tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59461898335604321572012-01-19T19:25:22.102-05:00Tomorrow's achievements will be the result of the mental and physical habits we form todayPhil DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005496179989716360noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-8514329058999175142012-01-18T16:57:00.000-05:002012-01-18T18:57:07.027-05:00

Welcome back to the 1st and Goals blog site! Our goal is to help in the development of young athletes and youth sports coaches. Although our primary focus is football, the information we provide can be used in all sports. Between our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/1st-and-Goals/349015174536, and this blog, it is our intention to provide information for the physical and mental

Phil DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005496179989716360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-10071438765285566202010-11-27T10:52:00.002-05:002010-11-30T11:59:45.696-05:00

My partner in 1st and Goals, Glenn Tobias and I have spent a lot of time discussing what it takes to build a winning culture in sports programs. We have studied organizations and leaders such as Coach K at Duke, Pete Carroll at USC, Nick Saban at Alabama, John Wooden at UCLA and Mack Brown at Texas. Though each has their own distinct coaching style and philosophy, they all built a winning culture

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Through experience and research we have discovered that the lessons are being lost that were once assumed instilled by mere participation in youth sports. We now know that without a deliberate plan and effort, the vast majority of young athletes do not acquire the life lessons so many coaches, parents and administrators assume are being learned.Our mission at 1st and Goals is to help a wider

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They run 8-second 40’s; they can barely do a pushup; they shed tears during conditioning drills; they cringe in fear during full-contact drills; but they show up every day and they give good effort. As coaches, we’ve all had them on our teams and we’ve all had to try to figure out how to work with them. But most coaches make the wrong decisions when it comes to working with athletes who really

Phil DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005496179989716360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-34928661386904141732010-04-14T13:40:00.001-04:002010-04-18T14:34:25.208-04:00

I am always interested to see how coaches coach. I have been exposed to the high school coaching scene for over 25 years and I have to say I've met some outstanding coaches. I have also seen a lot of coaches who have donated their time to coaching our young athletes in youth programs. There are some good one's there too. I do however, see a lot of coaches who are under trained and lack the

Chuck Willignoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-58930946343732415682010-03-25T15:50:00.006-04:002010-03-25T16:35:47.310-04:00

Can success in youth sports equate to success in adult life? Perhaps. Can winning a game teach a young athlete how to win in the working world? Possibly. Can teaching skills that lead to success in sports be utilized by athletes to achieve more in other aspects of their lives? Definitely! Can showing athletes that winning is an outcome of physical and mental preparation translate into success as

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I am going to tell you a story about the value of Leadership and Communication when you're building and sustaining a team (as told to me by a friend). The team he's helping out with is struggling--they don't seem to have a clear mission. The staff, he says, is dysfunctional, and the players are confused about their roles. As a result, team morale has dropped to a dangerous low. My friend was

Phil DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005496179989716360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-29778293854494789922010-03-15T00:01:00.003-04:002010-03-15T01:24:24.420-04:00

Well it seems astounding to me that a college football star at a nationally ranked school would break into someone else's home to steal something....what, a laptop, I think? You just have to think, "What the...?". Here these guys have almost anything that the average guy could want. Why, when you're in their position, you already know the money is going to be there, the popularity is on tap like

Glenn Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470232416770315071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-52055195671866930012010-03-14T23:15:00.003-04:002010-03-14T23:28:08.199-04:00

A female head football coach? At a high school? Man, where is this world going, anyway?We're learning more and more everyday that more and more people are concerned with winning alright; but not without principles and values that matter. Not without learning what it means to take a young man, put him through the rigors of a strong football program and have him come out the other side a little

Glenn Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470232416770315071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-19152458995015528552010-03-10T15:09:00.017-05:002010-03-15T22:42:03.414-04:00

Aware of it or not, we all have a coaching philosophy. We base this philosophy on our experiences (directly or indirectly) in a particular sport, on our knowledge of a sport and on our own personal values and beliefs. Developing a coaching philosophy requires that you be able to assess your own strengths and weaknesses, be clear on what you perceive your role as a coach to be, and think about the

Phil DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14005496179989716360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946189833560432157.post-25953690172666349152010-03-10T14:16:00.005-05:002010-03-13T23:20:38.953-05:00

Our role as youth sports coaches is similar to that of a teacher. In fact, at 1st and Goals, we believe that coaches are, first and foremost, teachers. But with one difference. In a classroom, teachers are dealing with our childrens' brains. Youth sports, on the other hand, is a whole-body activity--every domain is challenged: physical, mental and emotional. It's not enough to teach young

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