Pete Nusbaum

Retired Principal

[The Third Division @The3rd_Division]

Best D3 Linebackers Coming Back!!!

#d3fb #linebacker #collegefootball #whyd3 #defense

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Infielding Backhand Drill Set

• 4 alternating short hops
• 2 back hand heel-toe rockers
• 1 rocker w/ shuffle to 1st

⭐️ Stay low + balanced. Keep the eyes behind the glove. Work thru the ball.

[Jon Svec @JonSvecX]

Linebackers:

The APPROACH sets up the tackle.

Leverage.
Efficient steps.
Square shoulders.

Elite Linebackers are tackling machines.

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Andy Pettitte's Pickoff Move

• Mimic the tempo & movement of your delivery
• Don't try and "trick" the runner - less is more

⭐️ Mental cue is "Throw the ball home" but put your foot down at a 45 degree angle.

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Konnor Griffin rips off an elite 30.2 ft/sec sprint speed to collect an infield knock!

MLB's No. 1 prospect has each of the @Pirates' top 4 sprint speeds this season over the past 4 days:

[Danny Schaechter 🏝️🏈🐾 @CoachDShack]

Oklahoma Special Teams Musical Chairs Punt Cover Drill

[Brian Kight @BrianKight]

If you’re a coach who wants to challenge players while building awesome relationships, you should read this.

The problem is . . . challenging players in uncomfortable ways is absolutely necessary for excellence but risks turning them off, damaging trust, and undermining confidence. They seem to work against each other.

But it only seems that way.

The truth is . . . you can challenge players incredibly hard AND build deep trust. They're not opposites.

The key is making players feel how the challenge comes from caring, not instead of it. Most players in your program have never experienced that from a coach. They’ve had intense coaches who challenged and caring coaches who connected, but not a coach that does both. At the same time.

Here’s the phrase to use —>
“High love with high standards.”

That's the phrase you need to repeat over and over and over. To yourself. To your players. To their parents. To your staff.

1000x a week.

High love is high standards. Lowering standards is not a sign that you care. It’s not an act of love. It’s an act of fear. Soft coaching is the opposite of love. It says, "I don't think you're capable of more or better."

High standards is high love. Holding high standards doesn’t require that you withhold love or connection. A player’s connection with you (and teammates) is the single most powerful force you can tap into to drive high standards. People will do anything for the people they love.

Every player is a person first, a player second. Show each player you see them as person first. Before practice, during water breaks, after mistakes, when they’re struggling.

Learn their unique desires fast. Ask about specific details in their lives, not just “How’s school? How’s your family?”. Notice their effort, not just their results.

When they feel that YOU are FOR them, they'll run through walls for you.

Then bring the intensity.

"Not good enough! You can do better! You must be better than that!"

When a kid knows you love him and believe in him, he hears your challenges totally different. Your challenges become proof that you care. But only if THE PERSON believes you care about him specifically. It’s now how much you think you care. It’s how much the person believes you care.

E+R=O helps you stay clear, disciplined, and confident as a coach:

The OUTCOME you want is better performance and a stronger relationship, improvement AND connection. You don't have to pick one or the other.

Your EVENT is their performance (effort, focus, execution).

Your RESPONSE is direct, honest feedback—HIGH LOVE + HIGH STANDARDS —delivered with energy and belief.

Players WANT a coach who expects excellence. They just need to know you won't abandon them when they struggle, fall short, or fail.

So challenge them in the moment, then reinforce the relationship immediately after.

"That was sloppy. Focus and fix it. You can do this. Now let's go."

High love with high standards. 1000x a week. Watch your players, and your relationships with them, transform.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Coach K keeps it real:

“A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on ‘x’s and o’s’ as compared to time spent learning about people.”

It’s always about people first. 🙌

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

Jesus is:
My savior
My life
My peace
My love
My guide
My provider
My teacher
My security
My victory
My Saviour
My King
My Lord
My bread
My water
My redeemer
My friend
My help
My rock
My shepherd
My shelter
My hope
My salvation
My eternity
My haven
My shield
My armor
My all

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

PLAYERS: Your coach shouldn't have to beg you to be unselfish, provide energy, have a good attitude, or give your best effort. Those are all things you can control. That is what a winning teammate brings to a team. Great teams have great teammates.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Lou Gehrig wasn't planning on speaking until the crowd started chanting for it, meaning his famous speech was pretty much entirely improvised.

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Phil Jackson said, "Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go."

Ken Blanchard said, "We works better than me."

Great leaders believe they work for the team not themselves.

~ via @CoachAJKings

[Jon Svec @JonSvecX]

Linebackers:

Shed Blocks.
Make Tackles.

Focus on the fundamentals.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

This was uncanny. Listen to the announcers 😂

[Kent Murphy @KentMurphy]

This legitimately might be the best throw in baseball history

[Justin Gaard @Gaardsy]

The balmy weather today has been messing with my allergies...I suddenly have something in both of my eyes.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

A goal so crazy you have to see it to believe it

[Danny Schaechter 🏝️🏈🐾 @CoachDShack]

Miami LB Shock & Shed Tackle Drill

[Matt Walker @MattWalkerDU]

SAVE THE DATE!...Minnesconsin Mega Camp will be held on JUNE 17 at the site of the NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Details and Registration Info coming soon!