A Pen And A Napkin

Head Boys Basketball Coach at Mount Vernon (IA) Ed Timm comes on the pod this week to discuss his long career as a coach, including the transition from college ball to high school, winning a state title in 2012, setting up an efficient practice, creating an environment where your players are supportive of one another, defensive transition and much more! An entertaining podcast with a newcomer to podcasting!

Welcome to Quick Hitters, Volume I! In our first edition of this podcast, we dive in with five coaches on five topics; Jeff Steines (Ames, IA) on in-game defensive efficiency, Josh Siske (Papillion-LaVista, NE) gives us some good shooting drills, TJ O'Connor (Fort Calhoun, NE) discusses zone pressure schemes, Greg Mays (Hastings, NE) chats about growing as a coach and John Carrier (St. Paul, MN) discusses his efforts to refine his coaching philosophy. Enjoy; hope you like it!!!

We're all taking a break the next few days, so it's a great time to not only rest and relax, but to also examine your season, where you're program is at right now and, perhaps most importantly, where you are at as a coach. It's a great time to reflect, to make adjustments and to realize how lucky we all are to be in this profession! Have a great and blessed holiday season!!

In our latest interview episode, Beatrice (NE) GBB HC Jalen Weeks comes on the podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including growing up in a coaching family, his development as a head coach, his half court offensive and defensive philosophy that he teaches and how to build a youth development program in your community. A great listen with alot of good information!

My good friend Casey Hall and I get together to talk about the upcoming NBA season. We talk about the top story lines, break down teams that we think are going to be alot of better and alot worse, then make our picks for conference and NBA finalists, along with our picks for the 2020-21 NBA Championship.

Coaching is a fulfilling but stressful occupation, and sometimes your priorities and your organizational thoughts can get lost in the shuffle. It takes time and effort to stay on top of your program, but what are the important things that you should be looking at? Borrowing from Mike Neighbors, the WBB HC at the University of Arkansas, here is a list of things that should be your priorities and helpful tips for organizing yourself and your program at all times.

One of the most basic drills in the game of basketball is the Shell Drill, and we all run it in some way, shape or form. Although it's important to just have those days when you need to grind it out, you also need to have different options to do the same drills multiple ways. Here are over 15 different ways you can do shell drill in your practices and get positive results, both offensively and defensively.

As your season progresses, you are re-evaluating what your theories were before you started practice and how those theories are now playing out in practices and games. Here are some thoughts about the things that you should be looking at and what your priorities should be as you make those necessary adjustments early in the season.

2x state champion Jay Schuiteman, the long time GBB HC at Unity Christian (IA), comes on the podcast to relive a few glory days of the high school years, along with the importance of communication, building a program from scratch, simplicity, "The Process", how to improve as the season moves forward and many other things to build a successful program!

New Milwaukee Bucks AC Mike Dunlap is our guest this week, and he definitely delivers great information on topics such as growing as a HC, important books for coaches to read, how to have "simplicity with detail", coaching Giannis Antetokounmpo, a great discussion on ATO execution, and how to help your players grow mentally. A terrific podcast with one of America's great coaches!