Day 1: AFCA Convention wrap-up

Coach and Athletic Director is at the American Football Coaches Association’s annual convention this week in San Antonio. During some of the breakout sessions, we’re live tweeting some of the best comments and tidbits for football coaches.

Here is a compilation of our tweets from the first day of the event.

Here at the #AFCA2016 convention in San Antonio. We'll share some tidbits throughout the day from breakout sessions w/ football coaches.

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

First we're sitting in on "Developing leaders to create a winning culture" w/ Kimberly HS (Wis.) coach Steve Jones. Starts in 15. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: winning is not about plays, there is no secret play. It's about developing a culture within your system. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: culture is developed from the top but it's driven from the bottom by the players. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: Culture spreads when the people inside the group share the same values and live them out every day. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones doesn't believe in "leading by example." Showing up and working hard every day is meeting expectations, not leading. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones quotes Jon Gordon: "you don't have to be great to serve, but you have to serve to be great." Says great leaders are servants #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: what is your "why"? Is it to win games? Coaches get burned out because they forget why they do it. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: what is your "how"? Everyone lifts and practices. But what are you doing to set your team apart from the others. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones' team just won 3rd straight state title coming back from 21 points down in 3rdQ. "We don't win that game w/out leadership." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones: Allow kids to fail and time to reflect. They must understand failure is not final. If they fail, they're not failures. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Judson (TX) football coach Sean McAuliffe now taking about defensive philosophy. Some great tips ahead. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

McAuliffe: keep players healthy and fresh. Make practices too intense and you'll pay for it during the season. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Judson def. coor. Ricky Matt: teach strengths and weaknesses. Don't make a call that forces team to be something it's not. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Matt: defense, offense, spec teams must plan together to win games. You can't go alone and do your own thing. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Matt: we don't put anyone to the ground in practice. We used to … I watched Tony Dorsett speak this spring and it moved me. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Next up: "Practice like pros. Winning with less practice-field contact." Dartmouth's Terry O'Neil, Buddy Teevens speaking. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Jones quotes G.K. Chesterton: "The true soldier fights not b/c he hates what's in front of him but b/c he loves what's behind him."#AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Terry O'Neil: of the 32 NFL teams (75 practices each team per season) league avgs just 5 concussions per season on practice field. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil: 3% of NFL concussions occur in practice. That number is 60-75% in high schools. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil on concussions in HS practices: "that's embarrassing because you coaches control the practice environment." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil: your job is to suspect a concussion. And when you do, get that player off the field and into the hands of a medical professional.

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil: if you don't have a medical prof on sidelines, go to the hospital and ask for a volunteer. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil showing video of Seattle asst HC Rocky Seto discussing how Seahawks are taught to tackle. We'll get link for video later. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

The Seattle Seahawks essentially adopted the rugby-style tackle. Hit w/ shoulder. Helps limit concussions on their team. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Rocky Seto teaches tacklers eyes to thighs, wrap and squeeze, and roll to the leverage. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

O'Neil: Dartmouth head football coach (20-3 in last 23 games) is only DI coach who does no tackling except on game day. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Dartmouth HC Buddy Teevens talking about advice he got from Bill Walsh & Steve Spurrier: "get them to game day." #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Teevens: the year after we went from tackling to no-tackling practices, missed tackles went down 50%. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Seahawks & Dartmouth both have unique approach to tackling. Both great Ds. Dartmouth No.1 scoring D in 2015. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Teevens: putting a head on anybody wasn't a thing until the facemask. We taught it one way, now we can teach it back. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016

Teevens: the game is under attack, but there is a way to do things safer and keep what we have. #AFCA2016

— Coach & AD Magazine (@coach_ad) January 10, 2016