Enthusiasm is an upbeat approach to a given task, it is consistent and focused, you have a love for what you are doing, enjoy doing it and strive at all times to do your best because what you are doing has meaning to you. Because you feel this way your attitude is always positive through good and bad, you are enjoying yourself and will let nothing change that feeling!
Emotion is a reaction to the situation you are in, when something great happens you are on top of the world, when something bad happens it can devastate you if you let it. Football can be an emotional sport but you can not be controlled by those emotions. No game is over till the final gun and until that time the outcome is always in doubt, never accept defeat or celebrate victory until the game ends!!
Our mental approach will be to play with consistent enthusiasm and controlled emotion at all times!!! Enjoy the good things that happen during a game and learn from the bad but never dwell on either. When the next play starts you will be focused, enthusiastic, and confident that this play will be your best of the game with no memory of the last play. This approach will be our key to success! Never too high, never too low, expect success!
Making football H.A.R.D
Hustle-Practice is a time for affirmative action, it is a time to develop fundamentally as a unit and individually, it is a time to develop mental discipline and Positive habits. All players are expected to Hustle during drills, between drills, to breaks, returning from breaks, to the huddle, to their position, on and off the field, and MOST IMPORTANT SNAP TO WHISTLE. Remember this, "if your on the GRASS give it the GAS!"
Attitude-Maintaining a positive approach in practice and games, towards teammates, coaches, officials, and opponents. Giving nothing more and nothing less than you are capable of at all times. We don't ask for 110% because that is not a reasonable request, when you continually try to perform at a higher level then you are capable of you break down, cars cant do it neither can players. Just give your best because no contribution is too small and EVERY player has an important role in the success of the team!
Respect-This builds the character of our team, Treat others the way you would like to be treated, Respect their feelings, Respect their effort,Respect who they are! Everyone who plays this game deserves respect, Respect those who came before you and those who will follow, we are all one family playing the greatest game in the world!
Discipline-In order to be succesful you must be mentally disciplined at all times. Mental discipline gives us focus, poise, and confidence, it gives us the ADVANTAGE. Developing and maintaining concentration during practice and games helps to eliminate mental mistakes and penalties. Physical mistakes are part of the game and sometimes no matter how much we practice can not be avoided, we do not worry about these mistakes because over the course of a game they will even out for both teams and we can overcome them. Mental mistakes are the sole responsibility of us, as individuals and as a TEAM! If we eliminate mental mistakes we eliminate our worst enemy and maximize our enjoyment and success as a team!
As a team we will always work H.A.R.D.
H-ustle
A-ttitude
R-espect
D-iscipline