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Title: Saban, Tide focuses on mental toughness Post by: pmull on August 25, 2011, 08:16:08 AM The Alabama football team finished its 20th practice of the year Tuesday after taking a two-day break from its last scrimmage. Head coach Nick Saban said while the rest was good for the players, he still sees opportunities for improvement.
“This is the time that you start to try to get your players back,” Saban said. “But at the same time there’s a lot of fundamental improvement that we need to make.” Saban also said his team needed to maintain its intensity and mental toughness through practices. “We need more guys to finish and compete and be responsible,” Saban said. “We can’t develop the attitude that we’re going to endure practice. “That’s a dangerous place to go when you just start enduring practice instead of going out there with a purpose and improving on things you need to improve on.” http://cw.ua.edu/2011/08/24/saban-tide-focuses-on-mental-toughness/ Title: Re: Saban, Tide focuses on mental toughness Post by: 2Stater on August 25, 2011, 08:22:40 AM Quote The offensive side of the ball for the Crimson Tide has to replace four big name starters from last year’s team that included three first round NFL picks and a two-year starter at quarterback. Still, junior running back Trent Richardson said he expects the offense to be fine behind the offense’s veterans. “Offensive leadership is going pretty good,” Richardson said. “Especially with [William] Vlachos, Barrett Jones, me myself included. We got Darius Hanks and Brandon Gibson over there making sure we keep the offense going.” Richardson said one of the greatest assets for the offense this year is the veteran offensive line and powerful running game. Despite moving players around on the line, Richardson said the line will be able to open up plays for the rest of the offense. “The coaching staff here, they move [the offensive line] around pretty good,” Richardson said. “So we’re just really going along with the flow…. Everybody’s doing good, especially with the offensive line.” We've already heard the glowing reviews about the defense, so this is great news also. Title: Re: Saban, Tide focuses on mental toughness Post by: ricky023 on August 25, 2011, 01:07:20 PM Well I think this team learned one thing from the IB last year, You MUST play for 60 minutes if you plan to win the game. Mental toughness is the key. Here we come KSU. RTR!
Title: Re: Saban, Tide focuses on mental toughness Post by: Jamos on August 25, 2011, 02:47:14 PM The problem with the mental side of football is that there is no way to measure it until the whistle blows to start the game and it's that way every week. You can practice all you want but you never know until the game is played.
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