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The Captain’s Log Fall 2018
Vince Lombardy once gave a nine-hour lecture during a coach’s clinic on the intricate workings of a single play. Spectators who do not intimately understand the game might on the surface believe football is merely an exhibition of strength and brutality. On the contrary, the game unquestionably is a constant strategic manipulation of moving parts and opposing forces. To offensively play the game, coaches must precisely and mechanically move eleven men at the exact right time into the exact right position – much like the inner working gears of a clock. To defensively play the game, coaches must anticipate both the intentions and the movements of the offense and instantaneously make decisions based on subtle offensive movements and macro offensive patterns. In some ways the game is warfare; in others it is ballet. To be successful, any team at any level must play with both a complete offense and a well-coached defense.
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” ~ Vince Lombardy (continued on next page)