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Halftime Adjustment
by Bubba Burcham
Welcome to Halftime Adjustment Coaching. We will use locker room talks, halftime type speeches, and character traits to teach manhood, leadership, and build teams of men.
Episodes
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Family Remodel #5
God’s original blueprint for the family Pt 1 def: blueprint, purpose, subdue, team Blueprint: a design plan or other technical drawing. Purpose: something set up as an object or end to be attained, INTENTION Subdue: to bring under control Team: a number of persons associated together in work or...
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Family Remodel #4
What is vision and why do we need it for a family? Vision: the ability of sight; the act or power of imagination “The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision.” ― Helen Keller Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision people perish." Habakkuk 2:2-3
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Family Remodel #3
Here's what we have developed over the last 20+ years as a family: family verse, family vision, family rules, family expectations, blessing (personal/family). Family verse: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good deeds, and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew…
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Family Remodel #2
Family Remodel Episode #2 Culture vs Christ Happy vs Blessed Culture says do what makes you happy. The Bible says the man who follows His ways is blessed. Be a man that is planted and rooted in Christ alone. If you look for someone to make you happy, they will fail you every time. A fathers...
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Family Remodel #1
Why family remodel? Where are we, where are we going, how are we going to get there? Remodel-To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. Ever wonder if there is more to raising your kids than graduate high school, go to college, now you're on your own. I felt like I was missing something a…
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2021 Rewired Men's Conference
The heart of the Rewired Men's Conference is the men's lives transformed by the Gospel lived out in the local Church. What's the foundation of your faith, of your marriage, of your family? Come to the conference this year to learn what it means to "Dig Deep" and lay your foundation on the rock....
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Word of the Week #30 Hope
Word of the Week #30 Hope-your desire for something to happen. In a time when there is so much darkness, fear, and doubt being spread why not spread hope. Hope is like the dawn after a dark night. I tell my kids that I can smell the aroma of their heart. If they are in a bad mood then the aroma...
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Football Story #7 Set the Damn Huddle!
It's OU vs TX week and I hate Texas Football! Here's a story of one of the scariest coaches I ever played for. Dick Winder was the OC at OU in the late 90's. He demanded excellence and made me nervous every day. He was always on me to "set the damn huddle", sprint to the line of scrimmage, snap…
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Football Story #6 Play on Edge
Great teams play to the best of their ability week in and week out. Great teams don't play up or down to the level of their opponent they play on an edge no matter their opponent. Inexperienced teams don't know how to handle adversity. Great teams stay focused and stay on edge. What does a great...
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Manhood Moments-Friday Night Lights
Manhood Moments-Friday Night Lights. Manhood does not happen by accident. Manhood is about intentionality. "Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice." Edwin Louis Cole/Tony Evans If I don't show my sons how a man acts, culture will. If I don't show my daughter how a man...
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Football Story #5 Why we need more olinemen
The oline goes unnoticed unless they don't do their job. The oline mentality is a group of guys willing to do the things others won't so the team can succeed. No group on the team works as closely together as the oline. They work literally foot to foot, hip to hip, and shoulder to shoulder. Oline...
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Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Rite of Passage
Masculinity is the qualities or attributes regarded as characteristics of men. Toxic or poisonous masculinity is a skewed cultural construct. Noble or higher masculinity is what we should strive for. Quotes on manhood. "Being male is a matter of birth, being a man is a matter of choice." "All…
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Football Story #4 National Letter of Intent Signing Day
I played football at OU but how I got there is an interesting story. February 1996 was when I was supposed to sign my scholarship to college football but that didn't happen. I remember coming home feeling down and rejected. Little did I know my mom has gone to work calling and setting up...
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Football Story #3 Denny's at 2AM
I played in the Orange Bowl, the BCS Championship game at the time, on Jan 3, 2001. After the game about 2AM I went to Denny's at 2AM to eat with my best friend and my brother in law. We had won the game and I was a team captain. No one really seemed to care , I was just another customer. In that...
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Word of the Week #29 Initiative
Initiative is the ability to take the lead, take charge when no one else will. When adversity strikes you need leaders on your team who will take the initiative to right the ship. A good leader/coach takes the initiative and refocuses the team when bad stuff is happening. Belief in the leaders...
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Manhood #7 The Man and His Faith
Building a man is like building a house, you must start with the foundation, his faith. A man without faith is like a house built on a sand foundation. The storms of life will wash it away. Matthew 7:24-27 Hebrews 11:1, A man who has faith in the Lord has a moral compass, a firm foundation. A man...
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Word of the Week #28 Coach
A coach is someone who helps you to see who you can be and gives you the action steps to get there. Coaching stories about Merv Johnson, My Middle School football coach, Sam Pittman, and my 2nd year as a head ball coach. 5 Base Principles of coaching. There are more than 5 but this is where I…
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Football Story #2 9th Grade Football Fight
I got into a fight in the 9th grade in a game vs the El Reno Indians. I was hurt and angry because we lost the game, I let my team down, I lost control of my emotions, and my parents divorce. My coaches saw that I was broken and hurt. They built me back up, refocused me, and released me at the…
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Word of the Week #27 Passion
Passion is an internal desire to achieve your goals. I learned from Coach Venables and Spurrier JR how to coach with passion. They ran around with their hair on fire getting stuff done. A leader must have passion. Without passion the leader is empty. When the leader loses passion he becomes a...
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I once was the 4th string center
I was a HS guard and went to college a center. At OU day one I was the 4th string center and I had never played center before and I was clueless. My first real reps at center were a disaster and some of the coaches didn’t even know my name. Thankfully a tough talk from my mom and the guiding...
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Word of the Week #26 Game Plan
A game plan is the plan coaches prepare to attack an opponents weaknesses and to play to the strengths of their team. Leach Story Coaching story vs Lawton Mac "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." Ben Franklin Every coach goes in to a game with a plan to win and must take time at...
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Manhood #6 The Man as a Paradox
A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. Dr Robert Lewis in Men's Fraternity states the paradox principle of manhood, a man must die to live. Ephesians 5:25 As a man what am I living for, my glory or His glory? I am not my wife's servant and neither is she my servant. The man's role…
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College Football Week #4
Week #4 of College Football and Random Manhood thoughts Men are not designed to be an island Men need teammates to do life with Men need other men on a similar mission who will push them to be their best #10 Utah @ USC #11 Mich @ #13 Wis #8 Aub @ #17 Texas A&M #7 ND @ #3 GA
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College Football Week #2
In week #1 I went 4-1 in my picks only missing the ND game. -If I could imprint one thing on my sons it would be courage. "I have the courage to face and overcome my fears." -If I could imprint one thing upon my daughter it would be security in self. "Your self worth does not come from a man but...
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Word of the Week #25 Team Captain
The Team Captain isn't always the MVP. The Team Captain is the team member who makes everyone else better. 2000 OU Team Captain Story My expectations for Team Captains: -Lead by example -Build up your teammates -Be a vocal leader -Call out teammates to give better effort when needed My…
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College Football Week #1
My top 5 games and random manhood thoughts True character in a man stiffens the spines of those around him. Toxic masculinity vs Noble masculinity There is something great and special inside a man that must be called out. An intentional father can change the life of a child. My top 5 games: #11...
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Word of the Week #24 Team
Team-Together Everyone Achieves More Team > Me A Team is a group of people unified under a common goal. The 2000 OU Football team was a team bonded together by the shared suffering of the 96/97/98 losing seasons, the winter workouts of 99 to the 99 season to the summer workouts of 2000 which...
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Word of the Week #23 Attitude and Effort
As a young coach I heard an experienced coach tell his players give me “Attitude and Effort” every play. It’s what he expected every play. When I became a head coach I adopted this for my team. Give me attitude and effort every play. Attitude-mentality, toughness, heart, determination, whatever…
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Manhood #5 Invest Eternally
A man finishes stronger than he started. Great football players finish drills well and set an example for the younger players. "Finish" is mainly used in drills. Run through the line not to the line. Give more than what is expected of you. Be the example of great effort. The 4th point of…
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Word of the Week #22 Heart
What does it mean for an athlete to have heart? To play with heart? Heart is the internal desire for an athlete to succeed, win, compete. It is a refusal to give in in a situation. A great coach can build belief in self by speaking life into his athletes. Belief in self is tied to heart. The...
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Word of the Week #21 Play Like a Champion Today
Play Like a Champion Today is the team motto or slogan for the Oklahoma Sooner Football team. It is has been in their lockerroom since the late 40's. Every game the team hits a sign with "Play Like a Champion Today" on it. I would always hit the word Today. This sign and tradition meant a lot to…
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Father's Day 2019!!!!
Fatherhood is in the little moments everyday. Take the time to be present with your kids this weekend. Also call your Dad!
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Manhood #4 Lead Courageously
To lead courageously means to be up front leading in the face of fear. On the football field "Get Up Front!" In Genesis Ch 3 Eve lead not Adam. Adam didn't take charge. Jesus said Matthew 4:19 "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." God to Joshua in Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you?…
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Word of the Week #20 Love
The love for teammates is an intense care only built over a long period of time. A good coach earns the love of the team he leads by consistently pushing them and praising them at the right time. There must be a healthy balance of praise and discipline. A team builds a love through shared...
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Manhood #3 Accept Responsibility
What does it mean to "Drop your Hips" on the football field? Authentic Manhood Point #2 Accept Responsibility Biblical examples: Adam Gen 2:15 Gen 3:12 vs Jesus John 4:34 David and Bathsheba 2 Samuel 12. -A man accepts responsibilities for his thoughts and actions in all he does. -A husband…
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Word of the Week #19: Responsibility
Responsibility is something I must do or must take care of. Something or someone under me care. 5th grade story of my responsibility failure. College football story of my failure. As a leader you must be able to answer to those you are responsible for: where are we going and how are we going to…
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Word of the Week #18: Respect
Respect is like a savings account. It takes a daily drop in the bucket built overtime. Respect is consistently overtime to build. Respect is something I give to someone some deserving and some undeserving. Bob Stoops, Jerry Schmidt, and Jonathan Hayes story. A great leader works to earn the…
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Manhood #2 Reject Passivity
The first point of Authentic Manhood is to Reject Passivity. Reject means to not accept something. Passivity means to allow things to happen. So to reject passivity means to not accept allowing things to happen. The definition of Authentic Manhood comes from Dr Robert Lewis's "Men's Fraternity".…
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Word of the Week Ep. 17: Integrity
Integrity is an inner strength of character or an inner sense of wholeness or completeness. Merv Johnson story. He is an honest man that I respect and made a significant difference in my life. The opposite of whole or complete is broken. A man who is broken needs help. Very few can "fix"...
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Manhood #1 Intentional Fatherhood
Real fatherhood is intentional not accidental. One of the key issues in what some call the manhood crisis is the lack of fathers. There is a fatherhood deficit so we need more intentional fathers. In 1 Kings 2:2 David told his son Solomon to "Be strong and show yourself a man." He challenged and...
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Word of the Week EP. 16: Humility
Humility is not thinking or speaking of yourself, it is thinking or speaking of the team you lead first. Bragging, telling anyone how great you are is the opposite of humility. EX athletes or coaches that constantly tell their old stories of greatness aren't humble they just want someone to…
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Word of the Week Ep. 15: Excellence
Excellence is your ability to do the average extraordinarily. As an oline coach I believed we must be excellent at the fundamentals. So I picked a few and we drilled them daily. Overtime we became an excellent oline. A great leader/coach demands excellence in the fundamentals/basics. Have a…
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Bonus Ep #2 Rewired Keynote Speech Part 2 of 3
This part 2 of 3 of a keynote speech I did last year at the Rewired Men's Retreat. menrewired.com Begin to Heal 1 Peter 2:24 “ He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.” Christ doesn't want to live in...
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Word of the Week Ep. 14: Commitment
Commitment is your emotional and spiritual tie to something, someone, or a team. My greatest commitment to anyone here on this earth is to my wife. But what is above that is my commitment to God, my Lord and Savior. To lead a team requires your utmost commitment to the betterment of the team. A...
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Word of the Week Ep. 13: Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness is the ability to endure tough or difficult times. Mental toughness and physical toughness are tied together. Often times coaches equate the two. Mental toughness is not JUST lasting through a tough physical workout or practice but also keeping your mental focus and intensity. Is...
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Bonus Ep #1 Rewired Keynote Speech Part 1 of 3
This part 1 of 3 of a keynote speech I did last year at the Rewired Men's Retreat. menrewired.com This is what I needed to hear 10 years ago. I talk about raising sons. Showing them adventure and teaching them that pain is ok and natural. I share about when I first became a father and I had no…
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Word of the Week Ep. 12: Unselfishness
Unselfishness is the ability or mindset to not think of yourself first. The ability to think of the group above yourself. The most unselfish group on a football team is the offensive line. They work on their craft only to improve the team and bring notoriety to everyone else. If they block better...
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Word of the Week Ep. 11: Patience
Patience is the ability to wait through adversity to achieve your goals. I once interviewed 5 times before getting my first head coaching job. Patience on a football team is important. It is important between the offensive line and the running back on a run play, the wide receiver and the...
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Word of the Week Ep. 10: Honesty
Honesty is the ability to live out the truth or the ability to speak the truth. I asked my daughter what honesty was and she said "the truth", I then asked her whats the truth "not a lie". We went around in a circle in an attempt to define honesty. A classic line that is used in my house is "WHO...
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Word of the Week Ep. 9: Work Ethic
Work Ethic is your ability to work hard in all situations in all you do. In this episode I tell a couple of stories from when I was playing college football at OU. One is a story of terrible work ethic and how it cost the team and the other is a story of great work ethic. When I was coaching too...
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Welcome to Halftime Adjustment Coaching. We will use locker room talks, halftime type speeches, and character traits to teach manhood, leadership, and build teams of men.
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Bubba Burcham
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