The Last Lecture and Sports I
I was watching “The Last Lecture” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo)
the other night. It’s one of the most viewed videos on youtube. There’s
also a book too.
Briefly, it’s a speech by a university professor who has terminal cancer.
It’s about having dreams and achieving them. Something right up
almost everyone’s alley.
One of stories is of his football coach who came to practice
without footballs.
Huh, you ask?
Well, there’s 22 players on the field at a time, and only one
person can touch the ball at any given time, so he decided
to work on the fundamentals that the whole team needed.
This is almost directly from my philosophy of teaching
athletic skills.
Indeed, there’s a section in the my Build An Athlete program
for soccer about it. I explain why it’s critical, even more
important than ball control skills.
I recommend you watch the video. It’s fairly long (almost two
hours) and a bit of a tear jerker, but there’s a lot there.
My next blog will deal with another coaching issue that
came up.
And maybe later, I’ll mention a dream he had that I
had too. Maybe…
