Most coaches look at three phases of football: Offense, Defense, and Special Teams, but leave out the fourth and most important phase...Mental Skills. All coaches know the value of strength and conditioning and speed and agility programs as well as sport specific skills training to improve performance, but neglect the mental skills aspect. If you can’t get your mind right now can you get anything else right? I have always felt our athletes need coaching/training in the mental side of the game to maximize their potential on and off the field. For years I have read about it and tried to coach our kids to be mentally stronger and deal with adversity myself, but when I met Kevin I knew we had to have him start working with our program as soon as possible. In the first five minutes of watching him work with a group of student athletes I was blown away. He was “teaching” the skills I had in the past “talked” about with our program. Kevin was teaching strategies that matched our philosophy and vision as a program.
There is no doubt in my mind our improved performance on the field is because of Kevin’s work with us. He has given us a common language within our program to remind each other of the strategies he taught us. We hold each other accountable to use those strategies and refocus ourselves and/or each other (player to player, coach to coach, coach to player, and even player to coach). He has also taught us to look at things in a really different way. Coach Kevin has been a game changer for me as a coach, so many of our kids, and our program over all. I highly recommend him to any coach looking to take their program to another level.