Wow!!! What a breathe of fresh air Tuesday was at practice. The temperature cooled down and stayed pretty dry for the most part and the kids were upbeat and flying around. I took a moment to look over and see our JV's scrimmaging the Frosh team and their was a lot of excitement over there. Both teams were hooting and hollering for their teammates. The varsity had a good practice despite a few guys out to flu like symptoms. Kids jumped in as back ups and it looked like they had been doing it the whole time.
If Tuesday was fresh air today was full of ROSES!!! Kids bounced around and were flying around on defense, catching balls on offense, linemen were firing off the ball. Special teams looked pretty good on sudden changes today.
If we play Friday with the intensity of today (Wed) then we will play well. When we play well we can and will play with anybody!
One time this year I want our Kickoff team to really set the tone of the game by knocking their opponent in the ground multiple times on the opening kickoff! I feel if we can accomplish this the rest of the team will feed off of it emotionally.
Saw this video today and thought it was pretty good for this weeks video.
SMU Football Video:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
EP Football Sunday of Week #4
WOW!!! It feels great to get a win, it had been sense October 10th last year that we got a win! I am hoping that the players like the feeling so much that they work so hard they never want to feel the pain of a lose again. This was the first game this year that the players never showed signs of defeat. They believed they could win for 48 minutes, now we did have a bit of let down in the 3rd Quarter but, I never felt like our kids doubted they were going to win.
We need a great week of lifting and practice so we are prepared for a pretty good Churchill team! I am a firm believer in, you play like you practice. We need to make a conscious effort to have better second half of practices this week. We as a coaching staff as well as the players need to find a way to have better 2nd half practices.
Great win fellas and lets get better this week!!!
We need a great week of lifting and practice so we are prepared for a pretty good Churchill team! I am a firm believer in, you play like you practice. We need to make a conscious effort to have better second half of practices this week. We as a coaching staff as well as the players need to find a way to have better 2nd half practices.
Great win fellas and lets get better this week!!!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
EP Football Day #4 of Game Week #3
After starting the season off 0-3, I find myself staying up late at night trying to find material on the Internet that will motivate our kids to take their practice to the next level. I am reminded of a quote "If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got!" Anonymous
I just wish for one week our kids would come out to practice and fly around for 2 hours for three days in a row. We have so many kids with bumps and bruises and they don't practice because of them, and they don't realize the impact they are having on the outcome of Friday nights games!
I want to remind the 40-45 kids that spent all summer in the weight room, that it was not for nothing. I personally have seen huge changes in individuals. When the individuals start leading the rest of the team in the right direction on an everyday basis we could, NO, we will be a very good Football team.
When I watch sporting events, I watch how athletes move. I watched our VB team play a few times the last few weeks and see that we have a lot of potential, but the players don't play out of an athletic position all the time, our football players do the same thing. I want all of the athletes that I coach in the weight room to buy into the fact that I am training you to be a better athlete. Trust that what we do in the weight room will transfer onto the athletic court or fields. I know some of them think I just train them to be a bigger and better football players and that couldn't be further from the truth.
This video clip says it all:
I just wish for one week our kids would come out to practice and fly around for 2 hours for three days in a row. We have so many kids with bumps and bruises and they don't practice because of them, and they don't realize the impact they are having on the outcome of Friday nights games!
I want to remind the 40-45 kids that spent all summer in the weight room, that it was not for nothing. I personally have seen huge changes in individuals. When the individuals start leading the rest of the team in the right direction on an everyday basis we could, NO, we will be a very good Football team.
When I watch sporting events, I watch how athletes move. I watched our VB team play a few times the last few weeks and see that we have a lot of potential, but the players don't play out of an athletic position all the time, our football players do the same thing. I want all of the athletes that I coach in the weight room to buy into the fact that I am training you to be a better athlete. Trust that what we do in the weight room will transfer onto the athletic court or fields. I know some of them think I just train them to be a bigger and better football players and that couldn't be further from the truth.
This video clip says it all:
Monday, September 7, 2009
EP Football Day #1 of Game Week #2
Well Game #1 did not go as well as anyone in an Eagle uniform thought. We made a lot of rookie mistakes and just were not prepared to play a varsity football game. I hope the players understand now, why we need to get the best look we can on scout team. We have a late practice today and then school starts on Tuesday. I hope this years team handles adversity and distractions better then the teams in the past.
The one bright spot of the game on Friday was our Special Teams, I believe we out played them on Special Teams. We caused a T.O., we pinned them inside the 10, we returned every K.O. past the 30.
I hope the athletes are ready for a pretty athletic Henley team.
Here is for your viewing pleasure:
The one bright spot of the game on Friday was our Special Teams, I believe we out played them on Special Teams. We caused a T.O., we pinned them inside the 10, we returned every K.O. past the 30.
I hope the athletes are ready for a pretty athletic Henley team.
Here is for your viewing pleasure:
Thursday, September 3, 2009
EP Football Day #4 of Game Week #1
The football team had a good camp and is off and running. The team is ready to be battle tested this Friday against Crescent Valley. I feel we are much more ready as a team this year for game one then we were last year. Our competition is much greater in CV, then last year with Madras who we beat 55-0.
My hope for this years team is that the players make corrections of their errors as the season progresses. I also hope that after our last game of the year which I hope is in late November or December, but I hope I can say that the players matured and progressed throughout the season.
This game week I felt like the YAC PAC made great advances in Individual time, but the transfer to team and 7 on 7 is not their yet. I feel that the players lose their sense of urgency and their focus. Tomorrow night will tell me exactly who can Flip the Switch and who needs to mature still.
Sense the Ducks play tonight I felt this was appropriate to add:
My hope for this years team is that the players make corrections of their errors as the season progresses. I also hope that after our last game of the year which I hope is in late November or December, but I hope I can say that the players matured and progressed throughout the season.
This game week I felt like the YAC PAC made great advances in Individual time, but the transfer to team and 7 on 7 is not their yet. I feel that the players lose their sense of urgency and their focus. Tomorrow night will tell me exactly who can Flip the Switch and who needs to mature still.
Sense the Ducks play tonight I felt this was appropriate to add:
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