Players can only give 100%.
Reality: Players over the wall can give more then 100%.
Myth: You need to keep it simple for younger players.
Reality: You need to keep it simple for all players.
Myth: To become the best you can be, players need to play their primary sport 12 months a year when they are young.
Reality: Each sport brings different skill sets that can be used in all sports. Players who only play one sport, tend to burn out by high school.
Myth: There is too much injury risk in football
Reality: The only risk is kids missing the character traits they need.
Reality: Equipment and training make football safer than riding a bike, skateboard, baseball, softball and soccer.
Reality: Growing up with fear is the worst thing a kid can learn.
Myth:Fearless players are reckless.
Realtiy: Fearless intelligent, disciplined players are Warriors.
Myth: It’s what you do.
Reality: It’s what you do next.
Myth: If you are talented enough, you can break the rules.
Reality: Rules apply to everybody.
Myth: Long term success is about coaching.
Reality: Long term success is about organization. Organizations will be here long after coaches and players are gone.
Myth: More complicated teams confuse opponents.
Reality: More complicated teams confuse themselves.
Myth: Ex college and pro players make the best coaches.
Reality: Long term coaches following the team’s rules make the best coaches.
Myth: Bigger, faster, stronger wins.
Reality: Discipline, focus, and intelligence wins.
Myth: Good players make coaches look good, bad players make coaches look bad.
Reality: OK, this one is true.
Myth: QBs and running backs determine offensive success.
Reality: The O line determines success.
Myth: Offenses need to be complicated.
Reality: The fewer plays run perfectly, the better.
Myth: Better equipment prevents injuries.
Reality: Better tackling techniques prevent injury.
Myth: You tackle with arms and shoulders.
Reality: You tackle with hips and thighs.
Myth: The person who makes the tackle deserves the credit.
Reality: It is often someone else, taking away the offense’s first option that causes the tackle.
Myth: Football is a contact sport.
Realty: “Football is a collision sport., Dancing is a contact sport.”
-Duffy Daugherty-Michigan State
Myth: A defensive back got burned.
Reality: A perfect route, perfect throw and perfect catch are almost impossible to stop.
Myth: You need to blitz to be aggressive.
Reality: We rarely blitz and running backs and QBs do not want any thing to do with our defense.
Myth: Kill shots make the game more exciting.
Reality: Kill shots are damaging the sport.
Myth: Special teams are not that important.
Reality: 3 loses in 4 years by 6 points says extra points win Championships.
Myth: Game Plans are hard to do.
Reality: Game Plans write themselves.
Myth: Practice is hard work.
Reality: Practice is fun. If it’s not, you’re doing it wrong.
Myth: Pregame starts 1 hour before game
