Super Bowl Lessons

Many people will watch the Super Bowl without realizing the lessons that can be learned by playing football.  As a football coach, I think every young man who is able to play football should play football.

Even though my sons have many interest, I believe they need to play football in order to learn the lessons that football teaches about life.

• toughness
• perseverance
• loyalty
• commitment
• responsibility
• strategy
• planning
• life isn't fair

"That's not fair!", is one of the most common statements repeated continually by young people today. Well, it's time our young men learned life isn't fair. You will get knocked down, people will cheat and the call will not always go your way.  But, you must get up and get back into the game or you will lose. You can't win if stay down. 

Young men need to learn that being the best means preparing, persevering, and practicing whether you want to or not. They need to learn that quitting is not an option.

But, the most important lesson in football is commitment. Our young men need to regain a sense of responsibility, loyalty and commitment. Imagine the change in our world, if young men kept their commitments not because a court told them to but because they believed it was the right thing to do.