Aaahhhhh! It feels good to be back in my comfort zone.

For the last couple of years, Hyper Lad has decided he’d rather play soccer and tackle football. I’ve helped out with the tackle football and had fun. I’ve coached soccer, for certain clueless levels of coached, but it’s really not my forté. My main coaching [...]]]> by Richard

Aaahhhhh! It feels good to be back in my comfort zone.

For the last couple of years, Hyper Lad has decided he’d rather play soccer and tackle football. I’ve helped out with the tackle football and had fun. I’ve coached soccer, for certain clueless levels of coached, but it’s really not my forté. My main coaching technique is to work on getting the little dudes and dudettes to stay spread out.

Now, though, now. . . Hyper Lad is barely too old to play tackle football with his old team and he’s 10 pounds over the weight and we’re not going to make him diet, no matter how much he wants to do it. I figured that meant more soccer, but he surprised me. We’re back to flag football.

Flag football, this I can coach. I’ve got a file folder full of plays, all designed to work with the quirky 5-on-5 rules employed by our local YMCA league.

I can’t wait for the first time I get to break out the Statue of Liberty play. For those of you unfamiliar with this, basically the quarterback drops back to pass, holding the ball up high against his ear. Suddenly, the receiver out on the wide right, runs by him to the left and grabs the ball from the quarterback, who then pretends to throw.

The Statue of Liberty is an old, old play. I must have laughed for five minutes the first time I dusted that one off and ran it in a game. We got a touchdown and I got a great laugh.

The great thing about playing flag football at this level is the little dudes and dudettes are young enough that winning is not the only thing for them. They all want to get their hands on the ball. If they have a fun game and get a catch, run or throw, that’s great. Winning is a plus, not a requirement.

Which suits my coaching style, in that I like to play everybody at every position. Honestly, I’ve been waiting for today (when we begin our practices) for a while.

I can’t wait.

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I’ve got bad news. It seems Jack Horkheimer, long time host of PBS’s Star Hustler has passed away.

Jack passed away at age 72 from respiratory disease. This is a great loss. The dude will surely be missed. If his name isn’t familiar to you, maybe you’ll recognize the style.

Jack was an amazing man, a true [...]]]> by Richard

I’ve got bad news. It seems Jack Horkheimer, long time host of PBS’s Star Hustler has passed away.

Jack passed away at age 72 from respiratory disease. This is a great loss. The dude will surely be missed. If his name isn’t familiar to you, maybe you’ll recognize the style.

Jack was an amazing man, a true presence on screen. I remember watching him during the college years and enjoying his hokey, but always enthusiastic, take on astronomy and the stars.

I’ll keep looking up.

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I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to really feel the burn. After three days of writing about exercise, well, I’m definitely breaking a (mental) sweat. Makes me want to go out and actually do some physical workout. But, before we get to that, let’s finish those 10 workout tips, yeah?

Tip No. 8: Let [...]]]> by Richard

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to really feel the burn. After three days of writing about exercise, well, I’m definitely breaking a (mental) sweat. Makes me want to go out and actually do some physical workout. But, before we get to that, let’s finish those 10 workout tips, yeah?

Tip No. 8: Let the record show it. Keeping a thorough record of your workouts and associated information is a great idea. Basically, what I’m talking about is that you should write down your fitness goals. Do you want to lose weight? How much? Do you want to get a smaller waist size? What’s your goal size? Write down what exercises you did, if they made you feel good or if they hurt. Write down if you think a certain exercise was especially beneficial toward making your goal. You should also write down those things that interfere with your exercise program. That way, you should be able to avoid missing a workout because of the same thing happening again.

Tip No. 9: Par-tay! When you reach a goal, give yourself permission to celebrate, have a good time. Now, that doesn’t mean go out and gorge on the Great Wall of Chocolate or skip working out for a month, but do something that feels good to you. Just don’t overdo it.

Tip No. 9a: Treat yourself to something nice. This goes along with the previous tip. See, people work out for two reasons, to improve their health and to make themselves look better. So why not show it off? If your goal was to get down to a 34 waist then go out and buy a nice pair of slacks with a 34 waist. Give yourself a little present you can see every day, just to let yourself know you really can set goals and then achieve them.

Tip No. 10: Speaking of achieving goals. . . Once you’ve reached your goals, the fun isn’t over. Now’s the time to do a little mental workout and try to figure out your next set of realistic, attainable goals. Don’t go all crazy and talk about getting down to your fifth-grade weight or something, but make sure you’ve got something new to work toward. Even if that means just keeping your weight down for a couple of months. Then make it a couple months more. Getting fit for a week or two won’t really do you any good in the long run. We’re after sustainability here.

And, with that, I’m off to hit the Y(MCA). I feel the need for some sweat. Maybe I’ll see you there.

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