Post by eaglemountie on Jan 27, 2011 7:51:20 GMT -6
I’ve been kicking this post around in my head for a few weeks now and was waiting on the appropriate time to compose it for the board. I believe there are a ton of great ideas and different ways of going about running a successful championship caliber program but there are a basic number of cornerstone philosophies that seem to pop up every time a thread is started about how to properly build, maintain or rebuild a program.
These cornerstones are as follows, (in no particular order as all are essential):
1.) An off- season program that encourages continuous skill and strength development by all involved with the program. Weight room, 7 on 7, camps, lifting competitions, etc. It is a year-round sport not a 3-month activity. Maintain and build relationships in the off-season.
2.) Support, support, support. The game of football has to be important to administration, community, school, parents, etc. in order to see the plan through and have it survive the down times/building process.
3.) A booster club or fundraising system that is active year-round and has the fore-sight to keep the program up to date with the latest equipment and technology the football world has to offer.
4.) Simple, effective, proven plan delivered by a HC that is willing and able to delegate responsibility to loyal, hard working, kid first and process driven assistant coaches. Too much, flavor of the week,
5.) A feeder program that is willing to teach what you teach and run what you run. What is more valuable and more investing than having impressionable young people feel as though they are already apart of your program?
6.) Passion, Perseverance, Purpose, Pride. Each of these tangibles are exuded daily by people that surround programs that have championship success on a consistent basis. They KNOW they are going to win because they have a plan, they believe in that plan and believe even stronger in the plan with their results on the field.
7.) Luck. Most of the time the team that out works all others is the team that needs up having the most luck, so there must be a correlation between the two, work and luck. Some programs have it/do it, some complain about it.
Obviously, these are not merely a single individuals thought but have risen to the surface as either program builders or program killers. Many on this board and around the sport have great ideas on how to harness these cornerstones and mold their vision around these essentials but the basics always seem to be the same.
Thoughts on these cornerstones?
These cornerstones are as follows, (in no particular order as all are essential):
1.) An off- season program that encourages continuous skill and strength development by all involved with the program. Weight room, 7 on 7, camps, lifting competitions, etc. It is a year-round sport not a 3-month activity. Maintain and build relationships in the off-season.
2.) Support, support, support. The game of football has to be important to administration, community, school, parents, etc. in order to see the plan through and have it survive the down times/building process.
3.) A booster club or fundraising system that is active year-round and has the fore-sight to keep the program up to date with the latest equipment and technology the football world has to offer.
4.) Simple, effective, proven plan delivered by a HC that is willing and able to delegate responsibility to loyal, hard working, kid first and process driven assistant coaches. Too much, flavor of the week,
5.) A feeder program that is willing to teach what you teach and run what you run. What is more valuable and more investing than having impressionable young people feel as though they are already apart of your program?
6.) Passion, Perseverance, Purpose, Pride. Each of these tangibles are exuded daily by people that surround programs that have championship success on a consistent basis. They KNOW they are going to win because they have a plan, they believe in that plan and believe even stronger in the plan with their results on the field.
7.) Luck. Most of the time the team that out works all others is the team that needs up having the most luck, so there must be a correlation between the two, work and luck. Some programs have it/do it, some complain about it.
Obviously, these are not merely a single individuals thought but have risen to the surface as either program builders or program killers. Many on this board and around the sport have great ideas on how to harness these cornerstones and mold their vision around these essentials but the basics always seem to be the same.
Thoughts on these cornerstones?
