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Coaching

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s inspirational speech about his 6 secrets to success

November 30, 2011

Tweet This PostArnold Schwarzenegger’s inspirational speech about his 6 secrets to success:

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How Bad Do You Want It?

November 12, 2011

Tweet This Post Do or die again for the Gundo JM Eagles. My kids have inspired me this year as they have grown every single week since late July. Forced to learn new positions as we shuffled players. To make up for injuries and drop offs. They have found [...]

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Quotes from Boys of Fall

November 7, 2011

Tweet This Post“Success is Uncommon, therefore it will not be enjoyed by the common man.” Tony Dungy’s College Coach
“People assume that everyone wants to be the best that they can be. I think everybody just wants to be average and get by.” Nick Saban Head Coach Alabama Crimson Tide
“As long as a player [...]

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Overcoming Obstacles: Responsibility and Focus

October 8, 2011

Tweet This PostAfter playing college football for the Baylor Bears, Mike Singletary was drafted by the

Chicago Bears in the 2nd round of the 1981 NFL Draft and was known as “The Heart of the Defense” for the Chicago Bears’ Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. He was inducted into the Pro Football [...]

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If You Want It Go Get It

September 20, 2011

Tweet This Post“Don’t ever let somebody tell you…you can’t do something. You got a dream..you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves..they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something go get it“.

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Doing What Your Opponent Refuses to Do

August 11, 2011

Tweet This PostA Letter to my team recently:Please immediately share this with your player and print out for future reference. I promised the boys that I would send this to them.

Today on Facebook:

Yesterday, I told a story of Mike Piazza. As a high schooler he woke up his Uncle and [...]

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How To Get Better At Anything

June 5, 2011

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The short answer is ask. The better answer is ask the right person. A harder task when we live in a world where everyone claims to be an expert. Also hard, when most people cannot tell you why they are good at something. In fact many successful people do not [...]

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Do Or Do Not, There is No Try

April 1, 2011

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Yoda-So certain are you. [sighs] Always with you it cannot be? done. Hear you nothing that I say?
Luke-Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different.
Yoda-No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.
Luke-All right. I’ll give it a try.
Yoda-No! Try not. Do, [...]

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Train like a Navy Seal

February 18, 2011

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This is a guest post and illustrates how the Navy Seals used mind tricks on themselves to increase their ability to perform. The techniques should at least in part resonate with anyone who has had any athletic success.
This is about using NLP to control stress reactions, and I’m going to use [...]

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Winning isn’t everything, it is the only Thing

February 8, 2011

Tweet This PostLast night I sat down with 6 other youth Football Coaches and 1 High School Coach/ex Professional football player.
Two I have coached with before.  The others I have never met.
I found that the issues I have with youth sports. With sports in general, was resonating in my fellow Coaches ears.
If  I [...]

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The Learning Cone

February 6, 2011

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