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Post by tog on Dec 10, 2009 20:56:12 GMT -6
cannot win
just saw this sign in the navy locker room on cbsc show---inside academy football
what is your take on this? how do you deal with---players that are "robots" or players that are afraid to make mistakes?
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Post by lyons on Dec 10, 2009 23:28:57 GMT -6
I think that is an awesome take. I have always been told that if kids are afraid to make a mistake they are not always going to take a chance on a play time the snap. I have tried not to punish a kid for making a FULL speed mistake. I tell them to go full speed and not half butt effort. there is a difference from being stupid and trying
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Post by julien on Dec 11, 2009 5:30:57 GMT -6
My first coach used to say: "if you have to make a mistake, do it with all of your heart"
Don't know if I translate it the right way ;D
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Post by superpower on Dec 11, 2009 6:01:50 GMT -6
We tell our kids that mistakes are going to happen as part of the game, but if they make a mistake, we expect it to be at full speed and we expect them to learn from it and move on.
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 11, 2009 6:28:43 GMT -6
If youre not making mistakes, then youre probably not making anything.
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Post by coachd5085 on Dec 11, 2009 6:51:43 GMT -6
I got a completely different message than you guys seemed to. I took it as the risk not being making a mistake on the field, but rather being putting yourself out there knowing the risk of being beaten. I feel this is more along the lines of what touchdownmaker was talking about in a different thread. It takes courage to do everything you can to win, and still be beaten.
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Post by coachwoodall on Dec 11, 2009 7:33:29 GMT -6
I agree. You have to step outside of your comfort zone.
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could be related to the 'type' of kid found in the academy setting: able follow rules (to a 'T'), show discipline, answer to a higher calling, being part of a team. etc...... Sometimes you have to teach those types of kids 'how to let it all hang out'
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2009 8:52:42 GMT -6
I stole one from the British Special Forces (SAS) -"Who Dares Wins"...
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Post by Coach JR on Dec 11, 2009 9:11:50 GMT -6
I stole one from the British Special Forces (SAS) -"Who Dares Wins"... I think this says it quite well...it's one of my...maybe my favorite quotes: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2009 9:19:35 GMT -6
i couldn't remember all that ...lol
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Post by Coach JR on Dec 11, 2009 9:29:34 GMT -6
i couldn't remember all that ...lol Yeah, I know. It's one of those things you take from. Not quote verbatim to a bunch of kids. One more applicable to the "now generation" would be one I read on the facebook page of Lee Ziemba, Auburn's LT: "I don't care what you're doing, DO IT FULL SPEED! If you are opening a candy bar, RIP THE MOTHER F$%@er OFF" Coach Hugh Nall
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Post by airman on Dec 11, 2009 14:05:21 GMT -6
i think they should have up there
There are bold soldiers
There are old soldiers
however there are no bold old soldiers
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Post by lukethadrifter on Dec 11, 2009 17:46:33 GMT -6
Very true statement. Just like popular slogans Just Do It, Go for the Gold, etc... Kids need to play to win, not play not to lose. If you are afraid to take some chances in life, you will never really accomplish much of anything that is great. The same statement can be made for coaches. Luke
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