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Post by Coach Bennett on Jul 29, 2013 7:56:27 GMT -6
We have a very young/immature team this fall. At a recent 7x7, we had a kid bark at the official for a no-call (I gave him the "do it again and your done" speech) and others yipping at their teammates for not doing their jobs, etc.
Typically, I feel we do a good job of being firm, fair and consistent in our application team rules and expectations and do our best to build team.
That said, I'd be interested in hearing how you've handled similar teams in the past whether it's scheme, locker room, practice, what have you...
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Post by dubber on Jul 29, 2013 8:52:41 GMT -6
Model positive reinforcement yourself.
I know when we (as a staff) are negative, our kids pick up on that and it spills over into how they act with each other.
But when we focus on telling the kids what they did wrong, how to correct it, AND to focus on the next play (put the bad ones behind you), the kids mimic that too.
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Post by orion320 on Jul 29, 2013 18:26:38 GMT -6
Model positive reinforcement yourself. I know when we (as a staff) are negative, our kids pick up on that and it spills over into how they act with each other. But when we focus on telling the kids what they did wrong, how to correct it, AND to focus on the next play (put the bad ones behind you), the kids mimic that too. This is a great piece of advice. It is very important that you stay positive with each and every player. Having coached freshman for 5 years the best thing that you can do is to jump on the kid that starts being negative towards other player. When they start being negative towards another player and "trying to coach" the other kids, reiterate in a stern manner that "it is your job to coach not them." Something that I want to implement that I got from another coach is a "10 Positives" segment during warm-up. During warm-up have all coaches focus on the kids and pick out 1 to 5 players. If they do not say 10 positive things during that time period the entire team conditions before practice even starts. It only takes about 2 practices for the kids to pick up on this. Just make sure that they aren't being sarcastic, if they are, punish that individual kids. |
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Post by Underdeveloped on Jul 29, 2013 21:03:17 GMT -6
Be consistent. It is real easy to preach one thing but only choose when you apply it... if you apply it enough and make positive attitudes and hard work a point of emphasis you can make head way.
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Post by coach2013 on Jul 30, 2013 2:35:33 GMT -6
We have a very young/immature team this fall. At a recent 7x7, we had a kid bark at the official for a no-call (I gave him the "do it again and your done" speech) and others yipping at their teammates for not doing their jobs, etc. Typically, I feel we do a good job of being firm, fair and consistent in our application team rules and expectations and do our best to build team. That said, I'd be interested in hearing how you've handled similar teams in the past whether it's scheme, locker room, practice, what have you... Our theme was UPDOWNS |
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