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Post by brophy on Jul 5, 2007 11:08:11 GMT -6
Leading isn't always easy, nor is getting your message across CLEARLY to every individual.
The job of Head Coaches is to get a host of men working together for one goal. The more men that can "get on the same page" the greater your chances of success.
This article I happened to see illustrates the "little things" of trying to mold a large population of players
www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/saints/2007-07-05-sw-drew-brees_N.htm
 To help fight complacency, Saints coach Sean Payton organized this symbolic burial (above and below) of the team's collective trophies and laurels from the 2006 season near the team's practice field. Says Payton, "We had a six-piece blues band, a preacher, a coffin, somber music as our players gathered round. We dug a hole in the ground and really put everything from last year in there."
has there been anything you've done in the past or recently that you found effective in "Pulling the Trigger" in your team?
[see the LSU videos for other examples]
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Post by aztec on Jul 5, 2007 11:34:16 GMT -6
I liked when Bronco Mendenhal took the "New" BYU jerseys and uniforms up to the top of a mountain with the team and burned them! To let them know they were going to get back the winning ways of BYU and the days when they were competing at a high level
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Post by coachorr on Jul 5, 2007 14:15:21 GMT -6
Brophy, you make an excellent point:
"Leading isn't always easy"
Good leaders make tough decisions in spite of individuals.....not malicisously or negligently of course.
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Post by brophy on Jul 5, 2007 14:17:55 GMT -6
Its like driving a boat.....
....you have so much momentum, sudden stops or change of direction isn't feasible, therefore when you "speak" (steer) you have to make it count.
Using (psychology of) Symbolism can make working the rudder that much easier.
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Post by coachcb on Jul 5, 2007 14:57:52 GMT -6
Urban Meyers did something similar at Florida. He took the stuffed 'gator thyey had out of the locker room and laid down the law. He made the players earn the right to be Gators and get their mascot back.
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Post by brophy on Jul 5, 2007 15:10:13 GMT -6
heard of; ....ritualistically marching over the playing field in an act of domination ....have the team bury pennies at the state championship stadium (invest in returning to the site) ....parents burning a dummy dressed up like me before a game.....er.....I don't know what that was all about  |
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Post by coachjim on Jul 5, 2007 22:50:50 GMT -6
This may be nothing out of the ordinary for HS + coaches, because "cuts" are inevitable and commonplace at that level, but in the youth setting I will be using these as a phsycological tool this year at the beginning of the season. I remember our coaches did this to us and it was a good motivator right from the start to do well.
What they did and what I will be doing, regardless of the turnout of kids, is to call them after the first week of signups and let them know if they made the team. Yeah, it's messing with their heads because after their parents pay the hundred or so bucks for their kids to play it's more or less a foregone conclusion unless they screw up but it can have a tremendous affect.
I remember when I was nine years old, waiting by the phone after tryouts. Being no taller than a midget oompa loompa, back then, I was sure the call would never come.
And then it came. The coach called. He asked me if I was willing to put 100% effort into the season and I told him I would. He asked if I was willing to pour my heart and soul out for the team and I told him 110%. He told me I was lucky, that many kids hadn't made the team (and I of course believed him.)
The phsycological affect this phone call on me has lasted twenty five years or more. I still remember it. We all do. Whether it was a little trick they had up their sleeves, a great idea, or a phsycological tactic I'll never know. But it worked. I plan on doing the same thing this year with my kids. Actually, I can't wait.
They'll be squirming all week long and trying their best, and waiting for that one phone call. And when it comes... we'll be one step closer to having a group of kids that not only want to be there but will do everything they can (hopefully) during the season, to live up to the expectations put on them before the season even starts.
I think this relates to the thread and is a tactic i'll be using this year... to get into their heads. To throw a little phsycology their way and see what happens... it can't hurt.
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Post by warrior53 on Jul 6, 2007 6:55:09 GMT -6
I like these types of motivations and they are great. The great motivators do it all year long and not only motivate the players, but the parents and other coaches as well.
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Post by casec11 on Jul 6, 2007 7:09:47 GMT -6
Coachjim, thats a great Idea I would use it this year but we only have 6 kids signed up, although most sign up the 1st week of practice.
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Post by optioncoach on Jul 6, 2007 9:20:52 GMT -6
I like the idea of "burying" the past if there is no tradition or a losing tradition. But I like what Bob Stoops did at Oklahoma when he got there. Instead of of saying "this is a new Oklahoma tradition" he embraced their past and made it a part of his team. I've heard of HS coaches taking over a program and forbidding players and coaches from wearing anything that was from previous years. To me, that seems like their saying that the program didn't even exist before they got there. Kind of arrogant (like they want everyone to know this is their program, not someone elses), or maybe insecure. I'm not saying everyone who has ever done this has done it for those reasons.
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Post by coachjim on Jul 7, 2007 3:35:57 GMT -6
Yeah, Casec, we only have five so far and won't know until the first day of sign-ups whether or not we'll have the minimum of 15, either. It doesn't look good, hope your "turn out" is a little better. I suppose the kid's won't know the exact number, though, and barring the season not being cancelled i'll still be making those calls. Just the sound of the excitement on the other line by a kid who thinks, for the first time in his life, he is THAT important... is worth it.
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Post by airitout616 on Jul 7, 2007 4:55:32 GMT -6
This video gets me JACKED and this is the GT team chaplin thats one pumped up pastor would love to go to his church.
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Post by airitout616 on Jul 7, 2007 4:58:01 GMT -6
some reason it didnt work here is the URL.
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Post by airman on Jul 7, 2007 18:39:02 GMT -6
I read about a d3 coach several years ago who took over a program which lost on a consistant basis.
they held a burial. in the coffin was all the excuses which had been made by the players, former staff members, the u president, ad and every one involved in the program.
I read it turned around the program to where they are at least competitve now.
the biggest excuse makers in my opinion are coaches. I hear coaches talk all the time if they just had this equipment or that video equipment they could then win. I know a team is whipped when I hear a coach talk like that.
eddie robinson had nothing yet he won games. it really is about people not stadiums or nice weight rooms.
there is a team in a confrence I coached in, they had it all, the nice weight room, great field, full time coaches on staff, nice athletic training room. yet they could never win consistantly.
they play a smaller rural school every year which has nothing. there weight room is the size of a classroom and there field is bad but the kids are tough and they show up to lift.
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Post by wingman on Jul 9, 2007 14:55:37 GMT -6
We burned a tape in a trash can where we played like crap instead of watching it and turned around the next week and beat an undefeated team to win our league. Sometimes it's better to start fresh than watch thetape and see how bad you really are. Only have done this once in 30 years. We also had some def. guys pee in the endzone ( at night ) to mark their territory and defend it
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