Yelling at players

I very rarely will yell at my players, maybe the odd bark when they're acting like a$$hats. I look at it from the "Do unto others.." philosophy - I know when I was younger if someone was yelling at me I tuned them out so I don't see the point in yelling all the time.

I take my cues from Mark Richt at UGA. An amazing figure of calm. From what I understand though, if he does yell, something is afoot and players respond to it very quickly.

Obviously yelling constantly just make the player "blaze" about the whole thing: so what if coach is yelling again... he always does.

Whereas if you dont yell, and once in a blue moon go ape on them, they tend to remember that. Plus I think it is a very lesson to learn that your worries don't go away just because you yell at them, nor is yelling the right way to get people to do what you want.

Being stone faced is a great life lesson I think: think before you act sort of lesson. Internalize then use that anger against an opponent is what I say to players. Someone did you wrong in the pile, fine, don't yell, don't shout, just focus and show him who is the best player.

I think the players really pick up on that. If i dont yell, I have calm focus sidelines, if every 5 seconds I am running around yelling at the top of my voice, so do the players. It is natural for them to follow the coach in those situations, and that is not a responsible attitude to project.

So, I think that a calm focus attitude is more inducing to work than a shouty attitude.

I INSTRUCT loudly sometimes. The players know how passionate I am about what we are doing. Sometimes its on their butts and a lot of the time the YELLING is encouragement. So yes, I do yell at our guys....but mostly positive.

I only yell if things go mega wrong.

If they go a little wrong or quite wrong I ask them what the problem is and we try and sort it out on the sideline ready for the next series.

If it is an individual player I have a stern word with them but dont shout.

If things go wrong horrifically like they did on sunday then yes I lose my temper and scream lots.

Yelling is a precursor to discipline for us.

Ie, we had a situation where a player threw food at one of our film sessions. He got yelled out, then got a healthy dose of discipline running tacked on to clean up duty.

Ie, we had a situation where a kid walked away from a coach who was calmly reteaching technique to him. he got yelled at for lack of respect.

Yelling is a warning sign to our kids. IF they screw up in a game and they get yelled at (usually so everyone can hear who screwed up) they know that if it happens again, they are removed from the game in exchange for someone who will do the job as its expected to be done.

Yelling for the sake of yelling has little to do with teaching or coaching. Most of the screamers "cmon, hit somebody" types do not have a clue about coaching.

I am a yeller...that is just how I coach. However, I have also mellowed with experience and learned that if you do it all the time...kids tune you out. I am also a big fan of loving on them when they do things right. If you are going to yell at them for loafing/screwing up/etc., then you had better pat them on the back when they do well!

Every kid is different. I know it motivates some and others it makes them put there tail between their legs. It's about you knowing your kids and who needs it and who doesn't. I tend to balance the two well however, I will lose it if I'm giving a kid a shot, providing him with an opportunity to play and he's not giving me his best effort and all the while his mistakes are reoccurring. Plus, in today's world its not as accepted as it was in the past. I liked being yelled at when I played because it let me know the coach cared. Today, parents don't want you yelling at their kid. It's a complex situation intensified by where and whom you coach.

I'm with coachkell. I'm not a yeller, but will when I feel it's needed. I feel this makes it more emphatic on the occasions I do yell.

My worst problem is swearing when I get fired up. I know all too well that it's wrong but sometimes I just can't seem to stop myself.

I don't yell very often. It makes an impression when I do. Some guys yell all of the time and get people's attention. Some guys yell and the people don't hear the words, but take it as a beating. Others, still, are just ridiculous.

i yell alot, after teaching my information i expect it to carryed out or the effort to carry it out being made. if i dont see the effort them im up in some butt like and old drill sgt. my goal is to create stress and coach them through it. i will run behind my qb or rb and yell out the wrong reads or holes behind them to make them decisive. know what you're doing and "move without doubt" which i explain to them later. after a few weeks they understand what i'm doing and start laughing and me to. once i know thats i can no longer get to them that way the yelling ends.

I'm not much of yeller. I feel that it breaks a kid down emotionally and hurts their self-esteem. All my coaches in HS and College were not yellers. Don't get me wrong once in awhile I lose it and do yell, but very seldom.

During a game I do not yell as I feel that the coach sets the tempo and how the players react. If I'm yelling at the players or the officials all the time then I'm giving the players and the fans to also do that. I want to be a positive example.

I ripped into my kids last week at halftime, because they quit on the field, they thought they were outgunned so the tackling got progressively worse, as did the score, the mistakes began to add up, there was almost NO pursuit by the defense. We fumbled 4 handoffs. Passes hitting kids square in the #'s and no attempt to catch it. People standing around watching the QB get killed.

I think they were starting to beleive they hype about being a bad team, they were starting not to give a $h!t..so I told them how it is, and they did play better the second half.

I don't beleive in berating, or demeaning players though

I really do think we are related

For me, yelling is really only a practice thing and then only for certain issues. PURSUIT is a biggie here, from a practical point of view. At the college level, that was the DL coaches SINGLE job during any team period. Instruction/corrections would be made in the film room, his 1st and 2nd job was to make sure we had 11 players sprinting to the ball.

Lack of physical play might be another, especially with younger players. Sounds kind of barbaric, but sometimes "fear" of me can overcome "fear" of contact early on in a players career (jr high/frosh).

I have NO patience for the yellers and screamers on the sidelines on friday nights. Hay is SO far into the barn at this point..yelling that "you gotta block someone" has never won a football game.