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NAPA, Calif. -- Even as he and Giorgio Tavecchio continue to split reps in practice, Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski doesnt seem too concerned about his job status.While coach Jack Del Rio has preached open competition at every position, Janikowski had enough motivation already. The franchises career scoring leader turned 38 in March and is entering his 17th NFL season, all of them in Oakland.Having another kicker around to compete for the starting job was no big deal.I get motivated no matter what, Janikowski said Saturday. Thats my job. I have to come in, get in good shape and kick the ball. I worked my butt off in the offseason and I tried to get in better shape. Hopefully its going to pay off.Janikowski is the longest-tenured player on the Raiders roster and the lone remaining link to the Oaklands last playoff appearance in 2002.Since then he has watched as the team has made eight head coaching changes and revamped the roster repeatedly. The one constant has been Janikowski, the 17th overall pick in 2000.It went by fast, Ill tell you that, Janikowski said. It went by fast but (its another) year and I think its going to be a great year for us.Janikowski is entering the third year of a four-year deal he signed with the Raiders in 2013. Hes due to make nearly $4 million in 2016 after converting 21 of 26 field-goal attempts last season.His age and salary could make Janikowski expendable this season, which is why Tavecchios presence in practice is so intriguing.Tavecchio has bounced around the NFL since 2002. Hes spent time with San Francisco, Green Bay, Detroit and Oakland, but has never made it onto a regular-season roster but is pushing Janikowski in camp.Hes an NFL kicker, Raiders special teams coach Brad Seely said. Will he kick for us? That remains to be seen, but its a competition and were seeing whos the best.Sebastian has done this for a long time and has been really good. Obviously hes the front-runner going in. Its like a heavyweight championship fight. You have to knock him out if youre going to take his job.Janikowski is tied with Jason Hanson for the most field goals of 50 yards or longer in NFL history. Barring injury hes almost certain to break the record early in the upcoming season after converting four of five attempts from that range last season.The Raiders bypassed a handful of kicks within Janikowskis normal range last season, raising questions about his future with the team.Janikowski sidestepped questions about that and said the option to kick or not remains with coach Jack Del Rio.I dont make those decisions, Janikowski said. Jack is making the decisions. Thats why hes the head coach. If he wants to kick it, Im out there kicking it. If he wants to go for it, hes going for it.Game notesLeft guard Kelechi Osemele and defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. were kicked out of practice for fighting. The two got into multiple scuffles before Del Rio sent them off the field. ... 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According to Dixon, one of the challenges of being an elite coach lies in understanding what motivates and drives each and every one of your players. He explained that there are two passions in life - love and hate. The things we love can include football, money, fame, family and friends, while the things we hate can include losing, failure, dishonesty or laziness. There is no right or wrong answer to this, because everyone will have a different list of things they love and hate. A successful coach is one who finds out what his or her players are passionate about and uses that as motivation to maximize their performance. Dixon defined the difference between talent (something you are born with) and ability (something you learn to do). It is his belief that one doesnt need talent to be successful, but one does need ability. One of the exercises that Dixon had us complete was something that we had all done before - we wrote down our strengths and weaknesses. He then added five characteristics that he claimed were essential in creating a successful team. Strategic - Someone who can see the vision of what the end goal is; someone who sees the big picture.Tactical - Someone who can map out the route from where the team is currently to where the strategic goal is. Instinctive - Someone who can see things that others cannot. In football, this is typically a creative player who often defies instructions but is capable of producing match-winning moments of individual brilliance. Practical - Someone who just gets things done. Bonder - Someone who brings everything (and everyone) together. As a coach, you may have some of these five characteristics as strengths, but you might also have some of them as weaknesses. The truly great coaches, Dixon believes, make their strengths stronger and bring in people that make up for their weaknesses. Dixon outlined some practical solutions to dealing with stress - an inevitable byproduct of working in professional football. The one that stood out for me was helping others. Dixon said that by doing so, you change your mindset from looking inward to looking outward. It is his belief that behaviour changes attitudes and he outlined how your posture, walk, eye contact, smile and tone of voice can all impact your players. How you relate to them will largely affect how they respond to you and the secret to success is to build loyalty. If you make your players feel important, you will in turn earn their loyalty. Dixons presentation was excellent, and while much of what he said might seem like common sense, there is a problem with common sense - it isnt very common. After a quick break for lunch, we were off to the University of Ulster in the afternoon for a lecture delivered by Faye Downey, MSc., who is a strength and conditioning expert and performance consultant. Her presentation was entitled Training for Rate of Force Development and Power. The training of professional athletes is increedibly complex, and the area of strength and conditioning is one of the most likely areas where an elite coach would look to bring in a specialist.ddddddddddddAn expert with Downeys knowledge and experience should be viewed as a very valuable asset to a professional football club. Downey explained the principle that power is equal to force times speed and that power is very much limited by the athletes ability to generate force. She went on to discuss three of the five power-training options she utilizes (Olympic lifting, complex training and plyometrics) as well as the potentiation effect, whereby force training is immediately followed by speed training in order to maximize results. It was an overload of scientific information that left many coaches scratching their heads - further underlining the need for strength and conditioning experts in the game. Just before dinner, we had a lecture from Gail Stephenson, who is the head of Orthoptics and Vision Science at the University of Liverpool. Since 1996, Stephenson has also been a consultant for Manchester United. Stephensons presentation confirmed just how in-depth and thorough the world of professional football has become. Over eighty per cent of the information that players need to make informed decisions on the pitch comes from their vision. Yet, physiological vision function and performance analyses are not routinely performed at football clubs. Well, they are at Manchester United. Stephenson outlined the three most important aspects of vision: peripheral vision (the ability to see objects and movement outside of the direct line of vision), binocular vision (the ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes, creating a single visual image) and spatial awareness (a persons ability to judge where they are in relation to the objects around them). Here is a truly staggering statistic from Stephensons research at Manchester United. The general population has a central orientation to their spatial awareness (whereby their perception of where they are in relation to objects around them is central to their field of vision) in just three per cent of cases. In Manchester Uniteds first team squad, the percentage of players with a central orientation to their spatial awareness is ninety per cent! When asked if she believes that this is an indicator of potential for Uniteds Academy players, Stephenson said that they are currently researching this possibility. After dinner, our final lecture was a lively discussion with Nigel Best, the Irish Football Associations Performance Manager, about the merits of the 4-3-3 system of play. With 25-plus A licence coaches in the room, there was plenty of opinion to go around. The discussion centred on the roles and responsibilities of the players, depending on what formation was being utilized within the 4-3-3 system itself - one holding midfielder or two. In ideal circumstances, my preference is to play with one holding midfielder. Other coaches had different preferences, but one thing we all agreed on was this: the choice of system (4-3-3, 4-4-2, 4-5-1) and the type of formation utilized within that system is entirely dependent on the characteristics of the players the coach has at his or her disposal. This underscores the importance of the coachs ability to profile players, so that he or she can then choose a system and formation that best suits the players strengths, and minimizes their weaknesses. It was a very busy first day, full of information and thought-provoking discussion. It was a great start to the course and one that leaves me looking forward to tomorrow. ' ' '