A Pen And A Napkin

You're really going to enjoy this podcast with Garrett Hickey, the head boys basketball coach at Norwalk (CT) HS and creator of the #sharethegame Twitter feed. In this pod, we go through a bunch of different topics, including networking, creating your own coaching portfolio, practice set up, teaching and communicating styles in practice and creating a program portfolio. We also go through a little Social Studies teacher trivia (I wonder who wins?), so enjoy this podcast!

In the second half of our two-part pod on preparing for special situations, this week we talk about two special situations that we're all going to be in at some point; the comeback game and the delay game. Thinking about what to do when you get to these situations long before they happen is really important to your teams' success! We wrap up with thinking about what to do in the last :05 when you are at the free throw line and need to miss.

South Dakota State University MBB HC Eric Henderson comes on the podcast this week to talk about a variety of different topics. Amongst many things, Coach Henderson talks about his background as an educator, learning from such great head coaches as TJ Otzelberger and Greg McDermott, SDSU's "Five Character Traits", situational basketball, the transfer portal and much more! Enjoy this conversation with one of America's up and coming coaches!

Pop open the champagne, it's a happy ending after all ( . . . at least for ALMOST everyone . . .)!!!! Casey Hall and I review the season finale of "Winning Time", entitled "Promised Land". At the end of the episode, both Casey and I put out our "wish list" for Season 2, so enjoy our review!

We all know that we're going to be in pressure situations when we get into our season, so why not use this time to start thinking about what you're going to do next season? In this week's "Foundation Friday", we take a look at the Special Situations chart that we've developed to help prepare our teams for these situations. Next week, we'll go over the 2nd half of the chart!

For episode #125, Ed Schilling, the men's assistant coach at Grand Canyon University, comes on the pod! Coach Schilling has one of the more unique resumes that we've ever had on "APAAN"; one of the few coaches who has coached at the high school, high Division I level and NBA level; success has followed him at every level. We chat about his journey, what he's learned along the way and we have a great discussion on player development and what to do with your players in the off-season. Truly a terrific conversation; enjoy!!

The first season of "Winning Time" is winding down and Casey Hall and I are here to continue to review every last episode. In this week's episode, "An Acceptable Loss", we discuss the individual battles that some of our characters face and attempt to overcome, along with discussions on Hollywood real estate. Enjoy!!

There's four major pillars to "Improvement Season" that could/should be addressed; your schemes, your analytics, your skill development and your culture. What are the keys to taking all of these things from bad to average, average to good or good to great? On this "Foundation Friday", we take a look at all of these concepts and how to address them.

Welcome to "California Dreamin'", Episode VIII of "Winning Time". Before we get to the episode itself, Casey and I chat about the headlines with the show and it's characterizations of Jerry West and other concepts of the series. After that, we dive into the episode itself and give our reviews in our various categories.

Heather Grafing, the GBB HC at Central Lyon (IA), comes on the podcast this week! Coach Grafing, who has built an impressive program, including a 2022 state runner-up, discusses important influences in her career, making a run to the state title game, playing an uptempo system, her "Pillars of Success" and much more. Great discussion on the intricacies of building a solid program from top to bottom!