Lee-Davis High School

Confederate Football
Jason Meade
Head Football Coach
Lee-Davis High School
meade@leedavisfootball.com
804.513.2460
www.leedavisfootball.com
 Mission Statement
ƒ We will build a winning tradition as one
of the top programs in the Capital
District and the Central Region
ƒ We will develop players who strive for
excellence on the life, in the classroom,
and on the athletic field
ƒ We will accomplish this by developing
“Men of Character”
 Foundation of the
Program
ƒ Trust
–The Foundation of a GREAT Team
ƒ Respect
–The Glue that keeps the Team
together
ƒ Commitment to Excellence
–The Decision
 BUILD
ƒ We will BUILD on the:
– Off-Season Strength and Conditioning
ƒ Spring and Summer

– Committed Individuals
ƒ Individuals who give 100%, 100% of the time
ƒ Every Meeting, Every Film Session, Every Period, Every
Drill, Every Rep, Every Sprint, Every Scrimmage Snap,
Every Game Snap

– Character Education
 BUILD
ƒ Long Term Goal:
–For each individual to be at their
best the day they graduate from
Lee-Davis High School
–The best:
–Person possible
–Student possible
–Player possible
 The 5 Parts of the FIST

Communication
I’m going to tell you the truth if you’re doing
something bad, if you’re doing something
mediocre, or if you’re doing something
great.
 The 5 Parts of the FIST

Trust
When we tell each other the truth and talk to each other
face-to-face, trust is going to develop. How many of you
really trust someone? Some of you may not trust
anybody. But if you’re part of something that’s bigger
than you, something that you identify with, something
you throw yourself into, then you will be more apt to be
able to trust the people in that room.
The 5 Parts of the FIST

Collective Responsibility
We win and lose together. This is OUR
weight room. This is OUR game. This is
OUR field. A fist embraces plural
pronouns.
The 5 Parts of the FIST

Caring
We care for one another! If something
happens, we’re there for each other,
all of the time. ALL OF THE TIME!
 The 5 Parts of the FIST

Pride
If we do all of these things over and over,
we develop the pride of being in that
fist – whatever: it’s a Team fist, a
church fist, a family fist, a business fist,
etc…
 Philosophy of Football
ƒ Football is a game of Field
Position
ƒ The most important statistic is
your Takeaway Ratio
ƒ Football is a tough, physical game
ƒ We will eliminate mistakes
ƒ We will be fundamentally sound
 Coaching Philosophy
ƒ We will LOVE our players
ƒ We will be LOYAL to the program
ƒ We will create a positive, disciplined
program
ƒ We will be a first class program
ƒ We will be successful by playing as a
team
ƒ We will demand and accept nothing less
than the best at all times
ƒ “Good is the enemy of Great”
ƒ Stress Fundamentals Daily
 Coaching Philosophy
ƒ We only be critical of a player’s actions
ƒ We will help each player on the team
attain his fullest potential, regardless of
his athletic ability
ƒ We will have a “hands on” approach on
the field and off
ƒ We will be great teachers
ƒ We will reward success, punish failure,
and enforce responsibility
 Coaching Philosophy
ƒ We will eliminate the word “DON’T”
from our vocabulary.
– Always tell a player what to do
ƒ All of our Special Teams, Offensive,
and Defensive schemes will:
– 1. Be simple to learn
– 2. Have the ability to give multiple looks
– 3. Be fundamentally sounds
– 4. Be adaptable to our personnel
 Goals, Visualization, and
Stress
ƒ Major George Corbari
– Center for Enhanced Performance
United States Military Academy
ƒ Spoke to the US Army All-American
Bowl players and coaches game in
January of 2007
ƒ Spoke to our staff in the spring of
2007
Development and Training
Warrior Mindset
Great
Mental Effort
Self Regulating Build confidence
Instinctive Emotional Control attention
Adaptive Recover energy
Mentally Agile “See” the battlefield
Mental

Physical Effort
Tactical
Self critical
Analytical Technical
Judgmental

Good Physical
 Peak Performance Model
Attention Control

Cognitive Goal Peak

Foundations Visualization
Setting Performance

Stress & Energy

Management
 Goal Setting
ƒ Why do you play?
ƒ What do you want to accomplish?
ƒ What kind of player do you want to be?
ƒ How will you get from where you are now
to where you want to be?

ƒ Tom Landry, NFL Hall of Fame Football

Coach
– “Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding
how you will go about achieving it and staying
with the plan.”
 Goal Setting
ƒ Types of goals:
– Outcome, Performance & Process Goals
– Long Term Goals – Annual or season
– Near Term Goals – weekly or parts of the
season
– Daily (Practice) Goals
– Look at the big picture – BALANCE is critical
 Goal Setting
ƒ Goals must be tangible/measurable and
specific
ƒ Make your goals SMART:
– Specific
– Measurable
– Action oriented
– Realistic*
– Timely

– *Dream big, but your action plan must be reasonable

Why Goal Setting Works
ƒ Goals direct your attention, help keep
you focused
ƒ Goals help mobilize your effort &
motivate you
ƒ Goals help increase persistence,
perseverance
ƒ Setting goals help you employ new
strategies
Goal Setting

Lou Holtz
 Visualization
ƒ Rehearse plays, techniques, drills, etc.
anytime – MENTAL REPS
– Your body reacts to a mental rep in the same way
it reacts to a physical rep
ƒ Reduces mental errors
ƒ Allows you to see the game more clearly
– Slows things down, movements become
“AUTOMATIC”
– Creates a “déjà vu” experience
ƒ Allows you to be mentally and emotionally
prepared
Visualization

Jim Brown
 Grip vs Gravity Forces
ƒ Grip forces are within your control
ƒ Gravity forces are not within your control
ƒ Work within the gravity forces of the task.
– These forces are out of your control
– Accept them. Blend and adapt instead of fight!
ƒ Focus on what’s in your control
– Attitude, effort, preparation
– NEXT Play
 Categorize Stress
Important Grip Gravity

“Fix it” “Accept it”

Response: Response:
Act Accept and Act
Important

“Eliminate it” “Ignore it”

Not

Response: Response:
Eliminate Integrate and Act
 Books
ƒ Season of Life ƒ Quiet Strength
– Jeffery Marx – Tony Dungy
ƒ One Yard Short ƒ The Carolina Way
– Les Steckel – Dean Smith
ƒ Five-Point Play ƒ Coach Wooden's
– Mike Krzyzewski Pyramid Of Success
– John Wooden
ƒ The Last Lecture
ƒ The Bowden Way
– Rand Pausch
– Bobby Bowden
Lee-Davis High School
Confederate Football
Jason Meade
Head Football Coach
Lee-Davis High School
meade@leedavisfootball.com
804.513.2460
www.leedavisfootball.com