Colt DVDs

Parents: each game is recorded by Chris Brooks' dad. And they are great! He sells them for $5 each. Do not miss out on the chance to keep these memories. And, to let your kid watch to see what they can do better.

Want more info? Let us know the next time we're together and he will give you the details!

What A Difference A Game Makes!

Don't kid yourself: you guys are good. We've been telling you that if you play your positions, good things happen. We haven't seen the film yet, and you did make a lot of mistakes, but that tells us that if you play 100%, you will absolutely run away with this league.

Check this website for more info about Saturday, but get some rest and enjoy the victory. All of us are very proud of you tonight!

Get Ready: 6pm @ Practice Field

Be prepared to hear what we did RIGHT and what we did WRONG on Monday. That is how you get better. No sugar-coating, "everybody is a winner because we competed" tonight. If you really want to be a good football player, let's work toward doing the little things better. OK?

WEDNESDAY UPDATE

Be at the practice field tomorrow at 6pm sharp. I've reviewed the game film provided by Chris Brooks' dad and know that we can fix our mistakes. That's what we will cover and go over things again.

Ty may or may not play with us. His right wrist is in a soft-cast and I'll decide tomorrow before practice. Get ready guys!

It's Just One Loss!

We have a whole season to go, guys. Use this game, like the coaches, to get tougher. Stronger. Quicker.

Nobody played a perfect game. Nobody. So, let's all come together as a team and win the rest of the games this year. Promise your Colt brother that you will play smarter and tougher. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish!

Be At Practice Field At 6PM!

See you there. We will run through everything for 30 minutes and then head to the field for the first game!

Socks

PS: Clinton Parks & Rec did NOT provide socks for the season. Many of the Colts have long, royal blue socks that they will be wearing. If you get some, that would be great. But, it's not the end of the world if you don't. Thanks!

Colt Jerseys

Jerseys are in my trunk. I'll hand them out at practice tomorrow morning (9:30am, you sleepyheads). Be there! No pads necessary. Just helmets.

GAME CANCELLED

Jerseys didn't make it. Parks & Rec cancelled the game. What a shock, huh? We will now play next Monday at 7pm AND next Thursday at 7pm.

Be at the practice field at 6pm anyway. The good news is that we get two more practices to get ready for Clinton Black. As long as we can keep getting better at our position play, then that's OK. See you all then....

WEDNESDAY UPDATE

Reminder: Be at our practice field tomorrow at 6pm SHARP to do a few walk thrus and a few quick hits to "get rid of the anticipation".

Jerseys should be waiting on us when we get to the field, but wear a football jersey (preferably white) just in case they mess up!

Practice Recap

OK, now you've seen what you're in for.

Execute.
Think about what your job is.
Play your position.
Continue to drive your man on your blocks.
Be quick to get back to the huddle and to the line.

See you all at 6pm on Thursday on our practice field. Be ready to run thru everything quickly before we get there. I'll try to have the jerseys available then!

Monday Update

Ryan will not be with us tonight due to sickness. We will practice heavy from 6pm to 6:50pm. Then, we ride over to the soccer fields to watch our first opponent (Clinton Black) play against Terry. While it will be fun, we need to be watching to see that we CAN beat anyone we play, and to see that if we do our jobs, we can run away with games.

Get ready to be "fast and furious" tonight. No breaks until we get finished!

COUNTDOWN

One practice left before our game on Thursday. 98 hours till our first live test.

Tomorrow, we will stress the importance of everybody playing their position! You know what to do, right? So, just execute on every play. Think of what your responsibility is at each time. Don't worry so much about what others are doing or whether you might make a mistake.

YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES! Everybody will. And that includes the coaches. So, just do the job you are supposed to do in the best way you can and we will be ready as a team. Sound easy??

“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result.”

Vince Lombardi

Think About This Quote

"There is a lot of difference between wishing and wanting. People who want to win do something about it. People who want to win make sure that no one out works them. People who want to win make sure that they put in the effort that is needed to win."

Coach Dan Mullen
Mississippi State University

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”

Vince Lombardi
NFL Hall of Fame Coach
Green Bay Packers

Look What's In !

Will be handed out tomorrow at 9:30am!

Team Pictures

PARENTS: Note that we are set to take team pics on October 11th at 5:45. However, we will be taking other pictures by the coaches just as soon as we get our jerseys.

Malik cannot make it tomorrow, either. So, it may be a quick run-through for the morning. See you then!

Thursday Practice

Hey, I know it seems unorganized, but that's OK. That's how we learn and get ready for game day. We ALL need to do the following:

LINE: Know your power pushes. Think when you're at the line. Listen for the audible and adjust (PPL, PPR, PPP, PPS). Don't move on the "no snap" calls.

OFFENSE & DEFENSE: Hurry to your positions after the play. Offense gets in and out of the huddle quickly. Defense gets in their positions quickly and thinks about their responsibilities.

BACKS: Full speed on your plays. If you don't have the ball on a fake handoff, act like you have it! Fool the defense into chasing you!

All offensive plays should be under 15 seconds. Make this your goal!

NOTE TO EVERYONE: Watch this site (especially tomorrow) for updates and special announcements, OK? Saturday at 9:30am, we will be missing Barrett and Kyle. Jeffery will step in to the QB spot and we will find a #2 TE.

See you guys then!!!

Colt T-Shirts

T-Shirt orders went in today. We're hoping to have them on Friday in time to give out for the usual Saturday run-through.

I helped to design them this year and I think you guys are going to love them. And think of the cheering squad that we will have on the sidelines! More soon!

Monday Practice

Tonight may have been our best effort thus far. Everybody seems to know what we're doing and when/how to do it. Just think of how much better we will be when we go against the other teams!

Unless I hear otherwise, t-shirt orders go in tomorrow. My cell and email is on the site (look to the right!) so let me know if you want a last-minute order.

Congrats to those who made the next step in toughness tonight. All of you have it in you; just get it out on the field, OK? Bring it all to practice and you will run away with the games.

On Thursday, I'll try to take some pics for the site. See you all then!

FYI

As Of This Post:

265.5 hours till our first "hit" against someone else
11 days till game time
4 practices until we hit the field
1 goal

You ready to make them count?

Colt Helmets

Oh, and in case you're thinking that I forgot, take a look at what's waiting for you tomorrow for practice...

Sunday Note

(1) Reminder that we practice tomorrow at 6pm on Field 6. Full pads and great attitudes. We will begin our "first game regiment" of going through the first plays of our first game and doing them as fast as we can.

(2) We have a surprise for you guys that will become a part of our games and practices.

(3) Reminder that we need t-shirt orders tomorrow, OK?

We will be inviting the Clinton High School football coaches to practices soon to have them help out. We may even have a few Arrow players helping to coach us a bit.

Linemen, we are going to attempt to give you an idea of what to do in the "next step". For the first installment, that means tackle and guard "pulls". Remember that you have to be thinking every time you go to the line. Which is my "read". PPR, PPL, PPP, PPS, or (now) when you can pull. Fun, huh?

See you at Field 6 tomorrow at 6!

Saturday Recap & T-Shirt News

Practice is getting better. I think you guys can see it. On Monday, it's back to our standard drills of hitting pads, running our position is 1/2 v 1/2 drills, and finishing with hitting each other.

We have 20 t-shirt orders, so we will definately be moving forward. The last day to get your order in will be after Monday night's practice, so be sure that you have yours in by then!

Great job, guys. We are super proud of the effort you're putting in to get better!

Saturday Practice

Plan on being at Field 6 on Saturday morning at 9:30am. We will work for roughly an hour on individual and team drills. Shorts, t-shirts, and helmets only. See you all then!

Position Instruction

Parents of Alan, Josh, Barrett, Chris, Jeffery, Jordan, Malik, Josh and Ryan:

I sent an email to you this evening with a rough outline/reminder of the responsibilities of your Colt on defense. Be sure to look for this in case it is in the SPAM folder. Read both documents and be prepared to ask questions as practice. But, do not share them with anybody outside of the Colt team.

It's almost impossible to coach 15 players on both defense and offense (never mind line, receiver, LB, QB, CB, S, Ricky, Lucy, 1, etc). So, take a look at the documents, ask your Colt if they understand and be prepared to ask questions and perfect their responsibilities. OK? Let me know if you need anything at all!!!

T-Shirt Order Form

Parents: Please read carefully. Just to highlight a couple of things:

(1) One-time order since we have a minimum

(2) Checks, please, to Clinton Printwear & T's

(3) Double-check the order & prices, OK?

You can turn in to Benjie on Thursday or either of us on Saturday. Once we get all orders back with checks, we will process the shirts. They should be blue with the logo on the front and roster on the back. I can't WAIT to see our cheering squad all wearing Colt-gear on the sidelines!

T-Shirts

It looks like we WILL be ordering t-shirts for the group. I will be talking to the printwear place tomorrow morning and will post an order form for you here. You can then give it to Coach Barham on Thursday, or me on Saturday.

Tentatively: It will be dark blue, have the Clinton Colt logo on the front and the roster on the back. Will let everyone know what I find out tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Tuesday Practice

Best practice so far. Hands down. And I think you guys can tell the difference, right?

Defense getting faster and smarter. New positions for some; still more responsibilities to learn. But I think you guys ran it great today.

Offense getting quicker and more precise. Need to run at full speed a bit more, but that will come.

Linemen have the toughest job for learning, but they are getting there, too.

Be proud of yourselves. We still get two weeks to get even better. Just bring that same intensity to the Thursday practice and then we can do shorts and t-shirts for Saturday morning. Great job, gang!!!

TUESDAY PRACTICE

PARENTS: We will have a new practice location for Tuesday! Instead of our usual Field 6, we will practice elsewhere within Traceway Park. Enter the main entrance (the one that you use to go to the Traceway office). At the stop sign, there will be a field on your left. That is where we will tentatively practice.

We have to do this because our competition will be on Field 6 and I really don't want others seeing what we're doing. Can't wait to see you there!

Practice Cancelled For Monday

Guys, we are cancelling practice for tomorrow (Monday) because some of you are out of town. We will practice Tuesday instead and MAY have to move to another field because other teams will be practicing on ours and we don't want to have any of our techniques watched.

So, please ensure that you check this website before our Tuesday (6pm - 7:30pm) full-pads practice, OK? More then!

Saturday Morning Recap

We had 9 Colts there to go thru the offense this morning. Good job running thru the plays. We're getting faster at it and the new Colts are learning what we're doing. Still a lot of things we (as coaches) have to "fine tune", but hey...... you guys will make it happen no matter what!

I know that you don't believe us, but you really are a darn good group of football players. Part of us believe that we could have NO plan in place and you guys would score. But, we are here to learn and move up. So, keep working hard and you will be surprised at how much better you can get as football players.

PS: The t-shirt order is up to 14. Only 6 more if you're interested? Need to know soon. Also, only a few Colts left with no helmet logos. Don't forget, OK?

T-Shirts

FYI: We have requests for 10 t-shirts. Need 20 to get them (not 24) so let me know if you're interested. Helmet logos ordered for those that paid on Thursday. Window stickers for those who ordered will be put in on Monday. Thanks, parents!

Saturday Morning Get-Together

Colts, I've been thinking about our first day in pads from Thursday. After thinking about it, there were a lot of positives to go along with the negatives. Just a few:

On the good side, it was our first day. But, there were a number of you who did get fired up and hit hard! The tomahawks were generally good, the break-down drills were generally good and the power-push drills were done OK. You guys also had fewer mistakes during the post-practice running (watching the ball).

The rest will take care of itself. I'm just wanting it to get there faster than I should, so bear with me, OK?

Whoever can show up at the field at 9am tomorrow in shorts, cleats and t-shirts can go over the offense again. Linemen and linebackers: you can come to support your brothers or miss this one. The more you see, though, the more you'll be ready! It should last only one hour and (I promise) NO RUNNING afterwards!

Watch the site for the time of our first practice of next week!

Colt Schedule & Players

First handout for parents. We will have a "program" to print for you prior to each game that you can use to follow the players, their records, and more!