re: the golden question

Ask it often.

It’s Training Camp.

It had been a long, hot day on the practice field.

I’m up at the front of the meeting room, going through the film with the players.

Team period.

I show a play once, make a couple points.

Then I rewind the tape…

Let it run again…

And pause it at the perfect moment.

That’s when I turn to one of our Freshman Linebackers and ask the golden question:

“Where are your eyes here?”

He flexes his forehead.

I already know the answer, but it’s important that he says it.

“I think I was looking at the Quarterback,” he says.

I nod.

“And where should your eyes be here?” I ask.

“The Offensive Linemen. I would have seen that Puller.”

I nod again.

He makes a note in his notebook.

We move on to the next play.

All the best,

Jon Svec
Defensive Coordinator
St. Francis Xavier University
X-Men Football
Email: jsvec@stfx.ca
Twitter: @jonsvecx

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