Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Other twenty-one guys are doing

Randy Pausch's last lecture --

9 years old, first Football practice. Coach didn't bring any footballs to practice. A kid asks 

"Excuse me coach there aren't any footballs"
"Right. How many men are on a football field at a time"
"Eleven on a team, twenty-two"
"Alright and how many people are touching the football at any given time"
"One of them"
"Right so we're gonna work on what those other twenty-one guys are doing"


I think the idea translates pretty well.  It's gotta be pulled off perfectly, though. I'm not really willing to throw it out there this year, but next year it might work.

2 comments:

GUNX Ben said...

Already planning on it sucka. I'm in yo' head. Whatup.

The only problem is I am not entirely sure about how to run a practice that way. Mostly cutting and defensive positioning I guess.

Unknown said...

I'm skeptical of everything, including this maneuver. I think it's tough to pull off without really commanding your troops, and our discipline is far from good.

Next year, maybe.