2026 Youth Camp is in the books. Great week of work from these dudes! Appreciate these guys being a part of our program. We had a great time working with some great young athletes. Bright future ahead for these young men!
What an incredible honor to be part of the "moment of the year" ceremony. While we didn't take home the award, it was truly a special evening filled with inspiring moments. Grateful for the opportunity to be included.
🚨THE Game🚨
People have been waiting for this game all year. It’s finally here.
3:30
Werner Park
vs Skutt Catholic
State Championship on the line
Tickets $12 Adult $9 Student
https://t.co/R8DCA8TqgB
#avENgers26#theENdgame26#ENGLUE
A community college professor named Marty Lobdell taught the same study skills lecture for 30 years. The video quietly became one of the most watched educational recordings online, with over 10 million views.
He spent his career watching students fail not because they were lazy, but because no one had taught them how their brain actually works when learning something difficult.
The lecture, “Study Less Study Smart,” contains a powerful framework.
Your brain cannot sustain focus the way most people believe. Studies show the average learner hits a wall between 25 and 30 minutes. After that, efficiency collapses. You’re still sitting there, but almost nothing is being absorbed.
Lobdell told the story of a student who planned to study 6 hours a night, 5 nights a week. Thirty hours total. She failed every class. She was not lacking effort. She was confusing time near books with actual learning. The fix is simple: when focus drops, stop, take a 5 minute rewarding break, then return. That reset makes a massive difference.
He also destroyed the myth of highlighting and re reading. Recognition is not the same as recall. To prove it, he read 13 random letters. Almost no one remembered them. Then he turned them into “Happy Thursday.” The entire room recalled them instantly. The brain stores meaning, not repetition.
This is why elaborative encoding works so well.
Finally, he shared the most important principle: 80 percent of study time should be active recitation. Close the book and explain the material in your own words. Teach it to someone else or an empty chair. Retrieval is where real learning happens.
His closing line stuck with me: If this information does not change your
behaviour, you have not actually learned it.
The best students do not study more hours. They stop confusing the feeling of studying with the reality of learning.
🚨State Tournament Game 3🚨
🕒 4:00 vs Seward
📍@ UNO Tal Anderson
🎟️Adults $12 Children $9
https://t.co/HEDSu52x4Z
Potentially two games. Wolves need to win one to go to the championship Friday. See you at Tal!
#avENgers26#theENdgame26#ENGLUE
🚨State Tournament Game 2🚨
🕒30 min after Skutt/Gross
📍Fricke Field
🎟️Adults $12 Children $9
https://t.co/VEdU5usskM
Weather permitting the Wolves look to go 2-0 in state facing a tough, 23 win Platt Valley squad. We hope to see you there!
#avENgers26#theENdgame26#ENGLUE
Nebraska lost to only 5 teams this year on its way to a 28-7 final record. 4 of them made the Elite Eight.
NEB led their Sweet 16 game for like 37 minutes also. They belonged there.
Point is: all NEB fans have ever wanted was a relevant MBB team. It was.
#GBR