North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell left everything on the field versus Pittsburgh. Howell finished the night 22 of 33 passing, racked up 324 total yards, and was responsible for 3 scores. Check out the highlights right here!
Mack Brown | Program Building, Culture, and Leadership
Coach Mack Brown discusses some of the most important factors in creating and maintaining a successful program. Leadership, decision making, winning, and creating an edge for his team are all critical to their success, both on and off the field.
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Mack Brown, whose charismatic style and disciplined approach propelled the University of North Carolina to the Top Five and the University of Texas to the 2005 BCS National Championship, began his second stint as head coach in Chapel Hill on Nov. 27, 2018 with the goal of leading another Carolina resurgence. A 42-year veteran of collegiate coaching, Brown has served as a head coach for 31 seasons with stops at Texas (1998-2013), North Carolina (1988-97, 2019), Tulane (1985-87), and Appalachian State (1983). Over his 31 seasons, Brown has posted a record of 251-128-1 (.662). Those 251 career victories rank ninth on the FBS all-time list and are the most among active coaches. The 2005 Paul W. “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year and the 2008 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year,
Brown is one of a handful of coaches in college football history to lead two separate programs to Top-Five national finishes. In his first season back at the helm at North Carolina in 2019, Brown led the Tar Heels to a winning season and a resounding victory in the Military Bowl. The seven wins were two more than UNC had won in its previous two seasons combined (5) and the Heels won a bowl game for the first time since 2013. Carolina played close games seemingly all season. Its nine games decided by seven points or less were the most since 1936 and the Tar Heels’ six losses came by a total of just 26 points.
Brown’s ‘19 UNC squad produced two NFL Draft picks, five NFL free-agent signees, 11 All-ACC honors and freshman QB Sam Howell was named ACC Offensive Rookie and Rookie of the Year before earning Freshman All-America honors. Prior to returning to Carolina, Brown served as both a college football studio analyst and color analyst for ESPN. Book this course today!
If people
would realize how many health benefits exercise can offer, there would
be no hesitation in getting started with some form of exercise.
Especially older folks are harder to get motivated, because they
think the exercise will cause an injury. At the contrary, exercise will
keep there overall fitness level and muscle strength in optimal form.
It's a matter of choosing the right form of exercise.
Swimming, walking and gardening are very suitable for older people.
Swimming has the advantage that their body weight will be partly
supported by the water, which makes it possible to exercise without
risking any bodily harm.
Let's have an objective look at the science investigating the durability of immunity from prior infection and review labs 11 months post illness.
Walking is the best exercise you can have, because it's natural. Good
long brisk walks give a lot of benefits- the whole body begins to
respond. You breath properly, your circulation and heart benefits, and
it's good for the mind and positive thinking.
It's only in recent years that fitness gurus have recognized the
supremacy of brisk walking. In contrary to jogging, brisk walking
provides a lot of benefits without any problems. Walking is almost as
important as the right food. You need to eat properly and exercise
properly, the two together gives you the best results. The internal
organs of the body need tone and for this most of them depend almost
entirely on physical activity.
Exercise produces big results whether we’re 40, 60 or 80. According
to the Human Physiology Laboratory at Tufts University Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging, we respond well to exercise at any age.
Muscles grow, bones strengthen, and metabolism increases. Our body fat
decreases while blood sugar and balance improve. I proved this to myself
when I taught strength training at a retirement residence. With modest
effort, exercisers in their 80s grew stronger and more vital. We were
all delighted. Reduced muscle strength is associated with age-related
disability. The most common cause of muscle weakness is inactivity.
After three months of high-intensity muscle training, healthy men over
60 experienced gains similar to those reported for younger men training
with similar intensity and duration. People who were stronger remained
more independent and less burdened by advancing years. Any type of
exercise helps, but combining aerobics, strength, and flexibility works
best. For most people, aerobic exercise is an easy place to begin.
As we breathe deeply, the diafragm – which separates the chest from
the abdomen – rises and falls repeatedly, massaging all the internal
organs, particularly the stomach, small intestine, bowel, lungs and
liver. The stretching and relaxing of the intestines is vital in
preventing that widespread form of 'self poisoning' : constipation.
Exercise does keep you regular!
In the mid-eighties, a vital clue to the right exercise for lifelong
health was uncovered by brilliant research in biochemistry. Biochemists
established that all cell replication in the immune system and therefore
all immune strength is dependent on availability of the amino acid
glutamine. Your immune system uses a ton of it. But immune cells cannot
make glutamine. Only muscle cells can do the job. So your muscles have
to supply large amounts of glutamine to your immune system every day in
order to maintain it. That's it! The mitochondria of muscle are the
furnaces in which most of your body fat and sugar are burned for fuel.
Muscle is what stresses your skeleton to maintain your bones. We also
know that muscle is the vital link which also maintain your immunity and
hence your resistance to all diseases. Muscle is the health engine.
Which so much overwhelming evidence that muscular exercise is essential
to health, what are we doing about it? A big fat zero.
Muscle is the health engine. It's a proven fact that the right
exercise not only maintains your heart, your lungs, your muscles, your
bones, a healthy level of body fat and even your intestinal function,
but also some more subtle functions, like insulin and your body's
dealing with sugar. It has been known for more than fifty years that
lack of exercise leads to glucose intolerance.
However, not long ago research has shown that getting of the couch
and start moving, not only maintain insulin function to deal with the
sugar, but it also can reverse decades of damage. Insulin dependent
diabetics, for example, using the right exercise program, can increase
insulin efficiency so much that some patients, who have used insulin
daily for years, no longer need it. In healthy people, the right
exercise completely protects glucose tolerance against the degenerative
changes in insulin metabolism that lead to adult-onset diabetes. Healthy
old men who maintain a lifelong exercise program, have the same healthy
insulin efficiency as young men. A high sugar diet, which progressively
destroys insulin metabolism, makes it virtually mandatory to exercise
if you want to avoid glucose intolerance as you grow older.
Most physicians believe that hardening of the arteries, a
degenerative process, is inevitable. Dr. Lakatta at the National
Institute on Aging Research Center in Baltimore, is showing in ongoing
experiments, that regular exercise maintains arterial elasticity and
even reverses arterial hardening that has already occurred. I could fill
many pages citing numerous bodily functions which are maintained by
regular exercise. But I will keep it short.
Research recently undertaken has revealed the major way in which
exercise protect you against all diseases. It started with the evidence
that exercise increases the overall number of white blood cells.
Followed by more precise findings that moderate exercise increases
bodily production of lymphocytes, interleukin 2, neutrophils and other
disease fighting components of the immune system. There is no doubt that
the right exercise strengthens your immunity. And it also strengthens
your resistance to all forms of damage, decay, bacteria, viruses, toxins
and even radiation. Closing with the wise words of Louis Pasteur, the
father of modern medicine: "Host resistance is the key."
Here is the link for an exercise program that teach you aerobics,
weight lifting, flexibility and nutrition for athletes:
www.exerciseprogram.net
Adrian Joele became interested in nutrition and weight
management while he was an associate with a nutritional supplement
company. Since 2008 he wrote several articles about nutrition and weight
loss and achieved expert status with Ezine Articles.com. He has been
involved in nutrition and weight management for more than 12 years and
he likes to share his knowledge with anyone who could benefit from it.
The old saying that “defense wins championships” doesn’t just apply to the gridiron. Last year, the Houston Astros led the MLB in Defensive Wins Above Replacement. Not surprisingly, they made it all the way to the World Series. Your team isn’t playing in front of thousands, but the games are still important. In big games, every play counts, and your infielders have to be able to field their position. Defensive excellence starts in practice, and here are 5 tips to get your infield ready for the big game.
1: Game Speed Matters
If you practice with low energy, you’ll play with low energy. As a coach, the level of intensity starts with you. Are we saying that you need to scream when your second baseman boots a two-hopper? Of course not, but fielding routine ground balls every day never helped anyone. Add a little “umph” on those grounders and give your fielders a challenge. What’s the most important fielding drill you can practice with your players? Making them play each practice ground ball like a game ground ball.
2: Work The Backhand
It’s simple: the ability to field a ball backhanded allows a player to quickly get to more balls. Keep an eye on how many balls your infield boots next practice. I’d bet that most of them were hit to the backhand. If you don’t practice it, your players will never make the backhanded play. It takes flexibility and a weight-shift that’s unique in the game. When your shortstop can go to his right, backhand a ball, and make the throw, that’s when you know your infield is clicking.
3: Short hops, Shorthops, Short hops
When we think of short hops, usually we envision working with the first baseman. However, fielding short hops takes soft hands - a trait that we want every one of our infielders to have- and occurs much more than just on throws to first.
Pair the kids off and make them throw short hops to each other. Next time your second baseman picks one up and lays down a tag to get the runner, you’ll thank us.
4: Bunt Drills
We know… bunt drills are tedious.
As a second baseman, I hated bunt drills. I’d jog to first, stand over there to field the throws, or even make a back-up do it. But, a bunt can change the dynamic of a game. They usually take place in close games, and if your team isn’t ready to defend the bunt, you can turn a free out into a two base error. Bunt drills need to be practiced every single day. Your second baseman might be upset with you, but at least he’ll be in really great shape.
5: Like a Big Leaguer
Your team can do all the drills, learn all of the fundamentals, and have a perfect “ready” stance, but if they’re not comfortable in the field, they’re going to make errors. My favorite drill of all time is the “Big Leaguer.” Basically, your team fields balls and makes the throw to first while trying to look as good as possible. Maybe it’s a little dance before they get in the ready position or maybe they sidearm a throw to first Let your guys show off a little bit, and have a little swagger; it will get them more comfortable when they’re on the diamond. They’ll know when to “turn it on” for game time.
6: Long and Short
Many games are decided by the 50/50 balls- the grounder in the hole to the shortstop or the swinging bunt that the third baseman has to field barehanded. In this drill, you prepare your team to make those 50/50 balls.
First, hit a ball deep in the hole and let your infielders work on their lateral movement. After they make the throw to first, have them charge another softly-hit ball and make another throw to first. You’ll see some coaches have their kids make one of the throws to home plate, but it’s really just preference.
7: Rolling Two
Turning a double play can completely change the course of an inning and even change the outcome of the game. When you need your middle infielders to work their magic, make sure that you’ve prepared them for it.
I’d suggest that you practice turning double plays during every infield practice, hitting grounders to each of your infielders and letting your second baseman and shortstop make the turn. Keep an eye out on your middle infielder’s feet- make sure they’re hitting the bag and getting out of the way of the incoming runner.
8: Covering First
This one is for your pitchers and your first baseman. Let your pitchers go through their motions, and respond by hitting a ground ball to first. The first baseman fields the ball and tosses the ball to the pitcher who is covering first for the out. Some key things to remember here:
●You want your pitcher to run parallel to the first baseline, not directly to the bag.
●You also want to train your pitcher to hit the inside of the first base bag, to keep them safe from injuries.
●Let’s be honest, your first baseman might not be the most graceful player on the field. Don’t train him to try to make the perfect, soft toss to your pitcher. Train your first baseman to get the pitcher the ball and then allow him to run to the base.
How do you make your infielders better? You practice like you play, you work on the fundamentals, you prepare for every play, and you help them stay comfortable on the field. The momentum starts with you, coach.
During your next practice, implement some of these strategies: liven up the practice with some hard-hit balls, get back to basics, and let the kids have fun- even when they’re taking ground balls. When sound fundamentals meet preparation and confidence, success will always follow.
So get out there, and help make the next Ozzie Smith great!
Much like choosing your offensive strategies in a basketball game, calling the right defensive plays can be crucial in a win. When choosing adefense, you must evaluate both your team and opponents on the court and choose the best defense that fits their size, quickness and strength.
Although some coaches decide to go with the same defensive strategy throughout a game or season, having multiple strategies can give your team an edge and keep your opponents guessing.
However, you must be certain that your team is well prepared; otherwise they will only end up confusing themselves.
There are a lot of different defensive plays and strategies out there. Listed below are a few tried-and-true strategies I recommend adding to your defensive playbook.
The Man-to-Man Defense is Simple, But Important to Understand
The main principle when defending man-to-man is to make sure every player on your team defends one opponent. Another big component of a man-to-man defense is a term called “help side defense.” This happens when a defender that is “two passes” away drops off his man to help offenders that are cutting or setting screens.
The whole point of a man-to-man offense is to keep pressure on the ball at all times. However, for the defenders away from the ball, the defense is treated a bit like a zone defense. This makes it a very important defense to learn and memorize. It teaches great on-ball defense, which includes moving your feet, staying on your toes and knowing where to be at the right time.
There are several drills to perform that will help teach your team the man-to-man defense. One of them is called the “one-one-one” drill. This is a very simple drill that will help improve your players’ on-ball defense, as well as “one-one-one defense.” You will need your team in two lines, one under the basket facing the free throw line (defender) and one at the free throw line facing the basket (offender). This can also be done at the three-point line instead of the free throw line. To begin, the defender must throw the ball to the offender, immediately closing out on the offender. The offender just needs to try and score, while the defender tries to stop them. The drill is over when the offender scores or is stopped, then it moves on to the next duo.
Another drill is a “three-on-three” drill that will help improve your team’s defensive intensity. It’s more of a competition, so motivation can be made if the winners get some kind of reward. To set up, separate your team into three-man groups, trying to make the teams as fair as possible with at least one guard and one big man on each team. In this drill, points are only scored by the defense, if they stop the offense from scoring and get possession either through a defensive rebound, steal, block or a forced turnover. If the offense scores, the defense must walk off, while the former offense becomes the defense and competes for points. The team that was on the sidelines would become the offense. If the offense is stopped, they leave the court while the team on the sidelines becomes the offense.
Keep The Court Organized With a Zone Defense
A zone defense differs from the man-to-man defense because instead of guarding a player, each defender is given an area of the court (or zone) to guard. Any player that enters their area is their player to guard. Defenders move their position depending on where the ball goes.
For the most part, you’re going to want to use this defensive strategy when you’re worried about giving up too many points in the paint. However, you need to understand that you will be giving up some pressure on the outside. There are several types of zone defenses.
One zone defense is “Coach Marshall’s 2-3 Zone Defense.” For starters, when the offense is bringing the ball up, set two point guards at the top of the three-point line close together, the two forwards on the outside halfway between the basket and three-point line, and your center underneath the basket. If the ball gets passed to the wing, the forward on that wing would defend the ball until the closest guard gets to him. Then that forward would retreat back to the low post. The key is to always have someone on the ball, but have everyone else loosely guarding the entire floor.
Combination Defenses Are Effective in Confusing Your Opponents
The match-up zone is a type of “combination” defense, which combines aspects from the man-to-man defense as well as the zone defense. The on-ball defender will close out and play tight to the ball handler like a man-to-man. The zone that is seen away from the ball resembles a man-to-man help side defense. This is a great type of defense to confuse your opponent so they don’t really know what type of defense you are using.
Don’t Let Your Opponents Beat You On An Out-Of-Bounds Play
When defending an out-of-bounds play, you can use any type of defense. Most coaches use either a man-to-man defense or a zone defense. The “2-3 zone” is a great way to defend, causing a lot of traffic down low to prevent inside layups. The two guards will also help keep the offense from getting the ball up top.
If you are using a man-to-man defense, there are a couple of things you need to pay close attention to. For example, a rule called the “step under rule” will be in effect. If one of your defenders is getting screened, they need to make sure to “step under” the screener. That means they take one step back towards the baseline in order to get inside positioning on the screener. This will avoid your defenders from getting pinned by the screener.
The fact of the matter is that defense needs to be a common subject to teach youth basketball players. By teaching kids the correct movements and locations for different defenses will prepare them for their basketball career ahead of them.
World’s Greatest Military Operators and Law Enforcement Professionals Reveal the Secret Bodyweight-Only Training System Used By Elite Tactical Athletes
TO: Military Operators, Law Enforcement Professionals, and Prepared Citizens Serious About Building Tactical Muscle
RE: Special Report by Joseph Arangio, Tactical Strength and Conditioning Coach
Dear Tactical Athlete:
If you can keep an open mind, and if you would like to boost strength, improve endurance, increase power, and become a complete tactical athlete, then taking some time to read this groundbreaking report may prove to be the most efficient 15 minutes of your entire week, month or year. Get empowered today!
The information I'll share right here and now could rebuild your body, as it has helped countless law enforcement officers and military operators. More importantly, what I’m about to reveal may save your life and the lives of others.
I’ll share the latest research on tactical strength and conditioning plus the real-life success stories of several world-class tactical experts.
So grab a pencil or pen to take notes, turn off your cell phone, find a quiet place, and do whatever else you need to give me your undivided attention. Because if you're as serious as I think you are about building tactical muscle, boosting power, and improving endurance then I promise it will be worth the time you invest over the next few minutes.
“Over twenty years ago I was in a place called Mogadishu, Somalia for this whole ‘Black Hawk Down’ deal.
Back in the day, pushups, situps and a two-mile run was the US Army’s way of measuring physical fitness. And we did that test because it was an Army requirement.
But the PT test we used for our team was more mission-specific. It included a weighted rope climb, dips, pullups, a shuttle run, a two-mile run, and a ruck run. These are the tactical bodyweight exercises that mimic the demands of a real mission.
I’ve never been in a gunfight and thought, ‘I should have done more bench presses.’
Nowadays, when I step on the range with a bunch of people that carry a gun for a living, I want them to have the functional physical fitness, combat mindset, and firearm skills to do their job.”
Sergeant Major Kyle E. Lamb (retired) Tactical trainer, SOF veteran, President of Viking Tactics
You see, military and law enforcement agencies are spending serious money on preventable injuries and disability.
According to Thor Eells, Cmdr Colorado Springs Police department in Colorado, his department averaged one back surgery per year. Since implementing a formal tactical strength and conditioning program, his department hasn’t had a back injury in four years......Keep reading......
This course is designed around teaching the importance of adding unilateral lowerbody (1 Leg) variations to your training programs. It will go over various exercises you can add to your program regardless of equipment available. These are practical progressions and applications you can add regardless of equipment available or facility limitations.
Coach Deerick Smith is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He was recently awarded the Region 2 Strength Coach of the year award by the National High School Strength Coaches Association. He currently serves as the Director Of Strength and Conditioning and Assistant Athletic Director at Southside School District. Book this course today!
All You Do Is watch the video and Print Your Workout !
The 5 course contains every drill and exercise that you need to develop Championship Athletes.
YEAR ROUND PLANNING
\STRENGTH & CORE:
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SPEED, AGILITY, & CONDITIONING
WARMUP, FLEXIBILITY, & NUTRITION
Every video has a power point explanation from Coach Stewart interjected with the appropriate exercise. Everything is laid out by HOW MUCH, HOW OFTEN, and IN WHAT ORDER.
Coach Stewart discusses things that you should be thinking about as you decide how you are going to plan out our training program. They will talk about what should be your goals and your vision, so that you will understand the "why" behind the actual workout videos.
This course will cover:
Basic understanding of ATP energy systems
Why less is more, knowing when to stop, importance of recovery.
How to Build Explosive Athletes Year Round, In and Out of the Weight Room
How to Build Multi-Joing Strength - decreasing sprained ankles & damaged shoulders
How to Teach Power Clean
How to Teach Snatch
Video of Every Exercise filmed in Stewart's Weight Room
Order and Progression of Exercises for 2 four-week micro cycles
Coach Stewart has been a football coach for 27 years, 16 as a head coach, Stewart has been to 2 CIF Section Finals, and his 12-0 team lost the CIF championship on a hail mary pass in the rain.
He took three losing programs to playoffs.
Coach Stewart has turned around three different schools and led each team to the playoffs within his first two seasons at the helm. Since none of these schools had any scholarship players on their roster, Stewart’s system gave his players a chance to be successful versus superior talent.
McFarland, a small, agricultural school of 600 students with no weight room, had lost 24 games in a row. Stewart served as offensive coordinator and they went 8-2 with only 3rd playoff berth in 75-yr school history
Stewart left McFarland for 3 years and they went 3-26 during his absence. He returned as head coach to make the playoffs in Year 2. (the Disney movie, “McFarland”, starring Kevin Costner is the same town and school)
Broke 0-27 losing streak at Corcoran, a school with 900 students, winning an undefeated league title in Year 2;
Porterville, a large, rural school of 2,000 students, won 40 games in 5 years, including back-to-back section runner-ups at a that had won 8 games in the 5 years prior to his arrival.
Pennslyvania. Stewart went to a different state to coach a team that had went 3-7, 2-8, and 4-6. Stewart's team went 9-1 and was #6 in entire state in total offense. The school had only won 9 games twice: 1982 and 2009.
Stewart also has coached basketball, serving as AAU director for girls basketball in California and tutored seven girls to D-1 scholarships. He understands what coaches want and his company, ALL ACCESS COACHING, is all about helping the next generation of coaches. Book this course today!
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“Over twenty years ago I was in a place called Mogadishu, Somalia for this whole ‘Black Hawk Down’ deal.
