The StepBack Podcast

Episode 4 | Rest In Peace Kobe Bryant

In this episode, Our host @elliottthomas24 sits down at @kif.barber_studio in Hayward, CA with his very first basketball coach and current head coach of Fremont High School (Scot Alexander) @coachscotalexander and one of his good friends and current head coach of McCylmonds High School(Justin Standley) @jus10_standley . This episode was recorded on the day the world lost Kobe Bryant. Therefore I dedicate this episode to Kobe & all of those involved in that horrific accident. Enjoy & R.I.P. Kobe Bryant. All of that and a lot more in this episode of...... The Stepback Podcast. LINK IN BIO. . TAGS #Podcast #TheStepbackPod #Basketball #Sports #BasketballReferee #BasketballRefs #Refs #Oakland #BayArea #SanFrancisco #EastBay #BayAreaBasketball #California #Cali #CaliforniaBasketball #CaliBasketball #BasketballOfficial #Referee #TheStepBackPodcast #TheStepBack #WatchTheStepBack #StepBackToStepback #Kobe #KobeBryant #Mamba #MambaMentality

Episode 3 | Memory Lane

In this episode, Our host (Elliott Brue) @elliottthomas24 sits down at Mike Texada’s @miketexada creative studio again with his very first friend (Ryan Diew) @ryandiew to take a trip down Memory Lane as well as speak on his experience as a Division I basketball player at Colgate University, creating Trippie (An app which has over 100,000 users), going on @SharkTank and coaching youth basketball. All of that and a lot more in this episode of...... The Stepback Podcast.

Episode 2 | Finding Your Flow

In this episode, Our host (Elliott Brue) @elliottthomas24 sits down at Mike Texada’s @miketexada creative studio with Lucas Cortez to have a in-depth discussion on finding your passion at a young age, properly networking within your career field and getting the repetitions done in order to become highly skilled at your craft. All of that and a lot more in this episode of...... The Stepback Podcast. LINK IN BIO. . TAGS #Podcast #TheStepbackPod #Basketball #Sports #BasketballReferee #BasketballRefs #Refs #Oakland #BayArea #SanFrancisco #EastBay #BayAreaBasketball #California #Cali #CaliforniaBasketball #CaliBasketball #BasketballOfficial #Referee #TheStepBackPodcast #TheStepBack #WatchTheStepBack #StepBackToStepback #Kobe #KobeBryant #Mamba #MambaMentality TIMESTAMPS & QUOTES Lucas’s Introduction: 10:00 How Lucas found his passion: 17:30 Reigning Your Passion: 20:50 Having Good Character: 24:30 Elliott’s journey to becoming a referee: 25:45 “Either you’re going to be a student of the game, or a check chaser.”: 35:56 46:00: Lucas’s Senior Night Experience

Episode 1 | Nothing But Transition

WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE STEPBACK PODCAST! In this episode, Our host (Elliott Brue) sits down at Expressions College in Emeryville, CA with two of his good friends and former teammates (Dulani Robinson & Jamil Brown) and proceed to have an intuitive discussion on a wide variety of topics. Topics such as the transition from being a full-time hooper to becoming a normal civilian, dealing with depression and reinventing their self-image, using the work ethic they built while playing basketball and staying true to their morals in an age of instant gratification. All of that and a lot more in this episode of...... The Stepback Podcast. Time Stamps & Quotes 5:35: Dulani’s Introduction 8:20: Jamil’s Introduction 13:19: How I Met Mil & Dulani 24:11: “There’s people that are students of the game right, and then there’s check chasers. Either you’re really going to dedicate yourself to this craft while taking care of your other business or you’re just going to be after the money.” 24:11: Student of The Game vs Check Chaser 33:35: “If you do what you love & you do it well & you do the work when no one is watching, the praise will come.” 41:00: Dulani’s Current Endeavors 45:05: Jamil’s Current Endeavors 51:15: Building Work Ethic 54:32: “You want to surround yourself with people who are aspiring for that level of that are already there or have been there & you want to get the blueprint & from there you want to create your own narrative.” 55:55: Melo’s Persistence 1:19:50: From Athlete To Real 🌎 1:25:00: Finding Self Believe 1:28:50: Fight or Flight (Inverse) 1:32:09: “Youth is in the mind.” 1:33:00: “I work on trying to have a great day everyday.” 1:46:30: Expecting People To Be A Certain Way 1:48:55: “It cost nothin to show love.” 2:03:45: Growing Up & Seeing Different Worlds

Introduction: Welcome to The Stepback Podcast

Welcome to the introduction to The Stepback Podcast hosted by Elliott Brue. In this introductory episode of The Stepback Podcast, We listen to the host(Elliott Brue)talk about his journey through basketball and how it led him to become a basketball official. He further discusses the mission of creating this platform and the impact he hopes it has on the game of basketball itself and those that participate within it.