April 18, 2013 · 8:05 pm

Keller 7 on 7 football team – Recruiting

Coach Parker

Coach Parker

I am gathering information on 7 on 7 football for any 6th grader attending Hillwood as a 7th graders in the Fall 2013 with my son Zane Parker.  If we can get enough experienced players and a throwing quarterback I may coach the seven on seven football team. If you know experienced youth football players that will be attending Hillwood in Keller ISD as 7th graders Fall 2013, please ask them to have their parents contact me at stevep at coachparker dot org.

For more information about me please read through my blog.  As a quick bio, I have been coaching youth football off and on since 1994.  I have coached over 15 football seasons.  Here are some of my highlights;

  1. 1994 – Coach of the Year / Playoffs
  2. 2004 – Second Place YMCA Flag Football 6-2
  3. 2005 – YMCA Undefeated flag season 8-0 and 40 TDs to zero
  4. 2006 – Playoffs
  5. 2007 – Playoffs
  6. 2008 – Conference Champion
  7. Fall 2009 – Pro Bowl Champion
  8. Fall 2010 – Playoffs
  9. Spring 2011 – Super Bowl Win
  10. Fall 2011 – Undefeated Season & Super Bowl Win
  11. Spring 2012 – Super Bowl
  12. Fall 2012 – Undefeated Season & Super Bowl Win
  13. Spring 2013 – Currently 4-0

As you can see from my blog, I am a student of the game.  I have coached over 15 seasons and played 10 seasons in Houston, TX in the Spring Branch and Klein school districts.  I am originally from Ft Worth but moved to Houston in the 1970′s with my parents and graduated from Texas A&M with a Finance degree.  I am currently a freelance web marketing consultant.

I am looking at the Texas Elite 7 on 7 League Sunday night league play starting on May 12.  I coached with the founder of the league and look forward to playing and coaching against the other 7on7 teams in his Elite 7 on7 Football League.

If you are a future 2013 Hillwood KISD 7th grader and would like to play with other future Hillwood players, please contact me at stevep at coachparker dot org.

Thanks
Coach Parker

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April 15, 2013 · 7:28 pm

Should I Coach My Youth Football Team to Win?

Zane Kick Off a WinnerJust now I was looking over my blog stats and came across this search phrase, ” should I coach my youth football team to win?”  And, I just had to start writing this post.

Oh this is a sad day.  I must be old school since I am approaching 50 years old.  Why teach anyone a game and not teach them how to win?  Winning is an attitude and losing is a habit hard to break.  As a coach you want to teach your players how to play the game and all the fundamentals but you also need to teach them how to win and why winning is important.  Yes, I said it winning is important to build self confidence and character just like losing builds character and teaches one that losing is for the other guy not me.  I am not going to feel this defeated again so I am going to work harder than the next guy so I can win the next time.

Competitive Youth Sports like youth football teach our young men and women life lessons.  Life is not easy.  You must work hard to achieve success.  No one is going to give you the win, you must earn it and take it from someone else.  Just like the job you interviewed for and the raise you are competing for or maybe the partnership at the CPA firm or Law Firm.  These are wins and losses.  How to win and lose is mush easier to teach while our children are young rather than letting them learn on their first “real” job at 24 years old that they are whiney brats and get fired because an over achiever spanked them on a huge project.  No you were not there to help them, so they bombed.  

Someone in the 1960′s decided they did not like losing as a child so they came up everyone gets a trophy and an “A”.  Well that does not happen in adult life.  Most of us lost that dream job we wanted to someone else and took our second or third choice. And life goes on.   We are still happy, maybe not ecstatic over our jobs, but most of us are still working harder and striving to achieve the dream.

It has been my experience that most young athletes like to win and prefer to keep score.  Mother Nature also keeps score in survival of the fittest.  Winning is on our blood and genes.  Teach your football team how to win with honor and respect and most importantly how to handle defeat.  

And as always, play for fun but Winning is Funner!

Thanks
Coach Parker
Keller, TX / Fort Worth Texas

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