Building Men for Others: Community

After Monday night's practice, I gave the players a homework assignment. They were to look up the word community.

As we huddled up after the end of practice on Tuesday, Mr. Cummins shared with the team meaning of community: A group or class of people having a common interest.

For those of you that were at Monday night's practice, the offense looked out of sync. They had limited success during the team period of Monday's practice.

On Tuesday, the offense took the meaning of community to the next level and worked on making the offense work. Coaches and players had a common interest: Let's get better.

Sure enough, the offensive community came together and scored on a 70 yard TD run on the first play of the evening scrimmage.

The thing I see with these young men is the fact they bond and work together in a common interest. They want to get better as players and better as men. They compete, they support and encourage each other. That is a strong foundation in building a team and a community of men.