{"id":10996,"date":"2019-12-14T12:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=10996"},"modified":"2019-12-14T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T19:46:21","slug":"december-2019-q-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2019\/12\/december-2019-q-school\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2019 Q-School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey PAX before going into the Q-school deets, did you know?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our regional leader, aka Nantan, is @Spamalot? (Formerly Bluto, Lysol and Cobra)<\/li>\n<li>Our regional 1st F Q is @Huckleberry!<\/li>\n<li>Our regional 2nd F Q is @DDay!<\/li>\n<li>Our regional 3rd F Q is&#8230;. TBD!<\/li>\n<li>Our regional IT Q is YHC and @Spicoli!<\/li>\n<li>Our regional Twitter Czar is unknown!?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When our 1st F Q asked YHC to help with a Q school along with the Nantan, YHC was happy to lend a hand. Unfortunately, the Nantan had some plans infringe on his ability to post, so the two remaining pieced back together a new order of operations for the morning&#8230; flawlessly I might add, don&#8217;t let any PAX tell you otherwise. Content that was covered below, but one suggestion many thought was a good one came from @HOG, who thought Q-school over coffee might be nice!<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>F3 Background<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>History<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dredd and OBT started in Charlotte on 1\/1\/11<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DashStrong started on 01\/04\/2014 as a plant with support from F3 Metro and F3 NoCo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crotch Rocket and Mini Me led the first workout in 18 degree weather.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Starfish Model<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leadership is pushed to the perimeter, unlike the spider model where it&#8217; all centralized (ie, government, corporations).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a starfish, if you cut off arm, a new one grows in its place AND the severed arm becomes new starfish<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence why the goal is to always recruit FNGs, grow new AOs, split off new regions (See F3Expansion efforts).\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No stagnation! \u201cIf you ain\u2019t growin\u2019 you\u2019re dying\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Areas of Responsibility<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Site Qs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinate Qs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update Q calendar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remind and confirm Qs are ready 1-2 days prior.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring the Shovel Flag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure BBs get posted!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Qs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send a pre-blast (including running routes or roaming AO locations if necessary)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan your workout ahead of time, bring a Wienke.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give a disclaimer &#8211; more info if FNGs present<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Induct FNGs<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tweet Workout Summary<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post a timely back blast, tweet URL.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>Mission Statement<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Core principles<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are free of charge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are open to all men.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End with a Circle of Trust.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Cadence Review<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Order of Operations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u201cTHE NEXT EXERCISE IS\u2026 (PAUSE)\u2026 THE MERKIN!\u201d<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAX repeat exercise name to signal understanding.\u00a0 Q listens for unsure voices.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>\u201cSTARTING POSITION&#8230;. (PAUSE)&#8230; MOVE!\u201d<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Give change for demonstration request, or observe and see if one is needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cIN CADENCE!\u201d\u00a0 (PAUSE)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could also be: \u201cOn your own,\u201d \u201cOn my call,\u201d or \u201cWe will do this for 30 seconds\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cEXERCISE! 1, 2, 3 [ONE].\u00a0 1, 2, 3 [TWO]\u2026.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q\u2019s eyes never leave the PAX while counting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for form issues, fatigue, need for less or more reps than planned, morale issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>VOICE INFLECTION at last \u201c1, 2, 3\u2026\u201d to signal END<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Announce \u201cRecover\u201d if not ending in a position where PAX can see the Q.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Why Use a Cadence? (<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/f3nation.com\/2012\/02\/22\/f3-tv-how-to-count\/\">Tutorial Video)<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esprit de Corps &#8211; Counting together builds bonds, fuels morale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatigue by Leader &#8211; Doesn\u2019t require complex thought, designed for breathing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cadence sets speed for the exercise, rhythm should always match your body movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motions need to occur on count in order to control the exercise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Basic Workout Principles<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>BE<strong> RESPECTFUL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respectful of time<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start and end on time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect the AO.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick up trash, return rocks to original spot, don&#8217;t slog through wet\/muddy fields and destroy gras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect the Q<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unspoken social contract between the PAX and a Q: &#8220;We will follow until you give us a reason not to&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PAX are very forgiving toward VQs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect the PAX<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q\u2019s are there to provide a sufficient beatdown, not kill the PAX. Be an encouraging, drill sergeant at worst.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aim to make time at F3 the best part of the day for PAX, never know who may be struggling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>KEEP IT SIMPLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid long explanations, use cardboard for long lists.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t take unnecessary risks or do stupid stuff.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>KEEP THE PAX TOGETHER<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No man left behind<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> PICK UP THE 6.<\/strong> Circle back or ask other PAX to rejoin the 6.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include wait stations or extra credit for frontrunners (ie, burpees, planks, squats, merkins, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If struggling, encourage the 6 to get to a final distance or that last rep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Q, you don\u2019t have to be the fastest or the front runner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>BRING YOUR PLANNED WORKOUT WITH YOU<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, plan ahead of time, then bring the plan with you. Don\u2019t be afraid to improvise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can\u2019t do it, don\u2019t Q it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better to plan too much, if you don\u2019t use it, you have a start on your next Q.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workout sheets are called Weinkes. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EMBRACE THE MUMBLECHATTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make this the best time of day for someone who may be struggling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it gets out of hand or you lose their attention, talk louder, change things up, or call burpees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you screw up or fail, keep calm and drive on\u2026 count louder and push forward. As Dredd says, \u201cWhen falling, dive!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>COT Logistics<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Count-O-Rama<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name-O-Rama &#8211; Birth Name, Age, F3 Name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Present, Name FNGs<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>If EHer is present, have him do the introduction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Announcements \/ Prayer Requests \/ Praise<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing Prayer<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q can say a religious prayer or some words of wisdom at the end \u2013 or ask if someone feels led to do it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Post Mortem<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>FNG Induction<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After FNGs have their names, Qs, Site-Qs, or the EHer should tell them how to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1JJZcXjA39Sk-cIKlVpWn3JRjd_8xJ44ByYJcNjOIzSg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">register<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on our website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By registering, PAX will get an information email about F3, and be added to PAX list for big announcements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tweet initial summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tag @F3WinstonSalem, and the Site-Q and\/or the Q Twitter Handle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include Hashtags for The AO name (ie, #TheEstate), or the Q Name if they do not have Twitter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include Number of PAX, FNGs, and quick summary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional Flair<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GIF: Q\u2019s like to include GIFs to draw attention to their tweets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selfie: Some AOs have a history of taking group pictures to show who was there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name-o-rama Video: Some PAX like to share video of PAX names (NOT A BACKBLAST).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weinke Picture: Sharing a picture of cardboard or weinke\u2019s used (NOT A BACKBLAST).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Post a Backblast<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q\u2019s are responsible for posting a Backblast. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is NOT optiona<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l (Site-Q\u2019s may volunteer).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAX must have an f3winstonsalem.com account to post.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See pinned @f3winstonsalem tweet for registration and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1nTu9dymBgYNBjq5pmxK-jM9UGScsXQ_Y4abDqdCiJAo\">BackBlast posting instructions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep The BackBlast PG rated<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tweet<strong> BackBlast Announcement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the previous Announcement guidelines, also include a URL to the posted BackBlast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is most easily done by Retweeting or Replying your initial announcement Tweet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more info and background than everything included here, it&#8217;s hard to cram everything into a 30 minute overview &#8211; a lot of parts above were even skimmed over this morning. If you Google &#8220;F3 Q-school,&#8221; you&#8217;ll find tons of great content from other regions and best practices they follow. In the end, there&#8217;s a lot that goes into making F3 successful, but it starts with well-intentioned PAX taking turns and giving effort to lead the best Q they can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Link to QSchool Cliffnotes handout is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ngSqlBPdMFoDca9yFd9u-zY__8-7TxR1uaWZrstK5rI\/edit?usp=sharing\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey PAX before going into the Q-school deets, did you know? Our regional leader, aka Nantan, is @Spamalot? (Formerly Bluto, Lysol and Cobra) Our regional 1st F Q is @Huckleberry! Our regional 2nd F Q is @DDay! Our regional 3rd F Q is&#8230;. TBD! Our regional IT Q is YHC and @Spicoli! Our regional Twitter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,106],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-10996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convergence","category-special-event","tag-f3winstonsalem"],"acf":{"q":"Huckleberry, Van Gogh","date":"12\/14\/2019","pax":"Burns, HOG, Drip, Burlap, Boomerang, Ziggy Stardust, Zima, Huckleberry (Co-QIC), Van Gogh (Co-QIC)"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11013,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10996\/revisions\/11013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}