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Post by tim914790 on Nov 23, 2009 9:39:10 GMT -6
Coaches,
I am looking to develop and put on paper a recipe for how to start, run, and administer a football program from Day 1. I am trying to create almost a checklist of these are the things that need to happen in order to give yourself a chance at being successful. Here is what I have come up with so far, of course I will be expanding upon each section but these would just be the headings. Feel free to add more headings or fill in underneath each heading as to help me expand upon the heading. Thanks in advance!
1. Administrative Support
2. Coaching Staff
3. Equipment (Field/Player/Technlogy)
4. Off Season
5. In Season
6. Fundraising
7. Player Expectations
8. Camps/Tournaments
9. Parent Involvement/Role
10. Facilities
11.
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Post by phantom on Nov 23, 2009 10:09:52 GMT -6
Coaches, I am looking to develop and put on paper a recipe for how to start, run, and administer a football program from Day 1. I am trying to create almost a checklist of these are the things that need to happen in order to give yourself a chance at being successful. Here is what I have come up with so far, of course I will be expanding upon each section but these would just be the headings. Feel free to add more headings or fill in underneath each heading as to help me expand upon the heading. Thanks in advance! 1. Administrative Support<<<< If you don't have it you're screwed. Don't even take the job. 2. Coaching Staff<<<< If you're all on the same page- if you're all about winning-you'll be OK. Loyalty is more important than ability. If you have hard-working guys who don't care about showing how good they are you'll win more then you lose. 3. Equipment (Field/Player/Technlogy)<<< Non-factor. 4. Off Season<<< Critical. Teams are made and broken there. 5. In Season 6. Fundraising 7. Player Expectations 8. Camps/Tournaments<<< Overrated. 9. Parent Involvement/Role 10. Facilities<<< All you need is room. 11. |
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Post by jackedup on Nov 23, 2009 10:31:13 GMT -6
Academics should be its own section.
Also, recruiting (future players and departing players)
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Post by gpoulin76 on Nov 23, 2009 10:35:52 GMT -6
5 Key Ingredients to Building a Championship Program
1. Environment
2. Staff Consistency
3. Good Players
4. Coaching
5. Teamwork
I found this in a back issue of AFM. Think it is a very solid article and totally agree.
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Post by tim914790 on Nov 23, 2009 10:38:29 GMT -6
I understand that some things are more necessary then others but if you were thinking in a perfect world what would you need and want
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Post by jgordon1 on Nov 23, 2009 10:55:42 GMT -6
I understand that some things are more necessary then others but if you were thinking in a perfect world what would you need and want OK you said a perfect world.. If you had 3 unselfish D1 skill athletes every year and two quality coaches..all the other BS would take care of itself including admin support |
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 23, 2009 14:34:04 GMT -6
The #1 thing i have seen in all succesful programs is THE WEIGHT ROOM. Being able to recruit helps a ton, and knowing your X's O's and fundamentals is huge. But NONE of it matters if you are just getting pushed around all game. Any program i have ever seen has an excellent off season lifting/SAQ program and they get good attendance. If you can get a football only weights class then you are in heaven. If you can get a 0 period class before school then you are close to heaven. But unfortunately in many cases (mine too) you cant get either and you have to lift after school. Its not bad, but now you are losing out on your multi sport athletes. Now they have to take weights in PE . IDK about everyone else PE classes, but at my school no one lifts and its just kids messing around for 60 minutes. (none of our coaches are teachers)
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 23, 2009 14:35:35 GMT -6
The #1 thing i have seen in all succesful programs is THE WEIGHT ROOM. Being able to recruit helps a ton, and knowing your X's O's and fundamentals is huge. But NONE of it matters if you are just getting pushed around all game. Any program i have ever seen has an excellent off season lifting/SAQ program and they get good attendance. If you can get a football only weights class then you are in heaven. If you can get a 0 period class before school then you are close to heaven. But unfortunately in many cases (mine too) you cant get either and you have to lift after school. Its not bad, but now you are losing out on your multi sport athletes. Now they have to take weights in PE . IDK about everyone else PE classes, but at my school no one lifts and its just kids messing around for 60 minutes. (none of our coaches are teachers) Below will be the greatest piece of advice i have ever given on this website, "The weight room is the great equalizer, it makes your bad kids average, your average kids good, your good kids great, and your great kids into D-1 Athletes" |
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 23, 2009 15:01:00 GMT -6
The #1 thing i have seen in all succesful programs is THE WEIGHT ROOM. Being able to recruit helps a ton, and knowing your X's O's and fundamentals is huge. But NONE of it matters if you are just getting pushed around all game. Any program i have ever seen has an excellent off season lifting/SAQ program and they get good attendance. If you can get a football only weights class then you are in heaven. If you can get a 0 period class before school then you are close to heaven. But unfortunately in many cases (mine too) you cant get either and you have to lift after school. Its not bad, but now you are losing out on your multi sport athletes. Now they have to take weights in PE . IDK about everyone else PE classes, but at my school no one lifts and its just kids messing around for 60 minutes. (none of our coaches are teachers) Below will be the greatest piece of advice i have ever given on this website, " The weight room is the great equalizer, it makes your bad kids average, your average kids good, your good kids great, and your great kids into D-1 Athletes" Ditto to that. More later, I would love to talk but I am late for a clinic...LOL.  |
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Post by lyons on Nov 23, 2009 15:37:40 GMT -6
Weightroom is the number 1 key just like the other coaches said. Got to have buy in
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Post by touchdownmaker on Nov 23, 2009 16:48:52 GMT -6
Having a weight room is nice, but dont forget motivation as part of the program. You also cannot neglect building relationships, finding ways to get the athletes to come to football is critical. Trust me.
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Post by groundchuck on Nov 23, 2009 17:19:33 GMT -6
Having a weight room is nice, but dont forget motivation as part of the program. You also cannot neglect building relationships, finding ways to get the athletes to come to football is critical. Trust me. Great points by the touchdownmaker. For me one place where I build relationships with the players is in the wt room. |
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Post by tim914790 on Nov 23, 2009 19:22:32 GMT -6
Good Stuff fellas, keep it coming.
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Post by touchdownmaker on Nov 23, 2009 19:27:17 GMT -6
Your relationship with your feeder program is important as well, what kind of involvement will you have with them and them with you?
promoting the program, ie, selling it to the community and to the young kids, you have to have a plan to do that.
communication, expectations, accountability- critical.
you cant forget to make it fun. It has to be fun.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Nov 24, 2009 8:05:45 GMT -6
It's easy, especially at a new program where there is so much to build, to expend a lot of time and energy on the wrong things.
Keep 99% of your focus and your concentration on the players and their development. Save 1% for the rest of the B.S. that goes with the territory.
No one will care about how hard you worked, how much money you raised, the new equipment you provided, or the new facilities that you made possible -
-unless your team is improving and winning.
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Post by garvin on Nov 24, 2009 8:11:45 GMT -6
Understand that I have fought what I am about to say for a long time, however, I believe communication with parents has got to become more of a priority! Cant believe I just said it  |
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Post by blb on Nov 24, 2009 8:27:32 GMT -6
Understand that I have fought what I am about to say for a long time, however, I believe communication with parents has got to become more of a priority! Cant believe I just said it They're always going to be talking anyway - might as well try to get them talking about what YOU want them to! |
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Post by touchdownmaker on Nov 24, 2009 10:24:41 GMT -6
I AGREE WITH THAT 100%
Parental involvement can go a very long way.
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Post by fbcoach74 on Nov 25, 2009 14:11:52 GMT -6
so what do you do to get the parents more involved with your program?
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Post by touchdownmaker on Nov 25, 2009 14:28:16 GMT -6
I have 3 dads on staff, 2 dads do chains, one does film, one does stats, i have one that helps on fri nights, moms do a dinner and make snacks for away games and boosters stuff......
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Post by fbcoach74 on Nov 25, 2009 15:11:04 GMT -6
we used to do team meals until we had 19 players suffer food poisoning, so the moms role has been limited to post game sack lunches on the road, and have struggled to find ways to get dads involved.
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