If you are a college football fan, you know that the Bowl game match-ups were decided this week, and that the BCS title game will feature the University of Alabama and the University of Texas. Both teams are undefeated, and there is little debate that both teams deserve to be there. What you may not know is that the University of Alabama is a client of The Pacific Institute.
There is an entire section of this website dedicated to the implementation of TPI’s program for youth “PX2″. There is also a subsection for the implementation of this program in sports, featuring an video introduction by Pete Carroll. Within that, there is a page dedicated to our clients on the football field. Alabama’s participation in the PX2 program is chronicled there, with some links to outside news and sports agencies regarding our partnership.
Former NFL players Antowaine Richardson and Nesby Glasgow, who are trained as PX2 facilitators, took the players through each of the 12 units during training camp for the last two years. Tailoring the program for application on the football field, the players identified areas in their own skill sets and roles on the team where their were underperforming to their potential.
One of the first questions asked of PX2 participants is “Who’s in control?”. Basically, the question is trying to discover whether it is external or internal forces that drive our behaviors. Truly, it is a mix of both. But, in order for us to be responsible for our behavior, we have to acknowledge that we are in control of our lives. If this is true, then as a result, we ourselves are the biggest limiters of our effectiveness and performance.
If at times you feel like a victim, then you may be able to alter this belief with a greater understanding of how much control you really have. While we can’t control everything that happens to us, we can often control how we respond and react. By removing the victim-mentality, we can see outside influence in a different light. Either it is imagined, or we cannot change it. Either way, our focus should remain on that which we can effect.
Alabama set a goal to win the SEC championship this year. Why not the BCS national championship? Maybe because the last three SEC championship winners have gone on to win the BCS national championship. It’s clear that the next goal is to win the game against Texas in January. No one for Alabama is hoping for referees, weather, luck, fate, or anything else outside of them to work in their favor. When it’s time to play, these guys know “Who’s in control.”
Send me an email if you are interesting in hearing Lou Tice and Nick Saban speak in Alabama on January 25.
Roll Tide.
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It’s official. After the homecoming beat-down of the number 22 ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 20-6, the University of Alabama football team is back on top of the AP college football poll. While this game did not feature the offensive explosion seen in previous games, the discipline on the defensive side showcased the Tide’s hallmark of late: mental toughness.