2019 Cardinals: "Time for a smoke..... I mean Cellphone break"

[soxhop411]

New Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury, is going to give his players a "cell phone break" every 20 or so min during meetings. Via ESPN

PHOENIX -- New Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury won't waste any time using his college coaching background to help him in the NFL.

Kingsbury said Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings that he'll implement "cellphone breaks" during team meetings. He did something similar while coaching at Texas Tech but will adapt it for NFL players.

"They're itching to get to those things," he said.

Kingsbury will let the players break for their phones every 20 or 30 minutes -- what he called a "good run" -- right around the time he usually starts to see players lose interest.

"You start to see kind of hands twitching and legs shaking, and you know they need to get that social media fix, so we'll let them hop over there and then get back in the meeting and refocus," Kingsbury said.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26368658/kingsbury-allow-cardinals-cellphone-breaks

 

[InstaFace]

Just a wise reaction to the times. Set reasonable boundaries or you'll get tuned out.

 

[Silverdude2167]

Just a wise reaction to the times. Set reasonable boundaries of you'll get tuned out.

Am I missing what I hope is sarcasm? Or do you really think it is a good idea and not insane?

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Just a wise reaction to the times. Set reasonable boundaries of you'll get tuned out.

Yup. You can bang your head on the wall insisting that the world should be different. Or you can figure out how best to deal with the world as it is.

From what I have been told by colleagues (haven't read them myself), there are a number of pedagogical studies that affirm what Kingsbury is talking about. College students (and young people in general) can pay attention to a lecture for about 20-25 minutes max before tuning out. I don't see why athletes are likely to be much different.

 

[kelpapa]

Am I missing what I hope is sarcasm? Or do you really think it is a good idea and not insane?

If the goal is to get full attention when he’s showing film, it’s a smart move.

 

[leftfieldlegacy]

Ted Bruschi mentioned this on NFL network today. He said the Pats have been doing this for awhile now and that BB has no problem adapting and changing his methods for a new generation of players.

 

[snowmanny]

It doesn’t seem crazy to me. That’s basically how I studied from ages 15-25. Thirty minutes or so of whatever and then five/ten minutes of break and then thirty minutes of work again. I didn’t have a cell phone back then though so I just stared at my hand.

 

[InstaFace]

Am I missing what I hope is sarcasm? Or do you really think it is a good idea and not insane?

That depends, do you want actual attention and focus and comprehension, or do you want the appearance of attention, while minds wander, all while resentment builds at being treated like a child? The latter certainly helps the instructor's ego, but it's probably not optimal for the team's overall progression.

It doesn’t seem crazy to me. That’s basically how I studied from ages 15-25. Thirty minutes or so of whatever and then five/ten minutes of break and then thirty minutes of work again. I didn’t have a cell phone back then though so I just stared at my hand.

To be fair, the shrooms probably helped on both counts.

 

[Super Nomario]

It doesn’t seem crazy to me. That’s basically how I studied from ages 15-25. Thirty minutes or so of whatever and then five/ten minutes of break and then thirty minutes of work again. I didn’t have a cell phone back then though so I just stared at my hand.

Yeah, a couple people have pointed out that if Kingsbury just called it a "bio break" or something no one would care, but "cellphone" gets people's "I hate millennials" hackles up.

 

[Vinho Tinto]

When Pitino was coaching the Celtics, he mentioned a similar philosophy that he picked up from Hubie Brown.

Brown would show video and speak to the Knicks for a short period of time (I forget the exact amount, but it was something like 15 minutes). He claimed that he had reviewed data that concluded a listener’s attention span would drift after x amount of time. So he would get to his points ASAP and immediately get the team on the court to practice.

 

[Marciano490]

Nobody hear ever did Pimsleur?

 

[BaseballJones]

On this subject.....

https://www.inc.com/carmine-gallo/why-your-next-pitch-should-follow-teds-18-minute-rule.html