Coaches without people skills will underachieve. Without relationships, nothing matters. trackfootballconsortium.com/…

Best resources to start learning about CLA? @adaptSkill

"Caring is cool. You are not going to be the best anything—including the best version of yourself—with an attitude of nonchalance. Try hard and give a damn. When you hold yourself back because you fear failure or looking uncool, you sacrifice growth and potential (and mastery and fulfillment and intimacy and love and all the other good stuff in life) for short-term safety and comfort. It’s a trap. Get over it. Fear, doubt, and insecurity are all part of human nature. You can either go through the motions and be superficially cool (but actually boring). Or you can step into the arena, lay it on the line, care deeply, make yourself vulnerable, and fully live your one and only life. The world doesn’t need more mediocrity or going through the motions. The world needs more people putting themselves out there and giving it their all. The world needs more people who have the guts to care. Try hard and give a damn." This text comes directly from The Way of Excellence. Victor Wembanyama just led the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals. He embodies a central idea in the book: he is not scared to lay it on the line. He cares deeply. He makes himself vulnerable. It’s core to living a big and textured life. bit.ly/4uCzeQ7

The disciplined pursuit of less! 🚫 The undisciplined pursuit of more.

Teaching and coaching is one of the hardest jobs to do well, and one of the easiest jobs to do poorly.

Marcus Aurelius, an underrated one

In a society that glorifies grinding, short-term gains, and pushing to extremes, it takes guts to rest. Humans are not machines. The biggest breakthroughs tend to follow periods of rest and renewal. You do not have to feel guilty about resting.

I look forward to locking down the middle 1/3 of the field during all our scrimmages tomorrow.

Defensive staff always has that middle of field closed coverage on lock down!

Me during the first day of install

A simple rule for a happier life: Touch grass (and paper) every day.

A younger coach asked me this week: “Coach what do you do if you have a guy who isn’t meeting the standard but is talented and needs to play” Simply responded with: “Seems like you’re already bending the standard, therefore you have no standards at all” It’s nonnegotiable.

42 rising 7th & 8th graders coming in at 6:45 in the morning for training. And that’s just Day 1! 📈⚔️

Rest and recover is the name of the game!

#Culture In this one 6sec. Video at end of class you see an athlete representing 14 different sports at Penn High School.

#FeedTheAbes 🎩

"Coach with your personality, but your personality can't be lazy." I like it.