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Post by 5straight on Mar 18, 2009 7:08:19 GMT -6
I love the different Traditions that schools develop over the years of their existence. List your Tradition.
Ours is we "Lock-up" 5 captains across the front holding hands, all other players fill in behind them holding hands. The guys on the outside line hold players hand of person in front of them. We are shoulder to shoulder , very tight. Obviously it represents them being "ONE" We "lock up" at the entrance gate to our field. We are led in by a Bagpiper playing some Scottish War Hymn. We march like this to our Goal Post before we are introduced. Many teams stay in the locker room during our entrance.
We also pray right before the National anthem. We do so holding hands and taking a knee around a Big Boulder next to a tree we planted for one of our fallen Coaches (cancer). We say our prayer then kids touch, kiss, whatever they feel to the Rock. There is a plaque on the Boulder reading " The Lord is my Strength, of whom should I be afraid"
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Post by darebelcoach on Mar 18, 2009 8:00:25 GMT -6
5straight, where do you coach in the Chicago area?  Where I coach, we come walking out of our team when there are about 2:30 left on the clock before kickoff.......kids are in lines, holding hands...we line-up by the gate to the field....the drums from the band lead us onto the field, at which time we run through a banner made by the cheerleaders.......probably very similar to most schools, but the kids like it, and the drums always sound pretty cool. |
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Post by ccox16 on Mar 18, 2009 8:08:50 GMT -6
our mascot is the Titans so we stole running out through the T from Tennessee. It kills me having to do that since I am a life long gator fan, which is probably why I just walk along the track and let everyone else do it.
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Post by saintrad on Mar 18, 2009 9:10:15 GMT -6
wow.. we have some interesting traditions.
WE beat the teams we should, except we lose to one reservation team each year, and we fold when playing a superior opponent (mentaly) and then blame the coaching staff/stars/alignment of fate/etc
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 18, 2009 9:15:48 GMT -6
at my alma mater we had some cool ones I thought:
at home games and close road games, we wore full pads on the bus (our home games were at a community owned stadium) and right before we got off the bus we put our helmets on so as our oppoenents were just getting there they saw 2 busses with all the players strapped up ready to go
win or lose, once we got back to the school there was a tunnel of fans from the bus to the lockeroom doors
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at a school i coached at, when we won , the team would go to the student section and sometimes into the student section and sing the fight song with the band playing
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Post by 5straight on Mar 18, 2009 9:25:43 GMT -6
OMG I forgot we sing our fight song to the fans after the game...win or lose. Im sure you can imaging the song sounds much better after a victory.  |
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Post by D-Coach on Mar 18, 2009 9:44:28 GMT -6
"Turnover Hunger" is a program where every player who has dressed for any game, freshman through varsity, brings a can of food if we get one or more turnovers in a game. The food is donated to a different food pantry each year. This goes on weekly through the completion of the season. Tradition and community service all tied into one.
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Post by shipwing on Mar 18, 2009 10:11:58 GMT -6
We actually come back to the school and raise the Victory flag after every win. Pretty cool especially this year when we broke an 81 year playoff victory drought.
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Post by superpower on Mar 18, 2009 10:18:40 GMT -6
I like that "Turnover Hunger" idea. We might have to incorporate that.
We live in a rural area, so I understand that one we started this past season won't work for everyone. I got it from Coach Mark Bliss when he was at Odessa, MO. After every home win, as the teams are shaking hands, we play "This is My Town" by Montgomery Gentry. After our guys shake hands with the opposing team, they walk down the front of the home stadium where the fans have gathered at the rail. The players form a single file line and exchange high fives with all of the fans. This is great for the young kids who are in attendance, and our home fans love being part of the victory celebration.
At a previous school, a booster anonymously donated enough money for us to purchase a victory bell for the stadium. After a win we would gather the team and the seniors would each get to ring the bell.
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 18, 2009 10:26:32 GMT -6
The full clemson experience.
I'm not a Clemson fan, but I've been to the stadium and love to watch their entrance as they rub Howard's Rock.
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Post by coachplaa on Mar 21, 2009 9:44:28 GMT -6
We have started a couple of "new" traditions.
One I took from a coach on this site. We did custom "fatheads" for all football players that got straight A's during the 1st quarter (during football season). It went over GREAT. I had only 6 out of 125 players, but I bet next year I have 15. There is a company that does a custom action photo (you e-mail them the photo), into a 3'x5' decal for about $35 each. Totally worth it.
Another tradition...we had a problem with guys playing their Frosh & Soph year, and then not playing Junior year because they "weren't going to get much playing time." Huge excuse to be lazy. So we instituted a 4-year emphasis with two perks: 1) All 4-year Seniors get to pose in the annual Senior Poster that has our schedule on it. They like that. At the end of the season, all of the four-year players that completed the season get a 4" patch for their block jacket. They liked that even more.
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Post by coachbleu on Mar 21, 2009 10:19:03 GMT -6
We have started a couple of "new" traditions. One I took from a coach on this site. We did custom "fatheads" for all football players that got straight A's during the 1st quarter (during football season). It went over GREAT. I had only 6 out of 125 players, but I bet next year I have 15. There is a company that does a custom action photo (you e-mail them the photo), into a 3'x5' decal for about $35 each. Totally worth it. Another tradition...we had a problem with guys playing their Frosh & Soph year, and then not playing Junior year because they "weren't going to get much playing time." Huge excuse to be lazy. So we instituted a 4-year emphasis with two perks: 1) All 4-year Seniors get to pose in the annual Senior Poster that has our schedule on it. They like that. At the end of the season, all of the four-year players that completed the season get a 4" patch for their block jacket. They liked that even more. That's good stuff coach. I'm actually going to look into the fathead thing and the 4 year emphasis. Sounds like some great positive reinforcement. Exactly what we need. |
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Post by touchdowng on Mar 21, 2009 11:52:26 GMT -6
We are a four year old school
Sing our FB victory song with the fans/band after a win.
After a win players are catered a breakfast at Saturday videos If we lose? They bring their own food and we let the parents sleep in.
Team dinner for ALL players the night before the varsity game.
Beating our district rival has become a tradition. Now, we have to reach higher.
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Post by tarrant on Mar 21, 2009 18:18:19 GMT -6
At my Alma mater we
Had the live mascot run across the field before every game.
Sing the fight song after every win.
Team dinners on Thursday night before the game.
Community bonfire the night before every homecoming.
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Post by CVBears on Mar 21, 2009 23:53:18 GMT -6
what would that community bonfire be like? I'm assuming there was more going on than a huge fire and people standing around staring at it.
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Post by tarrant on Mar 22, 2009 0:14:55 GMT -6
Bonfire was like a Community pep rally with food/BBQ. We'd bring a semi Flatbed in hook it up with a portable PA system play some music. We'd have the band there, former head coaches and players would speak. From what i remember it was usually a captain or local legend from one of the previous conference championship teams. Captains would speak, and the head coach always wrapped it up. Started about Dusk, Formally ended with throwing an effigy of the opposing team on the fire. Although people generally stood around for a good hour after that talking. The ones i remember were from like '93-'00 before i moved away. Was a small community with a lot of football heritage and pride. Probably only about 10k and half of them would show up every Friday rain or shine, good year or bad. Football was what we did as a community.
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Post by shortpunter on Mar 23, 2009 7:02:27 GMT -6
The player with the biggest hit of the previous week gets to lead the team out carrying the "Hammer" which is a huge sledge hammer made of wood and painted with school colors
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Post by griffx on Mar 23, 2009 10:31:39 GMT -6
we do this great thing called "keep choppin' wood". The players take turns chopping on a tree stump with an axe.....what could go wrong?
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Post by lassen on Mar 23, 2009 11:04:37 GMT -6
We celebrate each win with "player bowling". We have two players be the bowling ball, one player being the bowler and the rest of the players are pins. The bowler gets the "ball" rolling, and the "ball" knocks over all the pins.
It started about 3 years ago when two of our players had the idea, and everybody has laughed whenever they saw it.
Check it out in this link, at around 6:52:
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Post by coachrhouse on Mar 23, 2009 19:13:07 GMT -6
could you post the name of the company that does the fatheads?
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Post by coachplaa on Mar 23, 2009 21:08:20 GMT -6
It is Pro Tuff Decals who does the Fatheads. I would imagine that most helmet decals have the technology to do it now though. www.protuffdecals.com |
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Post by casec11 on Mar 24, 2009 7:01:40 GMT -6
We celebrate each win with "player bowling". We have two players be the bowling ball, one player being the bowler and the rest of the players are pins. The bowler gets the "ball" rolling, and the "ball" knocks over all the pins. It started about 3 years ago when two of our players had the idea, and everybody has laughed whenever they saw it. Check it out in this link, at around 6:52: thats great, lol........ you have to see it |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 11:09:47 GMT -6
we do this great thing called "keep choppin' wood". The players take turns chopping on a tree stump with an axe.....what could go wrong? ;D that jaguars punter, who sliced his leg open with the axe? |
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Post by ramsfootball on Mar 24, 2009 18:29:53 GMT -6
At my alma we basically kept everything "plain jane" yet we had a small tradition for homecoming. Started with an school pep rally during the normal school day. Normally we had pep rallies for various events and the band would be in the gym prior to the student body, but for homecoming, they would be last to enter our gym playing the fight song, Everyone always fotgets about the band until the snares and the triples etc kick off in the hallway! (don't ask how they hide approx 80pcs)
Second phase would be the town parade, It was time to end at kick off at the stadium for the most part. So stadium full, but no band again! Once they got close the snares could be heard but not seen, Once the band made the main gate we knew it was game time! The band took the field for the playing of the anthem and then fight song so the players could take the field.
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Post by cline20 on Mar 25, 2009 6:44:07 GMT -6
Shortpunter...good stuff. The whole "Hammer" tradition sounds awesome. Nothing like a good hard stick on the field!
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Post by wwol on Mar 25, 2009 7:00:34 GMT -6
"Turnover Hunger" is a program where every player who has dressed for any game, freshman through varsity, brings a can of food if we get one or more turnovers in a game. The food is donated to a different food pantry each year. This goes on weekly through the completion of the season. Tradition and community service all tied into one. That's an awesome tradition |
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