Coach to Coach: The Mental Fundamentals - Attention Control and Concentration
by Tim MitchellAssistant Football Coach, Fossil Ridge High School (CO) and Sports Psychology Consultant
One Play at a Time
It takes consistent practice in order to concentrate and focus on the proper things. Our defense in high school had a motto on every break of the huddle. The Mike linebacker would call the defense and yell “HIT!” and everyone would follow with “HARD!” HIT.....HARD! It seems so simple but that was over 25 years ago and it still gets me fired up. It served as a great verbal trigger to focus on the next play and it describes what we were about