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The best things come to those who wait. Sometimes it's good to be last.

I believe the Colts had a Sunday preseason game the Sunday of finals this past year. Must have not been enough turn around time to paint the field after finals night.

Congrats Colts on making your goal for the documentary! Can't wait to see the final product.

Help the Colts finish ther documentary.

A little blast from the past from the Colts.

WOW! Colts get new uniforms and all the bashing starts. Great to see the support.

That video is great! I love the new look. What a way to start the 50th celebration.

Looks like he came over with Sylvester. Hope this helps the Colts out. What can we expect from him? http://colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=677

WOW Oregon Crusaders doing Summertime? You got some BIG shoes to fill! Colts knocked it out of the park in '82.

I can see it now. BD wins DCI World Class Traditional title and DCI World Class Wood title.

Imagine a world where DCI would pay for and freely advertise your tour for you, since they have a larger marketing reach then you, and you would not have to pay a dime for it.

200 is a low estimate. It was nice to see most of the vets staying with the Colts this year and not moving on.

Colts had at least twice as many kids at the November tryouts this year. Also got a sneek peak at the new uniforms, a big thumbs up from my son.

Thursday Nov. 15th only. Lets help out the Minnesota Brass. http://www.mnbrassinc.us/index.php/support/fundraising/give-to-the-max

Maybe they are going to annouce which genre of music they are going to play to honor the cheese. Some good ol R'n'Brie!!!

hahaha... Thats Gouda!!!

So happy for the Colts!!! I can't wait to see what the 50th season show brings us!!! Not only will they have new unis but also Marc Sylvester as Program Coordinator and Visual Designer.

Here is the info on auditions for Colts. There 50th anniversary season!!! http://colts.org/news/news.cfm?news_id=660

As a mental coach to athletes, my main concern about coaches who yell is that some athletes will react negatively to this and lose confidence. I agree that yelling forces most kids to second-guess their behavior. A big downside, from a mental game perspective, happens when kids are afraid to make mistakes because they fear what the coach will do. This causes some athletes to play more tentatively in fear of making more mistakes — not a great mindset to perform ones best. Many kids will feel embarrassed when they are singled out by the coach and yelled at for mistakes. These kids are less likely to work hard for the coach because they feel in opposition to the coach. I also agree that yelling can get kids attention, but why does a coach have to yell at the kids to get attention? Do they not respect the coach? Are they messing around too much? Do they have their own agenda? If players on the team respect the coach, they will listen to him without the coach yelling. Can you never yell at a KId? Of course you can but it is much more affective when it is done on occasion, rathan than it being the norm. Here is a little food for thought... Basketball practice wound down and what usually happened, happened once again. Coach lost it for the umpteenth time that week. Stopping practice he began to yell at the top of his lungs, “Stupid, f’en freshman! What an *&%#+#@ idiot! Can’t you get the #### play right!? What is your *%##!!@@@ problem!!? Are you f’en stupid or what!?” The athlete, who actually was a very talented ball player shrunk backwards, turning bright red. His eyes began to water as he fought back tears. Such a heartwarming scene! What do we have here? A coach Bobby Knight wannabe? Let’s use fear, humiliation, emotional abuse and excessive anger to make our points. After all, what better way to motivate an athlete to scale new performance heights than by intimidating that player and making him feel like absolute crap! You could see that this freshman was badly shaken up by all this “good” coaching. Unfortunately for him, the coach had been riding him all week. As a matter of fact, the coach had been on his case since the second week of practice. The upper classman had told him, “Aw, just forget about it, that’s just coach. Sooner or later you’ll get used to it.” They had suggested that he block out the yelling and just try to take in the teaching that was camouflaged in the angry outburst. Unfortunately for this kid, that was much easier said than done! It didn’t even help on those rare times when the coach briefly lapsed into a state of humanness by explaining his out-of-control behavior. “Son, I’m on you for your own good. You see you have some potential there and I aim to get it out of you.” I guess the coach felt that (metaphorically speaking) hitting his athlete repeatedly with a heavy two-by-four was the best method of choice for “nurturing” all that potential out. So what did this underclassman get from his interactions with his coach? What would you get? The poor kid felt totally worthless as a player. His self-confidence was shot. His concentration was focused on a fear of making mistakes and getting yelled at again. (Now that kind of focus will really improve your athletic performance). On the court he played tight and tentative. His life-long love of the game was nowhere to be found and he was performing like a shell of his former self. I suppose that’s why he wanted to quit the team. What a baby! Right???? After all, from the coach’s perspective he was probably just toughening this kid up. He was making him a much better player. He was doing this all for the kid’s good, I bet. If the kid couldn’t take the heat, then maybe he shouldn’t go near the fire. Maybe he shouldn’t be playing high school ball. Right? C’mon now, you can’t be too easy on these players. If you treat them like wimps, they’ll play that way. Right???I don’t think so!!!! Stick 100 athletes in this kind of coaching environment and most will react exactly like this freshman did. They may not necessarily want to quit, but their response to the coach will NOT be to get more motivated and lift the level of their play. A coach who is demeaning hurts far more players than he helps. A coach who uses fear and put-downs as his major teaching tool will only be effective in destroying his athletes’ concentration, killing their confidence and turning his players off.

I know that the Colts have a bingo hall as well. Like the other posts IDK how much $ it generates.

Another one here. Guess we will just have to go to Indy and Cheer them on.

Way to bounce back Colts!!!

Forgive me here if I am wrong but don't the top 25 Corps make semis?

Here is mine. Thanks Allentown. The show the Colts have the largest score drop of the year and the only one of the three PC beat the Colts. Colts behind PC by less than .1!! C'mon man!!! Thanks for the thread, I needed to vent on this subject.

WOW!!! Great job Colts. Way to step it up!!!