Football is a game full of cliches. Coaches love to use them to keep a team focused or to quell the probing minds of the community. A cliche can be comforting to hear because there is always some truth behind it. That’s how statements become cliche. One such example is “a win is never as…
Day 4 – December 10
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There’s nothing more disappointing for a coach than when you believe in an athlete and they don’t believe in themselves. And especially when they allow that disbelief to impact their performance. Self-doubt is such a powerful force. It only takes a small dose to cripple a person. I saw it happen today. An athlete I’ve…
The game of football is under attack. I have blown this off for many years because of the popularity of the game and because Texas is insulated from the rest of the football nation due to the culture and organization of high school football. I embrace this opinion now because I see the impact in…
It’s not the Xs and the Os, it’s the Jimmies and the Joes. Most of the time when a coach uses this cliche, he will use it to stress what is important in a program. Your offensive or defensive system is important, but the people who are executing the game plan each week have more…
CAMP BREAKDOWN 2018 This spreadsheet of camps and registration links has been compiled by Coach Raymond Davis, the DC of St. Thomas High School in Houston, TX. …
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