Joined April 2023
“You get up every day, you’re entitled to nothing. You could have talent but if you don’t have discipline and you don’t execute, you don’t focus. What do you get? Nothing. Nothing is acceptable but your best,” -Nick Saban Winners assume nothing and give everything.
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LSU DEF Special Assistant Coach Ed Orgeron - Building a Drill List - Footwork - Pre Practice Drills - Pass Practice - Block Reaction - Tackling - Sled Work
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Losers complain about losing because they refuse to do what winning demands. Winning isn’t a result, it’s a standard you live by. Be The Standard. Don't talk about it. LIVE it. ~ via @thewinningdiff1
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Winning isn’t luck. It’s commitment. 1. Attitude 2. Mindset 3. Work ethic 4. Team play 5. Accountability When a team buys into these 5 commitments, winning becomes the standard.
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🚨 Defensive Cheat Code 🚨 One front. Multiple different pressures. It looks complex… but it’s built on pure simplicity. 💥 Easy for your players 💥 Chaos for offenses 💥 QB’s can’t read it Simple for you. Nightmare for them. 😈 Learn more from @coachPJGibbs (Links 👇) @614_Headsets @donnymac98 @coachSayers50 @GibbsDefense
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Penny Front (5-1) with a reduction set AWAY from the RB to cut the ball off. Oklahoma on Par Down = Front Variations and Movements to gain an edge. Get access to more Breakdowns, Cut-ups, playbooks and All-22 inside the Coaches Circle and Video Library. Try BOTH for FREE today using code: TRIAL Coaches Circle: theballmanac.org/offers/mJ5x… Video Library: theballmanac.org/offers/Z3uq… theballmanac.org/offers/mJ5x…
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Pat Riley called it “The Disease of ME.” When players chase stats, shots, or recognition over TEAM, trust erodes. Culture collapses. Great teams fight it with selflessness & a higher purpose.
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Dolphins running a Center "pick" from a mugged alignment vs. the Panthers. The off-ball LB will work to "pin" the hip of the Center while grabbing the RB. The mugged LB slowly works the A-gap, then wraps once the off-ball LB lands his pick. This is a simulated pressure as both Edges drop into coverage (1-Double Rat). --
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doing some research on defensive LB drills for coaches! plenty to choose from for drills that work on footwork, eyes, drops and block destruction and tackling! coachkoufootball.substack.co… also tackling drills with and without pads! open.substack.com/pub/coachk…
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Defensive backs working on punch-outs at yesterday’s practice
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In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.” It has 18M+ views for a reason. His frameworks: • Your ideas are like your children • The 5-minute rule for job talks • Why jokes fail at the start 15 lessons on communication:
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UCLA Legend John Wooden with a master class on being a great teammate. "A player who makes a team great is better than a great player." Great teammates are selfless. • They prioritize the team. • They look to make the team better. • They choose to embrace their roles.
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Dolphins with a Boss (Load) Front "Cup" (Center pick) simulated pressure. The Ravens system loves to use "pick" pressure to attack protections: (C)up, (G)uap, and (T)ip. The Boss alignment forces the slide while the blitzing off-ball LB grabs the RB and "picks" the Center (2-for-1). --
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Iowa doesn't reinvent the wheel on defense. They just run Quarters better than most. We broke down how the Hawkeyes play it, check it, and execute it at every level. New article now on Board Drill. Link in comments 👇️ #BoardDrill
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Sooners running a "Heads" Front vs. a Duo concept by Alabama. Goal is to control the OG & bring the double to the iDL. Nice job by the iDL on the right to "post" once he gets knocked into the B-gap. Left iDL does a good job of maintaining contact with the double to create free runners. --
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Florida DL Fight the Double Drill
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Run Stunts
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Jim Rohn's 7 attitude diseases that silently destroy success: "Attitude diseases are deadly. They'll destroy all the good things you start. I'm a pro on these because I've had them all." 1. Indifference. "The shrug of the shoulder. The guy's not even concerned. He's just drifting. There's one problem with drift: you cannot drift to the top of the mountain. Here's the key to the good life: Learn to put everything you've got into everything you do. The delusion is, 'If I had a better job, I'd really pour it on.' Wherever you are, pour it on." 2. Indecision. "Mental paralysis. The guy can't make up his mind. He says, 'What if I get off on the wrong side?' Listen, after a while, it doesn't matter. Just get off. Any side will do. The ones that turn out to be wrong give you better experience to make better decisions. Don't see how many decisions you can get out of, see how many you can get into. That's where the adventure is." 3. Doubt. "One of the worst is self-doubt. The guy doubts himself. Doubts if it'll last. Doubts if he can do that well. Doubts if he can make that much. A chronic, excellent self-doubter. You can imagine what damage that does to your future. Turn this coin over and become a believer. The understanding of self-worth is the beginning of progress." 4. Worry. "Worry causes health problems, social problems, personal problems, family problems. Worry long enough, it'll drop you to your knees. I used to be known as a super worrier. Not a super warrior, a super worrier. My family wished I'd have been a warrior. It took me almost one year to kick the worry habit. It was one of the toughest years I ever spent. But I discovered you could live the most incredible life free of worry. Not free of challenge, not free of difficulty, free of worry." 5. Overcaution. "Some people never will have much. They're too cautious. This is the timid approach to life. I used to say, 'What if this happens?' It's called the language of the poor. Then I discovered it's all risky. The minute you were born, it got risky. If you think trying is risky, wait till they hand you the bill for not trying. Getting married is risky. Having children is risky. Going into business is risky. I'll tell you how risky life is; you're not going to get out alive. Don't ask for security. Ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than 100 years safe in the corner." 6. Pessimism. "The deadly disease of always looking on the bad side. The poor pessimist doesn't try to figure out what's right; he tries to figure out what's wrong. He doesn't look for virtue; he looks for faults. And when he finds them, he's delighted. How ugly. To the pessimist, the glass is always half empty. To the optimist, it's half full. Our lives are mostly affected by the way we think things are, not the way they are." Jim shares what changed his thinking: "I used to start the day reading the morning newspaper. I'd load up on wars and riots and murders and stabbings and killings. I'd even read the back pages. I seem to like that stuff for some weird reason. Then I'd start the day. You can imagine the kind of days I used to have. Mr. Shoaff gave me one of the greatest phrases: 'Jim, every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.' Don't let anybody just dump anything they want into your mental factory because you've got to live with the results." 7. Complaining. "Complaining, crying, whining, griping. Spend five minutes complaining and you have wasted five, and you may have begun what's known as economic cancer of the bone. Surely they will soon haul you off into a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret."
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"The leaders of great teams know: What you tolerate becomes the standard. What you ignore becomes permission. What you repeat becomes the culture. Excellence isn’t accidental; it’s engineered with intention and systems." @justinsua @pagpros
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Defining the Difference Between Sim and Creeper Pressures youtu.be/R6KkiuRXtQo
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