Coach Vint

There are two kinds of parents. One prepares the child for the path. The other prepares the path for the child.

@coachnaron You did a great job at Hereford!

You can only use one of these runs. Which do you choose?

@coachvint Best phone ever made

Here is another relic I found in a drawer in my office. This is one of the original “smart” phones!

@MiersMatt @coachkou This must be something they teach in wife school. 🤣

@coachvint @coachkou Funny story about my copy. I was looking for it one time and couldn’t find it. Several years later I was cleaning the tops of our kitchen cabinets and my wife was using it as a booster for the plants she had up there. 🤦‍♂️🤣

Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge is a masterclass in leadership and execution. Every coach should try to find a copy of this book. It is over $1k on Amazon right now. I got lucky and paid $30 about 20 years ago.

@jjacobs22 Find coaches who are about skill development, setting high expectations, and growing young men.

I’m very much still in learning mode but my biggest takeaway so far is to work hard to find a spot where players holistic development (as people and players) is truly first, coaches operate with integrity and transparency, and it’s a great group of kids/families on/off the field or ice. Team hopping and chasing is so prevalent, but if you can find all that, lock it in and be grateful.

The way the youth sports machine is set up is to convince every parent that “investing” in sports (clubs, tournaments, showcases, training, fancy gear, etc) is the best way to “make a living” (path to d1, scholarships, fame/fortune, etc). Instead of most kids playing sports for the reasons they are supposed to be there (learning how to be a good teammate, how to compete, how to work towards mastery, friendships, memories, confidence), everyone is chasing. Feels a bit like watching people spend all their hard earned money on scratch tickets seeking the promise of a better life. Doesn’t mean there isn’t also a place for some naturally gifted crazies to pull off and play a different game. But now the system tries to get every player and family to play that different game, which is wholly irrational and not in the best interests of most. I don’t know the answer, but the current model ain’t it.

@jjacobs22 Very true. There are many who will prey upon the parents and athletes selling them false dreams.

I have no issue with people doing them, and there are certainly other benefits beyond “exposure”. But it’s the believing that you have to (and a system that tries to make you believe you have to in order to increase profits) that I have issues with. Participating eyes wide open is great!

@katytxex @CoachCHartman @LifeofFitz There are districts with a shared stadium that have to play on Thursdays. That is not the same as a college conference choosing to play on Friday night. I said what I said and I stand by it.

@CoachCHartman @coachvint @LifeofFitz When my son played for Seven Lakes they had a few games a year on Thursday/Saturday every year. All teams in Katy did. I now live and support a 2A team, they play Thursdays sometimes do to ref shortage. Friday night is not as sacred as it is being made out to be.

Let me say this slower. Every school in this conference signed off on a rights deal that included hosting a Friday night game. It’s in the contract Tech officials signed off on. The schools are being paid to play these games.

Abilene ISD is a great place to work. Come join us!

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@CoachYashinsky Thanks, brother!

@coachvint Here you go!

Using my new Gridiron Splitter app- I cut up 12 games into playlists in around 30 minutes this morning. Did 3 other seasons of other teams last night... The efficiency at which you can now get film into a usable format for content creators/ coaches is unreal!

@CoachYashinsky App

@coachvint The app or the navy film

Great wisdom here!

Make concessions affordable again!

@biggieschools @eduleadership I had 32 students for a 90 minute block. Having the extra time we beneficial. It would be ideal to have a smaller class along with an interventionist. That would allow for faster response time and closer to real-time feedback.

@coachvint @eduleadership This is what works. The challenge is a classroom of 25+ makes it hard to scale. Microschools solve that — 8-15 students, real-time feedback. The teacher can actually see what's working for each kid.

There is no “science of reading” says historian Diane Ravitch. Is she right? #education #teachersoftiktok #principalsoftiktok #sor #soldastory

@CoachMarcusHill True!

I think my favorite thing on Twitter is the guarantee that the most Mad commenters have 17 followers and no profile picture. Sorry about your life brian2940506284

@TolentinoTeach I had a great AP my first few years named Lila Rieman. She understood her job as a leader was to help every teacher to be their best. Too many leaders put their own ego at the forefront and end up micromanaging their best teachers to the point of misery.

During my first year of teaching, there was a veteran teacher near my classroom with nearly thirty years of experience. She was methodical, well prepared, deeply professional, and ran a calm, well-managed classroom. One day, I watched our assistant principal—someone who hadn’t taught in a classroom for over a decade—reprimand her for the way she managed her students. I was stunned. Sadly, this wasn’t an isolated moment. It reflects a pattern that shows up far too often in education: veteran teachers being treated like children by people who haven’t run a classroom in years.