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Post by wingt74 on Dec 31, 2006 20:52:33 GMT -6
How do you describe the appropriate intensity, attitute, fire, drive, etc of a football player between the whistles?
I heard Madden say, "Ahman Green always runs like he's a little upset."
I like'd how that sounded...and may use it next year. It really is a unique frame of mind to be in when the ball is snapped.
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Post by stackattack on Dec 31, 2006 23:41:20 GMT -6
I tell my defensive players to always arrive at the ballcarrier in a pi$$ed off mood.
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Post by bcurrier on Jan 3, 2007 1:46:13 GMT -6
This is a good question, and I'll be interested to see what others have to say. I tell my players that they should show up half-pissed, ready to get to full-pissed right away! But to be honest, I'm a bit uncomfortable with the word "pissed," which I consider to be a crudity. But neither mad nor angry work as well.
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Post by cc on Jan 3, 2007 2:31:21 GMT -6
"Intense but not idiots"
Had to implement that when early in my career. Had one team so fired up as soon as one kid got on the field he treated it like it was a war and got tossed on the first play...geezzz...
I also hate when players say they want to "Kill" or "rape" the opponents. They are not allowed to express themselves by saying that....
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Post by CoachJ on Jan 3, 2007 9:00:56 GMT -6
We let our kids know we only play one type of football and that is our brand of football. The other team and their abilities doesn't matter. If they are tough team, then we "hit them in the mouth" for 4 quarters and if they are a soft team then we crush them right away. That is the mental approach we try and take into every game. Our staff is a big believer in tone setting. You begin to form a perception in the other teams head from the minute you show up. Being crisp in warmups, being uniform, and especially hitting early in the game. Nothing is more important than how you play in the first quarter. In my opinion it makes or breaks most games. We emphasize it to our kids every day, every drill, every talk that you get after people from the first snap because the other team doesn't know you and you only get one chance to make a first impression. If that first impression they have of you is getting hit in the mouth (figuratively) then their mindset goes instantly into "defensive" mode.
I have found that explaning this concept to players makes them play with intensity. They get the concept of putting fear into their opponent. All football players are nervous. For instance the opponent's offensive line is nervous. We let our players know that their intensity and their aggression and their fire just fuels that nervousness even more.
Sorry for the rant, I hope I answered the question. The most important trigger for us, is explaining the "why" intensity is important.
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Post by spencerxi on Jan 3, 2007 10:43:49 GMT -6
I played with a safety that was also a special team stud, that played with the motivation to "try commit suicide every play!" Now this lead to being a great special teams players and an average safety, but man could he lay the wood. That was his motto he lived by.
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Post by brophy on Jan 4, 2007 7:45:56 GMT -6
COACH LIKE YOU'RE A LITTLE UPSET!
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Post by sls on Jan 4, 2007 8:35:58 GMT -6
Mora comes across like an idiot.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jan 4, 2007 9:05:20 GMT -6
PLAYOFFS?!!? PLAYOFFS!?!@ my wife even quotes Mora
I try to keep my language pretty clean...but I always like "Beat the Piss outta him" when describing bump and run coverage!
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Post by superpower on Jan 4, 2007 9:16:00 GMT -6
Just ran across this quote from Doug Plank: "Most football teams are tempermental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
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Post by wingt74 on Jan 4, 2007 9:56:27 GMT -6
Next year, I'm gonna work in "Diddly poo" into one of my speaches.
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