glcove
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Post by glcove on Apr 15, 2009 6:34:10 GMT -6
What kind of connection do the HS coaches on this board have to your local youth football teams ?
Do you clinic their coaches ? Do you expect them to run your Offense or Defense ?
or, Do you keep hands off an provide help only if asked ?
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Post by hsrose on Apr 15, 2009 7:14:26 GMT -6
Not much of a connection at all. In our city there are 5 high schools. There is an independent football league that usually fields 8 teams in each division, there are 3 divisions (roughly grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-8). Because the teams are not aligned with any one school the HS's can't align with any one team. I can't go down and help/coach/support any single team in the upper division because there are kids on that team that will be going to any/all of the HS's in the city. They also get a lot of players from the two cities next door that have HS teams in our league.
There is also a Pop Warner team and an AYFL(?) team as well. Competition for the players is getting to be substantial. The independent league has been around for 45+ years or so, plays their games at 1 field, and is the less competition oriented (all the kids play, a lot, nothing past their own championship) than the others.
Bottom line is that we can't really establish any links to a single team. The league, yes, and we have done coaching clinics and such, but that's about it.
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zbessac
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Post by zbessac on Apr 15, 2009 15:20:54 GMT -6
We have somewhat of a feeder program but it isn't funded by the school district. We have a meeting/clinic every year with coaches to explain (briefly) with them about how our offense and defense works and what plays we will be running. It is nice because the freshman come in knowing what to do with our basic stuff.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Apr 15, 2009 15:49:15 GMT -6
We are a real small community. I have a clinic in which I ask the coaches to use our terminology and explain and teach the fundamentals the way we do.
I also hold a free camp (4 or 5 evenings, about 2 hours long) for them in which the little league coaches help - that's how I maneuver them in to my little clinic.
The oldest age group is 7th and 8th grade. I have their coaches on my staff as community coaches and they teach our offense and defense.
I also let the little league use all of our facilities, so I'm always around them, talking it up, and they are used to me by the time they get here.
It takes a lot of work and headaches to keep that connection - but it pays off.
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Post by champ93 on Apr 15, 2009 17:30:17 GMT -6
Our relationship with our youth program has grown over the years. It was adversarial 2 HC's ago, improved with the last one and is generally positive now. Part of that was 2 of my kids came through it over the past 5 years, and they have come to know me as a person first, rather than the local HC.
I have put on coaches clinics in the past and showed them our terminology and every day drills we do with our kids. I would love for them to run our entire O & D, but since I have no control over their coaches as far as hiring and firing, I cannot demand it. However 75% want to run what we do and I spend as much time as I can with them. We also hold camps for youth kids. We also recognize a "player of the week" as determined by the various level youth coaches at half-time of our Varsity games. When our kids come out to warm-up, the kids come on the field to be recognized, get a handshake from me while I present them with a t-shirt. It only takes a few minutes and is a neat experience for those kids.
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Post by coachsky on Apr 15, 2009 19:15:31 GMT -6
We've try to grow our relationship. No one is running what we do exactly. We do run a coaching clinic, a Jr. Camp, and a youth Night that the local league supports, so it's good. They don't feed directly, some go to a Catholic School that is a powerhouse and a few split to another district high school. It's a good program, so they do a good job of getting kids playing and involved. That's half the battle.
Some time back I used to coach youth down in the KingCo League with Bellevue, Skyline and Bothell, all state powers with 100% direct feeder programs. It's a thing of beauty! I watched Bellevue crack DeLasalle's winning street with a 14 year old Freshman running the Wing-T. He had run the same offense in Youth Football since he was 8 years old. Classic. Anybody who thinks feeder programs don't count, hasn't examined that feat.
We have a bigger problem getting coordination at the Jr. High Level. One bitter Jr. Coach, because he never got consideration for the HS head job when it opened. He actually bad mouths the program even as we are on a good run. He's an old timer and w kiss his ass but he's bitter and will never get on board. He's about 6 yrs from retirement. The other Jr High coaching situation is a revolving door. I'd like to see us recruit a young teacher to implement our program their.
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