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Wednesday, April 9
"THE TOP 3 INCHES"
- An Applied Psychological Guide to the Sport of American Football
"At the highest level, the abilities of everybody are equal .. .. ..
.. .. .. the difference is the TOP 3 INCH3S"
- Willie Hinchcliffe (ex-London Monarchs; trialist with Los Angeles Raiders, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers; ex-CFL - British Columbia Lions; New Zealand Olympic 100m sprinter, long jumper & bobsleigher !!!)
In particular, this site focuses on the mental/psychological strategies used to optimise learning, performance, teaching and coaching, and my aim is that you find some of the information contained within this website both useful and inspirational .. .. ..
"IT'S ALL IN A STATE OF MIND !"
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I have been involved in the game for the past 22 years. The highlights of my playing career (so far) were winning the 2004 Britbowl National Championship, being named the Championship Game's MVP, and more recently (2007 and 2008) making the Great Britain Lions national squad 10 years after I was in it last. I was also a significant contributor in the Farnham Knights "12 Step Recovery Plan", in the perfect 12-0 Division 1 Championship winning season, which helped the team return to the BAFL Premiership. I was awarded Offensive MVP for the season .. .. .. a year in which I had TDs on receptions, runs, kick off returns, punt returns, and even passed for a couple of TDs too !
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2007 Division 1 Final - #32 scoring the game's first TD
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Wednesday, April 9
TOP 3 INCH3S
COMING SOON !!!
Well, today is Wednesday 9th April 2008 - the day I finally put fingers to keyboard and actually take the first inch by inch steps toward documenting my thoughts on how psychological principles and techniques can be applied to enhance the teaching, learning and coaching of American Football.
The INSPIRATION for this piece of work comes from my experiences in sport, sport psychology, and American Football .. .. ..
The MOTIVATION to proceed forward “right here, right now” has been partly “born of frustration” .. .. ..
This has been a work in PREPARATION for quite some time. The seeds of this project were sewn a long time ago on Sunday 9th April 1995 .. .. .. 13 years to the day before I started writing this Introduction ! .. .. ..
In putting together information, advice and guidance on the teaching, learning and coaching of American Football, CONCENTRATION on a specific number of factors is essential. This could turn into a never-ending piece of work, and whilst the aim is to continually present up-to-date, cutting edge and state of the art, however I am planning to focus on 26 factors in this A to (Y) Z guide .. .. ..
American Football coaches in the UK are a varied group of individuals. In my involvement in the sport, I have met some awesome, enthusiastic, interesting, outstanding and unique characters !!! This piece of work is presented as a DEDICATION to all the time, effort and work they have contributed to the world’s greatest game. I am in total admiration of all the blood, sweat and tears they have shed, and aim for this applied psychological guide to facilitate, enhance and maximise their potential.
The use of “Mental Skills” is evident in all aspects of our everyday lives. There has been an explosion in the number of books, courses, websites and “life coaches” who seek to develop, improve and enhance our lives. In the field of sport, again there has been a significant increase in the number of resources and sport psychologists (both accredited and un-accredited) who assist athletes and teams to gain a crucial psychological advantage.
However, the uniqueness of the “TOP 3 INCH3S” is that a variety of mental skills and techniques will be described, explained and analysed in a manner that they can easily be transferred to the teaching, learning and coaching of American Football in the United Kingdom, and also in other parts of the world that do not have the same tradition, status and resources as our North American contemporaries.
OK, everybody,
let’s GO and
be GREAT TODAY !!!
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Mental Skills with the Woodham Warriors
I was the Mental Skils Coach for the Woodham Warriors, a Flag Football team who qualified for the NFL World Championships in New Orleans in August 2007, and are currently the 7th best team in the WORLD !!!
See www.WoodhamWarriors.com for more details (and pictures).
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Woodham Warriors - 7th best in the World !!!
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My work at the moment is developing MENTAL TOUGHNESS and working on the "TOP 3 INCH3S" with the GB Lions National Team.
If you want more details, then email me at InTheZONEGuy@aol.com
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