Post by Oneback on Apr 17, 2005 19:30:41 GMT
This came from the University of Missouri. It is EXCELLENT!!!
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
PRACTICE AND TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
1. Goal is to out practice our opponents.
a. Practice harder
b. Practice smarter
c. Practice with game day intensity
2. You Must Get Your Position To Believe That You Are The Best Coach And Teacher In The League. If The Players Don't Believe, We Won't Win.
3. We Must Be Great Teachers.
What you see on video is what you have coached.
You are a teacher! Your teaching is evaluated by your player's performance. Profs can have A, B, C, D, F students. We must have all A's. Keep things simple. Don't over coach. Find the best way to teach. Teach fundamentals. Our goal is that each player masters the fundamentals at his position.
4. We Know What Must Be Taught — Staff Growth. Improve Schemes, But Have A Philosophy And Sell It To The Players.
5. Utilize Teaching Aids.
Change up procedure of meetings
Must use them
Video Breakdown (find a way to use it).
Marking Boards — accuracy of diagrams is critical — 75% of learning is visual.
Practice and Scrimmage Video
Training Video
6. Great Enthusiasm (Not Cheerleading) - 3/1 Theory (3
Positive 1 Negative).
Explain to athlete we criticize performance and not to take it personally. Find things to be positive about.
80% of your communication and motivation should be positive! If this is not true, then change!
7. Must Be Consistent.
All players must be team players and abide by the Team Covenant.
Consistency in everything.
Praise and criticize — all players. Players will notice any inconsistency in your player interaction.
Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach 100% effort every play. Every Play Every Day! - Play Hard Players must be on time every scheduled meeting or practice. Attention to detail.
Demand players to compete in everything they do. (6-second player)
8. Hard Workers On Field. Coaching.
Coach every play! Coach every play! Coach every play! Coach every play! Don't stand in one spot. (Hands in pockets, arms folded not permitted in our program.) Get to where the action is.
If coach stands around, so will players. No clinics on field. That's why we meet and have walk-thru. Coach will run drill to drill just like the players. Players must run on the field - never walk.
Players don't lay on the ground. Demand enthusiasm, intensity and knowing assignment.
9. Control The Hitting - Tag-off, Play Ball Live-Tag Off,
Thud, Live.
10. The best coaches in the country take their players
performance personal. MISSOURI COACHES TAKE THEIR PLAYERS PERFORMANCE PERSONAL!
FPR PLAYERS & COACHES BOTH!!!!!
N O E X C U S E S
Any excuse for non-performance, however valid, softens the character. It is a sedative against one's 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 with 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 asks how hard it was to do the job, nor considers the obstacles that had to be overcome. It never measures the handicaps. 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 become our standards, the poorer our performance. The better we perform, the less plausible our excuses become.
Next time you want to defend your sub-par performance, say instead (at least to yourself):
No Excuses!
Notice the startling effect this will have on your own self-respect. You will have recognized your failure. You will have been honest with yourself. You will be one step closer to the performance habit. You will be a better man for it. We will be a better team!
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
PRACTICE AND TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
1. Goal is to out practice our opponents.
a. Practice harder
b. Practice smarter
c. Practice with game day intensity
2. You Must Get Your Position To Believe That You Are The Best Coach And Teacher In The League. If The Players Don't Believe, We Won't Win.
3. We Must Be Great Teachers.
What you see on video is what you have coached.
You are a teacher! Your teaching is evaluated by your player's performance. Profs can have A, B, C, D, F students. We must have all A's. Keep things simple. Don't over coach. Find the best way to teach. Teach fundamentals. Our goal is that each player masters the fundamentals at his position.
4. We Know What Must Be Taught — Staff Growth. Improve Schemes, But Have A Philosophy And Sell It To The Players.
5. Utilize Teaching Aids.
Change up procedure of meetings
Must use them
Video Breakdown (find a way to use it).
Marking Boards — accuracy of diagrams is critical — 75% of learning is visual.
Practice and Scrimmage Video
Training Video
6. Great Enthusiasm (Not Cheerleading) - 3/1 Theory (3
Positive 1 Negative).
Explain to athlete we criticize performance and not to take it personally. Find things to be positive about.
80% of your communication and motivation should be positive! If this is not true, then change!
7. Must Be Consistent.
All players must be team players and abide by the Team Covenant.
Consistency in everything.
Praise and criticize — all players. Players will notice any inconsistency in your player interaction.
Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach toughness. Coach 100% effort every play. Every Play Every Day! - Play Hard Players must be on time every scheduled meeting or practice. Attention to detail.
Demand players to compete in everything they do. (6-second player)
8. Hard Workers On Field. Coaching.
Coach every play! Coach every play! Coach every play! Coach every play! Don't stand in one spot. (Hands in pockets, arms folded not permitted in our program.) Get to where the action is.
If coach stands around, so will players. No clinics on field. That's why we meet and have walk-thru. Coach will run drill to drill just like the players. Players must run on the field - never walk.
Players don't lay on the ground. Demand enthusiasm, intensity and knowing assignment.
9. Control The Hitting - Tag-off, Play Ball Live-Tag Off,
Thud, Live.
10. The best coaches in the country take their players
performance personal. MISSOURI COACHES TAKE THEIR PLAYERS PERFORMANCE PERSONAL!
FPR PLAYERS & COACHES BOTH!!!!!
N O E X C U S E S
Any excuse for non-performance, however valid, softens the character. It is a sedative against one's 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 with 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 asks how hard it was to do the job, nor considers the obstacles that had to be overcome. It never measures the handicaps. 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 become our standards, the poorer our performance. The better we perform, the less plausible our excuses become.
Next time you want to defend your sub-par performance, say instead (at least to yourself):
No Excuses!
Notice the startling effect this will have on your own self-respect. You will have recognized your failure. You will have been honest with yourself. You will be one step closer to the performance habit. You will be a better man for it. We will be a better team!
