through some a lot of the actions that other teams will run uh morning the day of a game like shoot around. Yeah. You go through the motions like ah as a player okay we get it. But now I think it’s imperative that you know what you’re doing certain actions certain plays that you’re going to see in the game. So, um, couldn’t stand it as a player, but now I actually enjoy going through that process. N I agree with you on that, cuz I feel like when I was younger, I was like the same way, but like now I’ve gotten older, like I really could, you know, appreciate that part of the game and how important that part is. And it just makes game time that much easier. Yeah, exactly. Which coaches have influenced your coaching style the most? I would say um my college coach Jim Les cuz he helped me a lot with a lot of things like with my shooting just when I was in college that helped me develop into a pro. My godfather Chuck Pson who coached in the NBA coached in college I was doing drills with him since I was a little kid. So I kind of had a cheat code as far as like NBA footwork and different things. Uh another one of my cousins Johnny Davis who played and coached in the NBA a long time. they all gave me these these tools and things to use, you know, that helped me as a player that I use with you guys now. And then obviously Coach Hardy, you know, he’s given me the lane to be able to work with you guys and I’ve learned a lot from him when he’ll hop in drills and go through things. So, I’m able to pick up a ton from him, too. So, I would say those people are probably the most influential. Okay, that’s what’s up. When you played, how would you describe your playing style? obviously shooter, so running off a lot of pin downs, a lot of action, a lot of off ball, but also making the right play. Like we always talk about making quick decisions, knowing when to dribble, pass, and shoot. So ball swings to me, but you’re you’re open in the corner. I’m throwing that good to great to you. So just being able to make the right play at the right time and defensively being in the right spots. I wasn’t a great defender, but uh you know, I competed. I played hard and you know I I’d be in the right spots you know if I’m the the fire you know the fireman like we say different things like that or if I got to be in the shift you know I was I was really good. Did you have any game day superstitions and do you still have any as a coach? So when I played taking a nap I had to get the nap at the shoot around and then I would just always my shooting routine was like the one like the main thing. Yeah, the number of shots where I was shooting from on the floor is very simple, very to the uh, you know, to the point. But then I also just always put my the only real superstition I had was to eat a a peanut butter and banana sandwich, drink an espresso, and then put my socks and shoes on left to right. That was that that’s really It’s simple. It’s easy, you know, but that’s what I did. What are you What are yours? Mine My only one is just to pray before every game. The same prayer since I was in high school. That’s it. But the left right, I ain’t going to lie, that’s bogus, man. Don’t hate. What’s the most underrated part about coaching? Uh, the amount of time that goes into coaching. Like, we work before practice, during practice, we work after practice. We work when we go home, you know, watching scout games to prepare the scouts, you know, for the ne the upcoming games. When the games are finished, we’re going back over the game to see what we can take from that game, good, bad, and different to learn from and to apply to move forward. Like, it’s basically not 24/7, but it it’s basically a non-stop job. Like, you’re there’s always something you can be doing. And so, with that, you got to find ways to have a little bit of time for yourself. You have family, kids. Like, it can it can become a little bit overwhelming, but there’s a lot that goes into it. Okay. What is one mantra or quote you apply to your work? Treat people the way you want to be treated. Treat everybody with respect. You know, treat them with respect. Respect will come from the people you work with, but also in shooting, and you know this because we’ve been dealing with it. I I kind of said it a little bit earlier, but you can’t get bored with the basics. Like, everybody wants to be a good shooter, but it’s the same repetitive motions over and over again. like once you get good technique, good footwork, all that stuff down, once the mechanics are good, it’s the same repetitive motion over and over again. So, you just can’t get bored with that process to improve or to stay at a high level. That’s why that’s that’s the only thing that separates like great shooters from average or below average shooters. They’re able to lock in and do the basics over and over and over and over again. Appreciate you, Drew. You know, I got to know you a little bit better. Fans got to know you a little bit better. Now it’s been my Q&A.

Taylor Hendricks sits down with his coach Andrew Warren to talk through his game day superstitions, what he has learned moving from player to coach, and more.

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