Joel Herr

Carshield AAA 15O Head Coach

[Joe Haggerty @HackswithHaggs]

This is 1,000 percent true. As coaches we need to implement this in every practice because kids are not playing pond hockey/street hockey nearly enough anymore away from their structured hockey practices

[Daniel Schmidt @dschmidt06]

Kansas associate head coach Andy Kotelnicki had one of the most off-the-rails press conferences I've seen on Wednesday after a transatlantic flight.

But this sincere bit about Isaiah Marshall stood out to me.

Video Credit: KU School of Journalism

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

One of the smartest players in the game speaking about how the game is changing where it’s faster…but (in his words) dumber.

This is what pretty much all high level hockey people will tell you. The players have never been more skilled, but there’s a severe lack of hockey IQ and creativity.

This starts in youth hockey.

-The lack of unstructured play.
-Coaching systems instead of creativity.
-Too much emphasis on winning and players not having freedom to make mistakes.
-Skating around implements that look good on instagram rather than drills with decision making.

The game has changed because how we coach kids and the business of hockey have changed at the youth levels.

The fact that Kucherov is speaking to it is wild.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

I have not seen a better video explaining the biggest challenges we face in youth hockey today. This is a must watch for everyone in our sport.

https://t.co/1CoAqCyiKq

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@andystrickland @ChaminadeHockey @DESMETHOCKEYSTL Tough tweet stricks.

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@andystrickland @ChaminadeHockey @DESMETHOCKEYSTL Wrong… back bar game over

[Ben Verlander @BenVerlander]

This is awesome.

Clemson baseball has a tradition of players going up in the stands during the 4th inning to shake hands with Veterans.

Today, on opening day, the Army baseball team joined in with them

@ClemsonBaseball 🤝 @ArmyWP_Baseball

[Greg Revak, CFP® @CoachRevak]

Pat Maroon already coaching and giving back.

Some wise words:

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

30 years ago Lloyd Christmas raised 25 extra bucks by selling Petey to the blind kid, Billy.

[Drew @Drewtamu]

I can’t wait for college football.

Imagine waking up

Cup of coffee

Full slate of college football ahead of you

Your team has a manageable noon opponent. Nothing crazy but you get to watch your boys.

You get a simultaneous big noon big 10
showdown to follow. Good game down to the wire. You watch the last 20 minutes of the game after yours ends.

You get a beautiful 2:30 game to watch on your main screen. It’s OU vs a new prime time SEC opponent. It’s a big time Utah vs Kstate big 12 showdown. It’s a good game and you watch the whole damn thing.

The prime time night games come on. You’re beer-ed up, caffeinated, and ready for a big time game in Happy Valley or Death Valley. YES.

And finally, you’re ready for one last taste. You got Michigan State at USC kicking off at 10:30 local time. Why? Don’t ask me. Doesn’t make much sense! But that’s college football. Goodbye “pac 12 after dark” hello “wtf is this game and why am I awake”. It’s beautiful.

It was a perfect day.

We are getting so close. 🥰

[Carshield AAA Hockey @CarshieldHockey]

What a moment for #ALUMNI Colin Ralph! @CarShield @NHL @StLouisBlues #NHLDraft #stlblues

[Big League Digest @BigLeagueDigest]

Hot Take: Little Big League is the most underrated baseball movie.

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

The best advice on how to be successful I’ve heard:

On Nick Saban’s radio show, a young athlete asked him a bold question.

What advice would the Alabama football coach give him – a basketball player – to improve in his sport?

Saban’s response is gold:

“I think for any athlete, it's the same thing. What's your goal? What's your aspiration? What do you want to accomplish? That's the first thing.

“Second thing is to define what it takes to do it. What does it entail for you to be the kind of basketball player that you want to be?

“Then you got to make the decision. Are you willing to do that? Are you willing to go work every day and do the things you need to do and take 500 shots a day like Kobe Bryant did so that you can be the kind of player that you want to be?

“And then do you have enough discipline to make yourself do it every day? Whether you feel like it or not.

“You got to choose to get up. You got to choose to study. You got to choose to go make the shots. You got to choose to work out. People that can do that, they can reach their full potential.

“If you choose to make that kind of commitment to it, you can do the same thing, but it's not going to just come to you. It's not going to come easy.

“And you're going to have to overcome a lot of adversity to be able to persevere and sustain it to get where you want to go.”

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It’s a beautiful response for sports, business and life.

Replace the young basketball player with yourself – investor, business owner, manager, teacher, whatever – and the same framework applies.

Some key takeaways:

1. Everything begins with a vision. What do you want to achieve?

2. Vision alone isn’t enough. You need a detailed plan of how to achieve it.

3. Commitment separates those who dream from those who do. Most people aren’t willing to do what it takes.

4. Daily execution is the hardest (and most valuable) part.

5. Feelings are irrelevant. You can do what needs to be done despite how you feel.

6. One day of effort is overrated. Daily effort is underrated.

7. Improvement is a lifelong process. Embrace it, cherish it, commit to it.

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Hope this is helpful. Follow me @TMitrosilis for more writing.

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@csevs19 @kestrelpsych O stop lol you know who use to make you do those sevs haha

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@stoolpresidente I hope Michigan rolls penn state tomorrow, take care of Maryland and then runs the score up up on Ohio state so bad the score board lights burn out!

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Hey Big 10 conference...now yous can't leave

[Jake “JBOY” Crain @JakeCrain_]

This is such a damn good answer

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@TheRealCoach_JB I think what Deion has done so far at colorado has been pretty remarkable! My question to you is the next two weeks for them are against Oregon and USC… where does the hype for Colorado go if they get throttled the next two weeks?

[Joel Herr @joel_herr]

@soIoucity

[Matt Couch @RealMattCouch]

This is the America we want and love! Courage to do the right thing when no one is looking! https://t.co/9p6Evmg35N