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Post by coach31 on Sept 28, 2010 7:09:29 GMT -6
I think I have apnea, but I also know dropping some weight would help that too. I'm the only assistant in the school, so A LOT of stuff falls to me. Practice Plans, Cards (O and D), Film work to get the actual plays. I've been exausted the last two weeks. I have noticed if I don't get a good nap and some down time on saturday or sunday, it affects me for a whole week.
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Post by flingt on Sept 28, 2010 10:55:23 GMT -6
With the way the game is played, basically year around, I feel like this all the time. I know it's because I have no real downtime. This is why I have thought about getting out......quite a lot about it, because my health is much more important than winning any game. I love to coach but not at the expense of my health. Nothing is that important.
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Post by blb on Sept 28, 2010 11:25:03 GMT -6
A little different situation because I'm retired from teaching so I'm full-time house husband, part-time football coach.
I don't mind the off-season stuff.
What gets me are the in-season weekends: the stress of Friday nights (especially if we lose), film exchange and breakdown, staff meetings, player video, game and practice week planning, etc.
Plus I always feel run down if not outright sickly.
That's what'll get me out of it. Some day. Maybe.
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Post by blb on Oct 8, 2017 14:25:30 GMT -6
Feel exhausted all the time. It is affecting my work
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 8, 2017 16:17:44 GMT -6
Not sure if this helps but whether you realize it or not, I think just typing and sharing your experiences here will help you mentally/psychologically through venting and letting out what's on your mind. The confirmation from us (other coaches) that it is "normal" and we are all going through it will put some ease to your mind. I know it doesn't sound like much but when I'm really stress over teaching/coaching and I talk with fellow colleagues, I'm reminded that we all are feeling it to a degree. Then I ask myself the question, is this what I really want to do, am I really enjoying/loving what I am doing, if the answer to this is both yes then I take a deep breath, count my blessings, and then get back to the grind.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 4:35:23 GMT -6
Eat right, exercise, rest, literally EVERYTHING else should come second to your health.
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Post by Coach Vint on Oct 9, 2017 11:49:11 GMT -6
I do a stupid breathing exercise before I go to sleep that has worked wonders. I do 6 breaths where I breath in for 8 seconds, hold for 2, and exhale for 6 seconds. It has some calming effect that helps me be more relaxed. Some crack pot was talking about it and I thought it was dumb. Then I tried it. It worked.
I also bought a $5 alarm clock and started charging my phone in the kitchen. Not having my phone helps me sleep better. I get in bed at 9:45 Monday and Tuesday, and wake up at 6:15. Weds. We have 5 Thursday games this year which means sub-varsity on Weds. I try to get in bed by 11 on sub-varsity nights. Our Thursday games are all home games, with the exception of 1 local away game, and I am in bed by midnight. I try to keep my Mondays and Tuesdays sacred as far as when I get to bed.
One thing we did this year was cut back a little bit of our Saturday. Our kids are done at noon. We used to stay and work for 2 hours after the kids left. Now we get out of the office and do more prep from home. It makes everyone a little more fresh for Sunday game planning.
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Post by tippecanoe41 on Oct 9, 2017 23:35:30 GMT -6
Thanks for the advice, all of it is appreciated and taken to heart. I don't think you can avoid getting out of balance this time of year, but I do think I can do a better job controlling how far it goes. Someone asked me about the 5 hours of sleep thing....I'm a small school coach who has to gameplan both offense and defense. I also teach 6 classes a day. If I get home at 7:30, I'm going to hang out with my wife and kids till they go to bed at 10:00. Then I usually take an hour just to do nothing, by myself. After that I start in on whatever has to be done for the next day (film, scout cards, script, wristbands, etc). I usually finish up and am asleep by 1:30. Last night I cut the wife and kids time a little shorter, didn't waste time just unwinding, and got to bed much earlier. Still have a small headache today, but I feel much better, much more rested. I'd go back to what someone said about delegating some of this stuff. I'm a DC now, but I spent a lot of years being the guy who punched the film and drew up the scout team plays for the defensive scrimmage, for instance. I'm a guy who knows that I'll have trouble delegating if I ever become a HC, but as such I already have planned that I will really get to know and, when necessary, flat out teach coaches what I want during the summer, so that during the season I can delegate some stuff that I know I'll have a hard time delegating, just to make sure that I keep my sanity. Also, I don't know your situation and what you run, etc., but I'd try to keep things like wristbands as simple as possible. Not saying this is your situation, but I've seen coaches who are paranoid about wristbands changing three time a week and having crazy signals to communicate what they want guys to look at on those wristbands. Call me stupid, but I've been a part of a lot of teams that just flashed with hands or by yelling, play 27, etc. and we didn't need to have big cards that that showed a picture of J-Lo opposite Mike Tyson to get some point across that 27 actually meant 72 because J-Lo was higher on the card. Don't think anybody noticed. At very least, I say have your cards be your verbage so that even if they had one of your wristbands, they wouldn't be able to figure it out. Don't want to say the guy was immoral, but one year I knew a DC who ended up with a wristband sheet from an opposing team. He said he spent the first quarter trying to figure {censored} out based on what they yelled from the opposing sideline, but he gave up on it quickly because it would take a heck of a lot more time to figure out what squiggle in the left column meant vs. squiggle in the right column, and apparently it meant something different to the team in question, so he just called his defense without trying to guess these code words and he was much better off as a result. I wouldn't want to look at this type of information myself, but I'm just saying that we tell our guys to create calls on their own to say what we are telling them do, amongst themselves, and I consistently have to ask them what their calls mean.
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Post by gunrun on Nov 9, 2017 9:00:16 GMT -6
We're halfway through our regular season, and I feel like I've been hit by a truck. I'm tired, and have just felt lousy since last Thursday. I don't feel sick, just like something is off from normal, and my butt is dragging. Today is the first morning that I've ever seriously considered staying home and missing a practice, letting my assistants run it. I know you can't do that, but it sure was tempting with how I felt when I woke up this AM. This is my 14th season, the last 6 as a HC. I'm used to getting by on 5 hours sleep during the week in season. It's never been a problem, and you just get by with a little caffeine. Anyone else ever felt this way at any point? Coaches really have to take care of themselves with how hard we push during the season. Last year was very stressful and I had to go to the hospital because I had chest pains and was extremely tired. It was acid reflux and sleep aepnea, and those things can really drain your energy. Getting that checked out made all the difference in the world.
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