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MOTIVATIONAL, FOCUSING

IN PORTRAIT ORIENTATION


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Success is not final,failure is not fatal:

it is the courageto continue that

counts.

- Winston Churchill


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Think twicebefore you speak,

because your words

and influencewill plant the seed

of either success or

failure in the mind ofanother.

- Napoleon Hill


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Try not to simply

become a man ofsuccess, but rather

try to become a

man of value.- Albert Einstein


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Defeatis not the worst

of failures.

Not to have tried

is the true failure.- George Edward Woodberry


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It is not the critic who counts:not the man who points out how the strong manstumbles or where the doer of deeds could have

done better. The credit belongs to the man who isactually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust

and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who

errs and comes up short again and again, becausethere is no effort without error or shortcoming, but

who knows the great enthusiasms, the greatdevotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause;who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of

high achievement, and who, at the worst, if hefails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so thathis place shall never be with those cold and timid

souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt,

26th President of the United States


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Its what you learn

after you know it allthat counts.

- Coach Wooden


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"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"Be quick, but don't hurry."

"If you don't have time to do it right,

when will you have time to do it over?"

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."

"Do not let what you cannot do

interfere with what you can do."

"Don't measure yourself by what you haveaccomplished, but by what you should have

accomplished with your ability."


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The coach is first of all a teacher.

If you keep too busy learning the tricks of thetrade, you may never learn the trade.

"It's not so important who starts the gamebut who finishes it."

"It's the little details that are vital.

Little things make big things happen."

"Be more concerned with your character than yourreputation, because your character is what youreally are, while your reputation is merely what

others think you are."

"Be prepared and be honest."


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They call it coaching but it is teaching.You do not just tell them

you show them the reasons.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chaseperfection we can catch excellence.

The leader can never close the gap betweenhimself and the group. If he does, he is

no longer what he must be. He must walk atightrope between the consent he must win

and the control he must exert.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportionto their commitment to excellence,

regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Practice does not make perfect.Only perfect practice makes perfect.


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My philosophy?Simplicity plus variety.

There are few secrets in football.So execute.


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Nearly all mencan stand adversity,

but if you want to testa mans character,give him power.

Abraham Lincoln


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A team should neverpractice on a field

that is not lined.Your players have tobecome aware

of the fields boundaries.

- Coach Madden


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Some yards

is better thannoneyards

- Coach Madden


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If I am through learning,I am through.

- Coach Wooden


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The only discipline that lastsis self-discipline.

Two kinds of ballplayers aint worth a damn:One that never does what hes told,

and the other who does nothincept what hes told.

How do you win?

By getting average players to play goodand good players to play great thats how you win.

Winning is only half of it havin fun is the other half.


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Theres two kinds of coaches:

them thats been fired,

and them thats gonna be fired

- Coach Phillips


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You are not entitled to an opinion.

You are entitled to an informedopinion.

No one is entitled to be ignorant.

- Harlan Ellison


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1. Do not point out all of the mistakes your athletes are making. How would you feel if someone was watching over your coaching session pointing out all of the things youcould improve on? Yes, honesty and constructive criticism is important, and many athletes appreciate it, butconstantly highlighting ones mistakes only serves to discourage. Instead, highlight and reinforce the goodthings they are doing, and look for openings to provide an appropriate coaching cue that addresses atechnique error.

2. Do not use fitness as punishment.It is maddening (and saddening!) how commonplace this philosophy still is. Numerous studies show theoverwhelming majority of young / teenage athletes have a negative association with fitness due to its use asa threat and as punishment. Using fitness as punishment only feeds this negative mindset, creating amassive barrier for both coach and athlete (especially specialist strength & conditioning or fitness trainerswho want athletes to connect with fitness in a positive way). Fitness CAN be achieved through positive,sport specific technique related and reinforcing methods, it all depends on how you shape and present it.Result - a win for both coach and athlete.

3. Do not underestimate the importance of quality demonstration.Many young athletes are visual learners and will take cues off demonstration by of coaches as well as otherathletes. Ideally, youth coaches should be able to perform all of what they ask of their younger chargers,

however, the quickest way for coaches to lose credibility with their athletes is to attempt to demonstrate askill, drill or exercise beyond their capability, and fail. If in doubt, ask a competent athlete to demonstrate.

4. Do not have unrealistic expectations.Not all children are cut from the same cloth in regard to their up-bringing, environmental influences andsporting experiences. So it is unrealistic as a coach to expect all young athletes to house certain physicalabilities and share the same motivations toward training and competition. If youre frustrated at an athletesapparent lack of ability to execute a skill or drill, perhaps its your coaching thats not facilitating theirdevelopment according to their needs. Sometimes stepping back and re-adjusting your expectations is anecessary and worthwhile process.

5. Never substitute winning now for the learning process.Skill development, whether it is movement oriented, strength oriented or technical sports skills, lays thefoundation for future success. The primary role of a youth sports coach or trainer is to foster a belief that

they [young athletes] can achieve and succeed at high levels, plus develop a platform for future success.The important phrase being future success, meaning, as the coach it is your responsibility to provide thebest environment, and transfer the most appropriate knowledge that offers young athletes the opportunity tobe the best they can be - in the future.

6. Dont be deterred by teenagers unique ways of communication. In responding to a question, if you get one grunt, youre doing ok, two grunts, youre doing well, if you getthree grunts, youre doing exceptional! Ok so not all teenagers talk in grunts, but they certainly use someunique terminology, and will often converse with their peers in what appears to be another language. Its notthat they dont understand sometimes, they just may have decided that talking in full sentences wasnt coolthat day. Dont allow yourself to get too frustrated at their lack of response though, persevere and they willeventually open up.

7. Do not go into ANY coaching sessions without a plan.A good plan provides guidance, a point of reference, and ensures consistent progressive delivery. Have aGrand Plan (long-term), a Working Plan (medium-term), and Mini Plans (short-term). Good plans are bornout of good systems. Dont be the coach caught looking skyward trying to think of what drill to do next asyour athletes twiddle their thumbs. Plan Plan PLAN.

8. Dont forget they are still YOUNG athletes.This may sound like stating the obvious, but often our coaching and programming suggests we still blanketpre-teens and teenagers as little adults. Whilst you may use exercises, drills and teach skills that adultsperform, one easy way to differentiate the two in coaching is through your teach to train ratio. The youngerthe athlete, the higher the teaching component needs to be, as the age increases you can incorporate moreof a training component into sessions. As with programming, the younger the athlete the more of adevelopmental approach is required, as the age increases, a shift to a more performance orientatedapproach occurs.


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Effective coachingis

efficient coaching.

Often times, better coachingisnt about adding more,

but taking away whats not needed.

Many times, recognizing whatnot to do will lead us towarddoing what we need to do.


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Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chaseperfection, knowing full well we will not catch it -because nothing is perfect. But, we are going torelentlessly chase it, because - in the process -

we will catch excellence.

I am not remotely interested in just being good.

And excellence - true excellence, in any endeavor -is achieved by the mastery of fundamentals.

If you believe in yourself and have the courage, thedetermination, the dedication, the competitive drive

and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in lifeand pay the price for the things that are worthwhile,

it can be done.

- Coach Lombardi


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One may know how to conquerwithout being able to do it.

- Sun Tzu


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Strategy without tacticsis the slowest route to victory;

Tactics without strategy

is the noise before defeat.

- Sun Tzu


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A superior man, in regard to what he does not know,

shows a cautious reserve.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordancewith the truth of things.

If language be not in accordance with the truth of things,affairs cannot be carried on to success.

When affairs cannot be carried on to success,proprieties and music do not flourish.

When proprieties and music do not flourish,punishments will not be properly awarded.

When punishments are not properly awarded,the people do not know how to move hand or foot.

Therefore, a superior man considers it necessarythat the names he uses may be spoken appropriately,

and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately.

What the superior man requires is just that in his wordsthere may be nothing incorrect.

From The Analects of Confucius, Book 13, Verse 3

(James R. Ware, translated in 1980.)


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A ril 29, 1920 November 30, 1991

David M. Nelson was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, author, andauthority on college football playing rules. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College(19461947), the University of Maine (19491950), and the University of Delaware (19511965),compiling a career record of 105486. During his 15 years as the head coach at Delaware, he tallied amark of 84422 and gained fame as the father of the Wing T offensive formation. From 1951 to 1984,he served as Delaware's athletic director.

[1]In 1957, Nelson was named to the National Collegiate

Athletic Association Football Rules Committee and in 1962 became its Secretary-Editor, a position he

held for 29 years until his death, the longest tenure in Rules Committee history. In this role, he edited theofficial college football rulebook and provided interpretations on how the playing rules were to be appliedto game situations. Nelson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1987.

Nelson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Upon graduation from Northwestern High School in1938, Nelson enrolled at the University of Michigan. As a 5'7", 155-pound halfback, Nelson playedfootball for Fritz Crisler in the same backfield with fellow Northwestern alumnus, Forest Evashevski, and1940 Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon. In 1941, Nelson led the Wolverines in rushing, averaging 6.yards per carry. Nelson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1942 before serving as a lieutenant inthe United States Naval Air Corps during World War II. He was awarded three battle stars for his serviceAfter the war, Nelson returned to Michigan as assistant baseball coach, earning a Master of Sciencedegree in 1946.

Nelson was head football coach at Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1946 to 1947, assistant footballcoach at Harvard University in 1948, and head football coach at the University of Maine from 1949 to1950. While at Maine, Nelson began to develop the Wing-T formation. When he took over at Delawarein 1951, Nelson continued to develop the Wing-T along with his assistant coach, Mike Lude, and

eventual successor, Tubby Raymond, who joined the Delaware staff the fourth year of the Wing-Toffense. Delaware's success included winning the Lambert Cup, awarded to the top small-college teamin the East, in 1959, 1962 and 1963. The 1963 team also finished the season as the top small collegeteam in the nation in the United Press International poll. When Nelson retired from coaching after the1965 season, his career record was 105486.

Nelson's Wing-T formation was adopted by a number of other teams, including Evashevski's IowaHawkeyes, who won the Rose Bowl in 1957 and 1959 using the formation. Others who used the Wing-Twith success included Paul Dietzel with LSU, Frank Broyles with Arkansas, Ara Parseghian with NotreDame, Jim Owens with Washington, and Eddie Robinson of Grambling State. Nelson also brought aunique football helmet design to Delaware. In the 1930s, Nelson's future college coach, Crisler, was thecoach at Princeton University and was looking for a way to allow his quarterback to easily locate passreceivers running downfield. At the time, there were no rules requiring schools to wear jerseys ofcontrasting colors, and helmets were dark leather, so distinguishing teammates from opponents at aglance was difficult. Crisler hit upon the idea of a helmet with a winged pattern on it and had the leatherdyed in Princeton's black and orange colors. When Crisler moved to Michigan in 1938the same yearNelson arrivedhe used the same design with Michigan's school colors. Nelson brought the samedesign, in the appropriate school colors, to Hillsdale, Maine, and Delaware. Delaware continues to usethe "Michigan" helmet design to this day.

Nelson authored a number of books on football, including Scoring Power with the Winged-T Offense(co-authored with Evashevski, 1957), The Modern Winged-T Playbook(with Evashevski, 1961), FootballPrinciples and Plays(1962), Championship Football by 12 Great Coaches(1962), Dave Nelson Selects99 Best Plays for High School Football(1966), Dave Nelson Selects the Best of Defensive Football forHigh Schools(1967), and Illustrated Football Rules(1976). Nelson's final book, The Anatomy of a GameFootball, the Rules, and the Men Who Made the Game,was a year-by-year chronicle of how thecollegiate football playing rules evolved from 1876 to 1991. It was published posthumously in 1994.

Nelson's awards include the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award (1984) and theAmerican Football Coaches Association's Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1989). He was inducted into theDelaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1978 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987 forhis coaching achievements.


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Standardize rules, protocols and procedures

Establish expectations and boundaries

Manage consistent follow-through for all in every

circumstance and situation

Treat everyone in a principled manner - notnecessarily in an identical one - in accordancewith team rules, standards, protocols and

expectations

Be straightforward, truthful and free of deceit inexplanation, practice and enforcement of teamrules, standards, protocols and expectations

Establish and maintain a high standard ofexpected behavior for understanding - andadherence - to all team rules, standards, protocolsand expectations


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Be thankful for defeat.

Be thankful for failure.

Be thankful for frustration,

for heartbreak,

for foolish mistakes,

for frailty, for hard luck,for doubt, for longing.

These are the things that gauge

the robustness of the challenges

we choose, that sound the depths

of our bravery and fortitude,

that measure our worth.

Only those intimate with the

pain of loss feel - in full -

the sweet euphoria of triumph

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