So I was having a discussion with @MonteSparkman about I guess cueing and getting HS athletes to understand certain training concepts. I put two into @GeminiApp and it gave me a pretty cool infographic. How did you know I love Star Wars 👀👂

The trade is the trade. Nobody forced you into it. If you chose football, you chose early mornings, sore legs, long lifts, hard coaching, hot summer workouts, and the expectation that you’ll show up ready to work whether you feel like it or not. Too many people want the rewards of the trade without accepting the cost of the trade. The truth is simple: the price was listed before you signed. So stop complaining about what comes with the job. Embrace it. Own it. Attack it. The trade is the trade.

I role played being a HC in the Brendon Sorsby situation with our "Coach Advisor" tool -- the AI powered executive coach I built exclusively for sports coaches. I explained how the whole situation puts us in a tough spot. Here's how it advised me:

Hills I will die on as someone who has coached high school football for over 29 years: 1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to coach, this profession is not for you. 2. As much as we need to know our trade, getting to know (and to love), our players is far more important. 3. This is an INTENSE game, and it’ll never be “just a game”, but it IS a game. Remember that when you’re with your team, and more importantly, remember that when you’re with your family. 4. Just as we teach our athletes to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our athletes better than they were when they first entered into our program. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every individual. 5. Life is complicated enough, let’s not complicate the game in such a way that we take the joy of it away from others. In other words… Keep it simple. 6. Our words carry little (or NO), value, if we don’t practice what we preach. WE as coaches should be learning and growing each and every day, just as we expect our athletes to. 7. As much as we all want to win those championship rings for our athletes, make sure you don’t lose your wedding ring in the process. 8. The athlete that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive. 9. Be where your feet are. Don’t fall into the trap of chasing logos and thinking that a higher division, a bigger school, or going from HS to college, or even college to the pros, is going to be more rewarding or fulfilling. 10. The legacy you leave as a coach will never be determined by your wins and losses, but by the lives you were able to change for the better!

Welcome to Marble Falls!

You’ve got 8 weeks of summer strength and conditioning. Don’t be the idiot that buries your team week 1.

This is a great cue. Quit telling kids to pick their knees up higher. PLEASE!!! I haven't used that cue in 20 years. INSTEAD....explain to them foot position and how to contact the ground (like @CoachDHansen says here) and watch their knees lift as a by product. 👍

Welcome to Marble Falls! Excited to add a former player and state champion to our Coaching Staff! #GoldStandard

Welcome to Marble Falls! Excited to welcome the Salyers Family to Marble Falls and to our Coaching Staff! #GoldStandard

Welcome to Marble Falls! Excited to welcome the Wolfe Family to Marble Falls and to our Coaching Staff! #GoldStandard

Common story: Kid loves baseball. Decides to quit other sports & specialize in 8th grade. Plays spring ball, summer travel ball, & fall ball. Private lessons over the winter. Ends up swinging/throwing 12 months straight. Does this for 4 years. 48 months straight of the same back/arm stress. And we wonder why so many HS players have Pars stress fractures and torn UCLs. Now apply this to volleyball, golf, basketball, etc. We are breaking our kids’ bodies in pursuit of scholarships. Athletes need an offseason. Especially when they’re 15.

Thank you to the @MFEdFoundation and their #SparkTank Grants for Great Ideas. We are able to add another modality to serve our athletes. @keri_timmerman @MarbleFallsISD @theMendyWyatt

If 95% of your teammates are showing growth and development, and you’re not… don’t come complain to me. You won’t like that conversation. You get what you put into the weight room every single day. You can’t hide from the process. You can’t cheat the weight room. Eventually, it will expose you!

Thank you to Jeanna Jette and the Marble Falls Education Foundation for funding our “Guardian Cap Initiative“! #GoldStandard @Coach_KBeef @MFTX_FB

Agreed. And these are the "average" NFL Numbers from NFL Combine Data AND Pro Days AFTER prospects removed football lifts, school, other sports, etc from their schedule and TRAINED SPECIFICALLY for the tests. Tell a HS kids that is the norm is just not true.

Almost finished.

Benefits of being a Shop Teacher and Coach. Put in 27G tote storage to better organize the equipment room.

Good luck with US History STAAR tomorrow Juniors. #GET8TOBEGREAT @MFTX_FB @MFTXbaseball @MFTXHoops @MFTXBOYSSOCCER @MFHSGirlsSoccer @LadyMustangsBB @mfhsvb

“They call us Coaches/Teachers, but are we actually teaching or just yelling or allowing them to go through the movements.” @caton_keith in his presentation for the #SprintBasedFootballConference We talk about knowing the difference between real effort and fake effort…

Recovery for a high school athlete should be 8-9 hours of sleep at night, staying hydrated, and getting 4-5 meals a day. Keep it simple. Everything else is fluff.