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Post by spreadattack on Aug 1, 2007 8:42:14 GMT -6
Say you have an average person, with some football playing experience, no coaching background, who would like to help coach Youth football. (8-13 ages, I know answer may vary). What are the best introductory materials?
The idea is this person would come on as an assistant and coach say DBs, LBs, WRs, or some other position. Would not immediately be responsible for gameplanning. What should they look at to most quickly get up to speed for their day to day job - working with kids, developing them as players and men, working on fundamentals, executing drills and practices, and getting a better sense of the strategy and where their position fits into the team structure.
I wouldn't suggest Bill Walsh's book first, nor the coverdale Robinson books on the quick passing game (though each are eventually essential). But for the guy who is needed on the staff but comes in with no seasoning.
Have a few friends like this and wanted some things to suggest. As always, we must assume enthusiasm because a lazy coach (and there are many) are largely incorrigible.
Another way to frame the question would be to ask: How did you prepare and what would you have done differently?
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Post by los on Aug 1, 2007 9:32:42 GMT -6
Spread, had there been a forum like this when I started, I'd have lived here, gone over all the posts and articles for my position, learned all the latest drills etc.. Asked a bunch of questions, gone to the whiteboard a lot to observe and learn! Books are ok if you have some basis of knowledge, but I wanted feedback from someone with experience! Hard to find sometimes.
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Post by coachcalande on Aug 1, 2007 12:23:26 GMT -6
Say you have an average person, with some football playing experience, no coaching background, who would like to help coach Youth football. (8-13 ages, I know answer may vary). What are the best introductory materials? The idea is this person would come on as an assistant and coach say DBs, LBs, WRs, or some other position. Would not immediately be responsible for gameplanning. What should they look at to most quickly get up to speed for their day to day job - working with kids, developing them as players and men, working on fundamentals, executing drills and practices, and getting a better sense of the strategy and where their position fits into the team structure. I wouldn't suggest Bill Walsh's book first, nor the coverdale Robinson books on the quick passing game (though each are eventually essential). But for the guy who is needed on the staff but comes in with no seasoning. Have a few friends like this and wanted some things to suggest. As always, we must assume enthusiasm because a lazy coach (and there are many) are largely incorrigible. Another way to frame the question would be to ask: How did you prepare and what would you have done differently? There isnt any question in my mind that Dave Cisars materials are better than anything and everything on the market for introduction to coaching youth football. Im not talking about xs and os, im talking about the whole organization, every lil detail. Dave covers everything. Now, the part about running drills, it makes no sense for a position coach to pick his own drills without knowing anything about the DC/OC philosophies and system. It makes more sense for an organized coach to clinic his staff and prepare them to teach the desired techniques and terminology himself. I honestly hate seeing someone come on my staff and run some "zone drop drill" when we dont play zone defense for example. I give my position coaches the plan and the drills to use. After some time they have more freedom to create within the context of our system. one more thing, I cannot believe how many coaches DO NOT HAVE POSITION COACH MANUALS. Its mind boggling to me that with the turnover of coaches that a HC cant just hand out a bound text book for his new teacher to teach from. I have always given my assistants videos and provided expectations in writing and position sheets or manuals (depending how indepth we are going)...we keep constant open communication and im always sending power points and emails and having white board sessions to teach what I want taught. Good coaches coach their assistants. he then lets his assistant coach the players. |
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Post by tedseay on Aug 31, 2007 5:59:42 GMT -6
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Post by coachjim on Sept 2, 2007 4:04:45 GMT -6
Good advice Steve. I created my own manual in the off season. They all have a copy and know the in's and out's of *cough* Ted's Wing-T offense as well as I do now, who to watch, what to drill, what NOT to drill, the cadence, everything... all down to the very last detail.
It took them a little while to get through it and I can tell the one's that didn't but as you said, lazy coaches aren't coachable themselves. Nothing against anyone elses stuff but I found that when I wrote my own, after I read that other stuff myself, and did all my own research (the hard way) it engrained it in my own memory permanently, and provided a manual specific to our philosophy, game plans, offense, defense, and special teams.
With the resources here, create your own. I don't think you can get better advice then that.
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