A Pen And A Napkin

In the second half of our look at Hugh Blane's "The Seven Principles of Transformational Leadership", we look at the highlights of the last four priniciples, the key components to them, and how you can implement them into your program. Also included are tips on how to not only look at your program, but looking at yourself and how to put yourself in a transformational mindset!

One of the reasons the vast majority of high school coaches get into the profession to help young people grow and flourish in whatever it is they do, using sports as a way to teach life lessons. But how do you build a process of doing that with everyone one of your players? "The 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership" is a great read to help you not only be a better coach, but to be the leader that you want to be for your young people.

Basketball has changed rapidly in the last decade, and analytics have much to do with that. "Basketball Analytics: Spatial Tracking" was one of the first books to look at NBA data to make analytics understandable to the laymen basketball fan. Here are some findings by A Pen And A Napkin that can correllate to the high school game and help your program achieve more wins by breaking down the game even further.

Coaches and players are going to get sick and miss practices and competitions, but what are some things that we can do to protect our programs from the growing trend of players missing time because of club sports? Here are some ideas for coaches to hold your players and parents accountable and to protect your program.

OSA Director Connor O'Neill, Millard West HC Marc Kruger and Papillion-LaVista HC Josh Siske hang out in my hotel room for an hour and we discuss four big topics; defensive transition, offensive transition, scrimmage concepts and free throw drills and games that you can run in your practices and make them more effective. Alot of great ideas bounced off of one another over this hour!

During the grind of the season, we sometimes forget that EVERY practice should contain certain elements of growth by both the players and the coaching stafff. Here is a simple way where you can look at yourself and your program every day to make sure that your practices and how you execute them stay consistent and aligned with the vision of what you want.

In our latest edition of Headlines!, Casey Hall and I break down the biggest headlines in hoops, including the return of high school basketball, the effect of Covid-19 both in the present and what could happen in the future, the return of the NBA, games we're looking forward to in the bubble and our NBA title favorites!

Long time HS HC Bruce Chubick of Omaha South High School comes on the podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including his unique journey, health scares, an important discussion on the civil unrest in our nation right now and how he has rebuilt numerous programs.

2020 has been a crazy year, and many historians have compared it to the seminal year of 1968. A little known basketball story of this time period is the narrative of the 1968 Omaha Central High School boys basketball team, who saw its dreams of a state championship interrupted by the ugliness of racism and chaos of the presidential race of 1968. A powerful, true story of how race is everpresent in our mission of coaching basketball.

2020 has been a crazy year, and many historians have compared it to the seminal year of 1968. A little known basketball story of this time period is the narrative of the 1968 Omaha Central High School boys basketball team, who saw its dreams of a state championship interrupted by the ugliness of racism and chaos of the presidential race of 1968. A powerful, true story of how race is everpresent in our mission of coaching basketball.