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Post by julien on Feb 15, 2009 13:58:29 GMT -6
Hi,
I am the OC of a french football team.
We are trying to build a solid program and we obviously need some help.
I need to make contacts with coaches in order to develop my coaching style. We are in needs for coaches too.
If you can help me/us in anyway, feel free to contact me.
Can't wait to read your answers coaches... and sorry for my poor english.
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Post by ccox16 on Feb 15, 2009 14:02:31 GMT -6
its ok most of us can not speak correct english ourselves, myself included.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Feb 17, 2009 15:18:29 GMT -6
What age group are you working with?
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Post by outlawjoseywales on Feb 17, 2009 18:48:56 GMT -6
Welcome Julien,
many of us have been coaching a long time, but we all remember when we started. I'm sure you will find a large number of coaches that would be glad to help you.
To better help you, it's good to ask a specific question.
good luck,
OJW
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Post by bobgoodman on Feb 18, 2009 9:55:02 GMT -6
Can't wait to read your answers coaches... and sorry for my poor english. C'est OK -- il y en a qui peut lire francais. |
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Post by julien on Feb 18, 2009 10:17:44 GMT -6
Happy to read that one!
Je m'en souviendrais ;D
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Post by julien on Feb 18, 2009 10:20:16 GMT -6
We start playing football at 15 years old.
So we have an under 19 team and an over 19 team.
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Post by julien on Feb 18, 2009 10:25:25 GMT -6
I have a specific question guys...
I'm still developping my "coaching style" and I wonder how to proceed.
I mean, do you adjust the offense to your players or the players to your system?
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Post by coach4life on Feb 18, 2009 11:03:22 GMT -6
I think it is generally accepted it is best to fit your system to the talent pool available to you. On the other hand you need to understand the ins and outs of what you are teaching so you can make adjustments and corrections.
What offensive and defensive concepts are you most familiar with? As a coach just starting out there is a massive body of knowledge out there and you are doing the right thing by asking questions and seeking guidance. I'd suggest familiarizing your self with the basic concepts of any sound defense (cover every gap, have a player assigned to the reverse on flow away, assign a player for the cutback among the major ones) and offense (maintain possession of the ball and make first downs). From there understand the basics of offensive line play (man blocking rules or zone? Shoulders or hands, and what footwork results from those decisions?) would be a sound approach. At the risk of incurring the wrath of the fine defensive coaches on the board, in my humble opinion defense is a little easier to get right: run around (with discipline) and blow things up. Offense is much difficult to get right, on defense one guy can screw up and if it's not in the wrong place you can still be okay. On offense if a guy screws up he can get hurt, or worse get somebody else hurt.
Also consider your personality: Are you a loud, aggressive and reactive guy (say like Mike Ditka), or more of a intellectual calm guy (say like Bill Walsh)? It's very important as you coach that you be who you are and not try to mold yourself into something you are not. Even for the calmer guy there is a time and place to go off, just as for the loud guy there is a time to back off a bit. Understanding yourself and how you best work and relate to your personnel is very important. If you try to be someone you are not, your players will see right through it and you'll lose them.
Oh, and your english is just fine, better than some on this board! Just kiddin' fellas, it was too easy to pass up...
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Post by jpdaley25 on Feb 18, 2009 12:29:11 GMT -6
We kind of need to know how much you already know and what your situation is in order to help you.
Have you coached football before or are you brand new? Have you ever played football? How many assistant coaches do you have? Have your players played before or is it a new program?
The standard answer you are going to receive on this board is to teach what you know the best, and build your knowledge base from there.
Your coaching style is the method by which you communicate with your players and motivate them to be their best.
You need to have a philosophy, an organizational structure, and a system of offense, defense, and special teams.
Within your system you need a plan or a framework for teaching fundamentals and assignments at each position.
You also need to have a discplinary structure to enforce team rules and to hold members of the team accountable to the team.
Good luck!
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Post by julien on Feb 19, 2009 7:10:53 GMT -6
I've always been an offensive coach (OLine coach and OC) so I do not consider myself really familiar with any particulary defensive concept.
I'm familiar with Delaware Wing-T. We run it from 2002 to 2004. At that time, our Head Coach was big on it, not me.
After the 2004 season, I have to move away for my job, so I quit football for the 4 longest years of my short life.
Get back to football that year.
I choose to follow the step of last year HC / OC. So I run the Option System he builded. Players loved it and are big on it.
I learned to love it too and you have to know that we have some succes running the option this season.
By the way, I think zone blocking scheme would be a good fit for us in the upcomming years.
I am not a cocky guy, but I would say I'm like a "Bill Walsh"guy.
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Post by coachwoodall on Feb 19, 2009 7:28:44 GMT -6
I would throw in this:
I am a defensive guy, always have. Never thought I would ever do much on offense other than help out or just be a position coach (like most small schools in the States, coaches have to coach both sides of the ball). However, one the things that has helped me develop as a defensive coach is to work on the other side of the ball. I was in a situation where I was needed more on the offensive side and even called plays for the JV team. It was a tremendous experience in that I had to create a game plan, fit the scheme to my players, think about attacking different defenses, how to create mismatches, etc.....
What it made me do was understand the ins and outs of how an offense operates. In doing so, it made me a better defensive coach because I now know better how offenses try to game plan for us, attack us, get better personnel match ups against us, etc.....
In a sense, it is like learning a foreign language in which you immerse yourself in not just the schematics, but the whole culture.
In fact when I attend clinics and talk with coaches, I spend as much time talking and listening to offensive coaches as I do defensive ones.
Also, don't neglect the special teams. As an offensive coach, nothing is better than getting a short field because of a blocked kick or a big kick return.
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Post by julien on Feb 19, 2009 7:29:21 GMT -6
I played LB for 5 years before a second knee injury ends ma career. I started coaching since, although I taked a 4 years break.
Always been an OL coach 'cause I believe it is the begining of everything in offense.
We've got a little staff: Our DL coach is also the HC. Our DB/LB coach is our DC. I am the OC and OL coach. Our veteran QB also coach WR.
Some of them I've played for years.
Our FB played for South Missouri State University in the middle of the 90's, our TB for a North Carolina semi-pro team. Our #1 WR is a former member of the French Under 18 National Team.
In another hand, we've got a bunch of newbies. Or players without long experience.
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Post by julien on Feb 20, 2009 14:44:45 GMT -6
Really sorry for that one. You got to read "Some of them HAVE played for years".
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