A Pen And A Napkin

It's the scenario that no coaching staff wants to deal with, but it's an inevitability at some point; you're going to have a player that is going to make a poor decision and there needs to be some sort of repercussion...

1/3 of the "Holy Trinity" of parent complaints (along with roles and playing time), team placement and dividing of teams is part of your early season process that needs to be throughly thought about and planned by your...

Every coach is going to make substitutions during every game, but do your players know why you are making those substitutions? What is your own rationale for making substitutions? How deep are you going to go? These are...

Managers are the unsung heroes of every sports program in the country, and without them, our jobs as coaches would be much more difficult. In today's program, we discuss outlining responsibilities for your managers...

Coming back home to Winterset (IA), Josh Henry has turned around his hometown program into a consistent winner who is pushing for state tournament berths! In this week's podcast, we discuss his background, building a...

"Go out and win the game" was a phrase that we would often use in the middle of tight, contested games on our bench . . . but how do you get to that point to where you are getting ready to go out and win the game? You...

We would all benefit from bringing in someone we trust to watch us do our job and give us constructive criticism on how we're doing. Today, we talk about the steps that you can and should take to bring in a coach...

Screening is one of the fundamentals of the game that is a great equalizer of talent, and a team filled with great screeners can create offensive advantages that they didn't know that they had. In today's podcast, we go...

Bringing your team together off the floor is a great way to accelerate their growth on the floor, and it's difficult to have a great season between the lines if you don't create great relationships. In today's podcast...

One of the most useful tools that a coaching staff should be using to help shape their team before their first competition is their exhibition games and scrimmages. In today's pod, we discuss strategies for how to coach...

Taking care of details for the important people of your program (players, parents and administration) should be a priority; communication is essential in building trust and executing your season plan and vision for the...

Andrew Wingreen, the head men's basketball coach at the New College of Florida, comes on the podcast this week to discuss his book "Win One Won" a book that combines the elements of a Jon Gordon fable and leadership...

All coaches, regardless of how talented their team is, is going to be in a situation where they are going to have to come back from some sort of deficit this season. In today's podcast, we discuss questions that you...

Rules are easy, standards are hard. Rules can be established in a day, while standards take time to make part of your program. But if you want to be successful for the long term, standards are much more important than...

You have to make shots if you're going to win; it's just a fact. But in order to make shots, you have to have the right fundamentals and the right environment for your players to excel at the most important skill in our...