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		<title>Leadership in Sports:  Does Your Team Have What it Takes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently surveyed all of our subscribers to Football-Defense.com with two simple questions. What was your team&#8217;s biggest problem? What will it take to fix it? There was a huge variety of answers. Since we have everything from midget football coaches (I don&#8217;t know the correct term, but some of the kids are 5 year&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/leadershipinsports/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Football Coaching Phrases We Don&#8217;t Say Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coaching Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You gotta wrap up!&#8221; &#8220;The low man wins!&#8221; &#8220;Be an Athlete!&#8221; &#8220;Catch the #^*%ing BALL!&#8221; We have a lot of thing say. By the time our kids have been playing for a couple of years, they are immune to this sort of thing. They will listen to coaching, of course. But none of the things&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/footballcoachphrases/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turning a Program Around</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never actually turned a program around. I have been involved with good programs that used to be bad. I have helped bad programs to the brink of mediocrity. But that is not what we are after. We want a winner. And not a 6-4 winner. We all want to be that perennial state&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/turning-a-program-around/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Football Film Session a Waste of Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scheme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lights are low. Your players are scattered around, some are in chairs, some are on the floor. They&#8217;ve been sitting in classes since 8am, and now its 3pm and they&#8217;re sitting again, watching next week&#8217;s opponent. You&#8217;ve got the remote. A few assistants are scattered around the room. You are narrating the film like&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/is-your-football-film-session-a-waste-of-time/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Awarding Tough Play on Defense</title>
		<link>http://www.football-defense.com/awarding-tough-play-on-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toughness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is Step 10 of the 10 Steps to Creating a Tougher Defense, an on-going series where we look at 10 ways to improve the overall toughness of your team defense. Step 1: Conditioning Your Defense for Toughness Step 2: Building Toughness in the Weight Room Step 3: Equipping your Defense to Play ToughStep 4:&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/awarding-tough-play-on-defense/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conditioning your Defense for Toughness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toughness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post in a series of 10 Steps to Creating a Tougher Defense. Over the next couple of weeks we&#8217;ll look at all sorts of ways that you can make your kids think, act, feel, and be tougher. Step 1: Conditioning Your Defense for Toughness Step 2: Building Toughness in the Weight&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/conditioning-your-defense-for-toughness/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Price of Winning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re all in coaching for a number of reasons. We are passionate about the game. We love working with young men and developing them. And we are normally intensely competitive. And the facts is, despite our passion for the game and our desire to help our players build character, if we don&#8217;t win it won&#8217;t&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/the-price-of-winning/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Coach Character?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is our responsibility with young athletes and coaching character? It is a question that I think all of us have to consider. Some coaches would rather view themselves as a &#8220;Teacher of Men&#8221; than as a &#8220;Winner.&#8221; Other coaches view teaching your players to be winners as being a coach of character. Where is&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/do-you-coach-character/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Genius:  How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty</title>
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		<comments>http://www.football-defense.com/the-genius-how-bill-walsh-reinvented-football-and-created-an-nfl-dynasty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.football-defense.com/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to give an update on some things. I&#8217;m taking a break from the 3-4 Defense and writing a post on organizing your coaching office. It has always baffled me how messy we can be in our offices, yet demand such rigid attention to detail from our players. Anyway, in the mean time, I&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/the-genius-how-bill-walsh-reinvented-football-and-created-an-nfl-dynasty/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Petersen Coaching Philosophy from AFCA Convention</title>
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		<comments>http://www.football-defense.com/chris-petersen-coaching-philosophy-from-afca-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching Mentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Off-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well I&#8217;ve got a lot going on, and at the same time not much. I&#8217;ve left Iowa and headed back to Richmond. Currently looking for work &#8211; I&#8217;m hoping to get a high school head job, but if that doesn&#8217;t happen I&#8217;ll be happy just to have a job teaching and coaching high school here.&#8230; <a href="http://www.football-defense.com/chris-petersen-coaching-philosophy-from-afca-convention/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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