Inhale Confidence. Exhale Doubt.

I go back and forth between each groups, capturing the moments, drills, and skills, while also learning more about the game of football myself. Each practice, I always find a lesson that coaches are teaching the kids (even if the coaches aren't realizing they're spitting gems themselves). 

My personal favorite lesson from Monday's Spring practice was Coach Damien and Coach Kevin working with the QB's instilling how important *confidence* is.  Especially since they are the ones that basically set the tone for the play. Being able to see the "vets" who have previously played the QB position display a certain level of confidence compared to the the players who have never played the position, amused me. The "vets" who are use to playing the position, was confident in the call "Down, set...HUT!", their stance, and with their pass-

offs, while the players who were new to the position weren't as confident. It was apparent. Coach Damien and Coach Kevin quickly realized this, and started talking to the players in their group about confidence.

Coach Damien building up confidence!

To sum it all up, the biggest thing I personally took away from the lesson on confidence is: Confidence is created inside yourself by believing “I can do this”. A lot of wise words were said, as well as demonstration on what a confident stance looks like as well as a confident call. The players are learning, and while there’s a lot of learning to do - we WILL get there. Because in the words of Coach Damien - “Everybody got to work!” Yeeaaah! xo, Coach P #ShesOnTheField #DeeperThanSports