SECONDARY KEYS

Every sport, every position has its FUNdaMENTALS. If you can get your people, especially your secondary to line up where they should be according to the defensive call & get them to 'Read Their Keys' and make their proper move according to what their key does, you have a good chance of success for that particular play. The sections of the playbook that deal with secondary play is especially good. Your secondary play is very important to your success: http://www.addy.com/coachfree/SecondaryKeys.html

UPdate

I have been lax in posting on this blog as I have put up things on other sites like Facebook, etc. I promise that I will be doing better at keeping current here. However, one of the concerns I have is that I am the only one that says anything - there is no interaction which I had hoped for. Let's do better in the future.

There's a possibility that the EQualizer might be brought out of the closet and be put into action this fall. That would be exciting.

A B C = Always Be Coaching

What many people especially coaches do not understand is that everything counts. There's no exception. So when coaches preach against drinking & drugging to the team during the week, but then go out & party and make a big scene of it - like posting & boasting about their escapades on Facebook, etc; what is the actual message that is given to the team?

All relationships are based on a foundation of trust. Can I trust you/Can you trust me? made famous by Coach Holtz. Since everything counts, it only takes once to lose the trust and respect from the team, parents, community, the press.

Like Frank Luntz is famous for saying: Say what you mean, mean what you say. Walk the walk & talk the talk of a Champion. You are their role model.