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Post by Quick Feet on Sept 26, 2011 15:40:42 GMT -6
A place to add articles, tips, drills, etc.
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Post by Quick Feet on Sept 26, 2011 16:04:22 GMT -6
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Post by coach501 on Sept 29, 2011 11:21:28 GMT -6
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Post by coach501 on Sept 29, 2011 11:23:33 GMT -6
Love that first quick story about teams being "elite". My head coach and I have a running joke when at tournaments, "Which elite/gold team are you heading to now?"
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Post by The Real Truf on Sept 29, 2011 12:40:14 GMT -6
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Post by Quick Feet on Sept 29, 2011 13:24:56 GMT -6
Love that first quick story about teams being "elite". My head coach and I have a running joke when at tournaments, "Which elite/gold team are you heading to now?" The new thing is that teams are either Gold, Elite or now "Premier." When my daughter was playing, we used to say that we were going to change the name of the team to the " Gold Elite Platinum Ultimate Really Really Good (put team name here)."
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Post by The Real Truf on Sept 29, 2011 15:24:44 GMT -6
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Post by coach501 on Oct 4, 2011 12:13:17 GMT -6
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Post by coach501 on Oct 4, 2011 12:14:22 GMT -6
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Post by coach501 on Oct 18, 2011 10:47:49 GMT -6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM This is the clip I used to day for the Captain’s Club meeting at my high school. It is a tourist's clip of a lion attack on a water buffalo calf. But the herd of buffalo come back to save the day! I used it today to talk about how leaders need to lead a team to act against its natural inclinations to overcome obstacles like lack of focus, or communications, etc. But one thing I see in a lot of teams is not always meeting the challenge of coming back from adversity. The game is going well, something bad happens, the wheels fall off. This video REALLY speaks to that issue VERY well. The following is an example of a session you could use: Be sure the players key on certain points as they are watching: 1. How do the water buffalo look as the walk across the watering hole? Do they see what is ahead of them? 2. Who do the lion attack? (the weakest one) And what do the other 2 buffalo do? 3. How does the calf’s day get even worse? (alligator in the water) 4. How is it looking for the calf? (Most might even say that it is dead.) 5. What is the reaction when you see the herd come to the calf’s defense? 6. Are these buffalo working with or against their nature in confronting these lions? (Remember: they are PREY animals, and you can even see them very nervous even though they clearly outnumber the lions.) 7. What does the rest of the herd start to do after the one buffalo chases one lion, then comes back and flips the other one in the air? 8. What is the calf’s reaction to the herd coming back? 9. How does it end? AFTER the video: 1. How is this attack on the calf like a game where we are fine, but then something goes wrong? 2. How do our games start going more wrong (like the alligator in the water)? 3. How would our team normally react to this? Leave the calf as lion lunch? (Bring up game examples of letting the negative circumstances “kill” the game. A good question to ask might be, "How many of us would simply BLAME the calf for getting caught?") 4. What can we learn from the buffalo herd’s reaction to this situation? 5. What can we SPECIFICALLY do to CHANGE our natural inclination, and come back and BATTLE? Obviously, all of this is just a suggestion. It just kind of hit me as I was in that meeting. Change whatever you think you should, or delete the whole thing. Just thought I would share the idea.
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Post by Ghost Writer on Oct 19, 2011 10:21:46 GMT -6
Coach, that post of yours is pretty deep! The GW has a different spin on the video. I would confront my team with the following questions/observations: 1. How can these lions let lunch get away from them when it was obvious that they were hungry? 2. The lions fooled around at the edge of the water to give the alligator a chance to steal their food. What a mistake. 3. When the herd started coming over one or two of the lions should have charged them to intimidate them. 4. The lions appeared to have no sense of urgency. If they would have killed the calf sooner none of this would have happened. 5. You can't let the Prey act like they have a chance to beat you. Dominate them like nature intended. So team, the lesson learned here is that the aggressor will win if they are aggressive. But if you let a bunch of stupid, passive people hang around they can get lucky and screw up your day. Be the hunter not the hunted! Destroy those that were meant to be destroyed. Defender of Mother Nature
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Post by coach501 on Oct 19, 2011 10:40:30 GMT -6
Coach, that post of yours is pretty deep! The GW has a different spin on the video. I would confront my team with the following questions/observations: 1. How can these lions let lunch get away from them when it was obvious that they were hungry? 2. The lions fooled around at the edge of the water to give the alligator a chance to steal their food. What a mistake. 3. When the herd started coming over one or two of the lions should have charged them to intimidate them. 4. The lions appeared to have no sense of urgency. If they would have killed the calf sooner none of this would have happened. 5. You can't let the Prey act like they have a chance to beat you. Dominate them like nature intended. So team, the lesson learned here is that the aggressor will win if they are aggressive. But if you let a bunch of stupid, passive people hang around they can get lucky and screw up your day. Be the hunter not the hunted! Destroy those that were meant to be destroyed. Defender of Mother Nature I like it!
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Post by sbdad10 on Oct 25, 2011 5:09:19 GMT -6
I'm looking for recommendation of pitching intructors. Looing to try some other instructors this off season. If you know of a way to contact them that would be aprreciated as well. Thanks for your help
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Post by coach501 on Oct 26, 2011 10:56:00 GMT -6
www.sportleadership.com/A pretty good site if you are looking at ways to teach player leadership, and develop good captains. In this area, I HIGHLY recommend the Jeff Janssen's The Team Captains Leadership Manual. www.jeffjanssen.com/coaching/resources.html#leadershipI truly feel that developing leaders is key to a successful program. Many of the leadership skills that we older folks would have gained by playing pick-up games must be taught to a generation of players who have had adults organizing all of their athletic recreation. Check this stuff out! I think they are tremendous, and necessary!
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Post by smartwater on Oct 26, 2011 11:47:57 GMT -6
My daughter is participating in the Leadership Academy at Bucknell. She says there is a lot of great information in the sessions.
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