zeroand24
Freshmen Member
The soft don't win championships
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Post by zeroand24 on Aug 21, 2012 6:45:04 GMT -6
This morning one of my ex-assistants told me that yesterday they had a horrible practice and that if I were still the HC I would have kicked the players off the field, but I guess the new coach doesn't believe in that.
What I was wondering is how many of you do or don't kick the team off the practice field to get a point across? Now of course this is a pre-season tactic due to time constraints in a game week.
My HS HC would either boot us off or get pissed and leave the field and have us finish practice. It wasn't often but got the point across that we were there for a reason and that reason was not to waste his time.
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Post by IronmanFootball on Aug 21, 2012 8:59:49 GMT -6
The coach leaving the field is a liability and should result in IMMEDIATE termination.
We never stop practicing. There are moments where we'll stop a drill and do mat drills or some kind of conditioning stations but the time is too valuable. Right the ship and keep moving forward.
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Post by IronmanFootball on Aug 22, 2012 7:23:22 GMT -6
I've done that too, gone back in the locker room and started over. We too just extended practice time out a few min. My explanation for when kids throw their helmets is "give me your iphone, let me throw it"
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coachriley
Junior Member
"Tough times don't last; Tough people do."
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Post by coachriley on Aug 22, 2012 22:25:17 GMT -6
I had a coach in high school (my older brother) kick the entire JV off the field during a playoff week. Some of the guys were screwing around and instead of running us off, he told us all, in a very motivating manner lol, to leave. We looked at each other in disbelief and he repeated so we all took off sprinting to the field house.
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Post by coachbuck on Aug 23, 2012 1:30:40 GMT -6
I have done it once in youth football with an 8th grade team. They where very talented and had a chance to go undefeated. They knew it and practiced lazy. I cancelled practice. That night the team captains called all the team and held each other accountable. I have to say in the situation it worked. We went undefeated and the team practiced much harder. This very same thought came up this monday. Probably the worst practice I have ever been involved with. I was so frustrated with the whole situation. I ended up giving the team a 10min water break, regrouped my thought process and went forward. It still wasnt the greatest practice but Im glad I didnt cancell it.
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Post by coachbw on Aug 25, 2012 6:59:22 GMT -6
I have never ended a practice, and can't see a scenario where I would. I have had a couple of occasions where I sent them into the locker room, had them regather their thoughts, and come back out and restarted the practice again from the beginning.
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Post by huthuthut on Aug 25, 2012 7:04:46 GMT -6
Have to go back to the locker room and hit the "game reset" button.
It's a concept they all understand. But you have to start practice from the beginning.
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Post by jknuckles66 on Aug 25, 2012 12:37:40 GMT -6
I agree with huthuthut-start the practice over from the beginning. I also like to do conditioning not as punishment but to make them think twice about the way they are behaving and at least we are getting something out of practice. www.kentuckianaclassic.netwww.kentuckianaklassic.com |
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Post by jgordon1 on Aug 25, 2012 14:18:33 GMT -6
In my years (over 20), we have kicked our players of the field 3x always with a warning...that was it, the coach wouldn't let them come back, it always worked , we had better practices, kids came together....As a HC, there have been times I have told kids to leave practice...usually for goofing around on the sideline, stuff like that..distracting from everyone else
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