543 episodes

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

A Pen And A Napkin Martin Plum

    • Sports
    • 4.5 • 53 Ratings

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

    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #232 Isaac Sturm

    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #232 Isaac Sturm

    Isaac Sturm, the boys basketball head coach at Bellevue Marquette (IA) high school. comes on this week. Coach Sturm has rebuilt the Marquette program in a short amount of time, getting them to the Class 1A state championship game this past season! In our conversation, we discuss coming home, rebuilding through analytics and accountability, having a rival, communicating with parents, having essentially a c0-head coach, and much more! Really fun conversation!

    • 1 hr 14 min
    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #92 Mistakes New Coaches Make

    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #92 Mistakes New Coaches Make

    When someone becomes a head coach for the first time, the reality of the situation starts to set in and most coaches along the way make numerous mistakes that are completely avoidable. In this episode of "The Coaching Staff", Tony and I discuss mistakes that we've made, why we made them and what we should have done, both as younger and more "seasoned and experienced" coaches. We have trivia, an "Arby's" winner, and TWIB discussions about trades and the NBA draft. Enjoy!

    • 1 hr 14 min
    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #231 Wade Coulter

    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #231 Wade Coulter

    Episode #231 features "Weekday" Wade Coulter, the head girls basketball coach at Gretna East (NE) high school. Coach Coulter goes through his journey and his influences, building programs and giving them belief through psychology, pressure defense, working with parents and much more! A really fun episode with one of Nebraska's up and coming coaches!

    • 1 hr 24 min
    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #91 Body Language

    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #91 Body Language

    The most difficult thing to master in this world is yourself, and your body language, both as a player and as a coach, is for many one of the things that holds them back from achieving their ultimate goals. In this episode, Tony and I go down our many mistakes and successes when it comes to body language, how to handle situations when bad body language pops out and ways to help both. you and your players. We also have trivia, an NBA Finals recap, NBA coaching hires and much more!

    • 1 hr 5 min
    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #230 Evan Miyakawa

    A Pen And A Napkin-Episode #230 Evan Miyakawa

    Evan Miyakawa is one of men's college basketball's best analyst's, largely using data to drive his analysis. Along with that, Evan and I dive deep into the transfer portal, the outlook of some local teams (to Omaha), how to use statistical analysis to help with your program. "kill shots" and much more! A really good conversation with one of the up and coming analysts of the game!

    • 1 hr 14 min
    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #90 Organizing Great Huddles

    A Pen And A Napkin-"The Coaching Staff" Episode #90 Organizing Great Huddles

    There's only so much you can control as a coach once the ball goes up, but one thing you can control is your dead ball huddles. In this episode, Tony and I discuss keys to a great huddle, how to practice them, how to communicate in a huddle, how to use your AC's and more! Along with that, we have trivia, a tribute to Jerry West, Dan Hurley's decision, updates on the finals and more! We also have a new guest making their podcasting debut!

    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

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53 Ratings

53 Ratings

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A Pen and a Napkin

Coach Marty does a great job! Genuine and authentic stuff, all in the name of helping and growing basketball coaches.

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Coaches at any level will get something they can use right away from this podcast.

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Awesome Interviews

I found the coaches interviews very valuable. I paused and took notes several times throughout the podcasts. Keep up the great work!

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