My name is Benas and I'm passionate about traveling, sports and coffee. In this podcast I will aim to combine all three of them by 'zooming' around the world and talking to sports professionals and coffee savants around the world while having nuanced conversations about different topics within their profession. If you're interested in hearing the stories and lifestyles of high achievers, the biggest lessons throughout their life, their mindsets within their respective sports then please subscribe to this podcast, buckle up, get your cup of coffee and 'come fly with me'. Thank you :)
The Benas Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Benas Matkevicius
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My name is Benas and I'm passionate about traveling, sports and coffee. In this podcast I will aim to combine all three of them by 'zooming' around the world and talking to sports professionals and coffee savants around the world while having nuanced conversations about different topics within their profession. If you're interested in hearing the stories and lifestyles of high achievers, the biggest lessons throughout their life, their mindsets within their respective sports then please subscribe to this podcast, buckle up, get your cup of coffee and 'come fly with me'. Thank you :)
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
EP#93 | Nicolej Krickau (Füchse Berlin): Coaching & Scouting Team Handball vs Basketball
<p><strong>NEW EPISODE!</strong></p><p><strong>(EP#93)</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):</strong></p><p><strong>Support: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke"><strong>https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Homepage: </strong><a href="http://www.bmatke.com"><strong>www.bmatke.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sponsor: </strong><a href="http://www.proballers.com"><strong>www.proballers.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Nico":</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Nicolej Krickau is a Danish handball coach whose playing career ended early due to injury, leading him into coaching at a young age. He rose to prominence with GOG, where he developed several world-class players and led the club to back-to-back Danish championships in 2022 and 2023. Known for his modern, player-centered approach, Krickau later won the EHF European League with SG Flensburg-Handewitt in 2024 and is now the head coach of Füchse Berlin. He is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and respected young coaches in European handball.</p><p>Today, Nico and me talked about how he started to coach, what the similarities between basketball and handball really are, how he developed and currently coaches the best player in the world, Mathias Gidsel and many more topics that should interest you if you're a sports fan!<br></p><p><strong>Topics:</strong><br>00:00 Intro </p><p>1:20 Cultural Communication</p><p>7:50 Coaching beginnings</p><p>13:00 Openness and authenticity </p><p>18:30 Handball culture</p><p>23:50 Scouting Handball players</p><p>30:30 Coaching Mathias Gidsel</p><p>51:50 Culture: Germany vs Denmark</p><p>58:00 Coaching Culturally</p><p>1:09:30 Relating to Basketball</p><p>1:11:00 Improving a winning culture</p><p>1:16:40 ATOs </p><p><br></p><p>📢 <strong>Subscribe</strong> to my <strong>YouTube</strong> channel The Benas Podcast, if you want to stay updated! You'll find this podcast on all audio platforms as well.</p><p>👍 Press „Like“ ir and share this podcast to your network! </p><p>#NicolejKrickau #Denmark #Berlin #Fuechse #Handball </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding Nico:</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolej_krickau/">https://www.instagram.com/nicolej_krickau/</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nicolej.krickau">https://www.facebook.com/nicolej.krickau</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
June 7, 2026
EP#92 | Tautvydas Sabonis: Inside a Rookie Head Coach's Mind
<p><strong>NEW EPISODE!</strong></p><p><strong>(EP#92)</strong><br></p><p><strong>If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):</strong></p><p><strong>Support: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke"><strong>https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Homepage: </strong><a href="http://www.bmatke.com"><strong>www.bmatke.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sponsor: </strong><a href="http://www.proballers.com"><strong>www.proballers.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Tutis":</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Tuti grew up playing basketball in a basketball family and eventually transitioned to coaching. He accepted an assistant coach position within the Zalgiris junior program before eventually transitioning to the pro team and working under four different Head Coaches, most notably Andrea Trinchieri his last season. This season (25/26) Tuti took his first head coaching job with the London Lions and won 4 trophies his first year!</p><p>Today, we talked about his early season challenges as a first time Head Coach and how to recover from heartbreaking losses and steering his team towards new heights to win trophy after trophy his first year. Tuti also shared his experience of being an Assistant coach, what leadership and culture mean to him, preparation, how he balanced his long-distance family-life and much more!<br></p><p><strong>Topics:</strong><br>00:00 Intro </p><p>1:30 Language fluidity</p><p>4:50 Son of "Sabas"</p><p>9:00 Young Assistant Coach</p><p>12:45 Collecting Database</p><p>15:50 Epiphany as an Assistant</p><p>19:30 Being a filter</p><p>25:39 When do you feel ready?</p><p>26:40 <a href="http://ProBallers.com">ProBallers.com</a></p><p>30:41 Approach in Preparation</p><p>35:30 Learning curve</p><p>38:40 Mentorship & Discussions</p><p>44:00 Recovery after hard losses</p><p>49:00 Winning the "Quadruple"<br>52:00 Culture & Leadership</p><p>55:30 Long-distance family life</p><p>58:00 ATOs</p><p><br></p><p>📢 <strong>Subscribe</strong> to my <strong>YouTube</strong> channel The Benas Podcast, if you want to stay updated! You'll find this podcast on all audio platforms as well.</p><p>👍 Press „Like“ ir and share this podcast to your network! </p><p>#TautvydasSabonis #Tuti #LondonLions #Zalgiris #Kaunas #Head Coach</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding Tuti:</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tsabonis11/">https://www.instagram.com/tsabonis11/</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tautvydas.sabonis.3">https://www.facebook.com/tautvydas.sabonis.3</a> </p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/Tsabonis11">https://x.com/Tsabonis11</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
May 28, 2026
EP#91 | Dražen Orešković: Basketball in Syria, Developing Jusuf Nurkic & Croatia Basketball
<p><strong>NEW EPISODE!</strong></p><p><strong>(EP#91)</strong></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):</strong></p><p><strong>Support: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Homepage: </strong><a href="http://www.bmatke.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.bmatke.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sponsor: </strong><a href="http://www.proballers.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.proballers.com</strong></a><br /></p><p><strong>"Dražen":</strong><br /></p><p>Dražen Orešković’s coaching career has mostly been built as a high-level assistant coach in Croatian and European basketball, with a focus on player development, tactics, and national-team work rather than long-term head-coaching roles. He moved through youth and assistant positions before establishing himself in top-level professional basketball. He has worked as an Assistant Coach at the National Team level with Bosnia as well as Croatia. Also worked in the Euroleague with Khimki basketball and is currently a youth level coach in Aleppo, Syria. He also trained Jusuf Nurkic individually during his time in Portland and shared his experience in the NBA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dražen has a rich coaching experience spanning across different cultures and continents and today we talked about all things coaching abroad. From being an assistant coach on the national team level during all competitions as well as his current experience in Syria and how he goes about adapting to a completely new cultures abroad. We also talked about living in the US, him training Jusuf and the Croatian basketball culture change within the team.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Topics:</strong><br />00:00 Intro</p><p>1:38 Why do you coach?</p><p>9:45 Developing Jusuf Nurkic</p><p>17:45 Youth competition in Syria</p><p>41:12 <a href="http://ProBallers.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ProBallers.com</a></p><p>47:20 Croatian Basketball crisis & culture</p><p>1:08:04 ATOs<br /></p><p>📢 <strong>Subscribe</strong> to my <strong>YouTube</strong> channel The Benas Podcast, if you want to stay updated! You'll find this podcast on all audio platforms as well.</p><p>👍 Press „Like“ ir and share this podcast to your network! </p><p><br /></p><p>#DrazenOreskovic #CroatiaBasketball #SyriaBasketball #JusufNurkic #Development</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Finding Luka:</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oreskovic.drazen/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/oreskovic.drazen/</a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drazenoreskovic/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/drazenoreskovic/</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583896873114" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583896873114</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br /></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
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