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A Pen And A Napkin
Hosted by Martin Plum · EN
A weekly basketball coaches clinic that you can have in your pocket
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #17 Handling Success
2w ago00:25:12Tap to summarizeAs humans, most of us bounce back fairly quickly and strongly from failure, but where many of us get tripped up is when we experience too much success. In today's podcast, we discuss stories from my career of how success took off the edge, creating adversity in your team, anticipating adversity and more! In addition, we've got a great quote from the Roman philosopher Pliny the Younger, all while discussing the man who had more success than anyone else, yet remained grounded as a teacher his entire life . . .
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #16 Scouting Reports
2w ago00:27:20Tap to summarizePreparation is key for everything we do as coaches, but pregame scouting report information and implementation are vital to your team's success! In today's podcast, we discuss putting together scouting reports, what you should and should not include, how to present that information to your team and how to implement it in your practices! In addition, we've got a discussion on one of the great coaches and basketball influences of the last 50 years!
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #15 Blind Spots
2w ago00:28:03Tap to summarizeEach and everyone of us have our shortcomings, both as human beings and as coaches. Some of these shortcomings we are aware of, while many of these things we are not. In today's episode, we discuss our personal and professional "Blind Spots", what we can do to both diagnose them and make them a better part of our personality. In addition, we've got a great quote and a discussion of one of the all time greats, Adolph Rupp!
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A Pen And A Napkin Presented by Ruiz Auto-Episode #336 Chris Kielsmeier
2w ago01:15:25Tap to summarizeNewly minted as the women's head coach at Texas State, Chris Kielsmeier comes on the podcast this week to talk about a variety of topics, including program building, learning from tough times (including an early Covid-19 diagnosis), entering a new conference, fundamentals, building chemistry and much more! We also throw in a little Harry Caray for old times sake as well, so enjoy the conversation!
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #14 Attacking Pressure
2w ago00:25:12Tap to summarizeIf someone is going to pressure you, you can't just break that pressure; you must ATTACK IT! In today's podcast, we discuss various ways that you can attack pressure defenses and make them pay for being overtly aggressive with you, things you should be implementing in practice to attack pressure and late game thoughts. In addition, there will be an "Attacking. Pressure" drill list and press breakers video on the next edition of "The Opening Tip" newsletter on Substack, so be sure to check that out to supplement today's pod! In addtion, we've got a great quote from Coach Meyer and a discussion of one of our great modern coaches in Tom Izzo!
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #7 Pre-Season Parent Social
3w ago00:24:07Tap to summarizeFor most coaches, perhaps the most difficult relationship(s) that we navigate in our career is our relationship with our players parents. In this episide, we discuss ideas for a preseason parent social, the benefits of it, different ideas for running a social gathering and some outside the box suggestions for the coaching staff. In addition, we've got a great quote from James Clear, along with suggestions for studying one of our great modern coaches, Tara VanDerveer.
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #6 Rebounding
3w ago00:23:52Tap to summarizeRebounding is one of the two major ways in which you can create more opportunities on offense (the other is forcing turnovers), so today we're talking about one of the most important, yet one of the most primal skills of the game! We'll talk about different philosophies, along with the discussion of how to implement rebounding into practices. In addition, we've got drills for you to use, but you can't get those drills here . . . We've also got a great quote about rebounding and a coach to study!
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Win The Season Podcast Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #5 Delegating Authority
4w ago00:22:35Tap to summarizeOne of the hardest things for any head coach to do, especially newer head coaches, is to delegate tasks and manage a staff. In today's podast, we discuss some tips on how to delegate authority on your staff, what you can do as an assistant coach to make your head coaches job easier and a discussion on a couple of mistakes that I made when I was not as "seasoned and experienced". We also have a great coach to study today that is one of the legends in the game and a great quote to help with today's topic!
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Win The Season Podcast Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #4 Get Organized
4w ago00:22:46Tap to summarizeIn order to be successful at anything, let alone coaching basketball, you have to become organized! In this podcast, we talk about the importance of organization, how to get organized, what to prioritize and how to eliminate distractions. In addition, we have a great quote from Philip Dormer Stanhope and a coach study on a forgotten but absolutely terrific coach!
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Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #3 What Have You Learned?
4w ago00:22:50Tap to summarizeOne of the most important things that you can do as a coach is to look back on your past experiences, both positive and negative, and adapt them to your upcoming team. In today's podcast, we're going to discuss some of the things that you should look back upon from last season and how you can apply it to your upcoming team. In addtion, we've got a GREAT quote and an underrated coach to learn about!
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