Day 1: AFCA Convention wrap-up
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