The X Factor For Your

Football Program
Finding ways to motivate your
players and make your program
“One of a Kind”
“It isn’t about the Xs and Os but rather the
Jimmys and the Joes.”
- Unknown
 What is Motivation?
* Definition
* The act or process of providing a force,
influence, or stimulus.
 Generation Y Athletes
* Generation surrounded by being able
to gather immediate results
* Always asking the question “WHY?”
* You can’t coach them like the previous
generations.
 Four Types of Players
* Result Oriented - Leaders
* People Oriented – Goofy, Light-hearted
* Security Oriented – Quiet, Steady
* Quality - Introverted, Slow
Perfectionist
 Working With The 4 Types
* Result
* Be quick and to the point
* They will get things done
* People
* ask them what they think
* flat out talk to these players
 Working With The 4 Types
* Security
* Make sure they know where they fit into
the big picture
* Quality
* Give them a task to do
* Let them do it
 Houston TEAM Framework
* Our mission as a football program is to
find a way to work with each of the
four major groups of players and find a
way to blend them into the TEAM
Framework. We teach them the game
of football, life lessons, and the idea
of hard work and leadership.
 TEAM
* T - Together * T - Tradition
* E - Everyone * E - Energy and
* A - Achieves Effort
* M - More * A - Achievement
* M - Motivation
 Incorporation of the
TEAM Framework
* Broken down into three components
* Coaches
* Players
* Players and Coaches
 Coaches
* Unified Coaching Staff = KEY
* Find ways to get your coaching staff to
not only work together on the field but
off the field as well
* Leadership is an underlying factor to
coaching that is often forgot
 What to do with your
coaching staff?
* Clinics
* Coaches Meetings (In-season and Off-
season)
* Poker Night (Once a month)
* Golfing, Fishing, and other activities
* Importance of family
* Coaches Retreat
* Team Camps
 Players
* Off-Season vs. In-Season
* Finding the happy medium between the
two seasons
* Finding ways to get the team together
* Promote other sports out of football
season
 Off-Season Program
* Competition all year
* Break the team up into teams, and have
your upper class players draft the teams
* Each team has a name and a roster to
work off of
* Put rewards on the line
* T-shirts, meals, dog tags, or anything you
think might be a motivator.
 Off-Season Program
Foundation
* Leadership Meetings
* Heart of our team
* Weightlifting Competition
* Team “get-togethers”
* Camps - Houston, USD Team Camp, 7
on 7, and Lineman Camp
* Senior Evaluations
 In-Season
* AUGUST PRACTICES
* Break up the monotony by having a theme
to August or for the whole season
* Team Building Day or Trip
* Shirt or wristband given at the end of
August Camp.
* Change up the routine!
 In-Season
* Team Suppers Every Thursday Night
* Study Table
* In-season leadership meetings
* Weight Room Program
* Practice Field Set Up
* Make it have its own distinct
and unique feeling
 Coaches and Players
* This is where you take the 1st TEAM
mentality of Together Everyone
Achieves More
* Forming a Bond and Relationship by
bringing Tradition and Energy to your
program.
* No WEAK LINKS!
 Tradition
* Building Tradition in your program is
something that is more than just
winning football games. It is finding
things that you do that others don’t.
This will promote extreme PRIDE in
your football program.
* These are the things your players will
never forget.
Hurricane Football Traditions
* Team Meeting and Reflection before each home
game
* Pre-Game Speeches
* Hurricane Warning Flags
* Football Prayer
* Allow your players to come with something each
year on their own. (Songs, starting lineup idea,
Flying Eagle, Practice Field Set up, etc.)
* Create an identity
* Get Parents Involved - Happy Medium
Practice Field Set Up
 Your Offensive, Defensive,
and Special Teams Systems
*Make the your players believe what you
are doing is something other teams can’t
do the way you are teaching and learning
how to do it
*Gaining the “Mental Advantage” on your
opponent before you have played the
game
 Hurricane Systems
* Offense
* Diversification
* Jet and No Huddle Systems
* Defense
* Nobody pursues and tackles like we do
* PLAY WITH YOUR HAIR ON FIRE!
* Special Teams
* Special Teams Players and Teams are Special to
our team
 The Challenge!
* Make it a goal to sit down and evaluate
your program each year in regard to
these things:
* Tradition
* Motivating your athletes
* Where is your coaching staff at in terms of
comradery?
* Is your program TOGETHER!
 The Ultimate Goal
* Your program will give your players
and coaches the best possible
experience in your school, conference,
region, state, or country.
* Find your “niche” and GO FOR IT!
 My Contact Info

* Email -
jason.freed@houston.k12.mn.us
* Phone - 507-450-7986