Football Playoff time!

Athletes,

It's the playoffs, and it's an exciting time of the year.  It's time to see if all the hard work you put in during the off season and regular season will pay off.  There will be game winning field goals, touch downs, hail mary passes and those leave lasting memories that you'll cherish forever.

Photo from an article by Jason Fochtman of www.yourhoustonnews.com

On the flip site, it can be a heart breaking time of the year too, because at each playoff round of football, one team has to go home.  It's a tough time of the year if it's your team, but keep your head up, you worked as hard as you could.  Losing in the playoffs happens to 99% of the people that play sports. A small select few are lucky enough to become a state champion.

Photo taken by Peter Diana / Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Losing does hurt, but use it as a learning experience and set a goal to come out on top next time.  If you are a junior or younger, you have next year (300+ days) to strive to be the best kicker, punter, snapper or skilled position player possible.  Take a week or some time off to heal up. 

To quote the great Jerry Rice:

“Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.” & “The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.”

Train like your competition is putting more time in the gym & field than you are (but do not over train). Try to be the best guy out there on the field.  Strive for greatness.  Win that starting spot next year and don't even let those coaches think twice that it should be someone else.

I even went through those tough times when our High School team was expected to make a State Playoff run and we lost in the Section Semi Finals.  The early playoff loss hurt.  But that loss drove me to try even harder to become a better kicker going into my Freshman year of college.

If you are a Senior, cherish the great memories you had through all your years of football.  If you plan to play, want to try to play football at the collegiate level (Whether it's D1, 2, 3, NAIA & JUCO), or if you haven't contacted college football programs yet, please contact me and we can talk about the "Next Steps," options and set off season training goals. 

Take care everyone and good luck in the playoffs.

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
Special Teams Football Academy
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