Thayer Central Teacher and Head Football Coach

Joined April 2013
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Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold: Two kids. One rich. One poor. Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids. The rich kid has two choices. Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more. Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater. The poor kid has two choices too. Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been. Or outwork everyone in the room. Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch. Same choice for all of them. Ownership or victimhood. Fuel or excuse. The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it. The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it. Greatness doesn't come from where you start. It comes from which kid you choose to feed. Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy
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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT Develop athletic fitness in K-12 PE and across all sports. Feeding the cats in PE is the emerging frontier. Sprint, Lift, Jump, Bounce, Throw trackfootballconsortium.com/…
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Manual
Most football staffs don’t fail because of talent. They fail because: • No clear structure • No defined roles • No consistent communication So I built a Coaching Staff Manual and I’m giving it to every coach 👇 If you want it: 1. Follow @GridironHQ 2. Like Repost 3. Comment “MANUAL” I’ll send you the copyable version.
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Most football staffs don’t fail because of talent. They fail because: • No clear structure • No defined roles • No consistent communication So I built a Coaching Staff Manual and I’m giving it to every coach 👇 If you want it: 1. Follow @GridironHQ 2. Like Repost 3. Comment “MANUAL” I’ll send you the copyable version.
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Average young athlete: “I can’t lift in-season, it’ll make me sore & I’ll get hurt.” Dominant college pitcher who lifted the DAY OF his World Series start You can & should lift in-season too

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Coaching from emotion leads to reactivity, tension, and inconsistency, while coaching from standards creates steadiness, clarity, and trust. When coaches anchor themselves in identity and intentional behaviors rather than frustration or pressure, they model the emotional control athletes need. The goal isn’t to eliminate emotion — it’s to ensure emotion doesn’t lead. Click here to download a free copy of Coaching From Emotions vs. Coaching From Standards: tamimatheny.com/product/coac…
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When words need to be spoken, when actions need to be taken, you are the one that needs to step forward. We have control over very little in this world. But make no mistake, you have complete control over yourself and the actions you take. — Andy Stumpf, Drownproof 530-0:21:44
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"Today everybody wants to talk about their rights and their privileges. 50 years ago, people talked about their obligation and responsibility. You have obligations to other people. If you want to fail, you have the right to fail. You do not have the right to cause other people to fail because you do not do everything to the very best of your ability."
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RT @JonHaidt: In The Anxious Generation, I underestimated the harm from the phone-based childhood because I focused on the mental health ou…
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Ownership without a plan to fix the problem is just words. Leaders solve problems. They don't just acknowledge them.
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When we chase winning today at the expense of building capacity for tomorrow. -Rushed returns.
-Skipped progressions.
-Overtraining in-season.
-Early specialization. The scoreboard matters a lot to some — but protecting the process matters more.
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You can't control how people perceive you. But you control everything that shapes it.
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As an AD, I implemented a strength program where every athlete lifts in season with their current team. I challenged coaches to scientifically prove it was not beneficial. No one could. It eliminated the tug of war over athletes and reinforced what we believe.
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Love this. Shouldn’t be left up to the AD. As coaches, we should have the same vision and student-athletes should NOT be left to decide. We always says “Train for the next sport.” Stinks because we might not see hoop guys all year, but hoops coach is aligned with our values.
As an AD, I implemented a strength program where every athlete lifts in season with their current team. I challenged coaches to scientifically prove it was not beneficial. No one could. It eliminated the tug of war over athletes and reinforced what we believe.
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Increasing Relative Strength is the PRIMARY driver of Speed in underdeveloped athletes. They simply don’t have access to enough force to propel their current body mass. Young athletes NEED the Weightroom. Non-negotiable for Speed.
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PSA: If you’re stalling in a 4th grade youth basketball league game. You’re part of the problem. 🤦‍♂️
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