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Excuses
Nov 21, 2008 7:55:32 GMT -6
Post by play4him56 on Nov 21, 2008 7:55:32 GMT -6
I'm looking for good ways to eliminate the use of excuses of my players. I found this posted somewhere, but I would like to know how you guys deal with players excuses for sub-par performance.
NO EXCUSES
Any excuse for non-performance however valid, softens the character. It is a sedative against ones own conscience. When a man uses an excuse, he attempts to convince both himself and others that unsatisfactory performance is somehow acceptable. He is – perhaps unconsciously – attempting to divert attention from performance; the only thing that counts is his own want for sympathy. The user is dishonest with himself as well as others. No matter how good or how valid, the excuse never changes performance. The world measures success in terms of performance alone. No man is remembered in history for what he would have accomplished. History never asked how hard it was to do the job, nor considers the obstacles that had to be overcome. It counts only one thing – PERFORMANCE. No man ever performed a worthwhile task without consciously ignoring many a plausible excuse. To use an excuse is a habit. We cannot have both the performance habit and the excuse habit. We all have a supply of excuses. The more we use them the lower our standards become, the poorer our performance. The better we perform, the less plausible our excuses become. Next time you want to defend you sub-par performance, say instead (at least to yourself):
NO EXCUSES!
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Excuses
Nov 21, 2008 8:30:13 GMT -6
Post by olinecoach61 on Nov 21, 2008 8:30:13 GMT -6
Excuses are like butt holes, everyone has them and they all stink.
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Excuses
Nov 21, 2008 8:43:38 GMT -6
Post by superpower on Nov 21, 2008 8:43:38 GMT -6
I'm looking for good ways to eliminate the use of excuses of my players. I found this posted somewhere, but I would like to know how you guys deal with players excuses for sub-par performance. I think it was the great basketball coach Dean Smith who wrote that the greatest motivator at a coach's disposal is the bench. You just can't tolerate the excuses. Find a player who will give you his best effort and replace the kid who is making excuses. You have to be ruthless.
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Excuses
Nov 21, 2008 18:28:03 GMT -6
Post by dc207 on Nov 21, 2008 18:28:03 GMT -6
One of the best teams we played this year has a patented saying for their school (I think) - but I know it is placed above the entrance to their weight room and locker room. "Words, not Deeds." Simple, but effective. When we played them at their stadium this year, our kids were talking about it on the ride home. We lost by one TD and we were on the 6-yardline in the final minute. Great game against a great program, and that one simple motto perfectly encapsulates their program.
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Excuses
Nov 22, 2008 9:53:56 GMT -6
Post by 19delta on Nov 22, 2008 9:53:56 GMT -6
Shouldn't that be the other way around? Deeds, not Words?
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Excuses
Nov 23, 2008 0:43:30 GMT -6
Post by coachcoyote on Nov 23, 2008 0:43:30 GMT -6
I think so.
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 9:04:47 GMT -6
Post by jpdaley25 on Nov 24, 2008 9:04:47 GMT -6
We have a tree that sits a long way away at the top of a very steep hill. On the tree is a sign that says, "Excuses, bellyaching, groaning, and complaining." I call it the excuse tree. When a kids makes an excuse, I tell him to run up there and tell that tree, because I ain't listening. It usually only takes one trip to the tree to break them of that. The funny thing is, my DC invites excuses by the way he coaches. He is constantly saying, "Why did you do that? What were you thinking? Tell me why you did that?" Whenever that happens, I tune in. If it sounds like an excuse, I send him to the tree. Our kids have learned to be very careful about how they respond to my DC.
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 9:57:10 GMT -6
Post by outlawjoseywales on Nov 24, 2008 9:57:10 GMT -6
I think that the "excuses" thing starts with me. I tell them the first day a few things, one of which is "I don't give excuses and I don't take excuses, what is-is."
By not giving any excuses my self in the media, to my staff, or to the kids, it sets the tone for everyone.
It all starts and ends with me.
On a lighter note, years ago when I asked a kid to do something on the field he replied, "I'll try coach." Before I knew it I spouted that line from Yoda, "there is no try there is only do" which isn't the entire quote though. We nearly fell out laughing. However, it has become one of our most widely used phrases. The whole quote is "there is no "try" there is only do or do-not." How true.
OJW
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 10:09:10 GMT -6
Post by jgordon1 on Nov 24, 2008 10:09:10 GMT -6
Excuse tree.. I love it
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 20:26:14 GMT -6
Post by midlineqb on Nov 24, 2008 20:26:14 GMT -6
We always tell them "Excuses only satisfy those who make them."
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 20:55:47 GMT -6
Post by coachjd on Nov 24, 2008 20:55:47 GMT -6
No Excuses...No Explanations Tony Dungy
Excuses are the nails that built the house of failure. (Coach Taylor quote of the day)
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Excuses
Nov 24, 2008 22:32:21 GMT -6
Post by eickst on Nov 24, 2008 22:32:21 GMT -6
You are not defined by what happens to you. You are defined by how you deal with what happens to you.
Read it on here somewhere.
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Post by coachp17 on Nov 26, 2008 23:54:58 GMT -6
We use the quote "excuses are the nails that build the house of failure" Then everytime we hear an excuse me and my coaches simply say NAILS even before they finish the excuse. after a while the players will help remind each other with the one simple word.
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