Monthly Archives: May 2015

7 on 7 is a very popular summer program for many of our football teams to participate in. Some people argue its value because of the lack of linemen and a running game, for example. I believe that anytime you bring kids together to work on your plays, and get better at doing their job that it is something valuable to the team. When you introduce the competition of another team, a district league, or a state-wide tournament you have increased its value. I believe 7on7 works and has become a valuable phase of the season for our skill kids to develop that working relationship with each other continue to compete year round. Skills+Competition+Success = Good….its easy math to me.

The coaches we work with are an important part of what we do. We spend time with and interact with them almost (and sometimes more than) our own families. It is important that we surround ourselves with people who have a positive impact on the athletes we teach and ourselves. Coach Aubry led us in an excellent discussion about how we lay the foundation for our programs with the people who work for the program. It starts at the top with the Head Coach, who we hope is leading us all to be better men and better coaches. He is our guiding light and it is our job to spread his light for all of our athletes, and those impacted by our program can see.

Summer represents a key time for our athletes and football programs. How we use this time to keep our teams getting stronger and working together directly translates to their performance in the fall. This chat contains several excellent ideas concerning the organization of your workouts, to different methods of encouraging attendance, to giving our athletes responsibilities, and great ways to take time for our selves. I hope your summer is productive for your teams, and recharging for you personally.

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