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Post by touchdownmaker on Jul 4, 2009 3:24:58 GMT -6
Updowns cure a whole lot of things.
If a player on my team chooses not to do the drill properly , he does updowns if he chooses not to do the drill or the updowns he has chosen not to play
the decision just got made for me.
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Post by phantom on Jul 4, 2009 9:20:49 GMT -6
Updowns cure a whole lot of things. If a player on my team chooses not to do the drill properly , he does updowns if he chooses not to do the drill or the updowns he has chosen not to play the decision just got made for me. It's even simpler than that. Just do the drill until it's done right.
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Post by coachbleu on Jul 6, 2009 7:38:50 GMT -6
I may sound stupid when I say this, but I'd rather lose with kids that care and put in effort than win a state championships with a bunch of lazy/talented/jerkoffs. It would be much easier to sleep at night. I'll bet you that the kids that got the rings in 00 and the kids that did not get the rings in 99 would not agree with this statement AT ALL! That kid was a jerk, but I had to coach him in practice every day anyway. He might as well make us win on Friday night.
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Post by phantom on Jul 6, 2009 7:59:22 GMT -6
I may sound stupid when I say this, but I'd rather lose with kids that care and put in effort than win a state championships with a bunch of lazy/talented/jerkoffs. It would be much easier to sleep at night. I'll bet you that the kids that got the rings in 00 and the kids that did not get the rings in 99 would not agree with this statement AT ALL! That kid was a jerk, but I had to coach him in practice every day anyway. He might as well make us win on Friday night. Thank you. The left guard is a jerk? The right guard isn't, though. He's working his a$$ off to win and he deserves to have the coach give him the best chance to do so. If that includes starting a kid that the coach doesn't like then the coach should suck it up.
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Post by coach4life on Jul 6, 2009 8:09:03 GMT -6
One other thought for you coach: Use peer pressure to your advantage. The o-line is a unit, either the whole unit does it (a drill, conditioning, whatever) right or none of them do. In other words, if he (or anyone else) is the only one loafing, the whole unit does it again. Sometimes a kid will respond if he knows he's the problem.
This is a double-edged sword however. If it's all about him getting attention, that's just gonna make it worse and you just end up wasting time while he gets to demonstrate his "it's all about me" attitude. It can also be perceived as unfair, I address that one as simply "The job of the offense is to move the chains, if one of you guys fail, we all fail because the ball carrier is getting up off of the ground for no gain and the whole offense just wasted a down. Move the chains, guys!"
Another thought for something with a little more dramatic effect: drilling or running with the headlights of cars as the lighting source tends to get the message across.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Jul 6, 2009 8:44:28 GMT -6
I'd like to say that I'd play the good kid over the jerk- but to be honest, if the jerk makes it to Friday still on the roster then he's playing. If he doesn't finish the drill then he is running. If he doesn't run he is off the team. I share sentiments with Phantom here.
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Post by stylee on Jul 6, 2009 15:10:37 GMT -6
If they both fufill all the requirements of playing and there is a real talent differential, I'll have to agree with those who would start the jerk.
But the first part of that sentence is the catch - if I have a guy who doesn't fufill the conditions, he's not going to play, whether he's a Polomalu or Pointdexter. And some of those conditions include performing drills the right way, doing punish work, finishing sprints, treating teammates with respect, etc.
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