Coaching youth sports is both exciting and rewarding. While teaching young athletes about the sport they love, youth sports coaches also have the opportunity to instill important values and traits in their players—values and traits that will last a lifetime and extend far beyond the field or court.
The New Palestine Dragons High School football program knows how to how to create a battle cry for a new year. The Dragons were undefeated when they made it to the 5A Indiana State Championship last year.
Watching your first football game may seem perplexing, but it can quickly make sense if you understand the big picture. For starters, let’s go over the basics of the football game.
Whether your football career will end after High School, College or the NFL, one thing is for sure, it will end. So the question is, “What can I do now, during my football years, to prepare for life after football?”
Are you an asset to your team or a liability? Are you a solution to your team or a problem? If you’re a problem, don’t plan on four stellar years playing College ball (if you get an opportunity to play at all).
As you seek to progress as an athlete you will be challenged.
What are some of your goals for 2016? As a player or coach going into off-season I’d suggest that you create meaningful goals that are worth fighting for because life (and your opponents!) will constantly test your resolve and level of commitment.
If your team goals, or individual ambitions don’t get your heart racing, blood pumping, butterflies circling, or voice crackling when you talk about them, you may need to go back to drawing board and create some new ones.
What characteristics and skills would a 5-star defensive back possess that would allow them to be a superstar at the college level? Speed and quickness are of course a given for players in the defensive secondary, but what is it that sets a 5-Star defensive back apart from the rest?
Here are the FIVE traits that make a 5-star stud DB recruit:
1. Backpedal
Having a proper backpedal is essential to being a good corner at any level of football.