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A Pen And A Napkin

Martin Plum

A weekly basketball coaches clinic that you can have in your pocket

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A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #210 Tyler Byrd

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2024/02/13

Tyler Byrd is a therapist and sports psychologist based out of Omaha, and I've known Tyler for a few years. Tyler dives into his background and discusses a wide variety of topics to help coaches out in today's world. We chat about the biggest challenges that our young people face today, common mistakes that are made by coaches, how to build leaders in your program, parents and much more! You're going to really get alot of great information from this podcast!

57:40

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #73...

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2024/02/09

It's February, and that means that each team is preparing itself to win on the margins, both on and off the court, as we head into post-season play. This week, Tony and I discuss the things that you can control as a coach to help put your team in the best place possible. We also have our trivia segment, and we chat all new things in the world of hoops. Enjoy!

72:55

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #209 Jim McLaughlin

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2024/02/05

Really excited to have Jim McLaughlin, the head boys basketball coach at Freeman (NE) on for this week's podcast. Coach McLaughlin has built an impressive program at Freeman over the last two decades, and we discuss a variety of topics, including being a young head coach, developing a youth program, building a great defense, the mental game, networking and players development. Enjoy this conversation with a great coach!

66:43

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #208 Kelan Buhr

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2024/01/29

On episode #208, we're excited to host the boys basketball coach from Doniphan-Trumbull (NE), Kelan Buhr!! Coach Buhr has done a great job in building a great, small-school program, and he discusses their youth program, off-season development, what to try to do to get over the hump this season at the state tournament, communicating with parents and much more! Enjoy this terrific conversation!

58:01

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #72...

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2024/01/26

Tony and I break down a bunch of stuff this week, including how to prepare and coach big games. As we get closer to the end of the season and the importance of games only heightens, you need to have certain strategies and mindsets in place in order to give yourself a chance to succeed. Tony and I break down a bunch of different things on that topic, along with trivia, Adrian Griffin getting let go and court storming!

63:36

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #207-Breakfast with TK and...

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2024/01/22

As we celebrate episode #500, we decide to sit down and have a little breakfast with two of "The Committee" members, Tom Krehbiel and Marc Kruger, to discuss a bunch of different topics. We chat about the Nebraska Prep Classic, our teams and where we're at at this point of the season, what we want and should be working on, and discussing our approval rating of the new foul system. Words cannot express how grateful I am that this many people still want to listen after 500 episodes, but here's to 500

68:52

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #71...

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2024/01/19

In the last week, we've seen the resignations or retirements of three legendary football coaches; Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban. These three legendary coaches are intertwined in so many ways, so in this episode, Tony and I break down what made each one of these coaches great, why it's important to learn from other sports and much more!

78:25

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #206 Trevor Mickelson

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2024/01/16

On the Keith Olberman/ Dan Patrick/ halfway to Danny Darwin (if you get all of this, you're my kind of people) episode, we welcome in Trevor Mickelson from ADM (IA) high school. In this episode, we discuss building a system, being an offensive coordinator and how they made it work at Waukee, along with implementing a system and much more. Plus, a tribute to Charlie, my four legged son . . .

65:04

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode...

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2024/01/12

@gb1121 (Greg Berge) has some great stuff on Twitter, and this week we dive into some of the major elements that could destroy a team. Early to mid-January is the time of the season that players (and parents) can become frustrated with various issues, so what are some steps that you can take to try to prevent this issues from escalating? Tony and I discuss that, along with trivia, the return of Draymond Green, team that are up and teams that are down in the NBA and more!

68:11

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #205 Eric Rippen

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2024/01/08

We're back with our interview series this week with Amherst (NE) Boys HC Eric Rippen. Coach Rippen has had a great run recently at Amherst, but not without its challenges. Coach Rippen discusses coaching his program through great tragedy, special situations, lessons learned as an AC, scouting philosophy, pressbreaks and much more. Great discussion with one of Nebraska's up and coming coaches!

27:19

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #204 The New Years Update...

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2024/01/02

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, and I wanted to update everyone on a few things, including why I haven't been posting pods and Twitter postings, a retrospective on one of Nebraska's greats, Brad Feeken, who recently lost his battle with cancer and announcing the date for our 4th Annual "A Pen And A Napkin" Coaches Clinic!!

59:32

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #69...

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2023/12/22

The winter moratorium is a great time to make adjustments to your team, whether that's line up adjustments, schematic adjustments, cultural adjustments or how you structure your practices. This week, Tony and I discuss what you should be looking at when it comes to adjustments, how to implement them, and we also discuss some of the adjustments that we've made with our own teams. Along with trivia, we also take a deep dive on the Draymond Green situation and how it has affected both him and the

59:32

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #203 Kasey Krager

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2023/12/18

Kasey Krager, the GBB HC at Sioux Central (IA), is our guest this week! Coach Krager is back at his alma mater and has built a very solid program. We discuss his career path, building off of a disappointing ending to last season and how that has benefitted this team, playing a tough early season schedule, BLOB's, practice setup and much more. Enjoy this terrific conversation!

59:22

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #68...

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2023/12/15

"Rebounding wins Rings" is a popular slogan amongst teams, and there's alot of truth to it! This week, Tony and I break down the importance of rebounding, methods that we have used to teach rebounding, and some of our favorite drills . Along with that, we have trivia and our TWIB segment, so enjoy!!

74:43

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #202 Brandon Schwab

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2023/12/11

Brandon Schwab, the GBB HC at Algona Biship Garrigan (IA) comes on the podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics on the pod this week. We discuss being a farmer while being a basketball coach, his influences, learning how to win a state championship, coaching a Top 50 national recruit, offensive and defensive philosophy in the half court and much more! Great conversation with one of Iowa's best!

58:31

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #67...

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2023/12/08

Basketball is a game dominated by mistakes; whether it's missed shots, a blown defensive assignment or a turnover, mistakes happen all the time. How do you get your players to move on from their mistakes? Tony and I discuss that this week, along with our trivia and our weekly TWIB segment. Enjoy!!

70:48

A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #201 Ken Kulus

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2023/12/04

On this week's episode, we're excited to have Omaha Concordia Boys HC Ken Kulus. Coach has build a terrific program at Concordia, and he goes into detail about how he did this, both through successes and failures. Along with that, he talks about "The Chase" vs. being "The Pursued", offensive and defensive philosophy, building a great culture, scheduling and much. more. Enjoy our conversation!

57:58

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #66...

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2023/12/01

One of the things that is more and more common with our high school programs is players missing practices and games for other activities, especially club sports. This week on the "The Coaching Staff", Tony and I discuss some of the best ways to handle these situations, how to communicate your philosophy and discuss the pros and cons of a written contract. Along with that, we have trivia and our TWIB segment. Enjoy!

59:38

A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #65...

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2023/11/24

As Don Meyer always said "No one will ever say that we were just too tough this season,", so how do you develop toughness, both mental and physical? Tony and I dive into this and many other things this week, including trivia, Angel Reese and the situation with LSU and much more!

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A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #200 Bob Hurley Sr.

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2023/11/20

Episode #200; hard to believe that we've gotten to this milestone number! In celebration of that, I was fortunate enough to connect with the Naismith Hall of Famer Bob Hurley Sr. and have a great discussion about the game. We chat about his career, the importance of clinics, coaching and mentoring his sons, the influence of Coach Wooden on his career, practice organization and shell drill, amongst many other things. Coach was generous enough to give me a good chunk of his time, and I hope that you

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