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Post by coachcb on Oct 6, 2011 7:35:45 GMT -6
We had a total crap practice yesterday. The entire team was dragging and whiny, the entire time. I finally got fed up with it during a half line defensive session, handed a senior captain the scout card and told them to run it. They picked it up a little there and then we had them run the perfect play session (our conditioning) The staff took a step back.
I told them, "If you're not going to listen to the coaches, you better figure out how to listen to each other."
It had mixed result. They pushed each other hard during the conditioning but we had a lot of players that acted like the coaching staff quit on them (even after I told them that wasn't the case).
Did I seriously _ up here?
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Post by coachcb on Oct 6, 2011 8:04:24 GMT -6
I don't think you F'd up. Our practice was slow and lathargic yesterday too. It's about that time in the season, for us it's week 7. Homecoming is over. etc, etc, excuse, excuse, excuse. I stopped practice and addressed it, simply told them "this isn't going to get it done". Yeah, we did that once and then started practice over; warm up lap, stretches, etc. |
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Post by ajreaper on Oct 6, 2011 9:16:48 GMT -6
If you have players who are "acting" (not sure what that means exactly how is that displayed) like the coaches quit on them or are complaining that the coaches quit on them then use it as a teachable moment. Explain to them that when they choose to drag through practice with little effort and focus then as coaches you feel the team is letting the coaches down- that time and effort goes into putting a practice plan together, that there are things that must be improved upon and preperations made for the next opponent and that when they collectively show up mentally and physically unprepared to practice as coaches you take it personally.
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Post by flingt on Oct 6, 2011 9:19:04 GMT -6
I don't think you acted wrong at all. At the end of the day, the players are accountable to each other, not you. Until they realize that, then you'll have days like that.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Oct 6, 2011 10:55:19 GMT -6
I think anytime you do something like that you'll get mixed results- it never works out how we plan it to. The whole "coaches step back and turn it over to the capts/seniors to run practice" seems to only work in movies and story time. I know we (as a program) and I (as a coach) am not ready for that...gotta long way to go.
I don't think you were wrong, and in fact I think it is a better alternative than bearcrawling them until their eyes bleed...
We had something similar happen this past week- essentially we turned the team over to leadership who weren't quite ready to lead. We took a step back, admitted to them that it was our fault for putting them in that situation, and used it as a moment to teach the "leaders" how they should lead.
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Post by coachcb on Oct 6, 2011 11:07:51 GMT -6
I think anytime you do something like that you'll get mixed results- it never works out how we plan it to. The whole "coaches step back and turn it over to the capts/seniors to run practice" seems to only work in movies and story time. I know we (as a program) and I (as a coach) am not ready for that...gotta long way to go. I don't think you were wrong, and in fact I think it is a better alternative than bearcrawling them until their eyes bleed... We had something similar happen this past week- essentially we turned the team over to leadership who weren't quite ready to lead. We took a step back, admitted to them that it was our fault for putting them in that situation, and used it as a moment to teach the "leaders" how they should lead. This was really a last ditch deal for us. I was so p-ssed off at that crew that I either had to run them or do what we did. I've had a few kids pop in and watch film today (study hall) and they're doing alright. I don't know, I think we need to tinker with it today too; in a more positive manner. We did it yesterday out of frustration. Let's see how they do with a little bit of control in a normal practice situation. At the very least, they have to understand that we didn't quit on them; we tried to teach them something. We explained that yesterday (and today) but I think they need it reinforced. I'll give them the list of tackling stations before practice, tell them to pick two and run them. |
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