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Post by coachcrazy on Mar 23, 2010 20:42:42 GMT -6
It kills me to have to write this...mostly because I consider myself an 'old school' coach. However, year after year I've started giving into the kids more and more. It's sad, it really is. When I first took over the program, all you could wear was white ankle socks. No wristbands, do-rags, visors, all that crap. Last year? My boys put on a fashion show every game. Oh well...
But here is one thing that I may be willing to concede to them. Our pre-game warm up is boring as hell. I want some ideas of some cool stuff you guys do/have seen. We run out, get into our lines and stretch without talking. The kids hate it, and this senior class is really pushing me to change it. I kind of like it to be honest, but this senior class has really done a lot for our program recently, and I want to reward them somehow.
Let me know guys, because I suck at this crap!
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Post by captain31 on Mar 23, 2010 22:15:57 GMT -6
"We always let the other team win the pre-game warm-ups."
--Various coaches
I guess just ask your kids. Make sure it has its intended effect (getting ready to play, not just feeling/looking awesome). Don't sacrifice time which could be making your team better to worry about warm-ups. Or, if you like the one you currently use, maybe give them an incentive to use one of their choosing. Like 90% attendance over the summer and they get to design it with you.
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Post by tothehouse on Mar 23, 2010 22:25:20 GMT -6
We make the last two guys out of the locker room run the next week. Get your ass dressed and get on the field. It's not about how the glove fits today or is a visor clean. It's about the week of preperation and how you are going to kick the living dog out of the next guy.
Here is our pregame warm up....
1. Take the field through a paper banner. Run down our sideline.
2. 3 Lines with our traditional jumping jacks. Nothing fancy and nothing to really intimidate.
3. Get into our groups and get ready.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 23, 2010 22:44:33 GMT -6
I've always thought a totally silent warm up, sans music and talking except for coaches and cadence, would be kinda bad-ass... The bad guys would definitely be thrown off by it.
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Post by coachjd on Mar 24, 2010 5:10:19 GMT -6
We have gone to taking the field like Ohio State, arm and arm and do not introduce individuals, but intro the team and go to stretch lines for a quick cal and then off to indy break down. We do 4 min defense and then for offense we line up our 1st team on a hash on the goal line and run plays to the 50 yard line with 10 yard get offs, once the 1st team is at the 10 yard line the 2nd team gets set on the goal line and they do the same, followed by the 3rd team. Once you get to the 50 you run to other 50 and do the same thing back to the goalline.
98% of our kids love this, but the 2% of the selfish ego NBA want to do my 10 seconds of salutes, chest bumps, foot taps, etc... hate it.
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Post by tim914790 on Mar 24, 2010 8:38:36 GMT -6
One thing I saw in Texas a coouple years ago at a 5A playoff game Kline Oaks did the normal dynamic stretching. But they had 100 kids dressed they all collected in the end zone jumping around and gettign each other going, on the whistle they would all do which ever stretch they were on so it looked like a riot or almost like in braveheart, it truly was controlled chaos, every kid was doing the stretch and not slacking off but from the stands and to the other team it just looked like a mass of fired up kids ready to play.
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Post by tango on Mar 24, 2010 9:20:50 GMT -6
When playing college baseball we took infield without a ball. The coach would swing his fungo and everyone would execute our pre-game routine without a ball. The fans loved it. Sorry about the baseball reference.
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Post by blb on Mar 24, 2010 9:28:06 GMT -6
When playing college baseball we took infield without a ball. The coach would swing his fungo and everyone would execute our pre-game routine without a ball. The fans loved it. Sorry about the baseball reference. Double Wing teams could do that and nobody would know. The ball is just a necessary evil to them. |
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Post by lilbuck1103 on Mar 24, 2010 18:26:28 GMT -6
Those of you that do more of a dynamic stretch and warm-up instead of a static what does it look like?
What movements are you doing to get your kids loose and ready for kick-off??
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Post by teachcoachwm on Mar 25, 2010 10:53:20 GMT -6
A few years ago we had a team where we had done everything right off-season & in-season (great weight room, hold kids accountable, get rid of turds, etc) but we still started the season 0-7 and were going to finish our last 3 on the road. Later we looked back and we were just playing a beast of a schedule,(5 of the 7 finished unbeaten in the regular season). We did Mariner's idea about dead silence warming up and it started to freak the other teams out badly. We win our last 3 to squeak into the playoffs, upset an unbeaten in the 1st round, and took a state finalist to the limit in the 2nd round. For whatever reason, that idea really clicked with that particular team....the other teams would be jumping around and slowly the wind would just kind of go out of their sails...
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Post by phantom on Mar 25, 2010 12:24:10 GMT -6
A few years ago we had a team where we had done everything right off-season & in-season (great weight room, hold kids accountable, get rid of turds, etc) but we still started the season 0-7 and were going to finish our last 3 on the road. Later we looked back and we were just playing a beast of a schedule,(5 of the 7 finished unbeaten in the regular season). We did Mariner's idea about dead silence warming up and it started to freak the other teams out badly. We win our last 3 to squeak into the playoffs, upset an unbeaten in the 1st round, and took a state finalist to the limit in the 2nd round. For whatever reason, that idea really clicked with that particular team....the other teams would be jumping around and slowly the wind would just kind of go out of their sails... I don't know what I find more puzzling, the fact that you played five unbeaten teams or that a 3-7 team gets into the playoffs. |
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Post by charger109 on Mar 25, 2010 23:06:52 GMT -6
A few years ago we had a team where we had done everything right off-season & in-season (great weight room, hold kids accountable, get rid of turds, etc) but we still started the season 0-7 and were going to finish our last 3 on the road. Later we looked back and we were just playing a beast of a schedule,(5 of the 7 finished unbeaten in the regular season). We did Mariner's idea about dead silence warming up and it started to freak the other teams out badly. We win our last 3 to squeak into the playoffs, upset an unbeaten in the 1st round, and took a state finalist to the limit in the 2nd round. For whatever reason, that idea really clicked with that particular team....the other teams would be jumping around and slowly the wind would just kind of go out of their sails... I don't know what I find more puzzling, the fact that you played five unbeaten teams or that a 3-7 team gets into the playoffs. I feel you on that one coach. Opposite of VA were you can go 9-1 and can somehow miss the playoffs. I feel that having standards very high for making the playoffs, can get the most out of your athletes, because you may just have to win them all to have a chance at state. Whereas if you don't have to win as many, players can kind of say "Hey, we only have to win 5 to make it, we are in good shape." I am not saying anything bad about one state or another...... I just kind of wonder the psychological effect players may have on what games they "need to win to make it". Pulling out a schedule and picking which teams they think they can beat along with the games they know they will win sort of thing. So please don't think I am saying anything bad, it is just something that got me thinking a year or so ago, and Phantom reminded me of it............ so if your going to blame anyone, blame phantom, it is all his fault   |
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Post by teachcoachwm on Mar 26, 2010 11:35:03 GMT -6
3 and 2 in the region tied us for 4th place & we won the tiebreaker.......a strange year for sure
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Post by airman on Mar 26, 2010 13:17:48 GMT -6
believe it or not we do not have a pregame warm up so to speak. we warm up at our school, then get on a bus to go where we need to. we arrive 10 to 15 min before kickoff. i got it from JT Curtis.
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Post by lrader on Mar 30, 2010 11:45:41 GMT -6
Hit the field, have a 5 minute endo period for O, same for D.
Do 5 minute Team period for both.
Kick two extra points, two punts, two kick offs go inside.
Total of about 15 minute warm up. No high school kid wants to be out there for 45 minutes warming up. hit the field, move at 3/4 - full speed and get a good sweat going, and go in. Don't waste time doing things you don't actually do in the game.
A dog never stretches before it chases a car.
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 30, 2010 12:27:09 GMT -6
believe it or not we do not have a pregame warm up so to speak. we warm up at our school, then get on a bus to go where we need to. we arrive 10 to 15 min before kickoff. i got it from JT Curtis. seems like arriving so close to kick off is cutting it a little close. What if there is an accident and some traffic. If your team isnt there at kickoff, would they make you forfeit? |
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Post by jlt on Mar 31, 2010 9:45:09 GMT -6
When playing college baseball we took infield without a ball. The coach would swing his fungo and everyone would execute our pre-game routine without a ball. The fans loved it. Sorry about the baseball reference. Double Wing teams could do that and nobody would know. The ball is just a necessary evil to them. Funniest thing I have read all day. Mainly coz I run the DW and often mumble that the ball ruins the beauty of the plays. |
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Post by Coach Bennett on Apr 2, 2010 12:15:10 GMT -6
Those of you that do more of a dynamic stretch and warm-up instead of a static what does it look like? What movements are you doing to get your kids loose and ready for kick-off?? We'll start in lines doing basic movement stuff (not stretching) such as jumping jax, pushups, a few up/downs. From there, we split the warmup lines w/half going to the goal line and the other half going to the twenty. We'll start w/form run, move into high skips, lunges, high kicks, etc. Basically, we try to address all muscle/body groups from hip flexors to ham strings through active movement. We do this for about five minutes. |
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Post by docbrown on Apr 2, 2010 12:37:50 GMT -6
A few years ago we had a team where we had done everything right off-season & in-season (great weight room, hold kids accountable, get rid of turds, etc) but we still started the season 0-7 and were going to finish our last 3 on the road. Later we looked back and we were just playing a beast of a schedule,(5 of the 7 finished unbeaten in the regular season). We did Mariner's idea about dead silence warming up and it started to freak the other teams out badly. We win our last 3 to squeak into the playoffs, upset an unbeaten in the 1st round, and took a state finalist to the limit in the 2nd round. For whatever reason, that idea really clicked with that particular team....the other teams would be jumping around and slowly the wind would just kind of go out of their sails... I don't know what I find more puzzling, the fact that you played five unbeaten teams or that a 3-7 team gets into the playoffs. In the great state of KS, you can be 2-7 and go to the playoffs. Theoretically you can win state with a losing record of 6-7. At the same time, a team that won 7 games (7-2) may be sitting at home. I guess there is a benefit to where a 1 loss team will never miss the playoffs. |
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Post by blb on Apr 2, 2010 12:48:00 GMT -6
I'm must be too old. Just can't bring myself to have players skipping or doing drum major-type movements ("high kicks"), especially in public (Pre-Game).
Form Run and Agility, yes. Skipping and getting ready to Dot the 'i', no.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Apr 2, 2010 16:24:26 GMT -6
Just can't bring myself to have players skipping or doing drum major-type movements ("high kicks"), especially in public (Pre-Game). To each is own, I suppose. If it gets the job done, though, who cares what it looks like? (especially what the public thinks if you're doing right by your kids) From day one we talk about getting hot, not warming up and the initial routine is the same for practice or games. |
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Post by airman on Apr 3, 2010 12:02:38 GMT -6
believe it or not we do not have a pregame warm up so to speak. we warm up at our school, then get on a bus to go where we need to. we arrive 10 to 15 min before kickoff. i got it from JT Curtis. seems like arriving so close to kick off is cutting it a little close. What if there is an accident and some traffic. If your team isnt there at kickoff, would they make you forfeit? we do not have traffic problems where I am from. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 3, 2010 14:37:23 GMT -6
believe it or not we do not have a pregame warm up so to speak. we warm up at our school, then get on a bus to go where we need to. we arrive 10 to 15 min before kickoff. i got it from JT Curtis. Curious...I have always watched them warm up. They have done dynamic warm ups along with traditional pre game specialties at every game I have seen them play (both as a spectator, and when we were across the field from them) |
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