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Post by jerbyrd72 on Mar 28, 2009 18:01:53 GMT -6
Going to try to put together a Winner's (Raider's) Manual for players going into spring. Going to inculde the following; letter, mission statement, Poem -"it couldn't be done," "Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody", ...."Today is a new day.. - Bear Bryant...Poem "Don't Quit", "The Race", Quote from Aristotle ..."We are what we repeatedly do"..."Every morning in Aftrica", Lombardi - "Habit of Winning"...."Attitude is Everything" by Swindol. Wooden's Pyramid, Abe Lincoln failures, "Our greatest fear quote from Marianne Williamson, Competitor's Creed quote from Roosevelt, Bible Verse II Samuel 23:20....got it from a book I've started reading "In a Pit with a Lion on a snowy Day" by Mark Batterson....
You guys that have done this sort of thing....do the kids read it? Does it inspire them? Or did you think it was a waste of time and effort...
What are some other motivational type things (Quotes, poems, pictures, stories) that you put in your manual?
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 28, 2009 18:07:01 GMT -6
i would include some kind of goal sheet on an individual, student, family member and as a team
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Post by jerbyrd72 on Mar 28, 2009 18:28:17 GMT -6
good idea. Do you have an example of one? I could type one up....would just like to see if someone has one that may be a little more appealing than the one that I would create.
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Post by jgordon1 on Mar 28, 2009 19:46:21 GMT -6
Going to try to put together a Winner's (Raider's) Manual for players going into spring. Going to inculde the following; letter, mission statement, Poem -"it couldn't be done," "Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody", ...."Today is a new day.. - Bear Bryant...Poem "Don't Quit", "The Race", Quote from Aristotle ..."We are what we repeatedly do"..."Every morning in Aftrica", Lombardi - "Habit of Winning"...."Attitude is Everything" by Swindol. Wooden's Pyramid, Abe Lincoln failures, "Our greatest fear quote from Marianne Williamson, Competitor's Creed quote from Roosevelt, Bible Verse II Samuel 23:20....got it from a book I've started reading "In a Pit with a Lion on a snowy Day" by Mark Batterson.... You guys that have done this sort of thing....do the kids read it? Does it inspire them? Or did you think it was a waste of time and effort... What are some other motivational type things (Quotes, poems, pictures, stories) that you put in your manual? I always like "The man in the "glass" |
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Post by coachweav88 on Mar 28, 2009 19:56:45 GMT -6
Feel free to use any of the resources in my signature.
I'd also recommend Make the Big Time Where You Are by Frosty Westering. Lot's of good stuff in there.
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Post by coachjblair on Mar 28, 2009 20:37:29 GMT -6
I think it would be a big help with the kids. However, you need to spend timg going over it with them and not just hand it to them and hope they read.
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Post by piquaindian on Mar 28, 2009 21:45:24 GMT -6
I usually select just a handful (no more than 5) and then I drill those same ones into their head all year long. I put quite a bit of thought into them before I select them to make sure that no matter what situation is in front of us, we can apply one of the quotes.
That's for my youth team, for a high school team, I'd do quite a bit more.
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Post by shortpunter on Mar 29, 2009 5:54:17 GMT -6
If you read any Coaching Mental Excellence You sould use his visuallization script stuff. I had kids do this before and serious players benefit
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Post by coachjd on Mar 29, 2009 6:11:04 GMT -6
Jim Tressel has a book out called "The Winners Manual" and its full of great quotes, stories, etc... from his experiences at Ohio State and Youngstown State.
I have pulled a lot of info out of this book that I'm putting in our juniors spring leadership development manual.
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 29, 2009 9:28:57 GMT -6
I am working on one for a introduction meeting for next year, its going to include
What is your goal as a member of this football team for this season?
What is your goal as a student for this semester ?
What is your goal as a member of your family for the next 6 months?
What is one thing you want to change about yourself by the end of this season?
What is one area of your game as an offensive lineman that you want to improve by the end of this season?
- - - Name 3 ways you are going to work towards that goal
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Post by Coach Klemme on Mar 29, 2009 18:51:31 GMT -6
There is a story from a coach in Kansas thats called a Boy's Idols that is very solid. It has always been in the back of my mind since 8th grade. It talks about how he looked up to older kids and how cool he thought they were even though they made poor decisions. He found them later in life struggleing to fit in to the community. It then hit him what if some kid was looking up to him and he let him down. Its really can relate to kids today.
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Post by champ93 on Mar 29, 2009 20:33:09 GMT -6
The Cold Within is a great poem--author unknown
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Post by coachwilley on Mar 29, 2009 20:37:18 GMT -6
Jerbyrd...any chance I could see a copy of your finished product? I hadn't thought of doing a whole handout like this before...I like the concept.
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Post by cc on Mar 29, 2009 23:20:51 GMT -6
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Post by jerbyrd72 on Mar 30, 2009 7:17:24 GMT -6
Coachwilley...yes, I will send you a copy of what I have although it is incomplete right now.
Email me your address - jbbyrd@caddo.k12.la.us
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Post by dabears54 on Mar 30, 2009 8:11:27 GMT -6
Great book!
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Post by coachwilley on Mar 31, 2009 11:50:43 GMT -6
Thanks Jerbyrd72, I'm excited to see what you're doing with the manual.
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Post by coachgeorge51 on Mar 31, 2009 12:10:07 GMT -6
I have a fellow head coaching buddy who made one and it is awesome. He modeled it after the "Winner's Manual" by Tressel. I know his players really cherish it. He builds on it often and gives them pages to add.
I do a weekly small group discussion activity with my players on Fridays after we lift and it would be good to make these part of the manual. However, I do think this is a project that takes a tremendous amount of time and effort and may not be appreciated in the first few years of a rebuilding project.
There are other fish to fry when taking over a varsity football program that hasn't had a winning season in a decade, including year-round lifting, coaching staff issues, facilities upgrades, addressing drug and alcohol issues, improving academic achievement, and building up the youth program.
I can see putting something like this together by year three or four, but then again, maybe it could be a foundation for giving the program direction.
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Post by chuff on Mar 31, 2009 12:51:02 GMT -6
Coach George:
I think that something like the Winner's Manual is the FIRST thing you need to do! All of those problems can be solved if everyone in the organization is committed to the principles set forth by such a document. In my opinion, the winner's manual is more of a mission statement than anything. These are the goals that you are committing to. If your kids and your staff are winners as PEOPLE, than the W's and L's will take care of themselves.
Before I even became a HC I created a "player's handbook." It has grown over the years and especially after reading Tressel's book I have borrowed things from here are there! If anyone would like a copy, just PM me with an email.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Mar 31, 2009 12:57:09 GMT -6
All great ideas. My suggestion is to give them all three ring binders and hand it out a little at a time - in bite size portions, and go over each part of it as you do. If you give them too much at once, they will be overwhelmed, they won't read, and it won't have the impact you want it to have... and a lot of your hard work will be wasted. Yes, I have done this and made that mistake. I use the three ring binder approach, and it is full by the end of the season.
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Post by coachgeorge51 on Apr 1, 2009 6:53:22 GMT -6
I have a 118 page program portfolio and agree that the kids need a philosophical base for building a program so maybe it is the first thing you do. I certainly presented the players with a manual, which was twelve pages long, but I just think you better be careful not to spend work hours on finding motivational poems when rebuilding from a losing program.
Remember, most of the coaches and players (in the first year) won't understand what you are trying to do anyway. I like the three ring binder idea - that is the way to go. This way you build it over time.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Apr 1, 2009 7:40:44 GMT -6
Great stuff coaches! With the three ring binder idea, you could even create pages for kids to insert newspaper clips from the season, etc.
By giving them some ownership, it might compel them to read more of it since they'd be "filling in the blanks" as the season progresses. It might even take on a life of its own with kids from the jv program being excited to get theirs when they get up w/the big boys.
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