On Thursday, NFL players and coaches praised a highly productive NFL wide receiver. He is considered the best wide receiver on the team. Read their words of praise and consider what is, in fact, not said.
What is not said is most important.
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Quotes from coaches and teammates:
1. ‘‘He’s a football player.’’
2. ‘‘He’s going to do everything you ask him to do.
3. "He’s not afraid of the dirty work.’’
4. ‘‘No matter what situation, he’s makes a play for us,’’
5. “A consistent receiver who’s always moving the chains,’’
6. “He always does what he needs to do.’’
7. “He’s got the “it” factor.”
Not once, does anyone praise the “raw athletic skills” or “breakaway speed” or “supreme power” or “great hands” or “lightning quickness.”
Instead, this wide-receiver succeeds by being the most prepared and consistent. He succeeds through character and focus. It's life skills that are determining his success, not athletic gifts.
When youth football coaches judge players, they certainly use quantifiable scores for speed, strength, agility, catching ability and passing arm. Those things help.
But the facts will never change.
There are intangible aspects that a football coach cannot measure with a stop watch.
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There are those that just “know how to win.”
There are hockey players with great “hockey sense.”
There are baseball players that “find a way to get on.”
There are basketball players that always seem to “make a play.”
And there are football players that know “how to play football.”
Youth Football Coaches: Follow your instincts. If you believe in a kid, give him a chance. Don’t replace your guts with a stop watch.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend,
Tom Finks
Executive Director, Pro Sports Experience, LLC
Pro Sports Experience is the official management company of Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles Youth Football Camps
http://www.prosportsexperience.com/
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