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Chris ForeAthletic DirectorExcelsior Charter Schoo
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1. What did you do differently this year frother programs in your league, your sectionstate that enabled your success as a State
Champion?
2. What piece of advice would you give toCoach who wants to win a State Champions
3. What do you consider the one most imaspect of your Championship team this year
did you develop that in your program?
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366 STATE CHAMPIONS IN 20
tracked down 320 of them
108 from 42 states responded to my s
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LESSO
FOR
BUILDIN
CHAMPIO
IP-CALIBFOOTBA
PROGR
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FIRSTCHARACTE
ITS NOT AWINNI
OxymoronHighest
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"A life of frustration is inevitable for any c
whose main enjoyment is winning. Chuck
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The advice I would gi
is not to be coaching fo
become a champion. Y
a coach is to teach you
how to become better
society. If you are coac
win, you are in it for threasons.
Mike Rowe, Rocori H
(Minnesota)
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Dont focwinning a
championshmeant to bhappen. Fodevelopin
student athleareas to prep
to be successfMike BoydCatholic Cen
(Michig
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If your goal is to win astate championship, changeyour goal!!! If your passion
is to build young men ofcharacter, faith and a strong
work ethic; to build menwho will be fathers,
husbands and sons, buildrelationships that changelives. - Greg McClendon,
Midland Christian HS
(Texas)
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We believe that you develop the whole athlete withof becoming a champion in every area of your life.
that you become a Champion first and then yochampionships. Winning a Championship doesn't m
champion in our eyes.
Kirk Fridrich, Union High School HS (Oklaho
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Beyourself. Do not fo
winning a state champions
on daily excellence.
Harry Welch, Santa Mar
(California)
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My advice would be to coach one week aand don't make it about a championship. teams work to get better each and every d
championships take care of themselves.- Andy Lowry, Columbine HS (Colorado)
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How and
did you tstart coach
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SECONCHARACTE
STAY TCOURS
Develop YPhilosop
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Stay the course. Dont change just to changconsistency and routine in the things you d
- Mark Buderus, Florence HS (Colorad
I ld t ll th
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I would tell anothestay the course andyour philosophyandyou are trying to cre
coach.
Once they buy in to are preaching not obe successful footba
but they will be succpeople as well.
- Eric Cumba, St. ThomAquinas HS (New Ham
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The most important aspectof us winning championshipsis ourcommitment to
consistency. We sell to ourkids that winning in footballcomes from sticking with
your system.- Rhett Farmer, PiedmontAcademy (Georgia)
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Every coach wants to win a state champbut they also need to understand there
perfect system, a definite blueprint fprogram. Coaches should decide on philosophical approach, and then imple
plan. Once the plan is deemed to
fundamentally solid, stick to it.- Jeff Gourley, Olathe South HS (Kan
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STATEMENT
LIONS FOOTBALL WILL BE KNOWN
A chievement in the classroom by each studen
Coaches who teach not only about football bu
Their sportsmanship in both victory and defe
Success based not on talent or ability but a nonegotiable work ethic
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Success never comes easy. There has tcommitment on your end as a coach to outw
other coaches in yourleague.- Scott Sparks, Denton HS (Montana
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Stay true to what you in. Don't think you nee
the schemes that otherdo because THEY have with it. Work hard at wYOU do and be good at
Travis Cote, BishopGuertin HS (New Ham
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Get a system you like and stick with it. jump around adding aspects to a system tlook good to start with. Consistency in a s
grades 9-12 is vital.
Carl Lemke, St. Croix Lutheran HS (Min
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Are you st
the courseyour prog
If not, w
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THIRDCHARACTE
COACH
THE HEARTHE ATH
Focus on what is important the
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Focus on what is important, thekids....don't focus on what you donor what your competition does hav
people that say it can't
be done....the kids are
the reason we are here.-Scott Bailey,
Lamar HS (Missouri)
The biggest ad
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The biggest adcould give anotis make connec
the kids; makunderstand tvalue each and
of the play
- Michael BLittle Snake R
(Wyomi
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SEE THEM
BEYOND
FRIDAYNIGHT
ld l h h
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Build relationships with your stuathletes. When you develop these
relationships, they will play hardyou, they will respect you, and pro
outside of football will be minim
- Pat Murphy, Capitol HS (Mont
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PERSON > PLAY
As a Coach I believe
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As a Coach I believe Getin the Bubble ofPlayer. They must kno
care about them as inOFF the Field even mon thefield.
-Tim McMullen
Letchworth HS (New
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Myfavorite quote, which I tell our coa
staff that we will live by is theydon'tcamuch you knowuntil theyknowhow mcare."
- Strait Herron, South Point HS (South C
I truly believe the one thing
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I truly believe the one thingthat sets our program apartfrom other programs is ourcommitment to coaching theheart of the athlete. Mostcoaches get so caught up in thexs and os but they never spendtime coaching the heart of
their kids.- Jeremy Brown
Jefferson County HS (Florida)
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What is y
greates
success
coaching a
past Frid
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FOURTCHARACTE
THE LITTHING
Focus on the little
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Focus on the littlethings. This is the bpiece of advice I eve
received as a coachcare of the small thare important and tthings like winning
come.-Rick Streiff
Cathedral HS (India
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We never talk about
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We never talk about Winning is a by-produexecuting and out-wo
your opponent. Focus you can control, whichlittle things: Footworktechnique and off-sea
training.
- Pat Murphy
Capitol HS (Montana)
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Resiliency andattention to detail. Our backuphook slide inbounds at the opponents' 3 yard li1:28 to go that allowed us to score and run theWe had covered it only during August and he pit in late November. Attention to detail is handlthrough film study and meetings.
- Joe Prudhomme Nolan Catholic HS (Texas)
I feel we did the little things right. You ca
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f g gcoach the big picture, because the big pictmade from several little pictures.
-Jon EllinghouseSierra Canyon HS
(California)
I think something we did vhi kid
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this year was to get our kidsinto concentrating on the de
little things. Little things madifferences. Focus on the lithelp with execution, penaltiand help prepare kids in ma
plays.Andy Lowry, Columbine HS(Colorado)
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We believe that our attduring the week and ourreps allow our players tothe game plan and play
- Pat Rice, Waunakee H
What d
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What d
need
bett
regar
the
thin
FIFTH
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FIFTHCHARACTE
DEVELO
A WOETHI
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Keep the vision alive with a greatwork ethicandability to persevere.
- Hal Wasson, Southlake Carroll HS (Texas)
We believe a program needs an identity to bef l W b ild i h i h h
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successful. We build ours in the weight room the eyear. - Randy Dreiling, Hutchinson HS (Kansas)
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The most important part of our team thiswas theirwork ethic, specifically with the s
and conditioning. It was developed as a pfrom the winter, into the summer and throseason.
- Keith Croft, Bishop Hendricken HS (Rhod
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We are 73-2 and have won the state championship the last 5 yearwe know something that others don't or have some unique schemetry harder on a year round basis than players at other schools. If anthat last sentence is emphasized than my message on how to be a state champion is missed.
- Dale Mueller, Highlands HS (Kentucky)
THE NUMBER ONE THING
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THE NUMBER ONE THINGCOACHES SAID THEY DID
DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS THEIR LEAGUE, SECTION, STA
WORK ETHIC!
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We provided
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structure and pfor our players
their tail off.Harsuccess.
- Mark Del PMiddletown
(Delawar
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I think our off-season program re
us over the top mentally anphysically. Mentally, I think ou
believed they could beat anybody
of the work they put in during tseason.
- Hal Lamb, Calhoun HS (Geor
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WORK SMARTERNOT HARDER!
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We break 12 months up into 1. Preseason 2. Post-Season, and have specific goals that we
accomplish during each of those periods. We uphilosophy regarding plan your work, then wplan.
- Kevin Wright, Carmel HS (Indiana)
Revised strength
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gconditioning prog
was the most impaspect of ourChampionship tea
year.-Joe Kinnan
Manatee HS (Flo
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Who two
aspects of
your program
need a better
work ethic?
SIXTH
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SIXTHCHARACTE
LEADER
We had an incredible sense ofunity leadership and
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unity, leadership, andconfidence within our programthis year. It can be attributed tothe group of seniors we hadleading and their willingness tolisten to their coaches, and the
group of underclassmen whowere willing to follow.
- Don Julian
Sheridan HS (Wyoming)
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The most important aspect would have to be the leaderseniors. Everyone bought into the conditioning and te
because everyone saw our seniors working as hard as thewin. - Ray Steele, Indian River HS (
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FIVE WAYS TOBUILD LEADERSH
1.ONGOING LEADERSHIP TRA
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We had great from our st
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athletes. Whenegreat leadersh
team our sfollowed. We dotraining with ouseniors and we
using those skills
- Frederick BStaley HS (M
Developing leaders startedb f th i i
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years before their senioryear. Looking back at old
team pictures, our strongestcaptains were managers as5/6 graders.
- John Schwartz, MendonHS (Michigan)
2. COMMUNITY LEADER
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2. PUT LEADERS IN CHARGHOLD THEM ACCOUNTAB
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HOLD THEM ACCOUNTAB
The one piece Id give to a Hea
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gwanting to win Championship i
seniors go, yourgoes, and your b
players must beworkers and mu
servants within program.
- Don Julian
Sheridan HS (W
4. AGE DOESNT EQUALEADERSHIP
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LEADERSHIP
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5. YOUMUST
SET THETONE
My advice to yupcoming head co
d d l d
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understandleader
from the top down
because someone coach does not me
dont have to do th
that they did as a
coach.- Rhett Farmer
Piedmont Academ
(G i )
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What is yourplan for
developingleaders?
SEVENTCHARACTE
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CHARACTE
CHEMISThe M
OverlooKey To Su
TEAM CHEMISTRY was
i f
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most important aspect of our
championship. We have goodteam chemistry year in and ye
out in our program, but this tebonded like no other. - Bob
Godsey, Hartselle HS (Alabam
Wefelt that we htalent and capabiliti
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talent and capabilitisuccessful. Howev
strongly that we neework hard on TE
CHEMISTRY!
- Ken Lucas, AnnapoChristian School (Ma
Our team firstmentality was really ourkey this season the
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key this seasontheidea that everyone has
roles and no matterwhat your specific roll isit is critical to the teamand to the success of
the team. This really ledto tremendous teamchemistry andleadership.
- Pat Rice, Waunakee
(Wisconsin)
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They were plaeach other and
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themselves. It tremendous am
group mentoriteaching. We wany newspapeor relative currthat spoke to t1st mentality.Higgins, Piscat(New Jersey)
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Team unity and love for each other. Plan for it; practice it daily, it isinfluential factor. We preach common purpose, mutual dependen
honor.
- Willie Amendola, Dekaney HS (Texas)
Team Chemistry is everything! The 2010 State Runner Up had mthis year's 2011 Championship team did, but could not all get alostressed respect and had several team building activities.
Kevin Swift Gold Beach High School (Oregon)
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- Kevin Swift, Gold Beach High School (Oregon)
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ORIENTATION GROU
I would say the beliother we callBrotheh l d t i th
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helped sustain us throur year round stren
conditioning programus overcome a weekbig game environmemade the process of
football program moenjoyable. - ScotLamar HS (Missouri)
Our Team unity wasoutstanding. It started wseniors and filtered thro
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seniors and filtered throthe classes. We have bee
blessed over last thirty ywinning the state champeleven times and playingtitle seven more times. Tingredient of those teamunity.
- Barney Hester, TattnalAcademy (Georgia)
The most impaspect of our h i hi
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championshipwas definitelyTeam ChemistOur kids reallyand loved eac
- Hal Lamb, CHS (Georgia)
Without question, themost important aspect
f hi
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of our team this yearwas unity. This
particular team cametogether and held eachother accountablebetter than any team Ihave evercoached.
- Jason Herring,Refugio HS (Texas)
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How can YO
do a better
developin
team
chemistry
EIGHTCHARACTE
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CHARACTE
MENTTOUGHN
Gettingmind ri
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What Is This Thing Called Mental ToughnesInvestigation of Elite Sports Performers (2
Jones, Hanton, and Connaughton of the
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3 KEYS TO TEACHIMENTAL TOUGHNES
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MENTAL TOUGHNES
1. Define it; keep brithe kids back to it
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the kids back to it
We spent a great deal of timeon the mindset each week.Mental toughness is being able
f l l / i
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to go from play to play/ stay inthe moment and being able to
focus. Being excellent is theability to do common things withuncommon discipline andenthusiasm. This takes mental
toughness; which is a learnedbehavior.
- Hal Wasson, Southlake CarrollHS (Texas)
I believe the biggest task of a head cHigh School Athletics is creating a min
an expectation in your players
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an expectation in yourplayers.
- Jon Ellinghouse, Sierra Canyon (California)
2. Youve got
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g
to practice it;not going tohappenovernight!
It is just as important to develop players mental toughness and
as it is to develop their physical talents and skills. In crucial momenare more important in the determination of success and failure thaattributes. - Joe Harbour, Norwayne HS (Ohio)
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I think our kids are very poised and showmental toughness. We focus on that ineverything we do throughout the year.
- Hank Carter, Lake Travis HS (Texas)
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We were always able to respond to advematter what happened our kids respond
champions. I believe that our coaching staour players how to respond to pressure an
respond to those situations.
- Seth Stinton, Melissa HS (Texas)
3 Teach your kids to
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3. Teach your kids to
confident by puttinthem in positions t
succeed!
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This was displayed no more clearly thastate finals game when we feel behind for
first time in the game late in the fourth qua
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first time in the game late in the fourth qua
a manner that could have broken the spiritmany teams. Our senior quarterback walk
the huddle simply saidNo Doubts we got
and then we marched down the field to sco
game winning touchdown with 30 seconds
the game.
- Joe Harbour, Norwayne HS (Ohio)
What can you
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What can you
implement to
teach mental
toughness nextyear?
NINTHCHARACTE
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PREPARALeave
stonunturn
Championship-caliber footballk
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programs knowhow to preparetheir kids to be
successful onFriday nights
My best advice would be the sameadvice I would give to a first year headcoach, and that would be the only thing
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, y gguaranteed concerning your next footbseason is that you are
going to have adversity.
So plan for it.
-Kevin Wright
Carmel HS (Indiana)
Be well prepared ansound plan. You mustmore than one plan in
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more than one plan inthings don't go as wehope for. Keep your psimple so adjustmentmade at any time.
-Scott Rials
Elba HS (Alabama)
As a staff, we were better at pracplanning and time allocation for a
i ifi ll i d
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our practices. Specifically, we tried
have a period go over 8-10 minutemax. This allowed us to make surecould rep more technique daily.
- Jeff Lindsley, Grangeville HS (Ida
3 Keys To GreatPractices
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Practices
Be organized
Be prepared
Be enthusiastic
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Find an offensive and defenssystem that you are comfortable
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and stay with it. We have run an
formation option offense and a 5
4) defense for 30 years.
- Barney HesterTattnall Square Academy (Geor
The coaches tauthe field each daykept practices we
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organized. Watch
and making the dimprovements whelp in the stretc
the playoffs. - BrHardin, ProvidenHS (North Caroli
Dont get too fancy with the offeand defense. It's like the KISSmethod Keep it simple stupid S
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method. Keep it simple stupid. S
coaches want to run 10 differentoffenses and defenses and the kidso confused they can't executeanything.
- Larry Glatczak, Centralia/WetmHS (Kansas)
In what
do you ne
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do you ne
get betpreparing
kids next
TENTCHARACTE
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BUILDI
TRUST ACONFIDE
If you want to win state championship
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have to get the play
bought into Youasmuch as the progra
- Tim Brabant,
Carsonville-Port SanHS (Michigan)
Your players ntrust you andt th ff i
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to the offensiv
defensive schethat you imple
- Travis Cote, BGuertin HS(New Hampsh
The one important aspect this yewas trust. We had 9 seniors that
h d k 5 d b
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together around week 5 and got b
and better as the season went. Byplayoffs, our kids trusted each othand had a ton of confidence.
- Larry Glatczak, Centralia/WetmoHS (Kansas)
When HC loses trust aconfidence of his playe
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p y
coaches, administration community, he becomnothing more than an
obstaclefor his team reach peak performanc
Trust. The mostimportant characa great leader is tbe trusted Trust i
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be trusted. Trusti
developed by beinhonest, consistentalways following with what you say
going to do.- Mike Favero, Lo(Utah)
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Do not be afraid to give the kids some ownershthe kids come up with the verbal calls to commu
plays to the entire offense. When the kids had awe listened. They tookownership.
Ray Steele, Indian River HS (Delaware
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Believe you can win or have a
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Believe you can win or have a
chance to win every game; useextreme preparation and situain practice.
- Mark Buderus, Florence HS(Colorado)
DO WHATCONFIDENCE
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DO WHAT
YOU SAY;
SAY WHAYOU DO
How are
building
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building
and confiin your fo
progra
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